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Cases / Investment funds & advisory

Millennium Bank, United Trust of Switzerland, Sterling Bank and Trust

William J. Wise

ReportedSep 13, 2012
LocationRaleigh, NC
Amount$129,500,000

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Company / entity
Millennium Bank, United Trust of Switzerland, Sterling Bank and Trust
Industry
Bogus certificates of deposit
How investors were recruited
Sold to more than 1,200 investors
Pitch & red flags
CDs with "guaranteed rates of return"; returns claimed to come from "profitable overseas investments"

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Source

U.S. Department of Justice official

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