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Red-flag phrase library

What they said to get the money

Phrases promoters used, quoted from charging documents and reporting on the cases in this database. A phrase on its own proves nothing — but when several show up in one pitch, slow down and verify.

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“doubling of those investments within six months”

2 cases: IcomTech, Forcount (later Weltsys)

“guaranteed daily returns”

2 cases: IcomTech, Forcount (later Weltsys)

“guaranteed high rates of return”

2 cases: Star Credit Holdings, Matthew's Woodworking LLC

“guaranteed returns”

2 cases: Mining Capital Coin, SwapStar Capital LLC

“guaranteeing”

2 cases: John Robert Leake, Van Zandt Agency

“large returns”

2 cases: Gregg Seitz, Ahmed Alabadi

“monthly interest payments”

2 cases: NHI Metals Ltd., The Dreamweaver Foundation, Hart Financial Inc.

“never at risk”

2 cases: Bright with Silver Inc., Coadum Capital

“proprietary algorithm”

2 cases: Baycap.io, Q3 Trading Club, Q3 I LP

“secured by deeds of trust”

2 cases: Bradley R. Heinrichs, Stephen J. Hatch, Maher Talal Muhawieh

“their money was safe”

2 cases: Sunrise Enterprises LLC, Matthew J. Skinner

“$1 million by the time she was 100 years old”

1 case: Booth Financial Associates, Insurance Trends Inc.

“$1,500 per month”

1 case: Realty World-Quality Homes Inc.

“$1.4 billion in assets”

1 case: Kiddar Capital

“$2 billion in u.s. treasury bonds”

1 case: Christopher Knight Lopez, Jayson Lopez, Nadir Abdel Torres

“$25,000 within approximately two weeks”

1 case: John Sposato

“$50,000 minimum investment”

1 case: Innovative Advisory Services Inc

“$54 per month, per machine”

1 case: Unlimited Cash Inc, Douglas Networks Enterprises

“$78 million in assets”

1 case: Nathan Gauvin

“$80 million credit facility secured by a private equity portfolio”

1 case: Irving Place III SPV LLC

“+140% per $100 bet… and possibly as high as +180%”

1 case: John Frank Thomas III, Thomas Joseph Becker, Douglas Martin, Paul Hanson, Damian Ostertag

“+35.77% returns since inception”

1 case: MSMB Capital Management LP, MSMB Healthcare LP, Retrophin Inc

“1 percent to 15 percent”

1 case: First Financial LLC

“1-2% per day (approximately 547% per year)”

1 case: Wolf Capital Crypto Trading LLC

“1.5% in daily bitcoin trading profits and up to 45% per month”

1 case: Control-Finance Limited

“1.5–3.75% each month”

1 case: Aureus Revenue Group LLC

“1.903 percent”

1 case: KA Investments LLC

“10 percent per quarter”

1 case: Investor Planning Services

“10 to 14 percent within 90 days and 20 to 30 percent within one month”

1 case: JMJ Capital Group

“10 to 20 percent per month”

1 case: Rosand Enterprises Inc

“10 to 20 percent return on investment after 30 days”

1 case: Endeavor Management Solutions LLC, Endeavor Consultancy LLC

“10 to 20 percent return on the investment”

1 case: Equity Capital Investments LLC

“10 years experience in financial services and securities industries”

1 case: Byron Keith Brown

“10% annual interest, payable monthly”

1 case: Monarch Capital Investment Fund LLC

“10% interest every 3 months”

1 case: Drive Planning LLC

“10% or more per month”

1 case: MJ Capital Funding LLC, MJ Taxes and More Inc.

“10% per month”

1 case: David Kaplan

“10% per month or higher”

1 case: David W. McQueen, Trent Francke

“10% return”

1 case: Michael James Frew

“10% to 12% after two years”

1 case: Godwin Capital No. 8 Ltd, Godwin Group

“10, 12 or 14 percent”

1 case: Buyersnet Real Estate Corporation

“10-12 percent”

1 case: Pradeep Singh

“10-12 percent within a couple of months”

1 case: Minnesota Print Services

“10-15 percent per month”

1 case: Weston Rutledge Financial Services Inc

“100 percent guaranteed rates of return”

1 case: Dresdner Financial, .44 Magnum Leveraged Financing Program

“100 percent or better”

1 case: New Century Coal, Earth Energy Exploration

“100 percent or more in less than 30 days”

1 case: Richard C. Shade Jr.

“100 percent returns every 90 days”

1 case: Richard Franklin Reynolds (aka Richard Adkins)

“100 percent secure”

1 case: CRM Investors Corporation

“100% annually”

1 case: Money Management Strategies

“100% asset backed”

1 case: James A. Torchia

“100% guaranteed”

1 case: Shadai Yire

“100% guaranteed through a security bond”

1 case: Chemical Trust, U.S. Guarantee Corp, United Marketing Trust

“100% money-back guarantee”

1 case: Profit Connect

“100% or greater annual returns for up to thirty years”

1 case: Integrated Equities Inc.

“100% protected”

1 case: Bridge Premium Finance LLC

“100% rate of return on their investments”

1 case: Rodney Dean Buckle

“100% returns in 12 months”

1 case: Christian Montiel-Caleit

“10–15% return on their principal investment after 30, 60, or 90 days”

1 case: Trevor Uhls LLC, Midwest Homes

“12 guaranteed monthly payments of between 3% and 6% per month”

1 case: Kenneth w. Alexander II, Robert D. Welsh, Caedrynn E. Conner

“12 percent to 27 percent”

1 case: Baccala Realty Inc.

“12% annual guaranteed return”

1 case: Donne Corporation

“12% compounded monthly”

1 case: Pickleball Rocks, All About Pickleball LLC

“12% per month”

1 case: Jose D. Rocha

“12.5 percent quarterly returns”

1 case: Matthew Beasley, Jeffrey Judd, Christopher Humphries

“120% interest”

1 case: Isotex Health LLC

“13 to 16 percent per year guaranteed returns”

1 case: Intermodal Wealth Inc, World Container

“13.5% monthly returns”

1 case: GCZ Global LLC, Triten Financial Group LLC

“14 to 24 percent every 70 to 130 days”

1 case: Next Components

“15 percent a month”

1 case: Brixon Group Ltd

“15 percent a month for six months”

1 case: Flint-McClung Capital LLC

“15 percent secured interest annually”

1 case: Omega Investment Group

“15 percent to 50 percent return”

1 case: Gregory Ciccone

“15 to 20 years with more than 6,000 clients”

1 case: Maxum Gold, FMP Medical Services Limited

“15 to 40 percent interest rates”

1 case: MBP Insurance Services Inc.

“15% on the investments”

1 case: Jason Severs

“15% per month, with return of principal after one year”

1 case: Inventis Ventures LLC, Inventis Holding Inc.

“15-18 percent interest per year”

1 case: Robert P. Copeland

“150 percent of their original investment”

1 case: Alvin R. Brown

“18 percent return”

1 case: Millenium Capital Group Inc

“18% penalty provision in the case of default”

1 case: Pickleball Rocks, All About Pickleball LLC

“2% a month or 30% a year”

1 case: Matthew J. Gagnon, Gregory N. McKnight

“2% a month, or 24% annually”

1 case: Madison Financial Services

“2,200 percent during the course of 18 months”

1 case: TD Financial Services, NLC Financial Services, NLC Venture Group

“2.5% daily return or double in just 80 days”

1 case: Vista Network Technologies

“20 percent interest”

1 case: Likhtenstein Financial Planning Inc.

“20 to 30 per cent returns on investments”

1 case: Ciccone Group

“20 years in business”

1 case: Cambridge Financial Advisors LLC

“20% cash back on their shopping purchases”

1 case: Eric J. Dalius

“20% guaranteed”

1 case: Jeppesen Land and Properties

“20% return for each three-month period”

1 case: J.T. Wallenbrock & Associates, Citadel Capital Management Group Inc.

“20% return on their initial investment every 60 days through stock trading”

1 case: Ruless Pierre

“20-30% return on their investments, over a short period of time”

1 case: Commodity Investment Group

“200% return in 14 months”

1 case: Matthew J. Gagnon, Gregory N. McKnight

“200-300 percent in three months”

1 case: Morgan European Holdings ApS, Bowman Marketing Group Inc

“22 percent per quarter”

1 case: Kenhill Financial

“22.5 percent”

1 case: George D. Hudgins

“24 percent annual returns”

1 case: Nakami Chi Group Ministries International

“24 percent to 36 percent per year”

1 case: 4X Solutions Inc.

