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KGTA Petroleum Ltd

Thomas Abdallah, Kenneth Grant, Mark M. George, Jeffrey L. Gainer, Jerry Cicolani

ReportedMay 29, 2014
LocationBrunswick, OH
Amount$20,000,000

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Company / entity
KGTA Petroleum Ltd
Industry
Crude oil and refined fuel trading
How investors were recruited
Brokers (Gainer, Cicolani) solicited investors; ~70 investors
Pitch & red flags
"guaranteed monthly payments up to 5 percent per month or annual payments of approximately 60 percent per year"; funds would "flow through an escrow account monitored by attorney Mark George"

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Source

SEC official

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