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Project Information Arbitrage

Vladimir Artamonov

ReportedFeb 29, 2024
LocationElkridge, MD
Amount$4,000,000

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Company / entity
Project Information Arbitrage
Industry
Options trading on purported advance knowledge of Berkshire Hathaway investments ("information arbitrage")
How investors were recruited
Harvard Business School classmates and alumni network acquaintances
Pitch & red flags
claimed he could "learn which investments Berkshire Hathaway would make ahead of the market"; "like having a private time machine"; promised 500-1,000% returns; "significant returns with little associated risk"; "Almost certain we will make a ton of money soon"

Pitch phrases from this case

Source

ag.ny.gov official

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