In February 2013, the SEC filed complaints against Richard Olive, Susan Olive and We The People, Inc.  The Commission alleges that the Olives orchestrated a fraudulent scheme that raised more [...]

On April 3, 2013, a Chief Judge entered a final judgment against Prime Rate and Return, LLC d/b/a American Integrity Financial Company.  The Commission’s complaint alleges that Prime Rate defrauded [...]

Bradley Collins has agreed to plead guilty to selling unregistered securities in a Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors of more than $45 million.  Collins solicited investors for David McQueen’s various [...]

In March 2013, former, El Paso County sheriff’s deputy, David Hawkins, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering pertaining to a Ponzi scheme he operated from November 2009 through [...]

A Chief United States District Judge sentenced Douglas Vaughan, in September 2012, to 12 years in prison for wire and mail fraud charges.  Vaughan operated a Ponzi scheme from 2005 [...]

In January 2013, Jason Bo-Alan Beckman was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison, Gerald Joseph Durand was sentenced to 240 months and Christopher Pettengill was sentenced to 90 months [...]

In February 2013, David Connolly pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of money laundering.  Connolly defrauded investors from 2006 through 2009 in a real estate [...]

In March, 2013, a United States District Court Judge sentenced Gary D. Martin to 10 years for his participation in a Ponzi scheme.  Martin formed Queen Shoals Consultants, LLC in [...]