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SEC Files Enforcement Action Against Owners of Jay Peak Ski Resort Alleging it was a Ponzi Scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges in Federal Court in Miami, Florida against the owners and operators of Jay Peak Resort, a Vermont-based ski resort, and related businesses. The complaint alleges that millions of dollars were raised under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. According to the complaint,…

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SEC sues Philip G. Barry and Leverage Group Companies Alleging Illegal Investment Scam

September 9, 2009 – Philip G. Barry and his business entities Leverage Group, Leverage Option Management Co., Inc., and North American Financial Services were sued yesterday by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC has charged Barry with securities fraud alleging that he operated a Ponzi scheme, which commenced in…

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SEC Sues Sidney & Charlotte Hanson: Perpetrators of Queen Shoals Investment Ponzi Scheme

September 8, 2009 – Sidney S. Hanson and Charlotte M. Hanson and twelve fraudulent business entities, including Queen Shoals, LLC, have been charged with securities fraud by the Securities & Exchange Commission. The couple had been running a scam promising high interest returns on “private” loans. The SEC announced today that…

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Millennium Bank Receiver Seeks to Sell Assets of Perpetrators

Massachusetts Investment Fraud Lawyer, the attorney, reviews the latest court filings by the Receiver in the  SEC vs. Millennium Bank action now pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas: It appears that the Millennium Bank Receiver has begun the process of liquidating assets seized as a part of the…

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Millennium Bank Ponzi Scheme: “Show me the Money, Willie”

A closer look at the Millennium Bank Ponzi Scheme: Boston trial lawyer, the attorney, takes a look at the facts involving Caribbean based Millenium Bank, which operated out of offices in Napa, California until closed by the SEC in March, 2009.   William J. Wise had a problem. In late 2003,…

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Millennium Bank Scam: William Wise successfully reversed the St. Vincent and Grenadine Banking Authority’s attempt to revoke its License in 2004

Boston commercial and personal injury trial Lawyer, the attorney, takes a look at Caribbean based Millenium Bank, the latest banking Ponzi Scheme to have bilked U.S. and other investors seeking big returns on their investment monies. On March 27, 2009, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), by its International Financial…

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Millennium Bank Fraud: Perpetrators Aggressively Used Internet and Print Media to Advertise High Interest CDs: Should publishers have known something was amiss?

Boston commercial and personal injury trial Lawyer, the attorney, takes a look at Caribbean based Millenium Bank, the latest banking Ponzi Scheme to have bilked U.S. and other investors seeking big returns on their investment monies. On March 25, 2009 the United States Securities Exchange Commission commenced a civil action…

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Millennium Bank Ponzi Scheme – Offshore High Interest CD’s seemed too Good to be True and Were, Says SEC

Boston commercial and personal injury trial Lawyer, the attorney, takes a look at Caribbean based Millenium Bank, the latest banking Ponzi Scheme to have bilked U.S. and other investors seeking big returns on their investment monies. The Millenium Bank and United Bank of Switzerland have been marketing and offering highly…

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Boston Attorney Investigates Potential Actions on Behalf of Madoff Victims

Boston Accident Lawyer, the attorney, is investigating potential claims on behalf of individuals who were victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. Those who had direct investments in Bernard L. Madoff Securities, LLC are limited to the remedies offered in the bankruptcy proceeding now pending in New York. Claims for…

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Personal Injuries Suffered by Contract Worker May be Recoverable from Manufacturing Company where he Worked

This is Part Two of a two part Blogpost where Boston Personal Injury Lawyer, the attorney, reviews and analyzes a recent First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, in which an insurer sought a declaration that there was no coverage for an personal injuries as the result of an accident involving a contract worker who…