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27 December 2008 | 7 replies
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff, a quiet force on Wall Street for decades, was arrested and charged on Thursday with allegedly running a $50 billion "Ponzi scheme" in what may rank among the biggest fraud cases ever.The former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market is best known as the founder of Bernard L.
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15 December 2008 | 13 replies
Each act of rent skimming comprising the multiple acts of rent skimming shall be separately alleged.
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25 January 2009 | 19 replies
If a lender detects, suspects or decides to allege fraud even at some future date they can unwind these deals and come after everyone they choose to pursue.
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12 January 2016 | 11 replies
Claim: I3 Solutions was issued a Cease and Desist order by the FTC.Fact: I3 Solutions was never issued any Cease and Desist order by the FTC.For reference, if you had stopped after your first statement of, "S&S Private Capital, Inc. and S.O.S. is not in any way affiliated with I3 Solutions," I probably wouldn't have dug any further.But, then you felt the need to defend I3 Solutions against the allegations, which made me wonder...Long story short, according to his linked in profit, Gene Schwalen is both CEO of I3 Solutions, Inc and S&S Private Capital, Inc, which in my book is much more than just an affiliation:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gene-schwalen/5/29b/863In fact, it would seem I3 Solutions and S&S Private Capital are run by the same person, which would likely make them one and the same, though I guess technically the guy could be so good that he's maintaining two CEO jobs simultaneously...
23 March 2009 | 0 replies
s Lower Mainland have joined the flood of callers to a U.S. consumer group investigating Chinese drywall that has allegedly begun to sicken North Americans.Thomas Martin, president of America's Watchdog, says that in the past two weeks about a dozen Lower Mainland callers have all reported experiencing the same nose bleeds, breathing problems and allergy-type symptoms that have affectedhomeowners across the U.S.Continued exposure could result in severe health problems, the group says."
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19 August 2018 | 7 replies
They told me a lot about what was going on in the unit and of the relationship the tenants were having (alleged illegal activity which I was also told about by neighbors).
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20 February 2020 | 22 replies
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-es...A court-appointed receiver is taking another big step in his push to sell off a portfolio of local apartment buildings tied to an alleged Ponzi scheme.A broker has already lined up buyers that have agreed to pay a combined $7.7 million for six South Side multifamily properties owned by affiliates of EquityBuild, a Florida-based real estate firm accused last year by the Securities & Exchange Commission of running the Ponzi scheme, court documents show.Now, the receiver, Kevin Duff, is asking a judge for permission to put a dozen more EquityBuild properties—11 on the South Side and one in west suburban Maywood—up for sale.
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17 April 2019 | 47 replies
At a certain point we have to guard against allegations of improper tax advice.
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17 April 2019 | 4 replies
Instead, the SEC alleges, nearly all of the funds went directly into Shapiro’s and Woodbridge’s own projects.
30 April 2019 | 16 replies
However, damages, fees, or costs are not recoverable under this section against a retailer who has, in good faith, engaged in the dissemination of claims of a manufacturer or wholesaler without actual knowledge that it violated this part.(3) In any action brought under this section, upon motion of the party against whom such action is filed alleging that the action is frivolous, without legal or factual merit, or brought for the purpose of harassment, the court may, after hearing evidence as to the necessity therefor, require the party instituting the action to post a bond in the amount which the court finds reasonable to indemnify the defendant for any damages incurred, including reasonable attorney’s fees.