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Cases / Lending & cash advance

Lucky Star Diamonds Inc, Luis Felipe Jewelry Design Corp

Luis Felipe Perez

ReportedJun 2, 2010
LocationMiami, FL
Amount$40,000,000

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Company / entity
Lucky Star Diamonds Inc, Luis Felipe Jewelry Design Corp
Industry
Jewelry business and pawn shop financing via loan agreements
How investors were recruited
Word-of-mouth referrals from prior investors; used his reputation in the local Hispanic community
Pitch & red flags
"No-risk" loan agreements; annual returns of 18% to 120% paid monthly; said pawn shops earned "5 to 10 percent returns per month"; told some investors diamonds were set aside as collateral

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

SEC official

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