by L Poole | May 16, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Investment Fraud
U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating his life story, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he duped donors, stole from his campaign and lied to Congress about being a millionaire, all while cheating to collect unemployment...
by L Poole | Nov 25, 2022 | Breaking News: FTX Crypto Exchange Collapse, Cryptocurrency, Featured, Investment Fraud
FTX in a bombshell emergency court filing Thursday said it has credible evidence that Bahamian regulators directed former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to gain “unauthorized access” to FTX systems to obtain digital assets belonging to the company after it had...
by L Poole | Aug 19, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Investment Fraud, Ponzi, Ponzi Scheme
CALGARY – The Crown asked for a sentence of 10 to 12 years Wednesday for a Calgary man who bilked clients out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme. Arnold Breitkreutz, 74, was convicted on June 29 of fraud over $5,000 for what the Crown described as a...
by Admin | Jul 7, 2022 | Featured, Investment Fraud
A former Newfoundland and Labrador investment advisor who swindled at least $710,000 from elderly clients over a 13-year period has been ordered to pay the money back and serve a federal prison sentence. Joan McCarthy, 54, worked at MD Financial Management, an...