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Cases / Trading, forex & commodities

Reed E. Slatkin

ReportedMay 11, 2001
LocationSanta Barbara, CA
Amount$230,000,000

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Industry
Unregistered investment advisory business with purported Swiss trading accounts
How investors were recruited
Fellow members of the Church of Scientology and their social circles, including Hollywood figures (about 800 investors in his investment club)
Pitch & red flags
Purported securities trading accounts in Switzerland that did not exist.

Source

SEC official

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