All posts tagged "ponzi scheme"
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3.1K1Laws In TexasThe Texas Money Doc Takes 29, Gets 25 In Return
William Neil “Doc” Gallagher, who wasn’t licensed to advise clients on securities, received up to $29.2 million from about 60 investors from...
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2.3KEditors ChoiceApparently, Conman Robert Morgan’s Ponzi-Scheme Payback Offer Sufficient to Avoid Jail for Massive Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Morgan voluntarily liquidated certain assets to generate funds for collection by the receiver. And last week, the court approved the receiver’s plan...
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4.1K1Ken PaxtonTexas Attorney in Dallas Steals $365,000 from Client and His Sentence; 320 Hrs Community Service
DALLAS, TEXAS: Attorney Tom Finley has financial woes. He and his wife were evicted from another Dallas home in 2016. Now he's...
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3.6KEditors ChoiceMastermind of $1.3 Billion Investment Fraud (Ponzi) Scheme Robert Shapiro Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison (S.D. Fla.)
Shapiro spearheaded and concealed an enormous Ponzi scheme through his business, Woodbridge. Woodbridge employed approximately 130 people and had offices located throughout...
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5.7KFederal LawA Few Lawyers, a Former FBI Director and a Lonely Ole Mother of Three Sons and a Daughter are About to Walk into a Texas Courtroom and Hear “The Court is Now in Session(s)”
William Sessions sons are alleged to want him to divorce from his wife of 65 plus years, Alice Sessions - as Lewis...
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2.0KDeutsche BankLeading Texas Law Firm Baker Botts Slams Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s Erroneous Decision in Law and Demands Correction; Let’s See if they Have More Joy than Hagens Berman Who Were Also Treated Unfairly
Uncorrected, the 5th circuit panel opinion will substantially undermine receivership courts ability to protect estate property in this circuit, presenting an issue...
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2.3K1Editors ChoiceFifth Circuit Maintains Isolated Position Relative to Attorney Immunity Doctrine
The Fifth Circuit declined to broaden the exceptions to the Texas rule of attorney immunity with respect to liability to non-clients in...
