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K & K Strategies LLC

Kenny Dirk Van Der Spek (aka Kenny Vanderspek)

ReportedMar 20, 2025
LocationSouth Jordan, UT
Amount$5,000,000

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Company / entity
K & K Strategies LLC
Industry
Stock-trading hedge fund / trading education
How investors were recruited
Pitched stock-trading education and investing help to non-wealthy individuals (~75 investors)
Pitch & red flags
claimed to be a licensed "hedge fund"; fake "live stream" on knkstrategies.com to "watch [their] money grow"; fabricated account records

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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