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• New Allegations Against Scott Rothstein

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 139
  New allegations have emerged against Scott Rothstein, the Florida lawyer accused of running a ponzi scheme and dragging his firm down in the process.  These new allegations are a little hard to believe, if only because it’s hard to imagine that Rothstein could have possibly expected to get away with it. The story ...
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• Madoffs victims: Justice may take an eternity (or 150 years, give or take)

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 793
  Filed under: People , Investing , Media In the wake of news that Bernard Madoffs associate and pal Jeffrey Picower (pictured) was found dead in his Palm Beach swimming pool last month, the revelation that Picower had left his wife Barbara $200 million and appointed her to head a charitable foundation funded ...
  18 hours ago

• Dead Madoff associate’s will being targetted to pay off Ponzi scheme victims

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New York/Florida, Nov.11 (ANI): A trustee charged with reclaiming the estimated 21 billion dollars in losses suffered by investors in Bernie Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme, has said that he will be eying the will of dead Florida businessman Jeffry Picower to be revealed today to pay off some of the victims of the ...
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• New Rick Koerber 22-Count Indictment

  
  The Official Rick Koerber Website — Authority: 98
  Official Statement From Mr. Koerber’s Legal Defense Team Re: News of the superseding indictment reported in the local media on the evening of Tuesday, November 10, 2009 “Nothing has been filed.  We learned of the superseding indictment from the government’s press release.  Apparently the government’s ...
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• Holiday shopping Madoff-style

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 658
  Filed under: Scandals , Headline news What do you get for the person who has everything? Well, maybe you buy him a piece of history. The U.S. Marshals Service has done all the hard work , and now you can take advantage of it... maybe even at discount prices! Possessions seized from Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff ...
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• Another Ponzi schemer steals millions by writing his own report card

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 793
  Filed under: People , Investing The Securities and Exchange Commission is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Ponzi schemes that have emerged over the last few years. It created the conditions that left huge opportunities for the ambitious and unscrupulous to dupe investors. And it shows no inclination to fix the ...
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• Come. Join My Cult.

  
  How Not To Act Old — Authority: 108
  In my never-ending quest for world domination to sell more books to make my readers’ lives even more wonderful, may I suggest you join a How Not To Act Old Meetup. If you’ve never heard of a Meetup, well, that’s all the more reason to hurry on down there because it’s a sign you [...]
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• Petters associate explains how alleged scam worked

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  One of the key figures in the case of a Minnesota businessman accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme says they started doing fraudulent deals in 1998.
  2 days ago

• More Bad News for Scott Rothstein

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 139
  Scott Rothstein, the lawyer whose firm has gone into receivership after he was accused of defrauding investors through a ponzi scheme, faces more bad news today.  The government is seeking civil forfeiture of eight properties belonging to Rothstein, alleging that they were financed with ill gotten gains. Meanwhile, ...
  2 days ago

• Small payday for Agape victims

  
  Long Island Business News — Authority: 445
  It looks like investors were better off with Madoff than Cosmo.In December, about 3,500 people who lost money with Agape World should start receiving checks representing part of their share of money recovered by the bankrupt company’s court-appointed trustee.According to court filings posted on the Agape World ...
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• Global Ponzi scheme metaphor of the month

  
  Climate Progress — Authority: 716
  The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge. Patrol investigator Chris Linehan says he arrested Samuel Botchvaroff Tuesday as he sat inside a stolen 2000 Range Rover at the Vallejo courthouse. The 24-year-old Botchvaroff had just left his ...
  2 days ago

• Its Time To Fire Tim Geithner

  
  Moral Philosophy and Current Events — Authority: 128
  Dylan Ratigan Nov. 2, 2009, 1:37 PM Businessinsider.com A year ago it was revealed to the American people that our banking system is a legalized Ponzi scheme in which bank and insurance CEOs pay themselves billions of dollars in personal compensation to lend and insure assets with money they dont have to customers ...
  4 days ago

• Richard Monroe Harkless, operator of MX Factors, gets 100 years in prison; how did so many people fall into the PIT?

  
  Motivational Speaker - Chuck Gallagher Business Ethics and Choices Expert — Authority: 110
  When it comes to Ponzi schemes, it always amazes me how seemingly intelligent and well-educated people can fall prey to them. (At least, you’d assume that anyone who’s made a sizable chunk of money has a basic level of intelligence when it comes to how it is invested.) It’s a question I’ve thought enough about ...
  6 days ago

• Tax Help For Ponzi Scheme Victims as Madoff’s Accountant Pleads Guilty

  
  Tax Relief Tips from the Experts at Tax Resolution University — Authority: 475
  On Tuesday Madoff’s long-time accountant, David G. Friehling, pleaded guilty in the criminal investigation of the 20-year “ Ponzi Scheme ” that lost investors a total of $21.1 billion in cash. According to the New York Times , “Mr. Friehling also pleaded guilty to three counts of obstructing the ...
  6 days ago

• Scott Rothstein Couldnt Carry Bernie Madoffs Lunch Box

  
  Structured Settlements 4Real: What's Real in the Structured Settlements, Settlement Planning, Settlement Consulting and Litigation Recovery Management Space? — Authority: 132
  Various sources have characterized Scott Rothstein as Madoff II. The commonality is that They are both Jewish Their notoriety is related to financial fraud (alleged in the case of Rothstein) To say that both are utter embarrassments to people of their faith would be putting it mildly. The issue of associating ...
  6 days ago

• Oh crap! Quick, send back the money!

  
  Eideard — Authority: 490
  Political donations - big enough you dont check the source!
  1 week ago

• Friehling: Another Madoff domino falls

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 658
  Filed under: Insiders , Law , Scandals Another player in the Bernie Madoff saga has fallen. His longtime auditor, David Friehling, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to charges of securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, making false filings with the SEC , and obstructing or impeding the ...
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• If your gold is rusting, you’ve got a problem

  
  The Law Planet Blog — Authority: 98
  As readers of this blog know, my sister is a bankruptcy lawyer. She was recently appointed the trustee of a bankrupt jeweler who appears to have been selling gold bars to customers. Or at least they thought they were buying gold bars. She had a conversation with a customer of the jeweler who told her how glad he ...
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• More Details in Rothstein Story

  
  JD Journal — Authority: 139
  For our original article on the story, click here .  Scott Rothstein, founding partner of the Florida firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, remains incommunicado after taking off last week.  He is believed to be in Morocco, and his attorney has said he would return today.  The firm has hired a former US attorney to ...
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• Madoff accountant pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme, but will he sing?

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 793
  Filed under: People , Investing Bernard Madoffs former accountant David Friehling pleaded guilty Tuesday, according to a report from the Associated Press . Will he stay silent like Madoff or will he spill his guts to minimize his jail time? Friehling (pictured) was the longtime auditor for Madoff, and was ...
  1 week ago

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