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Paul Springer writes about corporate finance. He began his career on the options floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange. He’s a Ph.D. candidate at U.C. Berkeley and includes classical languages and the study of human error among his hobbies.

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Danville resident stiffed in lottery scam

Have you ever thought about what you might do if you found yourself holding a winning lottery ticket worth millions?Me neither.But some guys in the...
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SEC pleads the fifth in Madoff inquisition?

The anemic response of the Securities and Exchange Commission to inquiries into its equally anemic Madoff investigation is worrisome, especially at a...
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Agape ponzi master Cosmo in hock to organized crime family

Wall Street meets the Sopranos . . . .It's worth noting that the name Agape is a very old Greek term encompassing...
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Ponzi roundup video showcases swindles

This is really Part I. Since this CNN report, the Ponzis just keep coming. As always, if it seems too good to be...
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Regulators turn over rocks, find Ponzi proliferation

Now that the Ponzi scheme is the rip-off du jour, regulators are finding them everywhere. Apparently it's pretty easy to detect them--if they're...
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Daily City hedge fund fraudster arrested at SFO, released on $1 million bail

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A hedge fund manager accused of fraud in a 2007 civil suit was arrested at San Francisco International Airport this week after federal authorities...
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$62 million Spanish language Ponzi scheme swindles California investors

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Milton Retana, a Norwalk, Calif., resident who owned and operated Best Diamond Funding, a real estate brokerage and mortgage lending company, was...
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Creative Capital gets a little too creative with investors' money

An affinity marketing scam offered the novel feature of a fictional regulatory entity to assuage the fears of investors, according to a civil action...
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Suicide darkens Madoff Ponzi debacle

A New York City fund manager who lost big in the Madoff mess appears to have killed himself according to New York City Police Commission Raymond...
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Madoff made off with Ponzi terminology

Bernard Madoff's ongoing financial firestorm heralds a watershed for financial fraud terminology. It's time to replace "Ponzi Scheme" with...
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