Tag: Ponzi scheme
In some investor scams, warning flags are waving
As a federal prosecutor, Lee H. Vilker deals with not only criminal defendants but the victims of those crimes.
Vilker, head of the criminal division...
West Warwick man pleads guilty to running $14M Ponzi scheme
PROVIDENCE – A West Warwick man admitted to conducting a decadelong Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of roughly $6 million, the U.S. Department of...
Ponzi scheme leader sentenced to 8 years in federal prison, ordered...
PROVIDENCE – Monique N. Brady of East Greenwich, perpetrator of a $10.3 million Ponzi scheme, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in federal prison...
$10M Ponzi scheme leader pleads guilty
PROVIDENCE – Monique N. Brady pleaded guilty to charges related to a $10 million Ponzi scheme fraud in U.S. District Court in Providence Thursday,...
R.I. man charged with defrauding investors in Ponzi scheme
PROVIDENCE – David Wagner of East Greenwich and Downing Partners LLC and its subsidiaries have been charged with defrauding investors out of millions of dollars.
Separate...
West Warwick man indicted for $14M Ponzi scheme
WEST WARWICK – Thomas Huling of West Warwick allegedly ran a $14 million, decade-long Ponzi scheme, defrauding investors of roughly $6 million, according to...
Bank of America sued for allowing $102M Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp. was accused in a lawsuit of providing more than 100 accounts used to perpetrate what the U.S. regulators...