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Clarks Summit Man Accused In $2.1 Million Investor Scam Says He Needs A Lawyer
March 16, 2012 No Comment
Clarks Summit, PA – Frank L Pavlico III, 42, accused of bilking at least 13 victims out of approximately $2.1 million, has applied to the judge handling his case for more time to find a lawyer. As his assets have been frozen by the court, Pavlico said in his request to District Judge Rosemary M […]
Continue reading …Cleveland, OH – Monroe L. Beachy, of Sugarcreek near Columbus, an Amish man charged with defrauding other Amish of nearly $16.8 million, plead guilty of fraud. Beachy, aged 77 years, owner of Sugarcreek-based A&M Investments, has been indicted for falsely promising to make safe investments of about $16.8 million on behalf of nearly 2,700 persons […]
Continue reading …Regulators Bust Conspiracy That Made Over $30 Million in Unlawful Insider Trading Profits
March 15, 2012 No Comment
The SEC announced that it had obtained final judgments on consent against Jason Pflaum and Walter Shimoon in its insider trading case, SEC versus Marc Anthony Longoria. It was the SEC’s complaint in February 2011 that employees and consultants of an ‘expert network’ firm, Primary Global Research LLC, a New York based hedge fund, its […]
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Houston, TX – Woodlands-based Kenneth Alfred Scudder was sentenced to 53 months in federal prison for running a Ponzi real estate scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston. The scheme conned more than $5 million out of 30 individuals, many of whom were present at the Monday, March 12 sentencing. Five of Scudder’s […]
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CREVE COEUR, MO – Richard Saunders, who hails from Creve Coeur has been sentenced to 72 months in prison for his Ponzi scheme. Saunders tried to evade the consequences of his actions by running away to Thailand but was brought back. Ironically, Saunders was an IRS employee. He has entered guilty pleas to his role […]
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Henrico County, VA – US District Judge Henry E. Hudson ordered Edward Thomas Menster, 58 to serve almost five years in prison for perpetrating an investment scam. Menster, from Henrico County showed no sympathy for his victims who included parents and senior citizens who have retired from public life. In his scheme, he managed to […]
Continue reading …A Tale Of Epic Movie Proportions Comes To An End With The Last Guilty Plea
March 13, 2012 No Comment
A San Clemente investment company was involved in a movie scam which saw 9 defendants being charged with fraud. The case has now seen the entry of the last guilty plea from Robert Ramirez. The case involved the defendants raising funds for movies which were not anywhere in the production pipeline. The US Department of […]
Continue reading …Fort Collins, CO – Phillip Trujillo, 62, of Fort Collins, was sentenced by a Larimer County Judge to 12 years in prison for perpetrating an investment fraud of $5.7 million on 70 investors. In January, a Larimer County jury had convicted Trujillo on five counts of securities fraud and one count of theft. During the […]
Continue reading …Previously Convicted Hamilton Man Repeats Similar Investment Fraud of Nearly $2 Million
March 13, 2012 No Comment
Hamilton, MT – Dan Two Feathers, 56, a resident of Hamilton, pleaded guilty to charges of investment fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit investment fraud and using stolen property in interstate commerce, in federal court in Missoula. Two Feathers and two other men stand accused of causing a loss of about $800,000 to 11 investors […]
Continue reading …Officials of Chinese Company Traded in the United States Charged with Siphoning Funds, Defrauding Investors
March 12, 2012 No Comment
Ming Zhao, Chairman of Puda Coal, Inc. and Liping Zhu, its former CEO, were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with securities fraud for the theft of the company’s primary operating asset – its subsidiary, Shanxi Puda Coal Group Co. Ltd. According to the SEC complaint, Puda held an indirect 90 percent stake in […]
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