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Feds Score $3B Crypto Seizure
By Ava Benny-MorrisonProsecutors seized almost $3.4 billion in Bitcoin from a property developer who scammed the dark web marketplace Silk Road.
October 31, 2022
Barred Broker Sentenced to 5 Years for Fraud That Shuttered Life Insurance FirmThe ex-broker scammed a life insurance company that was his client, leading it to be forced into liquidation.
October 31, 2022
Ex-Broker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison Over Ponzi SchemePerry Santillo's 20-year sentence will run concurrently with a 17.5-year sentence he already faces.
October 28, 2022
Trump Tax Prosecutors Say Ex-CFO Has Stopped Meeting With ThemAllen Weisselberg, star witness in the criminal tax fraud case against the Trump Organization, is no longer meeting with prosecutors. P
October 27, 2022
Ex-Securities America Broker Charged With Defrauding Clients of $260KThe barred broker allegedly used the funds to pay off credit cards and gamble at multiple casinos.
October 25, 2022
Janus 401(k) Plan Loaded With Subpar Proprietary Funds, Suit ClaimsThe Janus Henderson Funds also "charged higher fees relative to nonproprietary alternatives," the suit states.
October 24, 2022
Ex-MassMutual Broker Pleads Guilty to Defrauding ClientsThe barred broker used a client's funds to pay down his own debt and for personal travel.
October 21, 2022
Advisor Who Tried to Flee Prosecution Pleads Guilty to Defrauding ClientsSteven Xigoros was arrested at the Newark airport while trying to board a flight to Greece in September.