Bernard Madoff’s Victims Collect $4.3B as US Government Fund Completes Payouts January 2, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. government fund to compensate people swindled by Bernard Madoff announced its tenth and final distribution on Monday, saying...
Georgia Investment Manager Charged with Siphoning $6M from GEICO August 14, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A Georgia grand jury has indicted an investment manager, charging that he diverted almost $6 million from GEICO Insurance for...
Bernie Madoff Is Long Gone. The Lawyers Are Going Strong December 12, 2023 Long before cryptocurrency and Sam Bankman-Fried, the biggest name in corporate fraud was Bernie Madoff. Fifteen years after the FBI...
Texas Man Sentenced for Hotel Investment Fraud Scheme May 19, 2022 An Austin, Texas man was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $5,052,366.92 in restitution for his...
SEC Sues VW, Ex-CEO over Diesel Emissions Scandal, Alleging Massive Investor Fraud March 15, 2019 By David Shepardson and Edward Taylor The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Volkswagen (VW) and its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn over the...
Vermont to Freeze Remaining Assets in Ski Resort Fraud Case April 13, 2018 A judge has approved freezing the remaining assets of a former Vermont ski resort owner who is being investigated on...
2 Dallas Residents Guilty of Medical-Related Fraud July 18, 2013 Two Dallas residents have pleaded guilty to medical investment-related fraud in what investigators call a $10 million Ponzi scam. Federal...
Judge Certifies Investor Class Action Against Goldman Sachs February 3, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was ordered by a federal judge to face a securities class-action lawsuit accusing it of defrauding...
Loreley Financing Sues Citigroup Over $1 Billion Investments January 25, 2012 By Karen Freifeld Citigroup Inc. was sued for fraud by Loreley Financing over nearly $1 billion worth of collateralized debt obligations purchased in...