by Mike | Aug 30, 2016 | Securities Fraud
Software makers and speculators help to keep $47 million a year flowing through a world of fraudulent investment schemes. By Eduardo Thomson and Janan Hanna of Bloomberg.com It’s the financial equivalent of a game of chicken: Put money into a likely Ponzi scheme, get...
by Mike | Aug 26, 2016 | Securities Fraud
By Bloomberg News A Missouri grain dealer who stole tens of millions of dollars from farmers may turn out to be their best ally as they try to recoup losses from corn giant Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. ADM began trial Tuesday in St. Louis with farmers claiming the woman...
by Mike | Aug 18, 2016 | Securities Fraud
More than 20 shareholders from Cass, Pulaski spark local lawyer’s investigation PharosTribune.com By Mitchell Kirk More than 20 people from Cass and Pulaski counties contributed about $750,000 to a former Logansport man facing federal charges of defrauding investors,...
by Mike | Aug 18, 2016 | Securities Fraud
SEC complaint alleges Merrill Robertson Jr. and partner promised 20% and took client funds InvestmentNews.com By Liz Skinner Former Philadelphia Eagle Merrill Robertson Jr. defrauded his former coaches and other investors out of about $6 million, the Securities and...
by Mike | Aug 17, 2016 | Securities Fraud
A release from the TDCI says James Hugh Brennan III and Douglas Albert Dyer, co-owners operating Chattanooga-based Broad Street Ventures, LLC., allegedly raised more than $5 million from investors without using the money as promised. By WTVC – newschannel9.com Two...
by Mike | Aug 8, 2016 | Securities Fraud
by Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg.com JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a settlement with Indiana regulators related to its asset management business, and now other states are expressing interest in how Indiana built its case. JPMorgan agreed on July 28 to pay $950,000...