A wealthy Georgia Republican donor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after federal prosecutors said he used a $76 million Ponzi scheme to enrich himself while misleading investors with promises of strong returns. Edwin Brant Frost IV was accused of…
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two foreign-operated, Colorado-incorporated entities, BG Wealth Sharing Ltd and DSJ Exchange Pty Ltd, for orchestrating a fraud scheme that used false SEC filings to boost confidence in their… Official websites use.gov Secure.
A convicted Wall Street swindler was barred for life from serving as an officer or director of a public company — but secretly pulled the strings at a $115 million Nasdaq venture anyway, a bombshell federal lawsuit alleges. Daniel L. Gordon, who…
by Ty Tagami | Oct 28, 2026 | Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — Edwin Brant Frost IV will spend 15 years in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 300 investors out of more than $76 million, federal prosecutors announced this week. Frost,…
Four months after two Florida men were charged with operating a sham insurance company and a month after regulators ordered them to cease operations, the two have been indicted on federal fraud and money laundering charges. A federal grand jury…
SAN DIEGO – The last of 25 defendants in a $65 million fraud scheme that preyed on thousands of elderly victims in San Diego and beyond admitted their crimes on Friday, marking a significant step toward accountability in the sprawling international case that…
CORINTH, Miss. (WTVA/Gray News) — A Mississippi man says he was scammed shortly after the death of his sister. According to Tim Williams, he was called by a woman who identified herself as the life insurance agent for his sister,…
The station's report also notes that Laken was previously convicted in 2002 of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud tied to stock manipulation and pension fund fraud. Laken, Nagy, Sewell and Wong each face up to five years in prison for their…
HOUSTON – A 38-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to defraud his former employer through fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Feliciano Pineda pleaded guilty Feb. 12. As part of his plea, Pineda admitted to creating a…
An Austin accountant is heading to federal prison for nearly three and a half years after a judge found he laundered money and committed bank fraud that undermined the Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Arun Mago was sentenced…
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