A Ponzi scheme is a type of investment fraud that promises high returns with little or no risk to investors. This scam is named after Charles Ponzi. It involves using money from new investors to pay older investors instead of using profits from a real business. The scam was created by an Italian man in […]
On February 14, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) secured a final judgment against Zachary Horwitz for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that deceitfully amassed over $690 million from investors. Horwitz had falsely claimed to be selling movie rights to prominent streaming services such as Netflix and HBO, boasting fabricated agreements and communications to support […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former president of a Marin, California real estate development and management company with operating a fraudulent Ponzi scheme and misappropriating over $26 million from more than 1,300 investors – many of whom were elderly and retired. According to the SEC’s complaint, from September 2015 through May 2020, Lewis […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against an Indianapolis investment adviser, its president, two associates and several affiliated companies for engaging in two fraudulent farm loan offerings, in which they made ponzi scheme payments to investors in other offerings and paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars in undisclosed fees. The SEC obtained […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against the operators of an international pyramid scheme that raised more than $129 million from investors worldwide, primarily in the U.S., China, and Taiwan. The case follows another against a separate pyramid scheme that lured investors in the U.S., China, and Korea with seminars, webinars, and YouTube […]