by Justin Knapp | Sep 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
This Tar Heel should be tarred and feathered. Charles Mark Hall is accused of embezzling nearly $170,000 from a 90-year-old client he conned into signing surrender forms. Then he made away with the funds, easy as taking candy from a baby. There are plenty of other...
by Justin Knapp | Sep 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
After decades of experience in financial planning, the folks at Fleecing Central shouldn’t be surprised that consumers are concerned about retirement planning. In fact, according to a recent CFP Board survey, 51% of respondents listed building a retirement fund was...
by Justin Knapp | Sep 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
A ring of mortgage crooks may have wanted to enact a strict noise policy for its many illegal boarders. But, most likely the 20 northern Virginia schemers were too busy creating a humongous mortgage fraud operation valued at about $100 million in properties. Check out...
by Justin Knapp | Sep 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Is to avoid hiding millions of dollars from the Feds. U.S. tax authorities really frown on that. Case in point, UBS client Juergan Homann is in hot water over a $6.1 million account that he kept secret in a Swiss bank account. To make matters worse, he used to the...
by Justin Knapp | Sep 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
More than 20 investors expecting profits from foreign currency trading have been taken for a ride by Ponzi artist Yongsu Meade of Oregon. Ms. Meade took in approximately $2 million in the sham. She did actually invest some of the funds in foreign currency, only to...
by Justin Knapp | Sep 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Fleecing Central admires mother-daughter bonding, but these California ladies should really consider a more respectable pastime. The FBI agrees. Helen and Irene Sotiriadis are currently in FBI custody following claims that they bilked lenders of $5 million in home...