“25 percent every 90 days”

1 case: Pedro Jaramillo (aka Enrique Jaramillo)

“25 percent to 100 percent over periods as short as seven days”

1 case: Sundown Entertainment Inc

“25% monthly return”

1 case: The Crypto Program

“25% to 50% in as little as twelve days to seven months”

1 case: Adrian J. Kawuba

“250 percent return”

1 case: Hanson Holdings LLC

“3% interest or return per month for a guaranteed 36% return annually”

1 case: James U. Dodge

“3-d matrix”

1 case: Kristine L. Johnson, Troy A. Barnes

“3.5 percent per month with little risk of loss”

1 case: Equity Investment Management and Trading Inc

“300 percent to 480 percent profit return each year”

1 case: Akbar Williams & Associates Legal Services Corporation

“33 percent per month”

1 case: Jeffrey Lane Mowen

“35 percent profit on an investment within a month”

1 case: Genius Inc.

“38 percent annual interest on loans to the trust”

1 case: MSC Holdings USA LLC, MSC Holdings Inc., MSC GA Holdings LLC

“4 to 8 percent monthly returns”

1 case: Maxum Gold, FMP Medical Services Limited

“4-8 percent per month depending on the amount invested”

1 case: Weston Rutledge Financial Services Inc

“40 to 50 percent rates of return in just one to three months”

1 case: MCC Holdings, SLJ Holdings, STR America Holdings

“40% in as little as 30 days”

1 case: Horizon Property Holdings L.C.

“40-60 percent annual investment returns”

1 case: DAB Inspection and Consulting Services LLC

“400% in six weeks, all live trading in real markets”

1 case: 1st Million LLC, Smart Partners LLC, Access to Assets LLC

“42% annual rate of return over 20 years”

1 case: Personal Money Management Co.

“42% interest per year”

1 case: Maxben Group

“46 percent to 99 percent”

1 case: George D. Hudgins

“5 or 6 percent a year”

1 case: Jill Marie Silvey

“5 percent plowed back”

1 case: Brixon Group Ltd

“5 to 10 percent returns per month”

1 case: Lucky Star Diamonds Inc, Luis Felipe Jewelry Design Corp

“5% monthly return on the investment, in addition to a 40% pro rata share”

1 case: Ruless Pierre

“5% monthly since september 2007”

1 case: Larry Benny Groover, Joanne Groover

“5% to 15% over a period of two weeks to 45 days”

1 case: NL Technology LLC

“5% to 50% per month”

1 case: Learn Waterhouse Inc.

“5% weekly returns”

1 case: TeamVinh.com LLC

“5-10 percent per month, or a 200 percent within 14 months”

1 case: Henry Roche

“50 percent hard assets and 50 percent oil and gas exploration”

1 case: James VanBlaricum

“50 percent in 30 days”

1 case: Flint-McClung Capital LLC

“50 percent ownership in the sale of the properties or...50 percent of the rent”

1 case: Kenneth Alfred Scudder

“50% of clean profit”

1 case: Nurnepes Nurjanov

“50-50 partnerships”

1 case: Golan Barak

“500% in just 60 days”

1 case: Learn Waterhouse Inc.

“500% to 600% returns”

1 case: David Gilbert Saffron, Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr.

“501(c)(3) charitable organization”

1 case: Joseph Angelo Sivigliano, Dwight Pimson, Venus Marie Pimson

“53.33 percent”

1 case: George D. Hudgins

“6% monthly return for 12 months”

1 case: Prosperity Partners Inc., Prosperity Medical and Health System LLC

“6.5% quarterly rates of return”

1 case: Serafino Holdings LLC

“7-percent rate return”

1 case: Mulholland Financial

“7.5% per month, or 90% per year”

1 case: JJF Management Company Inc

“70/30 profit split; trader portrayed as a”

1 case: Rentdue Capital LLC, Forged Oak LLC

“700 percent”

1 case: Kristine L. Johnson, Troy A. Barnes

“77% of the net income of the trucks”

1 case: CSA Business Solutions LLC

“8 to 12 percent”

1 case: Sterling Investment Fund

“8 to 25% per month”

1 case: Nawabi Enterprise, Hyperion Consulting Inc.

“8% annualized distribution payment”

1 case: GPB Capital, Ascendant Capital, Ascendant Alternative Strategies

“8% annualized returns secured by a ucc-1 lien and a mortgage on real estate”

1 case: Boron Capital LLC, BC Holdings 2017 LLC, United BNB Fund 2018 LLC

“8% to 12% annually”

1 case: James B. Catledge, Derek F.C. Elliott

“8-12% per month”

1 case: Alpha Trade Analytics Inc

“8-12% yearly returns over three-to-five years”

1 case: ARO Equity LLC

“8.25% or more”

1 case: Angel Investment Partners

“8.5% to 18% interest per annum”

1 case: Smart Assets LLC

“80 percent increase in the value of their investment”

1 case: Maxum Gold, FMP Medical Services Limited

“800% returns”

1 case: BINT Operations LLC (Blessings in No Time)

“9 percent to 13 percent”

1 case: Richard Elkinson

“9 to 16%”

1 case: Royal West Properties Inc

“99% secured by asset liens”

1 case: Serafino Holdings LLC

“[a]t least a 10% return monthly”

1 case: CJ's Financial

“[all] you have to do for that [return] is not talk about it”

1 case: John Scott Clark

“[u]ncompromising focus on risk management”

1 case: Tiger Wolf Capital LLC

“a $5,000,000 return on a $100,000 investment within 18 years”

1 case: Robert Miracle, Mukhtar Kechik, Fahimi Fisal

“a 15 to 20 percent rate of return”

1 case: John K. Eckerd Jr., Afif Baltagi

“a 48 percent annual return”

1 case: Antonio Carlos de Godoy Buzaneli, Jose Manuel Ordonez Jr.

“a chinese hedge fund”

1 case: Global Corporate Alliance

“a conservative, sound investment opportunity”

1 case: Smart Assets LLC

“a consistently successful options trader”

1 case: AMV Investments LLC

“a family man and faithful member of the lds church”

1 case: Blackbird Capital Partners LLC

“a film or a video game platform”

1 case: Creative Wealth Media Finance Corp.

“a fixed interest payment of 5% per month”

1 case: Taraxa Capital Fund LP, Lightstone Trading Inc.

“a fixed, high rate of interest ranging from 20% to 30%”

1 case: C.O. Capital Growth Inc.

“a guaranteed buyer for all his properties”

1 case: Novus Properties

“a guaranteed rate of return”

1 case: Asset Preservation Specialists Inc.

“a guaranteed rate of return of between 10%-20% within 30 to 90 days”

1 case: ST Ventures LLC

“a guaranteed, fixed rate of return at the end of the agreed upon time period”

1 case: John Quadrino

“a hands-off passive investment”

1 case: Norada Capital Management

“a healthy, growing business”

1 case: Bitwise Industries Inc

“a high rate of return (typically 9% or 10%)”

1 case: Blue Mountain Consumer Discount Company

“a high return”

1 case: Savage Yachts LLC

“a high-rate of return”

1 case: Nona Oma Investments, Money Source's Alaska

“a highly successful investor, promising substantial returns”

1 case: Robert G. Tunnell Jr.

“a highly successful privately held investment fund”

1 case: Charles A. Bennett

“a leading private equity firm with an $800 million pipeline”

1 case: Rockford Funding Group LLC

“a minimum 5% annual return and up to 10% if the s&p 500 performed well”

1 case: Crew Capital Group LLC, Wealth Navigation Advisors

“a minimum rate of return of 25%, with potential returns of 50% or higher”

1 case: Roaring Investments Inc

“a monthly return of 2.75-5 percent”

1 case: Diamond Ventures LLC

“a no-risk return of 10% a year”

1 case: National Life Settlements LLC

“a perfect payment record and had never been late on a single investor payment”

1 case: National Note of Utah

“a portfolio of real estate investments”

1 case: Mark Dente

“a pre-determined return on their investment”

1 case: SmartBuy Outlet Inc., Savmax Solutions Inc.

“a profitable business able to pay annual returns as high as 15 percent”

1 case: DJB Holdings LLC

“a proven business with a strong track record”

1 case: Global Corporate Alliance

“a proven track record of success as a forex trader”

1 case: Highrise Advantage LLC

“a quick turnaround on their investment with interest rates as high as 12 percent”

1 case: Douglas A. Richardson CPA LLC

“a rate of return at a specified maturity date”

1 case: The Insurance Shoppe, Financial Security Planning Inc

“a real estate expert with a background in law enforcement”

1 case: The Equity Growth Group (TEGG)

“a registered financial advisor running a hedge fund”

1 case: Eubiquity Capital LLC

“a regular dividend of no less than 12% per year”

1 case: Terrence Chalk (aka Dr. Terrence Cash)

“a retired, successful hedge fund manager”

1 case: The End of the Rainbow Partners LLC

“a return of 10 percent per month (or 120 percent per annum)”

1 case: David N. Hawkins

“a return of 5 percent per month”

1 case: Mejdi Mahmoud Abousaoui

“a return of investor capital”

1 case: Toltec Capital LLC

“a return of the principal investment plus a profit within a few months”

1 case: Kumar Arun Neppalli

“a return rate of 15 percent to 20 percent on the investment”

1 case: Lydia Cladek Inc

“a risk free way to let your money work for you!”

