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Cases / Real estate

Cap Exchange, Cap X

Peter Jerald Frommer

ReportedFeb 5, 2010
LocationCarpinteria, CA
Amount$12,000,000

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Company / entity
Cap Exchange, Cap X
Industry
Purchase and resale of surplus property and distressed assets via auction websites
How investors were recruited
Directly solicited over 50 investors nationwide
Pitch & red flags
"Guaranteed" returns of 8 to 15 percent in cycles "as short as six weeks"; false account statements

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

FBI official

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