The United States SEC announced a civil action against First Resource Group LLC and its principal David H. Stern alleging that they fraudulently touted stock in two thinly-traded microcap companies TrinityCare Senior Living, Inc. and Cytta Corporation, sold each company’s stock at the same time they were touting it, and manipulated the markets in both [...]
Management Solutions, Inc. Real Estate Ponzi Scheme Emergency asset freeze in a $220 million real estate based offering fraud and Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Wendell A. Jacobson and Allen R. Jacobson through Management Solutions, Inc. and over 200 other entities controlled by the Jacobsons. See Report Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg [...]
Penny Stock Manipulation scheme involving the stock of Rudy Nutrition Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger and 12 other individuals who participated in a pump-and-dump scheme involving the stock of Rudy Nutrition, a now defunct Nevada corporation. Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]
Investment Fraud – Pre-IPO Investment Scams Warning about investment scams that offer investors the opportunity to buy pre-IPO shares of Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, or other popular companies. There are a number of complaints and inquiries about these types of pre-IPO investment fraud, which may be promoted on social media and Internet sites, by telephone, email, [...]
Investment Fraud – Solar Energy Investments Consumers need to be cautious of home improvement contractor installers that offer deals that are too good to be true. Usually they are. Solar Investment Fraud 1. Determine if solar energy is right for you. Due to the high costs associated with the initial investment of solar power, it [...]
Two computer programmers who worked in the Manhattan offices where Bernard Madoff masterminded a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme were arrested by federal agents for their role in concealing the fraud for more than 15 years. Jerome O’Hara and George Perez, who worked on the 17th- floor of the midtown building where Madoff’s investment business was run, [...]
Investment Fraud – Twin River Lending Group : Advance Fee Loan Scam Twin River Lending Group in Rhode Island advertises fraud that it will give consumers loans regardless of their credit history. They require an upfront fee of $100. Complaints have been flooding in to BBB from consumers who say that they paid the fee, [...]
Fraud Report Website has information from the BBB that there’s a scam floating around that’s being distributed in the form of an email. The email claims to be from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and has the subject “Now Hiring!!” The BBB says this email is not from them, but a scam. The email also [...]
In Pennsylvania the BBB has received numerous calls from consumers regarding a fraudulent babysitting advertisement in local newspapers. The ad is looking for a babysitter for young children. When consumers respond to the ad, they are told the position has been filled, but they will pass along their information to another “friend” who is looking [...]
In a down economy the model scam comes out in force. Acting or modeling, be on the lookout for fraud. Some modeling agencies are just trying to make a fast buck and don’t deliver on promises of fame and fortune. In the last 3 years, “would be” models have researched agencies and more than 2,000 [...]
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