1 case: Robert M. Donald

“a risk-free way to earn high returns in a short period of time”

1 case: Shadai Yire

“a risk-free, guaranteed minimum 30% annual returns”

1 case: Bryant United Capital Funding Inc.

“a safe alternative to the stock market”

1 case: DCG Commercial Fund I, DCG Real Assets

“a safe haven in our current financial environment”

1 case: 4X Solutions Inc.

“a safe investment that would earn a guaranteed minimum yield of 4% per year”

1 case: Edward E. Matthes

“a secret algorithm”

1 case: Tilila Siola'a Walker Sumchai

“a significant reserve fund to make his investors whole”

1 case: Star Credit Holdings

“a small and select group of sophisticated investors”

1 case: ASM Financial Funding Corporation

“a solvent business that generated significant profits”

1 case: Rey E. Grabato II, Thomas Nicholas Salzano, Arthur S. Scuttaro

“a sophisticated financial planner”

1 case: Smart Assets LLC

“a specific date of repayment with interest”

1 case: Raymond Frank Joseph

“a steady stream of income in return for raising an emu chick”

1 case: Susi Emu Farms

“a successful day trader”

1 case: Black Box Management Corp, Invader Management Ltd

“a successful forex trader”

1 case: Thomas Lanzana

“a successful track record”

1 case: Liquid Capital Management LLC

“a successful, but cautious, trader”

1 case: Grahame Rhodes

“a ten percent ownership stake”

1 case: Steven Andiloro

“a thriving and successful trucking business”

1 case: Royal Bengal Logistics Inc

“a track record of never missing a payment”

1 case: Jon Michael Harder

“a trading savant with a proven track record”

1 case: Avail Progression LLC, Elite Generators Inc

“a tremendous backlog of orders for pavers imported from australia”

1 case: PermaPave Companies, Interlink-US-Network Ltd

“a unique opportunity to support croft in a new way”

1 case: Oxford Street Education LLC (The Croft School)

“a very safe investment”

1 case: Charles Caleb Fackrell

“a very safe system that virtually guaranteed profit over time”

1 case: My Forex Planet Inc., Wal Capital S.A., Top Global Capital Inc.

“a virtual currency secured by the company's amber holdings”

1 case: USFIA Inc

“a well-known multinational life insurance company”

1 case: Financial Assurance Corp, Affluent Advisory Group LLC

“above market interest rates”

1 case: Strategic Capital Management

“above market return of greater than 35%”

1 case: RSF Capital LP

“above-average rates of return”

1 case: Greg Jeffreys, Kimberly Jeffreys, Shannon Stiltner

“absolutely and unconditionally”

1 case: USA Retirement Management Services

“absolutely secure with a guaranteed return of their money”

1 case: Thomas & Company Wealth Management LLC, Insured Income Solutions LLC

“accrue significant financial gains”

1 case: Brian Ray Dinning

“accurately predict stocks that were poised for growth”

1 case: Baycap.io

“actively being traded on several currency exchanges”

1 case: My Big Coin Pay Inc

“actually or virtually risk-free”

1 case: Vaughan Company Realtors

“administering retirement savings plans registered under the income tax act”

1 case: Tri-Link Consultants Inc

“algorithmic trading”

1 case: Tadrus Capital LLC, Tadrus Capital Fund LP

“all investments would be secured by ial's assets”

1 case: Integrity Aviation & Leasing LLC

“almost 39% per year since its inception in 1987”

1 case: Financial Advisory Consultants, Income Fund Ltd., Growth Fund Ltd.

“almost certain we will make a ton of money soon”

1 case: Project Information Arbitrage

“almost every single day”

1 case: Profit Management, Profit Management Int

“always profitable and never obsolete”

1 case: GAW Miners, ZenMiner, Paycoin

“an accomplished forex trading advisor”

1 case: Haena Park

“an accomplished investor”

1 case: Ichioka Ventures

“an additional 3% of the profits”

1 case: Jack Utsick, Robert Yeager, Donna Yeager

“an advertising company”

1 case: Traffic Monsoon LLC

“an annual 7.5% return for two years”

1 case: Liquid Ninja

“an annual rate of return ranging from 175% to 325%”

1 case: USA Marketing, Elite Marketing

“an employee embezzlement”

1 case: Jamie Smith

“an endless minimum guaranteed rate of return on revenues generated by websites”

1 case: Todays Growth Consultant Inc. (The Income Store)

“an established pharmaceutical or nutraceutical company”

1 case: Lambert Vander Tuig, Ben Schactschneider

“an experienced and profitable trader”

1 case: Williams Advisory Group LLC

“an experienced and successful foreign currency trader”

1 case: Salih Acarbulut

“an extensive background in finance and past success with start-up companies”

1 case: James Robinson, David Kennedy, Renwick Haddow

“an extensive track record of making such loans”

1 case: Mathon Management, Mathon Fund

“an infectious passion for helping people”

1 case: American Undeveloped Real Estate Fund

“an opportunity for the senior investor to share in the profits”

1 case: Daniel Rivera, Matthew Rivera

“annual average returns of more than 17 percent since inception in 2003”

1 case: Mark Nordlicht, David Levy, Uri Landesman, Joseph SanFilippo, Joseph Mann, Daniel Small, Jeffrey Shulse

“annual interest returns of 10% to 15%”

1 case: Chenmax Properties Inc., Re/Max Sunvest Realty Co.

“annual profits in excess of 150 percent”

1 case: Orion International Inc.

“annual rates of return exceeding 100 percent”

1 case: Tyche Asset Management

“annual rates of return of 12 percent to 30 percent”

1 case: David Schamens

“annual return of 10 percent or 12 percent per year”

1 case: Phillip Roy Wasserman, Kenneth Murry Rossman

“annual returns as high as 61%, and total returns in excess of 600%”

1 case: RCS Hedge Fund

“annual returns averaging twenty percent, with minimal risk to their principal”

1 case: Regan & Company, River Stream Fund

“annual returns in excess of 3,000 percent”

1 case: John Scott Clark

“annual returns of 12% or more”

1 case: Financial Visions

“annual returns of 12% to 20%”

1 case: Financial Resources Mortgage Inc, C L and M Inc

“annual returns of 15 percent to 19 percent”

1 case: Allese Capital

“annual returns of 20 percent or more”

1 case: Trigon Group Inc

“annual returns of 336 percent”

1 case: Tyche Asset Management

“annual returns of 40 to 60 percent”

1 case: Little Loan Shoppe

“annual returns of 7.5 percent or more”

1 case: Mark Feathers

“annual returns of 8 to 12 percent”

1 case: Gold Country Lenders

“annual returns of between 22% and 30% net of expenses”

1 case: MacQueen Capital Management, Dividend Reinvestment Fund LLC

“annual returns of more than 20 percent”

1 case: Guaranty Reserves Trust, Marcum Companies LLC

“annual returns ranging from 18.52 percent to as high as 37.96 percent”

1 case: Joseph Forte L.P.

“annual returns ranging from 20% to 40%”

1 case: William L. Walters

“annualized interest rates of 24% to 72%”

1 case: Toller Stern Financial LLC

“annualized rate of return on their investments from approximately 48% to 72%”

1 case: Millennium Capital Exchange Inc.

