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August 19, 2008 - A US Federal Court has fined a Canadian hedge fund trader $279 million for swindling investors alongside an additional $20 million in civil monetary damages. More>>

June 20, 2008 - Fugative hedge fund manager's girlfriend arrested one week after Samuel Israel III disappeared in what authorities say was a plan to fake his death rather than face prison. More>>

Feb 15, 2008 - Commodities swindler extraordinaire, Phillip Bennett, wept like a baby in Manhattan's Federal Court today when he pled guilty to securities fraud relating to Refco, whose IPO came and went a month later when the perpetrator was caught. More>

January 24, 2008 - Biggest fraud in history perpetrated on French bank, rogue trader looses $7.15 billion. More>

Dec 15, 2007 - Cleveland - An Ohio fund manager described as charming and personable was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for bilking investors out of millions of dollars. More>

Dec 3, 2007 - Seattle - Bad boy lawyer, Tolan Furusho, pled guilty to stock fraud and faces disbarment and prison. The Wash. lawyer is best known for being partner to infamous Canadian stock swindler, Beverly Kamerling. Both were both busted in Alberta earlier this year in a scheme to bilk Canadian investors. More>

Nov 13, 2007 - Denver - Ex-Qwest Communications CEO Joe Nacchio is most likely facing prison after Prosecutors argued that his appeal be denied and insider-trading conviction be upheld. More>

 

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