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Cases / Investment funds & advisory

SG Investment Management

Claus C. Foerster

ReportedMay 10, 2016
LocationSpartanburg, SC
Amount$3,000,000

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Company / entity
SG Investment Management
Industry
Fictitious investment management firm (diverted client retirement funds)
How investors were recruited
Existing clients from his work as financial advisor at national investment firms
Pitch & red flags
claimed he had "located better investments than their current portfolio"; bogus account statements; small payments returned as "profits"

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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