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NY Fund Manager Charged With $21 Million Belizxe Fund Scheme to Defraud Investors

Press Releases / May 17, 2018

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today that BRENT BORLAND, the owner and principal of a New York-based investment fund known as Belize Infrastructure Fund I LLC (“Belize

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1500 Struggling Homeowners Scammed By Telemarketing Sales Manager

Featured, Press Releases / July 11, 2016

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced that an Orange County, California, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, for his role as the sales manager of a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme. Charles Wayne Farris, 55, of Aliso Viejo, California, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court

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The Father and Son Who Preyed on Thousands with “Business Opportunity” Scheme

Featured / February 4, 2016

Scheme Victimized More Than 1,000 Individuals Throughout the United States LawFuel.com – Lawyer and Law Firm News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Benjamin C. Mizer, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, announced that KENNETH LEVIN, the owner

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Attorney Charged With Fraud and Money Laundering Over Real Estate Deals

Press Releases / September 2, 2015

LOS ANGELES – An attorney who allegedly took several million dollars in investment capital from clients and used the funds for personal expenses and luxury items was indicted today by a federal grand jury. Stephen Young Kang, 46, of Newport Beach, was named in a 25-count indictment filed in United States District Court in Los

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Investment Manager BIlked ‘Sophisticated’ Investors for Hundreds of Millions

Law Firms / December 4, 2014

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEPHEN WALSH and PAUL GREENWOOD, investment managers and principals of WG Trading Company, LP, and WG Trading Investors, were sentenced in Manhattan federal court in connection with a fraudulent commodities trading and investment advisory scheme. WALSH was sentenced to 20

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Former Radio Personality and Funds Manager Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison in Investment Fraud Scheme that Cost Victims More Than $24 Million

Law Firms / March 19, 2013

LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – US Law News – A former investment fund manager and radio personality who admitted bilking investors out of millions of dollars by falsely promising to purchase corporate bonds backed by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was sentenced this afternoon to 120 months in federal prison. John

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Former Chairman and CEO of West End Financial Advisors Gets Jail

Law Firms / March 18, 2013

LawFuel.com – UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM LANDBERG, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of West End Financial Advisors, LLC (“West End”), was sentenced today to 42 months in prison in connection with an

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Second London Barrister Jailed for Tax Evasion

Lawyers, UK Law / March 17, 2013

Lawfuel.com – The British tax authorities have claimed another Barrister’s scalp with the jailing of the second barrister for tax evasion charges in less than a month. This week British barrister Edward Agbaje has been jailed for 18 months for failing to pay more than £80,000 in tax and is the second barrister in less

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Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Massive Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme

Lawyers / March 17, 2013

LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SOL NAIMARK, an attorney, pled guilty to his role in two separate conspiracies to defraud private insurance companies under New York’s no-fault automobile insurance law, including one charge related to the largest single no-fault automobile insurance fraud

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Park Avenue Medical Associates Sued for Medicare Fraud

Law Firms / March 7, 2013

LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed a lawsuit against PARK AVENUE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES (“PAMA”) and PARK AVENUE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C. (“PAMA PC”), and related entities, alleging that they billed Medicare for services purportedly provided to elderly, mentally ill

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