Enrique F. Villalba from Cuyahoga Falls is being investigated today for running what could be his own ponzi scheme and locals are calling him a minature Bernie Madoff. He is accused of obtaining funds of more than $18 million from his friends and clients. The FBI is...
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Richard Piccoli was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a Ponzi scheme of more than 20 million dollars. Richard Piccoli, at age 83, is expected to die in jail. He targeted the Catholic community and senior citizens; hundreds of people fell victim. Piccoli took money from his...
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RCMP have charged one man and are seeking another in a$100M alleged Ponzi scheme in Canada."Authorities say a second suspect believed to be involved in the scheme -- identified as 66-year-old Gary Allen Sorenson -- is currently at large, possibly in Honduras. Milowe Allen...
Cheronda Guyton is a perfect example of all that is wrong with the Wall Street world. After a couple of Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme victims turned over the keys to their foreclosed home, Cheronda Guyton, a Wells Fargo senior vice president, decided to squat in the multimillion...
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Mary Wong of Omaha has been charged by the federal government for orchestrating a ponzi scheme. Mary Wong of Omaha took prospective investors money and instead of investing in luxury assets, funneled the money to support her other companies and lavish lifestyle. Mary Wong...
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Bernie Madoff is dying of cancer, according to fellow inmates at the Federal Correction Complex in Butner, NC. Bernie Madoff, currently serving a 150-year prison sentence in North Carolinafor carrying out the world's largest Ponzi scheme, is supposedly suffering from...
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Sheryl Weinstein, a woman who claims to be the mistress of convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff, has written a tell all book to be released August 25. Madoff’s Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me, dishes all the sordid details of an affair that allegedly happened 21...
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Breaking News On is reporting that Ponzi Scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff is being transferred to Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina where he will serve his 150 year sentence for fraud and other charges. While at Butner FCC Madoff will be able to catch...
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This years Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball cards have already hit store shelves, minus the highly anticipated rookie card of fraudster Bernie Madoff. Yeah, that's right!! The modern day Charlies Ponzi,...
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US District Judge Denny Chin sentenced Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernie Madoff, 71, to 150 years in prison on June 29, 2009, but it is still unclear where that sentence will be served. One likely candidate for Madoff's new home is the Federal Correctional Institution in...
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Update: 29 June 2009 12:28 PM EDT Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for Wall Street's biggest Ponzi Scheme."Historic swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison [today] for a fraud so...
A final Wake-up Call: One should know that the real problem is more political than financial. The bums in Washington still could be straightened up - if they wanted to. The deficits and the economic downturn can...
Reading Fast Company magazine’s recently-released “100 Most Creative People in Business” list, I noticed some glaring omissions. Most notable among them are Bernie Madoff and Barack Obama, two...
Yes, we do have economic choices! The following analysis explains them very clearly. I'll mention it again: Phillip J. Anderson's book "The Secret Life of Real Estate - how it moves and why" (amazon.com) is a MUST read, and a wonderfully told story of the foundation of the...
David Friehling, Bernard Madoff's long-term accountant has turned himself in and been arrested and charged with securities fraud. Friehling is the first alleged accomplice to be named in connection with the world's biggest Ponzi scheme. " Friehling, 49, is not...