Category: Ponzi Scheme

The former pastor of a Michigan church was sentenced to more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that…

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(Photo-illustration by The Real Deal) Like most alleged Ponzi schemes, a Miami-based troika’s plan to tap South American investors to fund their real estate projects…

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  2020 marked 100 years after Charles Ponzi was charged for committing what some have referred to as the “fraud of the century”. Indeed, there…

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As the losses snowballed, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities began to investigate and notified the FBI of possible criminal fraud. After the investigation,…

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Allen Stanford smiles as he waits to enter the Federal Courthouse in Houston March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Richard Carson/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access…

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The business model that controversial e-commerce platform Evaly followed and deceived people with has been known to the world for hundreds of years. Known as…

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The North American pattern of development is an unprecedented experiment. For thousands of years, humans around the world built their habitat in similar ways, at…

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Crypto Kid Fraudster Gets 7 1/2-Years For Ponzi Scheme  Financial Advisor Magazine Read more…

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A large portfolio sale of commercial and apartment buildings in Marin and Sonoma counties moved a step closer to reality, as a San Francisco real…

View More Sale of North Bay offices, apartments involved in Ponzi scheme nears finish line