Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of California Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Fid. Nat’l Fin., Inc. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. Citation: 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47041 Facts This case involved the aftermath of a Ponzi…
This is a class action lawsuit brought by the victims of an embezzlement scheme who lost thousands of dollars in investments. A forensic accounting expert was sought to review banking and wire transfer data showing transactions from individuals to a…
This case involves a business professional who was convicted of involvement in a Ponzi scheme and sentenced to jail. The federal judge verbally ordered the sentence of one year, which was different from what was written. According to the written…
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed an enforcement action against the operator of a large-scale Ponzi scheme. The hedge fund operator pleaded guilty to a multi-count indictment for securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and other charges. The SEC appointed…
In this case, an accounting expert was called in by the plaintiff in order to examine financial records detailing alleged irregularities by the defendant. The plaintiff was the receiver appointed to oversee proceedings to benefit hedge fund investors in Ohio who lost…
This case involves a group of defendants in Ohio who acted as fiduciaries and investment advisors to plaintiffs who assert they were conservative investors who trusted the defendants with most of their assets. The plaintiffs in this case alleged that the…
This case involves an alleged Ponzi scheme at a hedge fund in which approximately 30 investors lost between $250,000 and $300,000 each, for total losses of about $10 million. The fund’s investment manager chose to invest in unknown companies, rather…
This case involves a private equity fund’s managing partner and the manager of the fund’s trading operations. The managing partner told potential investors that the fund was an investment vehicle that would allow investors to capitalize from both bull and…
This case involves a woman who developed neuroma formations at the site of a previous cesarean section scar. The patient complained of intractable pain after surgery and her doctors recommended a resection procedure to relieve the pain. The surgeon identified…
