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Cases / Investment funds & advisory

Triton Financial LLC

Kurt Branham Barton

ReportedFeb 16, 2011
LocationAustin, TX
Amount$41,000,000

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Company / entity
Triton Financial LLC
Industry
Broker-dealer / sports-marketing investment firm
How investors were recruited
Used prominent former NFL players and Heisman Trophy winners to solicit and encourage additional investors
Pitch & red flags
Investors told Triton was buying properties, businesses and other assets; promised quarterly dividends or redemptions; Barton showed fabricated E*Trade account statements

Source

FBI official

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