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Fraudsters faked friendship with Michael Jordan to launch multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 11 Aug 2025
A couple from New Zealand have admitted running a $4 million Ponzi scheme ($2.3 million US) built on false claims of personal ties to NBA legend Michael Jordan, luring 61 investors into funding projects that never existed.
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FCA Prosecutes for Facebook-Based £1.3 Million Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retail Investors

Finance Magnates 08 Aug 2025
The Financial Conduct Authority has prosecuted Daniel Pugh, who was found guilty of operating a Ponzi scheme and committing fraud. Pugh ran the scheme through a company called the Imperial Investment Fund ... Details of the Ponzi Scheme and Conviction.
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B.C. judge OKs investor profits 'clawback' in $316M Ponzi scheme

North Shore News 08 Aug 2025
judge has approved a plan to “claw back” money from net winners of a Ponzi scheme run by a Victoria, B.C., mortgage broker who defrauded hundreds of investors out of more than $316 million. .
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Reeling after alleged GOP Ponzi scheme

Corvallis Gazette-Times 06 Aug 2025
CEDARTOWN, Ga. — A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He's looking to claw back ... .
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Shock guilty pleas as man admits role in $4m ponzi scheme

Stuff 06 Aug 2025
Thomas Alexander Tuira, known as Alex Tuira, has admitted his role in the significant fraud that was said to have left more than 60 investors out of pocket ....
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How an alleged Ponzi scheme left investors, politicians reeling

TimesDaily 05 Aug 2025
CEDARTOWN, Ga. — A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He's looking to claw back ... .
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Alleged GOP Ponzi scheme leaves investors reeling

Winston-Salem Journal 05 Aug 2025
CEDARTOWN, Ga. — A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He's looking to claw back ... .
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Texas Resident Pleads Guilty in Crypto-Ponzi Scheme

Texas Border Business 05 Aug 2025
... –A 45-year-old Houston man has admitted to running a fraudulent investment scheme.
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Texas resident pleads guilty in crypto-Ponzi scheme (United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas)

Public Technologies 05 Aug 2025
Texas resident pleads guilty in crypto-Ponzi scheme ... HOUSTON - A 45-year-old Houston man has admitted to running a fraudulent investment scheme, announced U.S ... The scheme resulted in numerous victims ...
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Georgia family accused of Ponzi scheme gave to Maine Republican causes

Bangor Daily News 05 Aug 2025
The vast majority of those contributions have come since 2021, when federal authorities say First Liberty became a $140 million Ponzi scheme ... of people who lost money” in the alleged Ponzi scheme.
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Officials say PAC tied to Ponzi scheme sought to influence elections

Dothan Eagle 04 Aug 2025
ATLANTA — Georgia's Ethics Commission says a political action committee linked to what federal investigators have called a Ponzi scheme illegally sought to influence elections ... .
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How an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Republicans left investors and politicians reeling

The Grand Island Independent 04 Aug 2025
CEDARTOWN, Ga. — A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He’s looking to claw back ... .
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