“annualized returns as high as 48.9 percent”

1 case: Haena Park

“anytime between one week and a few months”

1 case: Collins Financial Group

“anywhere from a 15 percent to 100 percent annual return”

1 case: Safety Solutions USA LLC

“anywhere mastercard was accepted”

1 case: My Big Coin Pay Inc

“apex trading platform”

1 case: Blessings of God Thru Crypto

“apparel purchases for existing apparel contracts and orders”

1 case: Matthew H. Anselmo

“approximately 10% to 20% over periods as short as several weeks”

1 case: Mark Ray, Reva Joyce Stachniw, Ron Throgmartin

“approximately 70 percent of ocp italia's operating profits”

1 case: Outdoor Capital Partners LLC, OCP Italia Fund LLC

“approximately 9% interest per annum”

1 case: National Investments Inc

“around 10 percent”

1 case: Jon Michael Harder

“as a fiduciary for the investors' benefit”

1 case: South Bay Acquisitions LLC

“as an investment”

1 case: Bordeaux Fine Wines Ltd

“as an investment opportunity”

1 case: Blazer Capital Management

“as high as 130 percent annually”

1 case: Matthew Jennings

“as high as 15 percent”

1 case: Jack Brown

“as high as 19 percent”

1 case: The W Trade Group

“as high as 19.5 percent”

1 case: Quest Holdings Inc

“as high as 20-24% in short periods”

1 case: Stock Squirrel Inc

“as high as 22 percent”

1 case: MMJ's Warehouse, VLM Enterprise

“as high as 250 percent”

1 case: TelexFree Inc, Common Cents Communications Inc

“as high as 26 percent”

1 case: George Elia

“as high as 6 percent per month, or 300 percent over three to five years”

1 case: Platinum Business Industries

“as high as 60 percent”

1 case: Janitorial Close-Out City Corp.

“as high as 60% in three months”

1 case: Vandelay Contracting Corp., Build Strong Homes LLC

“as much as 48 percent”

1 case: Zada Enterprises LLC

“as much as a 100 percent return in only 30 days”

1 case: Celia Gallardo

“as much as a 20 percent return within 30 days”

1 case: Panoptic Studios Inc, Panoptic Corporation

“as short as six weeks”

1 case: Cap Exchange, Cap X

“asset-backed deed certificates”

1 case: Secured Capital, Logos Real Estate

“assist in locating and securing funding”

1 case: Alliance Warburg Capital Management

“associations with a fortune 500 company”

1 case: HyperFund

“assured”

1 case: James VanBlaricum

“at a discount”

1 case: Permian Basin Proppants Inc.

“at a high interest rate”

1 case: Mathon Management, Mathon Fund

“at a price above the per-bushel market value”

1 case: Midwest Grain Trading Company, Nodak Grain, Hanson Motors

“at least 125% of the profits”

1 case: Increasing Fortune Inc.

“at least 14% interest on the loan”

1 case: Labra Group Realtors LLC

“at least 20 percent per year”

1 case: Nationwide Automated Systems Inc.

“at least 20%”

1 case: Bright with Silver Inc.

“at least 200 percent”

1 case: GID Group Inc

“at no additional cost to investors”

1 case: Aspen Exploration Inc

“attractive returns”

1 case: Remain in Control LLC

“automated trading platform”

1 case: Toller Stern Financial LLC

“average net internal rate of return of 32 percent”

1 case: DCG Commercial Fund I, DCG Real Assets

“averaging 0.471% each trading day”

1 case: Timothy J. Coughlin

“averaging more than four percent monthly”

1 case: Black Diamond

“backed by a bank and therefore guaranteed”

1 case: MCC Holdings, SLJ Holdings, STR America Holdings

“backed by a low-risk investment program”

1 case: MJF Holdings LLC, MJF Capital LLC

“backed by gold”

1 case: My Big Coin Pay Inc

“backed by hard assets dollar for dollar”

1 case: James A. Torchia

“backed by valuable real estate holdings”

1 case: Wells Real Estate Investment LLC

“bank notes”

1 case: NHI Metals Ltd.

“baseless promises and claims of outsized investment returns”

1 case: The Lifepay Group LLC, SMDRE LLC

“be a real estate investing badass!”

1 case: Matthew Motil

“be protected against fraud and brokerage failure”

1 case: Pedro Jaramillo (aka Enrique Jaramillo)

“be repaid within a certain amount of time”

1 case: ASG Real Estate Services Group Inc

“be used to satisfy the original mortgage”

1 case: Hawthorne Capital Corporation, Hawthorne Abstract, Rapid Abstract

“been approved as an exclusive wine distributor”

1 case: West 125th Street Liquors

“been awarded a grant by the national science foundation”

1 case: Strategic Innovations LLC

“befriended her customers and gained their trust”

1 case: Donna Jessee Tucker

“better than six percent interest and would mature in two years”

1 case: Gary H. Lane

“between 10 and 15 percent a year”

1 case: Resource Planning Group Inc, Midwest Opportunity Fund

“between 10 to 15 percent”

1 case: Sunrise Enterprises LLC

“between 10% and 28%”

1 case: Park Capital Management Group, PCMG Lending

“between 10% and 50%”

1 case: Titan Wealth Management LLC

“between 12% and 20% annual returns”

1 case: Optimal Economics Capital Partners LLC, Howard Capital Holdings LLC

“between 17 and 25 percent annual returns in every year”

1 case: GLR Growth Fund, GLR Capital Management

“between 30 and 40 percent over one or two years”

1 case: Arsen Lusher

“between 40 percent and 80 percent”

1 case: Big Island Capital

“between 5-12 percent per year”

1 case: American Undeveloped Real Estate Fund

“between 6% to 8% interest annually for the loan”

1 case: Craig Sherman

“between 8 and 12 percent”

1 case: Budget Finance Company

“between 9.25% to 15% annually, depending upon the amount invested”

1 case: Chemical Trust, U.S. Guarantee Corp, United Marketing Trust

“between a 5% and 10.25% interest rate”

1 case: McGinn Smith & Co. Inc.

“between six and 8% return”

1 case: The Mortgage Store, The Parking Lot

“big returns”

1 case: Oneir Sales and Rentals LLC

“bitcoin mining earnings”

1 case: BitClub Network

“black diamond had a three-year history of highly successful forex trading”

1 case: Black Diamond

“blackburg financial earned a fixed 5.99% each year”

1 case: Contemporary Benefits Design, Blackburg Financial

“bless and assist needy members of the african american community”

1 case: BINT Operations LLC (Blessings in No Time)

“bogus documents that purported to be confirmation of payments of taxes”

1 case: Payroll Professionals Inc.

“bonus money and additional monetary payments at rates as high as 100%”

1 case: TLM Design and Construction Inc.

“bridge capital”

1 case: Reid Heritage Properties

“brokerage account”

1 case: Wealth Resources Inc., Wealth Resources LLC

“build anaerobic digesters on dairies”

1 case: CH4 Power

“building and loan”

1 case: First Liberty Building & Loan LLC

“built custom timber frame homes across the united states”

1 case: Bitterroot Timber Frames, Three Mile Creek Post & Beam LLC

“business packages”

1 case: eAdGear Holdings Limited

“buy, renovate and sell for a profit”

1 case: Raxx-LeMay LLC, Elm and Baker LLC

“buying liens on distressed real estate properties”

1 case: Aria Management Group

“by a ratio of at least 2-to-1”

1 case: Martin T. Sigillito, James Scott Brown, Derek J. Smith

“by false pretenses”

1 case: Danny P. Butler

“cash deposit always remains in escrow in your name”

1 case: Coadum Capital

“charitable gift annuities”

1 case: Asset Trader

“chasing a black hole”

1 case: Timothy S. Durham, James F. Cochran, Rick D. Snow

“chinese warren buffett”

1 case: Weizhen Tang

“chris cooper”

1 case: Lawrence Paul "Larry" Stephens

“churches invest. fire companies invest. doctors invest”

1 case: Miles Burton Marshall (aka Burt Marshall)

“cita trust investment note”

1 case: Larry A. Carr

“claimed returns of”

1 case: Mediatrix Capital Inc.

“close knit community”

1 case: Norse Holdings LLC

“coach wendy”

1 case: Blessings of God Thru Crypto

“completely risk-free”

1 case: Learn Waterhouse Inc.

“complicated but empty promises”

1 case: Family Wealth Legacy, Zolla

“compounded annual returns of up to 30%”

1 case: Simply Gains Inc.

“confidential”

1 case: Rothstein Rosenfeldt and Adler P.A.

“connections in the finance, commodities, and real estate sectors”

1 case: Bright with Silver Inc.

“conservative”

1 case: Matthew B. Pizzolato

“conservative, safe, and cautious manner”

1 case: Robert G. Tunnell Jr.

“considerable interest rate”

1 case: Maverick Asset Management LLC

“consistent and safe”

1 case: Mantria Corporation, Speed of Wealth LLC

“consistently generating positive returns”

1 case: George Heckler

“consistently generating profits”

1 case: Highlands Capital Partners L.P.

“consistently lied to them and made excuses about the lack of progress”

1 case: Bitterroot Timber Frames, Three Mile Creek Post & Beam LLC

“consistently overperform the s&p 500 index”

1 case: Nanban Ventures LLC

“consistently positive annualized returns as high as 43.9 percent”

1 case: Peak Capital Management Group Inc., Peak Capital Group Inc.

“consistently profitable”

1 case: Williams Advisory Group LLC

“contracts to supply gloves to the u.s. department of veterans affairs”

1 case: International Manufacturing Group Inc, RelyAid Global Healthcare Inc

“contracts with utility companies”

1 case: Clean Energy Advisers LLC

“convert cow manure into renewable energy”

1 case: CH4 Power

“costing around $45,000”

1 case: Arsen Lusher

“could be funded as soon as next week, which will bring in substantial funds”

1 case: Cascade IR LLC, Savitar Systems LLC

“could not lose their principal investment”

1 case: Queen Shoals Consultants LLC

“could not pay”

1 case: Girardi Keese

“crypto asset mining operations”

1 case: HyperFund

“crypto futures”

1 case: Blessings of God Thru Crypto

“cryptocurrency trading based on a proprietary algorithm”

1 case: Virgil Sigma Fund LP, Virgil Capital LLC, VQR Partners LLC

“currently manages $16 million”

1 case: MacQueen Capital Management, Dividend Reinvestment Fund LLC

“customized client portfolios”

1 case: Kikit & Mess Investments LLC

“daily profits of $120 and annual returns of $43,800 on a $10,000 investment”

1 case: Trage Technologies Limited

“daily residual income stream”

1 case: Eric J. Dalius

“daily returns”

1 case: AirBit Club

“daily returns of 0.5 to 3%”

1 case: Praetorian Group International

“decentralized matrix project based on network marketing and smart contracts”

1 case: Forsage

“defied financial gravity”

1 case: Little Loan Shoppe

“delivery and installation contracts with multiple large retailers”

1 case: Arsen Lusher

“demand notes”

1 case: Joseph A. Castellano

“deposited into a money market account earning 1.77% interest”

1 case: Larry A. Carr

“derivatives and forex with guaranteed profits”

1 case: Rudy Avila

“develop world vision's products”

1 case: World Vision Entertainment Inc.

“developed a sophisticated algorithm for trading stocks and bonds”

1 case: Personal Money Management Co.

“did not exist or had already been sold”

1 case: Water Station Management LLC, Creative Technologies Inc.

“didn't own them or the cattle never existed”

1 case: Justin Tyler Greer

“digital and mobile solutions”

1 case: Wings Network

“diversified growth and income strategy account”

1 case: Gallagher Financial Group Inc., W. Neil Gallagher Ph.D. Agency Inc.

“dividend distributions”

1 case: Joel Richard Frank

“divine intervention”

1 case: Brett M. Bartlett, Scott A. Miller

“do nothing to earn returns”

1 case: JCS Enterprises Inc, T.B.T.I. Inc

“doing well”

1 case: Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co.

“don't touch it, it's good, trust me”

1 case: P&R Capital LLC

“double [their] money in less than 5 months”

1 case: Profit Management, Profit Management Int

“double digit returns during both good and bad market conditions”

1 case: Global Prosperity Fund, Castle Rock Trading Company

“double investor money in eight months”

1 case: CDC Global Inc., Wise Investors Simply Excel LLC

“double layer of protection”

1 case: Michael Gonzalez Investments

“double returns in short periods of time”

1 case: Ron Earl McCullough, David Christopher Mayhew, Travis Maurice Cox

“double their investment within two years”

1 case: Susi Emu Farms

“double their money in 90 days”

1 case: Creative Capital Consortium, A Creative Capital Concepts

“double their money within five months”

1 case: EminiFX Inc.

“double-digit annual returns”

1 case: Matthew J. Skinner

“double-digit monthly returns”

1 case: Nathan Gauvin

“double-digit returns”

1 case: 1 Global Capital LLC

“double-digit returns on investments”

1 case: Louis J. Soteriou, Malcolm "Mac" Parker

“double-digit returns with low risk”

1 case: Allese Capital

“double-digit returns year after year”

1 case: Grifphon Asset Management LLC, Grifphon Holdings LLC

“driver alertness detection system”

1 case: F.A. Voight & Associates LP, DayStar Funding LP

“each investment would be kept separate”

1 case: StraightPath Venture Partners LLC, StraightPath Management LLC

“each loan, to the extent that it was repaid, was repaid by new loans”

1 case: Smith Advertising & Associates

“earn 2% per business day”

1 case: Robert M. Donald

“earn large returns by investing with him”

1 case: Le Sin

“earn substantial profits for investors”

1 case: Infinity Wealth Management

“earned transaction fees each time a ring was used, generating profits”

1 case: ESOS Rings Inc.

“earnest money to purchase and then quickly resell properties”

1 case: Landon M. Smith

“earning 10 percent per month on average”

1 case: David A. Smith

“earning 6 percent per day”

1 case: GID Group Inc

“eight percent per year return”

1 case: Strategic Holdings Group

“eight percent yearly returns”

1 case: Miles Burton Marshall (aka Burt Marshall)

“eliminated the risks of trading commodity futures”

1 case: CSA Trading Group Inc, Cooper River Group

“entire investment plus an additional return”

1 case: Permian Basin Proppants Inc.

“europeans' summer vacations delayed return of funds”

1 case: John D. Black, Christopher Mancuso, Joseph Tufo, John P. Glenn

“even in adverse market conditions”

1 case: 4X Solutions Inc.

“every 6 months, your 18% compounds. after 1 year, you are at 36% + bonuses”

1 case: Chicago D&P Inc, Realtopia Inc

“excellent returns”

1 case: Sand Dollar Investing Partners LLC

“exclusive access to certain oil investments”

1 case: Zada Enterprises LLC

“exorbitant investment returns”

1 case: AMV Investments LLC

“exorbitant returns”

1 case: SiliconSage Builders LLC

“experience, expertise, and investment track record”

1 case: Venture Capital Investments Ltd.

“experienced and successful commodities investor”

1 case: Friend's Investment Group

“exponential growth”

1 case: PhoneCard USA

“extraordinarily high rates of return”

1 case: The Preservation of Principal Fund

“extraordinarily profitable”

1 case: Argent Capital Management LLC

“extraordinary guarantees”

1 case: Cifuentes Fund Management LLC

“extraordinary profits in foreign currency trading”

1 case: George Sepero, Carmelo Provenzano

“extremely low risk”

1 case: IV Capital Ltd

“fake account statements”

1 case: Summit Asset Strategies

“fake invoices”

1 case: Smith Advertising & Associates

“fake profits”

1 case: Norse Holdings LLC

“false assurances of their financial security”

1 case: Jane E. O'Brien

“false guarantees of profit and protections against loss”

1 case: Young Pros Investment Group LLC

“false performance returns”

1 case: Michael Wayne Williams

“false statements”

1 case: Refurbs Properties LLC

“falsely guaranteed the return of customers' principal”

1 case: Ron Earl McCullough, David Christopher Mayhew, Travis Maurice Cox

“falsely led to believe”

1 case: Siddharth Jawahar

“falsely promising high returns and no risk”

1 case: Maximum Return Investments Inc

“falsely valued”

1 case: Tyler T. Tysdal, Grant M. Carter

“fantastic success”

1 case: The Mortgage Fund '08 LLC, R.E. Loans LLC

“fast and large returns”

1 case: Alice Belmonte

“fda approval to sell coconut oil as a treatment for alzheimer's disease”

1 case: Your Best Memories International Inc., Smokey Canyon Financial

“federal housing certificates”

1 case: Gregg Thomas Rennie

“federally guaranteed”

1 case: C.A. Pedersen Client Investment Pool

“federally insured”

1 case: Guaranty Reserves Trust, Marcum Companies LLC

“fibonacci filter”

1 case: The Forex Project, Interbank FX

“fictitious earnings statements that falsely showed significant earnings”

1 case: AEO Associates, KMO Associates LLC

“financial adviser”

1 case: Chartwell Strategies

“financial freedom and life-altering wealth”

1 case: CryptoFX LLC, CBT Group LLC

“financially sound, stable and profitable”

1 case: Holy Cow

“first lien position”

1 case: Matthew Motil

“first lien positions”

1 case: Elva Group

“first position deeds of trust”

1 case: Shiloh Management Services Inc.

“five percent or more”

1 case: Invers Forex LLC

“five year interest bearing note”

1 case: Johnson & Niswonger Financial Resources LLC

“fixed annual interest payments and guaranteed protection against losses”

1 case: Financial Assurance Corp, Affluent Advisory Group LLC

“fixed annual return plus as much as 80 percent of any trading profits”

1 case: LEAP Fund, Dawson Trading LLC

“fixed rate of return”

1 case: Francisco Plascencia Esparza

“fixed rates of return”

1 case: Essex Holdings Inc.

