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Charles Erickson

ReportedJun 2, 2015
LocationUxbridge, MA
Amount$3,500,000

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Industry
Futures day-trading
How investors were recruited
About one-third of investors from his church congregation
Pitch & red flags
Claimed "the Holy Spirit had given him a proprietary day-trading system"; guaranteed 96% returns over two years

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

foxnews.com

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