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Cases / Lending & cash advance

Holy Cow

Brent Lee Newbold

ReportedAug 14, 2014
LocationGranite Bay, CA
Amount$3,000,000

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Company / entity
Holy Cow
Industry
Private company stock / loans (green cleaning products company)
How investors were recruited
Solicited more than 10 individual investors, claiming he owned the company and most of its stock
Pitch & red flags
claimed company was "financially sound, stable and profitable"; said funds were for "working capital, fulfilling an order, or buying new product"

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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