DJ Envy partner charged in alleged real estate Ponzi scheme

Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that Cesar Pina had been charged with one count of wire fraud for running a pyramid scheme targeting real estate investors. Continue reading

‘Cash Flow King’ took millions in Ponzi scheme, according to SEC

“Nearly everything about his scheme was a lie,’” the SEC says in new charges against the investor, who raised money to buy homes in northern Ohio. Continue reading

Developer gets 25 years for ponzi scheme that preyed on elderly

Robert Shapiro’s Woodbridge Group reportedly promised low-risk investments with high-risk returns, but instead, the money was shuffled into shell companies. Continue reading

SEC charges real estate developer with fraud in Ponzi-scheme

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed an emergency action Thursday against New York State real estate developer Robert Morgan. Continue reading

NY developer sentenced to 6 years in prison for fraud

A New York-based real estate developer was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday for running a years-long scheme to defraud investors of $58 million, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced.  Continue reading