ZeekRewards founder heads to trial for $900M scam
Feds allege Paul Burks' online auction site fronted a Ponzi scheme that bilked 1 million people out of nearly $1 billion
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Feds allege Paul Burks' online auction site fronted a Ponzi scheme that bilked 1 million people out of nearly $1 billion
It accuses Aequitas Capital Management of duping 1,500 clients, but the CEO says the agency chose "to rush to judgment"
The government accuses an Internet financing company of bilking 900,000 investors and arrests its founder
George was convicted more than two years ago on four wire fraud counts
Authorities accuse former hedge fund manager who jacked up price of life-saving drug of weaving "outrageous web of lies"
77-year-old Irwin Lipkin, who pleaded guilty but was trying to avoid incarceration, will serve a six-month sentence