ponzi

SEC Charges Prominent South Florida Cuban-American Couple with $135 Million Ponzi Scheme

March 09, 2010 01:42

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged prominent Miami businessman Gaston E. Cantens and his wife, Teresita Cantens, with allegedly running a $135 million Ponzi scheme targeting elderly Cuban-Americans, according to the Miami New Times. Specifically, the Cantens allegedly used their...

Edward Stein, Architect of $46 Million Hedge Fund Ponzi Scheme, Sentenced to 9 Years

February 11, 2010 16:51

Edward T. Stein, a former hedge fund manager, was sentenced to nine years in prison in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for a Ponzi scheme which defrauded investors of $46 million, according to BusinessWeek. Stein was arrested last April and pled guilty last June to...

Rothstein Enters Guilty Plea

January 27, 2010 17:24

Of course we knew it was coming, but disbarred Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein, architect of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme selling phony interests in settlements in employment and civil cases, pled guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to charges of...

Sir Robert Allen Stanford's Congressional Ties and Prison Blues

January 19, 2010 14:19

So whatever happened to indicted billionaire Sir Robert Allen Stanford? Well, not much, as reported by the Houston Chronicle. Stanford, who is charged with allegedly defrauding investors of more than $7 billion, is still incarcerated, despite his extensive efforts to secure release prior to his...

Another Revisit to Madoff and His Charity Stakeholders - Hadassah and Yeshiva University: Now A Perplexing Tale of Three Forms 990 - Part I - Installment 22

January 15, 2010 18:37

This is the twenty-second in a series of installments on this blog that are discussing issues arising in the aftermath of the long global Ponzi scheme of Bernard L. Madoff (“Madoff”). Installments 3 through 8, Installment 10 and Installments 14 through 21 of this series focused on the...