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	<title>Investor Watchdog - Finance Education &#187; Ponzi Schemes</title>
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		<title>Church Members are Easy Prey for Ponzi Schemes</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/church-members-are-easy-prey-for-ponzi-schemes</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Waymire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deceptive Sales Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illegal Schemes & Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[$220 million]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC has accused a father and son of bilking LDS church members out of $220 million. The money that was supposed to be used to buy apartment buildings and renovate them was used to fund the lifestyles and businesses of the perpetrators.
Churches are easy prey for Ponzi schemes. The bad guys sell the scam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Legal Investment Scams?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Waymire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Financial Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bad Products & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deceptive Sales Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has read about illegal Ponzi schemes and Wall Street&#8217;s fraudulent investment scams that have resulted in major fines to companies.
What you don&#8217;t read about are legal investment scams that impact millions of investors. Following are examples of frequent abuses.
Definition: Legal scams benefit the advisor or the advisor&#8217;s company more than they benefit you.
Advisors sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New alleged Ponzi Scheme with a Twist</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/new-alleged-ponzi-scheme-with-a-twist</link>
		<comments>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/new-alleged-ponzi-scheme-with-a-twist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DFree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F&S Asset management Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Employee Benefits Group]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Wayne McLeod]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the SEC alleged a new Ponzi scheme. The interesting part of the story is that the alleged Ponzi operator, Kenneth Wayne McLeod, is now deceased. Hmmm, how are they going to handle this one? 
The SEC has frozen the estate of Mr. McLeod, along with assets from his benefits consulting firm, Federal Employee Benefits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Beach&#8217;s Version of Bernie Madoff?</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/north-beachs-version-of-bernie-madoff</link>
		<comments>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/north-beachs-version-of-bernie-madoff#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DFree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Viola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misleading investors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another sad but true story of investors who were taken to the cleaners by a ponzi operator. Giuseppe Viola is accused of running a ponzi in North Beach, a well known San Francisco neighborhood. 
Like so many other ponzi operators, he promised investors returns of 20-25% on their investments, was a very good name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Florida Ponzi Scheme-Diamonds Aren&#8217;t Forever</title>
		<link>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/south-florida-ponzi-scheme-diamonds-arent-forever</link>
		<comments>http://www.investorwatchdog.com/south-florida-ponzi-scheme-diamonds-arent-forever#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DFree</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new ponzi scheme was just announced today in South Florida. This one focused on primarily on the hispanic community. 
The con-artist used statements like: &#8220;no risk&#8221; investments, with returns of 10% to 120% paid in monthly interest payments.
Why do we post these articles? It&#8217;s our hope that we can help investors avoid making these [...]]]></description>
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