Financial Investigations

Inflating Fund Performance The Securities and Exchange Commission announces charges for New York-based investment adviser Premium Point Investments LP. The charges are for inflating fund...

Invention Promotion Scam Scott Cooper and his Miami, FL, based companies, World Patent Marketing Inc. and Desa Industries Inc., agree to a settlement with the...

Healthcare Fraud A Recurring Theme The Securities and Exchange Commission announces fraud charges against three former Constellation Healthcare Technologies executives. The complaint charges former Constellation...

Alternative Investment Gone Wrong The Securities and Exchange Commission charges the owner of Manhattan-based alternative investment firm with misappropriating $6 million in investor funds. Supposedly,...

Outrageous Embezzlement Scheme Lori V. Whitaker, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, enters a guilty plea in federal court to a wire fraud charge. Under the terms...

Investment Fraud Scheme The owner of two Cambridge-based investment advisory firms receives sentence in connection with a scheme to defraud hedge fund investors. Yasuna J....

Fraudulent Marketing Scheme Craig Jerabeck, of Rochester, NY, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return, as a part...

Repeat Fraudster Pays the Price  The 75-year-old long-time fugitive and repeat fraudster known as “Butch” Ballow receives a second federal sentence following his admission of...

Bank Fraud, An Attorney, and the Long Hand of the Law A Houston, Texas, attorney enters a guilty plea to bank fraud for his role...

Product and False Claims A New Jersey company, Mikey & Momo, Inc., and its owners agree to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for false claims....