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Rothstein hired Jenne's father, former sheriff and convicted felon, Ken Jenne, as a consultant at his law firm days after Jenne was released from prison on corruption charges. An attorney for Rothstein's law firm serves as the registered agent for Evan Jenne's company, Blue Banyan. Grant Smith, a lifelong friend of Evan Jenne's, is an Edify ...
The agency warned people Wilkinson is not their employee, so residents should hang up and call the sheriff's office at 419-523-3208 when they receive a call. This is the latest scam involving the ...
A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]
The firm declared bankruptcy in 1983 and was revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme which defrauded over 400 investors of more than $22 million. [28] Rewald claimed that he had been operating the firm as a front for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. [29] Rewald was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison; he was paroled in 1995. [30]
U.S. District Judge Karen K. Caldwell signed an order for Hussein Qasim to pay the government $649,500 and for Ibrahim Qasim to pay $1,280,602, representing the amounts they received in the scam.
Two former prisoners at a California private immigration prison have filed a class-action lawsuit against the operator of the facility, claiming they were forced under the threat of additional ...
On March 26, 2009, an auction held at the law office sold most of the firm's furnishings and accoutrements at rock bottom prices, with the exception of Dreier's furniture and paintings. [ 78 ] On June 17, 2009, his two neighboring oceanfront homes in Southampton/East Quogue, New York were scheduled to be auctioned for possibly up to $12.5 million.
A daily look at legal news and the business of law: Major Law Firm Helps "Nigerian" Scam Defraud Americans Two Baker Hostetler partners helped defraud nine investors of over $1 million in a ...