Tag Ponzi scheme

Allen Stanford ruled incompetent to stand trial

Jailed alleged Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford had been deemed incompetent to stand trial due to possible brain damage due to being severely beaten by another inmate and then subsequent addiction to anti-anxiety meds. The judge specifically said this does not…

How to spot a Ponzi scheme

The Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners has a useful list of red flags of Ponzi schemes. #1 Sounds too good to be true. If an investment sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This old saying is perhaps…

Satan is preparing the flames for him now

Flamboyant financier ‘Sir’ Allen Stanford expects to be indicted by a federal grand jury in the next two weeks, he told ABC News in an interview in which he cried, denied wrongdoing and threatened to punch his questioner in the…

Lil’ baby Ponzi scheme

The Feds have uncovered a $40 million Ponzi scheme in Folsom, CA. If the miscreants get convicted on state charges, Folsom Prison is right there waiting for them. How convenient. Investors were promised low risk investments paying 42% a year.…

Another Ponzi scheme?

Charles Ponzi Stanford Group Co., a Houston investment company with assets of $8.4 billion, is being investigated because, surprise, they claim to have made returns of 10-15% on CDs since 1995. “That type of return ignores the business cycle,” said…