Quatloos! > Investment Fraud

Investment Fraud

Multi-Level Marketing
"Buy 1 for yourself and get the chance to sell your friends and family 5 and get your downline started!" We examine the multi-level marketing industry, where only the people who come up with the ideas make any money, and everybody else is left unhappy, broke, and tired of reading scripts and selling overpriced vitamins and similarly worthless products.

• Federal Trade Commission's "Bottom Line About Multi-Level Marketing Plans"
• Introduction to Multi-Level Marketing
• MLM Links
• MLM News and Articles
• MLM Scams Discussion

• Exhibit: GLOBAL PROSPERITY GROUP / INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL

'Institute of Global Prosperity' Co-Founder Apprehended and Arrested for Tax Evasion


Institute of Global Prosperity Co-Founder Guilty of Tax Fraud
Defendant Concealed $40 Million in Sales In Bogus Trusts, Nominee Entities and Offshore Bank Accounts

Global Prosperity Principal Convicted of Tax Fraud


Global Prosperity Criminal Complaint
(pdf)

Arrest Warrant: Andersen
(pdf)

More...

• HYIPs and bank debenture programs Overview
• HYIPs & Bank Debenture News & Articles
• Morganthau Bonds
• Securities Fraud -- Due Diligence in Finance Discussion

• Exhibit: OMEGA TRUST & TRADING, LTD.

• Exhibit: QUATLOOSIAN HYIP PROGRAMS

• Exhibit: NESARA Scam

• Dove Updates
• Jennifer Lee Updates
• Prosperity Programs - NESARA Discussion

Offshore Planning
The best thing about having money offshore is having to visit it occasionally. Yes, you may save a few bucks from taxes and hide some dinero from your soon-to-be-ex-spouse, but can also get yourself into a whole lot of trouble. Sunny climes are, after all, for shady people. And there are lots of shady people in the offshore havens, people who will lie, cheat and steal to get your money, and then try to extort more money from you by threatening to turn you over to the authorities in your home land.

• Costa Rica Property Scams
• Diplomatic & Consulate Titles
• Hiding Money Offshore
• Le Club Prive
• Offshore Books & Seminars
• Offshore Personal / Private Banks
• Offshore Planning Articles
• Offshore Scams Discussion
• Unsecured Offshore Credit Cards

• Exhibit: JEROME SCHNEIDER

• Exhibit: MERRILL SCOTT

• Exhibit: MARC HARRIS

• Exhibit: FAKE NATIONS

• Dominion of Melchizedek
• Kingdom of Enen Kio

Treasury Scams and Forgeries
Fraudulent schemes or "scams" that involve what are claimed to be securities issued or backed by the US Treasury or any other part of the United States Government. These scams have been directed at banks, charities, companies, and even individuals, by individuals or organizations seeking payment on the fraudulent securities.

• Securities Fraud -- Due Diligence in Finance Discussion

• Exhibit: TREASURY SECURITIES FRAUD

• Exhibit: PHONY SECURITIES

• Exhibit: HISTORICAL BOND FRAUD

FOREX Scams and Commodities Fraud
Tired of the stock market? Leverage your dollars into millions in foreign currencies traded on the spot market and thousands of dollars daily with little risk. Never mind that your FOREX trader lacks any financial education and isn't registered with any administrative body, as the money to be made in FOREX completely overwhelms any slight risk that you will have. Yes, believe that and I've got some beautiful beachfront property outside of Albuquerque to sell you.

• Consumer Advisories
• Enforcement Bulletins
• Enforcement Actions
• FOREX Articles
• FOREX Information
• If you have a problem with Forex or Commodities Fraud
• Securities Fraud -- Due Diligence in Finance Discussion

Viaticals Fraud
You buy out their insurance policy at a discount, and they get the cash now to have money to buy medicines or hospital care. When they die, you get a nice profit and the satisfaction of having made the rest of somebody's life a little nicer. Unfortunately, this is a loosely-regulated industry where scam artists sell bogus policies and people feign illnesses to get your Quatloos now.

• NASD Warning
• Securities Fraud Message Forum

• Exhibit: Viaticals Fraud

  The Life Settlements Market: An Actuarial
  Perspective on Consumer Economic Value
  2005 Study by Deloitte Consulting LLP and the University of Connecticut, reprinted with permission.

Financial Planning
Not only are you interested in investing your Quatloos, but others are interested in investing your Quatloos for you! Why, because they make their Quatloos off of your Quatloos, of course. And herein lies an inherent conflict-of-interest, which begins innocently enough but can quickly develop into outright fraud.

Investor Alerts Regarding Annuities and Insurance

Quatloos! Guide to Insurance

• Alaskan Trusts and Delaware Trusts
• Annuity Abuse
• Black Holes & UFOs
• Financial Planning Articles
• Financial Planning and Estate Planning Scams Discussion
• Financial Planning or Fleecing of Seniors?
• Insurance Company Bad Faith
• Life Insurance to Pay Estate Taxes
• Living Trusts
• Sales Commissions & Loaded Investments
• Self-Liquidating Loans

• Exhibit: Asset Protection Scams

  Texas Joint Stock Company Scam
  The Texas Joint Stock Company scam is an form of asset protection scam that these days seems to be run mostly from the Dallas area by a bunch of con artists who got into trouble a few years ago selling bogus Pure Trusts...