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Cases / Agriculture & cattle

Edward Shannon Polen

ReportedFeb 15, 2012
LocationGreenbrier, TN
Amount$16,000,000

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Industry
Resale of repossessed John Deere farm equipment, Greenway construction materials and TVA coal-ash cleanup materials
How investors were recruited
Over 50 individual investors
Pitch & red flags
return of principal "plus a substantial profit"; claimed guaranteed buyers; gave investors post-dated checks

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

FBI official

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