The unraveling of GPB Capital Holdings and the $1.8 billion Ponzi scheme that resulted in over 17,000 investors being defrauded, is now well known. It is now six months since the Department of Justice filed criminal charges against its executives. GPB Capital promised 8% returns on private placements to investors and sold the securities as …
Wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy are the charges leveled against brothers Shane Hvizdzak and Sean Hvizdzak, who has been accused by federal regulators of making away with over $30 million in investor money through a cryptocurrency-based investment scheme. They are due to appear in federal court. The seven million is left in the scheme …
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Merrill Lynch has reimbursed $3,085,256, the full amount lost, to their clients who lost money as a result of a fraud perpetrated on them by one of their brokers, Marcus Boggs. Boggs was arrested in August 2019, trying to board an international flight from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, after which charges were pressed against …
Cesar Hurtado is a broker registered with Oppenheimer & Co. from January 2003 onwards. He has recently made disclosures pertaining to two customer disputes, as well as his suspension. The information is public and available on his Broker record. Disclosures made by Hurtado relate to settlements with customers of Oppenheimer, in response to allegations made by …
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‘Endangering the welfare of children for the distribution of child pornography in the second degree’ and ‘endangering the welfare of children for the possession of child pornography in the third degree’ are the two charges levied against Nicholas Spagnoletti, a financial advisor with the Wealth Enhancement Group (WEG). Private equity-backed hybrid RIA WEG inherited Spagnoletti …
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