Archive for February, 2008

RusFinance seems to offer Ponzi scheme on apartments, Yarmarka says - Ural Business Consulting


RusFinance seems to offer Ponzi scheme on apartments, Yarmarka says
Ural Business Consulting, Russia - 47 minutes ago
'The scheme that gives a member of a cooperative a chance to buy an apartment for 50% of the price does not seem to be very transparent or clear.

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Bankrupt lendor stole millions, trustee alleges - Honolulu Advertiser


Bankrupt lendor stole millions, trustee alleges
Honolulu Advertiser, HI - 36 minutes ago
The trustee, Ronald Kotoshirodo, alleged in court papers that Lull operated a massive "Ponzi scheme" that duped investors with false promises of high

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Seniors hurt in Ponzi scam - Daily Breeze


Seniors hurt in Ponzi scam
Daily Breeze, CA - 1 hour ago
investing with a company that authorities later said netted more than $190 million in a huge Ponzi scheme targeting 1800 people, many of them seniors.

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'Ponzi' schemer pleads guilty - Charleston Gazette


'Ponzi' schemer pleads guilty
Charleston Gazette,  USA - 48 minutes ago
"It became a Ponzi scheme of sorts involving cattle," said Assistant US Attorney Anna Forbes. In a typical Ponzi scheme, the con artist uses cash from one

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Seniors hurt in Ponzi scam - Long Beach Press-Telegram


Seniors hurt in Ponzi scam
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 10 minutes ago
investing with a company that authorities later said netted more than $190 million in a huge Ponzi scheme targeting 1800 people, many of them seniors.

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Investment adviser Gene Little, facing Ponzi charges, ordered held after missing court (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

A judge ordered Fort Collins businessman facing charges of bilking millions of collars from clients arrested on Monday morning after he was late for a required court hearing.

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Investment adviser Gene Little, facing Ponzi charges, ordered held … - The Coloradoan


Investment adviser Gene Little, facing Ponzi charges, ordered held
The Coloradoan, CO - 7 minutes ago
A statewide grand jury indicted Little in October, accusing him running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors millions of dollars. Little is being prosecuted

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Man Who Bilked Thousands Gets 28 Years (The Daily Comet)

LOS ANGELES An 81-year-old man was sentenced to 28 years in prison Friday in an investment scam that prosecutors say seeped across half the country and bilked 1,800 people, many of them elderly, of about $190 million.

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Man faces sentencing in Calif. investment scam targeting seniors that netted more than $190M (Waxahachie Daily Light)

LA HABRA, Calif. (AP) – William Miller dreamed of traveling to Italy with his wife and fixing up their modest house with the money he saved while working for 36 years for Chevron Corp.

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Man jailed for 28 years in $190M invest scam (Lowell Sun)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 81-year-old man was sentenced to 28 years in prison yesterday in an investment scam that prosecutors say seeped across half the country and bilked 1,800 people, many of them elderly, of about $190 million.

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