An Illinois federal jury recently convicted a father on 24 criminal counts and his son on 13 criminal counts. The defendants allegedly convinced family members and two church congregations to invest in what was a $1.3 million Ponzi scheme involving apartments in distress.
A father and son were convicted by an Illinois federal court jury in December 2019 on counts of fraud and money laundering. The two were found to have persuaded family members and two church congregations to invest in distressed apartments, though it was discovered to instead be a $1.3 million Ponzi scheme.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has barred former Securities America broker and certified public accountant for his role in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of about $1 billion.
Cameron R. Jezierski is the last of three alleged perpetrators to be sentenced in a criminal case parallel to a 2018 SEC complaint regarding a $345 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded over 230 investors across the country.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against two Florida men and the two companies they control in connection with an alleged $6 million Ponzi scheme that has defrauded at least 55 investors, many of whom are senior citizens.
Robert H. Shapiro, former CEO of Woodbridge Group, will serve 25 years in prison for perpetrating a $1.3 billion Ponzi scheme, causing the loss of roughly $470 million for over 8,000 investors.
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has charged former broker James T. Booth for defrauding his clients of approximately $5 million over the course of a yearlong Ponzi scheme.
President of Executive Compensation Planners (“ECP”), Hector May, pled guilty last December to stealing $11.5 million from investors in a Ponzi scheme. He has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $8.4 million in restitution.
U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez sentenced former investment advisor Dennis Gibb to five years in prison for stealing over $3 million from 15 investors.
A Towson millionaire pleaded guilty Thursday in a $550 million Ponzi scheme – one of the largest ever charges in Maryland. Federal prosecutors called Kevin Merrill the front man in a fraud to dupe vulnerable investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
