The Chicago Syndicate: Ponzi Scheme
Showing posts with label Ponzi Scheme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ponzi Scheme. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Florida Man is Among 3 Men Charged in $100 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud #Conspiracy #MoneyLaundering #Ponzi #Stuart

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A federal grand jury indicted Emerson Pires, 33, and Flavio Goncalves, 33, both of Brazil, and Joshua David Nicholas, 28, of Stuart, Florida...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

The Big Con: Great Hoaxes, Frauds, Grifts, and Swindles in American History is Another Winner from @NateHendley

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The Big Con: Great Hoaxes, Frauds, Grifts, and Swindles in American History , examines a broad range of infamous scams, cons, swindles, and ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Frank Preve Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud in Massive Rothstein Ponzi Scheme

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Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Reve...
Monday, June 09, 2014

Investment Adviser, Patricia S. Miller, Charged with Stealing Client Funds in Massive Ponzi Scheme

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A Pennsylvania woman affiliated with a Massachusetts-based broker dealer was arrested on charges that she orchestrated a massive Ponzi schem...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Neal Goyal of Blue Horizon Asset Management Charged with Allegedly Defrauding 41 Investors of $11.3 Million

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A Chicago investment fund manager fraudulently obtained more than $11.3 million from 41 investors and misused the funds for his own benefit,...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Sheriff’s Office Deputies, David Benjamin and Jeff Alan Poole, Charged with Conspiracy

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Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of I...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Attorney Christina M. Kitterman Convicted in Connection with Rothstein Ponzi Scheme

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A federal jury in West Palm Beach convicted Christina M. Kitterman, 38, of Deerfield Beach, on three counts of wire fraud after a week-long ...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Dimitry Vishnevetsky Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Causing Clients to Lose $1.6 Million in Fraud Scheme

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A former Chicago investment advisor was sentenced yesterday to six years in federal prison for an investment fraud scheme that swindled clie...
Friday, July 13, 2012

If It’s Too Good To Be True, It Might be a Ponzi Scheme

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If a respected member of your community offered you an investment opportunity, you might consider it. Especially if it’s a man of the cloth....
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Christopher Varlesi Indicted for Allegedly Causing 15 Investors to Lose Approximately $600,000 in Ponzi-Type Fraud Scheme

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A Chicago man who operated an investment trading pool allegedly fraudulently obtained approximately $1.4 million and caused some 15 individu...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Gangsters Expand to White-Collar Crime and Cyber Attacks

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When is credit-card theft a good thing? When the culprits might otherwise be killing you. The Federal Bureau of Investigation says nationa...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Crime Beat Radio Show Releases Upcoming Program Schedule

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Crime Beat: Issues, Controversies and Personalities from the Darkside has been programming since January of this year and is currently avera...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Organized Crime and Facebook

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A vast amount of modern organized crime in the U.S. and Canada revolves around high-tech scams, identity theft, and other cyber crimes. Go...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Mobsters in South Florida Use New Ways to Face New Rivals

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Ever since the ruthless Chicago mobster Al Capone bought a mansion on Miami's Palm Island in 1928, South Florida has been a destination...
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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Crime Does Pay. How? Italian Mafia Earned $167 Billions

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How many times have we heard these words? "Crime doesn't pay"....or a Judge will say, "it doesn't pay to commit crime...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Old School Mobsters Among "Celebrities" Spending Time in The Big A

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The Big A has always been a rough joint. Before the turn of the last century, the government had no dedicated facilities for men convicted o...