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Cases / Investment funds & advisory

Mantria Corporation, Speed of Wealth LLC

Wayde McKelvy, Donna McKelvy, Troy Wragg, Amanda Knorr

ReportedNov 16, 2009
LocationDenver, CO
Amount$30,000,000

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Company / entity
Mantria Corporation, Speed of Wealth LLC
Industry
"Green" investments: carbon-negative housing community in rural Tennessee and biochar
How investors were recruited
Television, radio and print advertising, internet marketing, and seminars/webinars where promoters urged investors to liquidate traditional investments
Pitch & red flags
Promised returns from 17 percent to "hundreds of percent" annually; described offerings as "consistent and safe" high-yield securities; high-pressure sales with short-term incentive offers

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Source

SEC official

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