Tag: Securities fraud

San Diego woman sentenced for nearly $400M Ponzi scheme

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SAN DIEGO — A San Diego businesswoman whose Ponzi scheme bilked hundreds of people out of nearly $400 million was sentenced Wednesday to 15...

Economist who pulled Albania out of 1997 anarchy dead at 58

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TIRANA, Albania — Bashkim Fino, who was appointed to shepherd Albania out of almost total chaos when fraudulent investment schemes collapsed 24 years ago...

Amid FBI probe, Texas official hired from big donor family

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DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is under FBI investigation over claims of using his office to help a political donor, gave...

Man sentenced for concert investment scheme

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida man was sentenced Monday to four years and nine months in federal prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar...