by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 8, 2021 | Scam of the day
Scam artists around the world should probably honor Charles Ponzi, the man who perfected the scheme that bears his name that has been used by many scammers to steal billions of dollars from unwitting victims who made the mistake of investing their money with such...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 5, 2019 | Scam of the day
Yesterday, popular New York sports talk radio host Craig Carton, half of the popular WFAN morning talk show “Boomer and Carton” was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in regard to a scam in which he and two other men, Michael Wright and Joseph...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 20, 2019 | Scam of the day
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently filed criminal charges against investment adviser William Neil “Doc” Gallagher who has been accused by the SEC of operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme in which he victimized mostly elderly...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 11, 2019 | Scam of the day
The problem of financial abuse of seniors was highlighted again recently with the arrest in California of Charisma Denise Wells on charges related to illegally using the credit card of a 92 year old woman for whom Ms. Wells was serving as a temporary caretaker. Also...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 2, 2019 | Scam of the day
Had he not died in 1949, today would have been Charles Ponzi’s 137th birthday. Scam artists around the world should probably honor the man who perfected the scheme that bears his name that has been used by many scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as...
