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Cases / Lending & cash advance

James U. Dodge

ReportedApr 27, 2010
LocationSpringfield, IL
Amount$5,100,000

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Industry
Purported futures day trading funded by investor loans
How investors were recruited
Friends and friends of friends, including a Saturday morning coffee group and former pharmaceutical-sales colleagues; word-of-mouth referrals
Pitch & red flags
"3% interest or return per month for a guaranteed 36% return annually"; claimed to trade stocks with an "algorithm"

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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