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  2. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    On August 1, 2008, the WexTrust Investment firm was shut down by the SEC, charging that WexTrust and two of its owners (Joseph Shereshevsky of Norfolk, Virginia, and Steven Byers of Oak Brook, Illinois) operated a Ponzi-type scheme by promising unusually high returns to earlier investors and paying them with money raised from later investors.

  3. Belmar man, 66, swindled 30 investors out of $5M in a 36-year ...

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    NEWARK−A Belmar man who authorities say ran a scam he called an "investment club" for more than 35 years, taking some $5 million from 30 investors, many of them elderly, and spending the money ...

  4. The Oxford Club - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Club is an independent financial research publisher and a private network of investors and entrepreneurs, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has more than 120,000 members [ 3 ] in 100 countries. [ 2 ]

  5. Ex-CIA Deputy Director Frank Carlucci Fell for This Scam ...

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    The huckster in question, Michael Han, and his company, West Palm Beach-based Envion, had offered the prospect of taking scraps of plastic waste, originally manufactured from oil, and converting ...

  6. How an Oil Baron's Heir Cleaned Up a $1.4 Billion Internet Scam

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    When Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) took over the Senate Commerce Committee in 2009, he wisely decided to focus on using his leadership position to make life better for consumers. In ...

  7. T. Boone Pickens - Wikipedia

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    In early July 2008, the price of oil briefly closed above $145 per barrel. By the beginning of September 2008, the price of oil settled to under $110 per barrel. By October 9, 2008, the price plummeted back below $85 per barrel. As of November 21, 2008, the price of oil had fallen below $50 a barrel, mostly riding fears of a global recession. [70]

  8. Investment club - Wikipedia

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    An investment club is a group of individuals who meet for the purpose of pooling money and investing; members typically meet periodically to make investment decisions as a group through a voting process and recording of minutes, or gather information and perform investment transactions outside the group. [1]

  9. San Angelo police warn of scam impacting oil field, gas ...

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    The San Angelo Police Department is warning the public about a scammer targeting businesses in the oil field and gas supply sectors. "An individual, posing as a legitimate buyer, has been ...