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Cases / Trading, forex & commodities

First Capital Savings & Loan Ltd.

Jeffery A. Lowrance

ReportedJul 15, 2011
LocationIL
Amount$21,000,000

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Company / entity
First Capital Savings & Loan Ltd.
Industry
Foreign currency trading program
How investors were recruited
Appealed to shared Christian values and limited-government political views; advertised in his own startup newspaper USA Tomorrow, distributed at a 2008 political rally in Minneapolis
Pitch & red flags
Monthly returns of up to 7.15%; "predictable monthly income"; some investors told the investment was guaranteed and given fraudulent letters of credit

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Source

SEC official

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