Search Results for: Ponzi schemes
The 75 Trillion Dollar Shadow Banking System Is In Danger Of Collapsing
July 1st, 2015
Keep an eye on the shadow banking system – it is about to be shaken to the core. According to the Financial Stability Board, the size of the global shadow banking system has reached an astounding 75 trillion dollars. It has ...
Can an illegal scheme apply for business rescue?
April 24th, 2015
The concept of Ponzi schemes is one that is not new across the globe and has been around for decades. According to Wikipedia “a Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation where the operator, an individual or organisation, pays ...
5 ways fraudsters trick investors
November 20th, 2014
Fraudsters use sleights of hand and other trickery that even magicians would be envious of. Americans lose an estimated $50 billion a year to fraud, including Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and other types of investment fraud. “People fall for ...
The Reasons Bankers Weren’t Busted
September 9th, 2014
“There Were No Convictions of Bankers for Good Reason” is the headline of a post by Mark F. Pomerantz, a lawyer and retired partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in the New York Times’s Room for Debate ...
Assurance Capital Management and its owners fined $2.4 Million
July 12th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a press release to inform that the Federal Court in Florida Orders Anthony J. Klatch II, Lindsey Heim, and their Company Assurance Capital Management, LLC to Pay More than $2.4 ...
Company and its owner charged with defrauding investors for at least $13 million
May 4th, 2017
CFTC Charges Arizona Resident Cory Williams and His Company, Williams Advisory Group, LLC, with Fraudulently Soliciting and Receiving at Least $13 Million in Commodity Pool Scheme The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a ...
Alert: High Bitcoin prices inspire a wave of scams
March 24th, 2017
Earlier this month, the price of a single Bitcoin eclipsed the price of an ounce of gold for the first time ever. This news, coupled with the exploding adoption of its underlying technology – blockchain – beyond the financial world, ...
The seven simple rules on how to avoid Forex scams
January 30th, 2017
Forex scams are common despite the fact that regulatory authorities around the world are actively trying to set regulations and rules to protect investors and public from fraudsters. Forex market is still unregulated to a large extent and fraudsters ...
The 18 companies that control bitcoin in 2016
July 1st, 2016
Flashy startups like Coinbase, Circle, Blockchain, and BitPay are some of the most famous companies in bitcoin. But arguably more important are the miners — individuals and organisations who form the core backbone of bitcoin, ensuring the digital currency’s ...
Fake Bitcoin Investment scam defrauded over 1,000 people
March 24th, 2016
A Taiwanese couple seems to have managed to con at least a thousand people by luring them to invest into a fake bitcoin-based investment scheme. This couple reportedly orchestrated the whole program by using two well-known instant messaging applications ...
