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The Mantria Corporation Ponzi scheme has been described as the "biggest green energy scam" in United States history. [1] A Federal judge in the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil case found Mantria had scammed more than $54.5 million “by egregiously, recklessly, knowingly, and shamelessly perpetrating a fraudulent scheme” that used “misrepresentations, omissions, and blatant lies ...
The green goods scam, also known as the "green goods game", was a scheme popular in the 19th-century United States in which people were duped into paying for worthless counterfeit money. It is a variation on the pig-in-a-poke scam using money instead of other goods like a pig. The mark, or victim, would respond to flyers circulated throughout ...
Chris Gronet founded what would become Solyndra in May 2005. [5] In 2006, Solyndra began deploying demonstration systems globally. The company reported deploying 14 systems that were each instrumented with sensitive radiation, wind speed, temperature, and humidity measurement devices to aid in the development of energy yield forecasting software tools.
In dollar terms, ruby-red Texas has drawn $13 billion of investment during the last year in solar power alone, according to the Rhodium Group/MIT CEEPR Clean Investment Monitor.That’s four times ...
Tested Green, a fraudulent firm that sold environmental certificates that proved to be neither tested, certified, nor green, has been banned from the business by the Federal Trade Commission.
However, his system was only intended to transmit energy for free; the system's energy would still need to be generated through conventional means. [20] Notable proponents of the conspiracy theory include Gary McKinnon, a Scottish computer hacker who unlawfully accessed computer systems to look for evidence of a secret free energy device. [21]
In case 1, Rodney Hailey scams millions from major corporations with a fake green energy business, but his collection of luxury cars draw attention from the authorities. In case 2, cat burglar Blane David Nordahl steals antique Sterling silver from rich neighborhoods.
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