Crypto investment fraud has been on the rise, but Mauricio Chavez, Giorgio Benvenuto and 24 additional defendants with CryptoFX, added a new twist to their investment scam. They set their Houston based Ponzi scheme up in a multilevel marketing
Investment Fraud – Friends and Family Are Not Immune
When a stranger defrauds you of your hard-earned money, you learn an expensive lesson. But when the investment fraud is perpetrated by a supposed friend or family member, the crime touches
20 Investors Defrauded of $70 Million
Not even institutional investors are immune from financial investment fraud shenanigans when it comes to a company such as Bitwise. No, not Bitcoin. Jake Soberal a 37-year-old intellectual property attorney and 42-year-old Irma Olguin
Fort Worth Texas is still known as “cow town” here in the Lone Star State. Well, at least among non-cattle people it is. When you visit the stockyards, you can still enjoy a cattle drive—the urban version of one. Seriously,
Ponzi Scheme Gold Rush?
In the last couple of years, many media outlets have reported Californians migrating to other states, including Texas. It was only a matter of time before Texas, Waco in this case, added a citizen at the
For almost five years, Darren Robinson of Miami Florida and his Wyoming corporation, QYU Holdings managed to scam $7.1 million from 30 investors through what they claim was an office in Dallas, Texas.
While investors were from a variety of
William Logsdon, Lacrosse coach from Midland Texas, and mother-in-law, Jamie Thompson, oil and gas geologist, were recently convicted of financial crimes. For one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud, Logsdon
Cryptocurrency fraud is alive and well, but there’s still plenty of oil and gas financial fraud and real estate investment scams stealing investors’ money. If digital currency isn’t your style, check out the new kid on the fraudster block. The
American Airlines Passengers – Furious Over Wrongfully Charged Baggage Fees
You’ve probably heard the old English saying, “The heaviest baggage for a traveler is an empty purse.” While former American Airlines passengers may not have empty wallets, the frustration of
Real estate investor, Louis Glickman shared, “The best investment on Earth is earth.” The long run-up in prices in the Lone Star state brought real estate investors from around the globe to follow Glickman’s advice from 2017 to 2019. Some