“flagship and platinum funds”

1 case: Bullard Enterprises LLC

“flip your money as many times as possible in a year”

1 case: Lighthouse Estates, Red Door Legacy, Starpoint Holdings

“for investment purposes”

1 case: Family Endowment Partners LP

“for sale”

1 case: Justin Tyler Greer

“four per cent per month”

1 case: Miko Dion Wady

“from the profits generated by the investments”

1 case: Oscar F. Villarreal

“from the profits of rookus' enterprises”

1 case: New Haven Holdings

“full investment would be returned after six months or one year”

1 case: MDN Financial Group Inc.

“fully protected or guaranteed”

1 case: Tommie Carter Jr. (aka Tom Carter), Derrick R. Trussell

“fully secure”

1 case: NJ Affordable Homes Corp

“fully secured”

1 case: Equitybuild Inc., Equitybuild Finance LLC

“funded through the operation of the atms and btms”

1 case: Daryl F. Heller

“funds were safely held in trading accounts for the benefit of the investors”

1 case: Damon Elliott

“funds would”

1 case: KGTA Petroleum Ltd

“gains exceeding 50% in a single month”

1 case: Shawn C. Cutting

“gator lending”

1 case: Jose Bello

“generally safe and somehow guaranteed”

1 case: ARO Equity LLC

“generate extraordinary profits”

1 case: Q3 Trading Club, Q3 I LP

“generate positive cash flow”

1 case: 4 Life LLC, My Home Banc

“generate revenue streams”

1 case: Netschi

“generated by the payment of the transaction fees by the merchants”

1 case: Michael R. Enea

“generating as much as multi-million dollar profits”

1 case: Ray Thomas Brown

“generous fixed annual rate of return”

1 case: Naim Ismail

“generous returns”

1 case: PhoneCard USA

“gold mines, australian developments, telecom firms, banks”

1 case: Nakami Chi Group Ministries International

“government-backed tax liens”

1 case: Secured Capital, Logos Real Estate

“government-guaranteed commercial paper and bank debt as part of the tarp program”

1 case: ProTrust Management Inc

“grossly overstated”

1 case: John Gregory Schmidt

“group of doctors, in tyler, texas”

1 case: Robert B. Hahn

“guarantee”

1 case: Highrise Advantage LLC

“guarantee 100% of the investors' initial investment”

1 case: D&T Investment Group

“guarantee returns”

1 case: Janues Capital Incorporated

“guarantee returns of 7 percent to 8.5 percent”

1 case: Krittibas Ray

“guarantee returns up to 100%”

1 case: Avail Progression LLC, Elite Generators Inc

“guarantee that the customer will receive the return of invested principal”

1 case: Queen Shoals LLC, Queen Shoals II LLC, Select Fund LLC

“guaranteed 10 percent monthly return”

1 case: Universal Consulting Resources LLC

“guaranteed 100 percent annual returns”

1 case: Kay Services LLC

“guaranteed 15 percent return”

1 case: Cay Clubs Resorts and Marinas

“guaranteed 30% annual returns”

1 case: IV Capital Ltd

“guaranteed 5% return”

1 case: Johnson & Niswonger Financial Resources LLC

“guaranteed an annual return of 15% to 17.5%”

1 case: Allen Leroy Kayser

“guaranteed annual returns of between eight to 24 percent”

1 case: Queen Shoals Consultants LLC

“guaranteed by a contract”

1 case: Financial Solutions, Gentech Fabrication Inc

“guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance corporation”

1 case: Sandra Venetis

“guaranteed fixed rate of return”

1 case: TSI Holdings LLC

“guaranteed high rates of returns”

1 case: Dunhill Investment Advisers, CityFund Advisory

“guaranteed high returns of 10% to 17.5% per month”

1 case: Creative Legal Fundings, The Ubiquity Group LLC

“guaranteed interest ranging between five to 7.5 percent per month”

1 case: Gold Coast Futures & Forex

“guaranteed investors he would double their money in 30 business days”

1 case: Brown Investment Services, Brown Investments

“guaranteed investors high rates of returns”

1 case: Ideal Financial Services Inc, Ideal Financial Holdings

“guaranteed investors high returns”

1 case: HyperFund

“guaranteed investors returns of 227% to 363%”

1 case: Capital Energy Group LLC

“guaranteed minimum monthly income”

1 case: E-M Management Co LLC, more than 150 affiliated LLCs

“guaranteed monthly dividend, typically three to five percent”

1 case: Trade with Ayasa LLC

“guaranteed monthly income”

1 case: Daniel Rivera, Matthew Rivera

“guaranteed monthly returns”

1 case: James Clements, Zeina Smidi

“guaranteed no loss of their principal”

1 case: Infinity Wealth Management

“guaranteed profits and return of principal”

1 case: FX & Beyond Corporation

“guaranteed profits exceeding 100% in as little as 21 days”

1 case: Privvy Investments LLC, Gateway Digital Investments

“guaranteed profits of up to 34.9% compounded monthly”

1 case: Solanofi, Solano Partners Ltd., Solano Capital Investments

“guaranteed quarterly dividend of 6%”

1 case: Ronald D. Morley, Diane Morley

“guaranteed rate of return”

1 case: Vaughan Company Realtors

“guaranteed rate of return of 9 to 10.5 percent”

1 case: Ulysses Partners LLC, Neilsen Financial Services

“guaranteed rates of return that ranged from 12.00% to 20.00%, annually”

1 case: Backstreet Associates Inc.

“guaranteed rental income”

1 case: Golden Investment Inc.

“guaranteed return of their investment plus a high rate of interest”

1 case: ConsensusOne LLC

“guaranteed returns of 100% every 90 days”

1 case: HomePals Investment Club LLC, HomePals LLC

“guaranteed returns of 25 percent to 50 percent”

1 case: J2 Marketing Solutions

“guaranteed returns of 25 to 30 percent per month with regularity”

1 case: AV Bar Reg Inc., Millers A Game LLC

“guaranteed returns of 300 to 500 percent in four years”

1 case: JCS Enterprises Inc, T.B.T.I. Inc

“guaranteed returns of 4 to 5 percent per month”

1 case: Universal Consulting Resources LLC

“guaranteed returns of between 10% and 30%”

1 case: James E. Hocker

“guaranteed returns of between 12 and 30 per cent annually”

1 case: Rashida Samji Notary Corporation, Samji & Assoc. Holdings Inc

“guaranteed returns on sales of advertising to large, well-known corporations”

1 case: Bridon Entertainment

“guaranteed returns that far exceeded market norms”

1 case: Genesis Investment Group

“guaranteed returns, based on off-shore annuities”

1 case: Advisors Capital Holdings Inc.

“guaranteed the security of investors' proceeds”

1 case: Diamond Ventures LLC

“guaranteed to be profitable, with no risk of losing principal”

1 case: Gold Coast Futures & Forex

“guaranteed to return a profit”

1 case: Principal Financial Strategies LLC, Safe Financial Strategies Inc.

“guaranteed up to a 48 percent annual return, paid monthly”

1 case: Salih Acarbulut

“guaranteed weekly royalty payments”

1 case: R.B.J. Generational Wealth Management LLC (dba Adz on Wheelz)

“guaranteed, risk-free returns”

1 case: Gallagher Financial Group Inc., W. Neil Gallagher Ph.D. Agency Inc.

“guaranteed, significant returns”

1 case: Halal Capital LLC

“guaranteeing annual returns of 14 percent”

1 case: Structured Finance Group Corporation

“guaranteeing large returns and low risk to investors”

1 case: Elite Management Holdings Corp., MJM Enterprises LLC

“had been a success”

1 case: ClearPath Wealth Management LLC

“had high growth potential and no risk”

1 case: Maverick International Inc

“had more business than cash”

1 case: Bridge Premium Finance LLC

“had never experienced a losing month or a losing year trading forex”

1 case: ITLDU, ICM, International Forex Management LLC, IFM LLC

“had never lost money”

1 case: Daniel Spitzer

“had promised to build”

1 case: Refurbs Properties LLC

“had run successful businesses and investment ventures”

1 case: Francisco Plascencia Esparza

“hard-money lending”

1 case: Jose Bello

“has never missed or otherwise defaulted on an interest payment”

1 case: Berjac of Portland, Berjac of Oregon

“he has oil leases registered in lewis and clark county”

1 case: Big Sky Mineral Resources

“he would take care of her finances”

1 case: John Jay Kersey

“healthy returns”

1 case: Eubiquity Capital LLC

“held in a secure trust account”

1 case: Coral Mortgage Bankers Corporation, Woodbury Financial Services Inc

“held in escrow until uscis approval”

1 case: USA Now LLC, USA Now Energy Capital Group LP, Now Co. Loan Services

“held safely in an escrow account”

1 case: Universal Consulting Resources LLC

“help people design and live the life of their dreams”

1 case: Coaching by Coral LLC (dba The Secret to Life Coaching)

“help supply cars to his san jose dealership”

1 case: Stevens Creek Auto Mall

“high annual rates of return”

1 case: Allied Energy Services LLC

“high annual return rates of 8-25%”

1 case: Qidian LLC

“high gains”

1 case: Blessings of God Thru Crypto

“high guaranteed returns”

1 case: John E. Acker

“high interest promissory notes”

1 case: Sebastian International Enterprises Inc.

“high interest rates”

1 case: Jeffrey H. Tamkin

“high interest rates between nine and 15 percent”

1 case: Robert D. Christensen, Anthony M. Matic

“high investment returns over relatively short periods of time”

1 case: Ian Parker Bick

“high percentage bonds”

1 case: Chris Pettit and Associates PC

“high profit”

1 case: LNA Associates

“high quality”

1 case: Gen-See Capital Corp (aka Gen Unlimited)

“high rate of return, typically 15% annually”

1 case: Cornerstone Financial Corporation, K & B Investments LLC

“high rate, tax free”

1 case: Hannes Financial Services Inc.

“high rates of return for clients, with limited risk”

1 case: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

“high rates of return typically ranging from 8.5 to 10 percent”

1 case: Robert J. Jesenik, Brian A. Oliver, N. Scott Gillis

“high rates of return, of 15% and more”

1 case: NJ Affordable Homes Corp

“high rates of returns - up to 10 percent annually”

1 case: Meadows Financial Group

“high returns from the successful operations”

1 case: Zvi Feiner, Erez Baver

“high returns on safe investments”

1 case: Cranney Capital I LLC, Cranney Capital III Inc., Cranney Industries

“high returns on the development of real estate properties”

1 case: Gregory Parker, Danielle Parker

“high returns on their investments of around 20% to 40% per year”

1 case: Sudheesh Nambiar

“high returns with low risk”

1 case: DJE Texas Management Group LLC

“high returns within short periods of time”

1 case: IOLO Capital

“high yield”

1 case: ST Ventures LLC

“high yields and low risk on blue-chip stocks”

1 case: Cyprus Funds Inc.

“high, guaranteed returns, and the safe return of an investor's entire principal”

1 case: Treasure Enterprise LLC

“high, short-term returns on investments”

1 case: Villa Capital Inc.

“high-return real estate projects”

1 case: The George Group

“high-yield bank accounts”

1 case: Castle Hill Financial Group LLC

“high-yield investment”

1 case: Long Point Investments LLC, CDM Technologies LLC

“high-yield investment programs”

1 case: Remain in Control LLC

“high-yield rates of return”

1 case: Danny Wise (aka Dan Wise)

“higher guaranteed returns and exclusive financing options”

1 case: Water Station Management LLC, Creative Technologies Inc.

“higher returns than their existing securities accounts”

1 case: Dennis F. Wright

“higher than market rates”

1 case: Matthew B. Pizzolato

“highly liquid and could be withdrawn on a days' notice”

1 case: George Sepero, Carmelo Provenzano

“highly profitable”

1 case: Val E. Southwick

“highly successful”

1 case: Krimm Financial Services

“highly successful, algorithm-based trading pools”

1 case: Thomas Lanzana

“highly successful, experienced traders”

1 case: Bentley Equities

“his prior business successes and personal wealth”

1 case: Ownable LLC, Ownable Capital Partners I LLC

“historically had generated monthly returns ranging from 2.8% to 6%”

1 case: Christopher W. Bass

“hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency reserves”

1 case: Profit Connect

“hundreds of percent”

1 case: Mantria Corporation, Speed of Wealth LLC

“i have yet to come close to taking a loss on any deal”

1 case: Bitcoin Savings and Trust

“if they acted fast he would give them a break on his firm's management fees”

1 case: Davian Capital Advisors LLC

“if you weren't my son, i wouldn't be doing this for you”

1 case: GLC Limited

“imminent”

1 case: Crown Bank

“in a financially strong position”

1 case: Professional Financial Investors Inc

“in anticipation of expected initial public offerings”

1 case: Randy W. Cho

“in escrow”

1 case: Steven Bingaman

“in excess of 10 percent”

1 case: Connolly Properties Inc.

“in excess of 20 percent within 60 days”

1 case: Starfire Technologies

“in excess of 46% in a week”

1 case: Treasure Coast Property Enterprises LLC

“in exchange for a small fee or percentage of the purchase price”

1 case: Contour Escrow Services Inc

“in funds he managed”

1 case: Summit Asset Strategies

“in some instances claiming profits in excess of 20% per month”

1 case: Scott Allensworth, Robert J. Fusco, David Weddle

“in the mail”

1 case: Jamie Smith

“independent accountants conducting quarterly examinations”

1 case: Arrowhead Capital Management LLC

“independent investment firm dedicated to putting your money to work for you!”

1 case: CJ's Financial

“independent wealth from a trust fund”

1 case: John E. Acker

“inherited money from his grandparents”

1 case: Midwest Grain Trading Company, Nodak Grain, Hanson Motors

“insured against loss”

1 case: Garfield M. Taylor

“insured by a private insurance company”

1 case: Timothy J. Coughlin

“insured by fdic or were guaranteed”

1 case: Strategic Capital Management

“insured by the fdic”

1 case: JC Loans Finance, Inversiones JC Dallas

“insured by the united states government”

1 case: Thomas L. Mitchell

“interest free loans”

1 case: John Francis Holtsinger

“interest of up to 18 percent”

1 case: Capital Financial Partners LLC, Capital Financial Holdings LLC

“interest payments”

1 case: Pagudpud Sands Resort

“interest payments and a guaranteed return of principal”

1 case: David D. DeBerardinis

“interest payments on their investments”

1 case: Jason Kurland, Christopher Chierchio, Frangesco Russo, Francis Smookler

“invest $6 million as a general partner”

1 case: Kiddar Capital

“invest in real estate”

1 case: Richard Allen Freer

“invest in securities following a long-short trading strategy”

1 case: Neal V. Goyal

“invest their money and return it with significant interest and dividends”

1 case: Robert Narvett

“invest their money in publicly traded securities”

1 case: The Haverford Group

“invested in bonds”

1 case: Capital Financial Planning LLC

“investing it to their benefit”

1 case: Catherine Ann Finberg

“investment contracts”

1 case: Carlos Maldonado

“investment opportunities”

1 case: Joseph Angelo Sivigliano, Dwight Pimson, Venus Marie Pimson

“investment summary”

1 case: Bradley R. Heinrichs, Stephen J. Hatch

“investments in securities and real estate”

1 case: A.D. Vallett & Co. LLC

“investor money to”

1 case: National Event Company

“iron condor”

1 case: Ronald Pallek

“it's growing, it's growing!”

1 case: Bitcoin Savings and Trust

“jonathan black”

1 case: James Robinson, David Kennedy, Renwick Haddow

“just a few months”

1 case: Robert D. Christensen, Anthony M. Matic

“kcg made a 2.25% per month profit trading treasury bills”

1 case: Gemstar Capital Group Inc, Kiselak Capital Group LLC

“lab that infuses the flavors into the oil”

1 case: CB Holding Group Corp, CaesarBrutus LLC

“large guaranteed returns from investments in fuel products”

1 case: Shahid Javed, Wilfredo Topacio

“large monthly payments”

1 case: MDN Financial Group Inc.

“large profits”

1 case: Allied Markets LLC

“large returns in a short period of time”

1 case: David George Dreslin

“large, annualized returns of 21 to 80 percent”

1 case: SwapStar Capital LLC

“leading a downtown renaissance”

1 case: Roxby Development LLC

“learn which investments berkshire hathaway would make ahead of the market”

1 case: Project Information Arbitrage

“leaseback payments”

1 case: Trophy Outfitters Inc.

