A financial adviser to celebrities was arrested on Thursday on charges he carried out a $30 million ponzi scheme on some of his clients, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Kenneth Starr, 66, was charged with money laundering, investment adviser fraud and wire fraud. He was ordered held without bail until a June 10th pretrial hearing [...]
Six people have been indicted on federal charges involving an alleged $3.5 million mortgage fraud scheme while working for the Lighthouse Financial Group in the Portland metro area.
Joel Rosabal and Chad Amsden, both 31, were named in the first of two indictments, while the second indictment listed Amsden, Timothy Hills, 30, Misti Wallis, 32, Gerald [...]
13 people, including a former loan officer with Park Mortgage Group Inc., were charged earlier this week with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
Federal prosecutors said Kimberly Wilson, 37, of Shaker Heights, who was employed by Park Mortgage at the time of the offenses, recruited straw buyers to purchase [...]