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Investor Beware: Essential Tips to Prevent Investment Fraud
Investing is a great way to secure your financial future, but it’s important to be wary of the many fraudulent schemes that exist. Understanding the risks and staying vigilant are crucial to safeguarding your assets.
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Attorney Admits Guilt in Hiding Millions for Convicted Fraudsters
A South Carolina attorney has admitted to playing a role in concealing funds tied to a massive California-based fraud operation. Peter J. Strauss, formerly of the Strauss Law Firm, pleaded guilty to charges related to the obstruction of asset seizure by federal authorities. Original Pressreleases… CHARLESTON, S.C. — Peter J. Strauss, 45, of Beaufort, has pleaded…
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Cracks in the Foundation: NYCHA Scandal Exposes Rot at the Heart of Affordable Housing
70 Current And Former NYCHA Employees Charged With Bribery And Extortion Offenses The news last week of 70 current and former New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) employees charged with bribery and extortion sent shockwaves through the city and beyond. In what the Department of Justice called the largest single-day takedown of its kind, a…
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Cryptocurrency Scams: Definition, Types, Prevention And Report
Introduction Cryptocurrency has become a popular investment option in recent years, with Bitcoin and other digital currencies experiencing unprecedented growth. While this growth has brought many benefits to those who have invested in cryptocurrency, it has also attracted the attention of scammers who are looking to take advantage of the unregulated nature of the cryptocurrency…
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Forex Scams: Definition, Types, Prevention, and Reporting
Introduction Foreign exchange, also known as forex or FX, is a global decentralized market for trading currencies. It is the largest financial market in the world, with daily trading volumes exceeding $6 trillion. The forex market is open 24 hours a day, five days a week, and involves participants from central banks, investment firms, and…
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HYIPs Definition, Examples And Prevention
High-yield investment programs (HYIPs) are investment schemes that promise high returns on investments in a short period of time. They often use flashy marketing strategies to attract investors and typically target individual investors through online platforms or other means of advertisement. Unfortunately, many HYIPs are fraudulent schemes that are disguised as legitimate investment opportunities. These…
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Investment Fraud: RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON Sentenced Of Multiple Counts Of Wire Fraud And Securities Fraud
Former Oil Company President Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Stock Manipulation Scheme United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON, 42, founder of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc., to 144 months in federal prison, a $2 million fine, and over $15 million in restitution. GILBERTSON was sentenced today…
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Financial Fraud: Emily Moerdermo Fu Sentenced For Mail Fraud And Defrauded Clients
Realtor Sentenced For Stealing Millions From Clients ATLANTA – Emily Moerdermo Fu, a metro Atlanta realtor and businesswoman who defrauded clients out of over $22 million dollars over a two-year period, has been sentenced to seven years, three months for mail fraud. “While Fu was a well-respected real estate and financial professional, she took advantage…
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Financial Fraud: Pavandeep Bakhshi Charged For Allegedly Participating In A Widespread Scheme To Defraud Investors
Former Director Of Healthcare Services Company Charged In Alleged $300 Million Investment Fraud Scheme The Defendant And His Conspirators Allegedly Inflated Company’s Value and Revenue to Defraud Investors NEWARK, N.J. – A former member of the board of directors of a publicly traded healthcare services company was arrested at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport…
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Financial Fraud: Lauren Montillo Pleaded Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud And To Tax Evasion
Owings Mills Woman Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Over $4.3 Million in an Advance Fee Fraud Scheme and to Evading Taxes on that Income Baltimore, Maryland – Late on November 29, 2018—a few days before she was scheduled to go to trial—Lauren Montillo, age 47, of Owings Mills, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire…
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Financial Fraud: David Hansen Indicted For Wire Fraud And Six Counts of Tax Fraud
Former Owner and CEO of Yellowstone Partners Investment Firm Indicted for Fraud BOISE – David Hansen, 47, formerly of Idaho Falls, was indicted yesterday, by a federal grand jury sitting in Boise on 17 counts of wire fraud and six counts of tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Hansen was the 90 percent…
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Financial Fraud: JOSEPH KIM Sentenced For Misappropriating $1.1 Million In Bitcoin And Litecoin
Trader Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison for Misappropriating $1.1 Million in Cryptocurrencies CHICAGO — In the first criminal prosecution in Chicago involving the cryptocurrency trading industry, a federal judge has sentenced a trader to 15 months in prison for misappropriating $1.1 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin. Over a two-month period in the fall…
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Financial Fraud: Clayton Marlow Anderson Sentenced For Fraudulent Investment Scheme
Disbarred Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Former Clients and Investors SAN DIEGO – Clayton Marlow Anderson, Jr., a former attorney based in La Mesa, California before his disbarment in 2015, was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison today for defrauding clients and investors. On July 3, 2018, Anderson pleaded guilty to wire…
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Financial Fraud: Jason Rhodes Charged with Lying to Investors and Misappropriating Investor Funds
Co-Founder Of Investment Fund Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Participating In Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Jason Rhodes Charged with Lying to Investors and Misappropriating Investor Funds Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office…
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Investment Fraud: SUNG HONG Sentenced For Defrauding More Than 55 Clients On Affinity Investment Fraud
Couple Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for $12.7 Million Affinity Investment Fraud Defendants Preyed on Faith Communities to Fund Lavish Lifestyle SUNG HONG, 47, and HYUN JOO HONG, 42, of Clyde Hill, Washington were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to lengthy prison terms for defrauding more than 55 clients out of $12.7…
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Investment Fraud: Edward I. Campbell Sentenced For Charges Related to a $1.4 Million Investment Fraud Scheme
Reynoldsburg Man Sentenced for Defrauding 44 Clients out of More Than $1.4 million Defendant pretended to be former Navy SEAL COLUMBUS, Ohio – Edward I. Campbell, 41, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 60 months in prison for charges related to a $1.4 million investment fraud scheme that defrauded at…
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Investment Fraud: Edward Durante Sentenced For Defrauding at Least 100 Investors of More Than $15 Million
Recidivist Securities Fraudster Edward Durante Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Securities Fraud, Money Laundering, And Perjury Offenses Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWARD DURANTE, a/k/a “Ted Wise,” a/k/a “Efran Eisenberg,” a/k/a “Yulia,” a/k/a “Ed Simmons,” was sentenced today to 216 months in…
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Securities, Commodities, And Investment Fraud: Hung Kang and John Won Chargedwith Conspiring to Commit Wire and Securities Fraud
Two Defendants Indicted in Brooklyn Federal Court for Foreign Exchange Trading Scams Defendants Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars by Luring Korean-American Investors into Bogus Foreign Exchange Trading Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, an indictment was unsealed charging Tae Hung Kang, also known as “Kevin Kang,” and John Won with conspiring to commit…
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Financial Fraud: Louis F. Petrossi Was Convicted On Securities Fraud, Investment Adviser Fraud, And Wire Fraud
New York Investment Adviser Convicted Of Defrauding Investors HARRISBURG – Louis F. Petrossi, age 77, the founder and president of the Wealth Research Institute, a purported investment research firm, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, on three counts of securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, and wire fraud for…
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Financial Fraud: BRIAN BLOCK Sentenced For Inflating a Key Metric Used to Evaluate The Financial Performance of Publicly Traded REITS in ARCP
Former Chief Financial Officer Of American Realty Capital Partners Sentenced For Accounting Fraud Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BRIAN BLOCK, the former chief financial officer of the publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) formerly known as American Realty Capital Partners (“ARCP”), was…