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Cases / Investment funds & advisory

Wendell Ray Spell

ReportedMar 23, 2009
LocationGainesville, GA
Amount$60,000,000

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Company / entity
North Georgia Equipment Sales LLC, Cornerstone International Investments LLC
Industry
Construction equipment purchase and resale
How investors were recruited
Investors from Gainesville, GA and elsewhere (more than 50 investors).
Pitch & red flags
Offered a 50/50 profit split to some investors and a 36% annual interest rate to others; provided fraudulent bills of sale and counterfeit documents.

Source

FBI official

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