“legitimate business functions”

1 case: Carlos Maldonado

“legitimate, low-risk, and lucrative investment”

1 case: Forsage

“lending investors' money to others at a higher rate of interest”

1 case: National Investments Inc

“less risky securities”

1 case: Prosper Wealth Management LLC

“leveraged staking trading”

1 case: Solanofi, Solano Partners Ltd., Solano Capital Investments

“licensed by the federal reserve”

1 case: J.C. Jeffers & Company

“licensed to sell securities”

1 case: Trigon Group Inc

“like having a private time machine”

1 case: Project Information Arbitrage

“like twitter and uber”

1 case: Archipel Capital LLC, BIM Management LP

“limited to two percent”

1 case: The W Trade Group

“line of credit with a swiss private bank”

1 case: DFRF Enterprises LLC

“liquid and available for refund on short notice”

1 case: Steven Bingaman

“liquidity pools”

1 case: Goliath Ventures (formerly Gen-Z Venture Firm)

“little or no risk of loss”

1 case: Stephen C. Peters

“little or no risk of not being repaid in full”

1 case: Martin T. Sigillito, James Scott Brown, Derek J. Smith

“little risk”

1 case: MJF Holdings LLC, MJF Capital LLC

“live stream”

1 case: K & K Strategies LLC

“loan agreements”

1 case: Ian Parker Bick

“loans to professional athletes who were short of cash”

1 case: Capital Financial Partners LLC, Capital Financial Holdings LLC

“located better investments than their current portfolio”

1 case: SG Investment Management

“locked in electricity rates as low as 4.5 cents per kilowatt-hour”

1 case: Geosyn Mining LLC

“lofty returns ranging from 6 to 18 percent”

1 case: White Elephant Trading Company LLC

“low or no-risk”

1 case: William Joseph Boyle

“low risk”

1 case: Glenn C. Mueller

“low-risk private funds”

1 case: Toltec Capital LLC

“low-risk securities”

1 case: Panoramic View Resort & Residences

“low-risk, high-reward”

1 case: Ford F. Graham, Katherine B. Graham

“low-risk, safe, simple, and conservative”

1 case: Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC

“lucrative and low or no-risk returns on investments”

1 case: LaunchByte.IO LLC

“lucrative annual returns of fifty percent or more”

1 case: D3 Capital Management LLC

“lucrative contract with u.s. department of homeland security”

1 case: Gregg Seitz

“lucrative contracts”

1 case: PhoneCard USA

“lucrative contracts to purchase closeout or excess cosmetic inventory”

1 case: Clear Solutions Group LLC

“lucrative high-yielding investment opportunities”

1 case: Elana Cohen-Roth

“lucrative investment opportunities”

1 case: Siforov Inc

“lucrative luxury real estate investments, gold mines in alaska and ghana”

1 case: John Robert Leake

“lucrative returns with little or no risk”

1 case: Lawrence Paul "Larry" Stephens

“lucrative returns with no risk to their principal investment amount”

1 case: Rathnakishore Giri

“lulling payments”

1 case: Jane E. O'Brien

“made millions of dollars selling solar energy to utility companies”

1 case: Clean Energy Advisers LLC

“made millions of dollars trading forex”

1 case: My Forex Planet Inc., Wal Capital S.A., Top Global Capital Inc.

“maintenance fees”

1 case: Infinity Wealth Management

“make loans to athletes and sports agencies”

1 case: Tyler T. Tysdal, Grant M. Carter

“making big promises”

1 case: LifeCo., AIIA Group

“many hundreds of millions of dollars”

1 case: Nemazee Capital Corporation

“margin-type financing”

1 case: Jamie Campany

“medically-oriented gym concept”

1 case: Mark Alan Blankespoor

“mel tannenbaum”

1 case: George Sepero, Carmelo Provenzano

“metal securities”

1 case: NHI Metals Ltd.

“mezzanine-style capital”

1 case: Reid Heritage Properties

“millionaire status”

1 case: EminiFX Inc.

“millions of microtransactions”

1 case: Trade Coin Club

“millions or billions of dollars for every $1,000 invested”

1 case: Mazzone Films

“minimum of $1 million”

1 case: Byron Keith Brown

“minimum of 7% interest tax-free”

1 case: Anthony J. Lupas Jr.

“minimum rates of return ranging from 8% to 62.5% annually”

1 case: Lorven Funds, Lorven Advisors LLC, Vistalytics Inc.

“minimum returns”

1 case: Nurnepes Nurjanov

“minimum returns of 0.35 percent daily”

1 case: Trade Coin Club

“misled and ignored consignors”

1 case: Timothy Sammons

“mistakenly failed to wire payment”

1 case: William M. Apostelos, Connie M. Apostelos, Steven Scudder

“money guy”

1 case: J. David Salinas, Brian A. Bjork

“monitoring fees”

1 case: Tyler T. Tysdal, Grant M. Carter

“monopoly money ... just pixels on a computer screen”

1 case: Marley's House of Sport, Marley's House of Investment

“monthly dividends based on cash-flow profits from rental income”

1 case: Connolly Properties Inc.

“monthly emails and quarterly updates showing ever-increasing account balances”

1 case: Argent Capital Management LLC

“monthly interest income”

1 case: Shehzad Peermahomed

“monthly interest payments and the return of their full principal investment”

1 case: Richard L. McNeil

“monthly interest payments at annual rates between 8 percent and 20 percent”

1 case: Elva Group

“monthly returns as high as 10 percent”

1 case: Aras Investment Business Group S.A.P.I. de C.V.

“monthly returns in excess of five percent”

1 case: Storehouse Credit Union Ek.

“monthly returns of $2,000 to $3,000 for every $20,000 invested”

1 case: Leo Growl LLC

“monthly returns of 10 to 16 percent, with no risk of loss to their principal”

1 case: NextStep Financial Services Inc

“monthly returns of 5-10 percent”

1 case: John S. Dudley

“monthly returns of at least 8 percent a month and as much as 15 percent”

1 case: Frederick H.K. Baker, Mark W. Akins

“monthly returns of over 30%”

1 case: CRW Management LP, Hurricane Motor Sports LLC

“monthly returns ranging from 5 percent to 8 percent”

1 case: Starfire Technologies

“monthly statements showed a profit every month”

1 case: K.E.L. Enterprises Inc.

“more secure”

1 case: Derek A. Nelson

“more than $70 million in various bank accounts”

1 case: Eliott Jay Dresher

“more than 100,000 premium-paying members”

1 case: Global Corporate Alliance

“more than 19% per year since its inception in 1983”

1 case: Financial Advisory Consultants, Income Fund Ltd., Growth Fund Ltd.

“more than 40-50% within 30 to 45 days”

1 case: Privvy Investments LLC, Gateway Digital Investments

“more than 50 gold mines in brazil and africa”

1 case: DFRF Enterprises LLC

“more than a hundred percent”

1 case: Nanban Ventures LLC

“more than sufficient to pay them back”

1 case: Calypso Financial LLC

“multiple income streams including advertising, and off-site investments”

1 case: LifeClicks LLC, 12daily Pro

“municipal bonds”

1 case: Johnson & Niswonger Financial Resources LLC

“municipal bonds and certificates of deposits”

1 case: Giddeon Financial Services, Liberty Mortgage Services

“music venture participation agreements”

1 case: Ian Parker Bick

“mutual funds, hedge funds and other securities”

1 case: Panoramic View Resort & Residences

“my explanation is that i'm an idiot”

1 case: Promitor Capital Management LLC

“my virtual concierge”

1 case: JCS Enterprises Inc, T.B.T.I. Inc

“nearly 48 percent a year”

1 case: Brian Marsack

“net returns greater than 20 percent”

1 case: 5A Holdings LLC

“never be at risk”

1 case: Guaranty Reserves Trust, Marcum Companies LLC

“never being at risk”

1 case: Systematech Solutions Inc.

“never defaulted on a single investment note”

1 case: Timothy S. Durham, James F. Cochran, Rick D. Snow

“never go down in value”

1 case: CJ's Financial

“never had a monthly loss”

1 case: Titanium Capital LLC

“never lend more than 50% of the value of the real estate”

1 case: Waterford Loan Fund LLC, Waterford Funding LLC

“never lost an investment dollar”

1 case: Mike Watson Capital LLC, Mike Watson Investments LLC

“never lost money during a trading day”

1 case: Treasure Coast Property Enterprises LLC

“never lost money even during the economic downturn”

1 case: Mueller Capital Management

“never made less than 5 percent per month over the last 30 years”

1 case: John S. Dudley

“never to have experienced a single losing year trading forex”

1 case: Highlands Capital Partners L.P.

“new and radical form of propulsion technology”

1 case: Joseph Firmage

“new century hedge fund partners, i, lp”

1 case: New Century Investment Management LLC

“no losing months”

1 case: Tsunami Capital LLC

“no penalties or taxes”

1 case: CJ's Financial

“no risk involved”

1 case: Sterling Investment Fund

“no risk of loss”

1 case: Eastern Metal Securities

“no risk returns of up to 100 percent annually”

1 case: PJI Distribution Corporation

“no sustainable means of funding its operations or the promised pay-outs”

1 case: Aureus Capital Pte. Ltd.

“nobody would be paid a commission”

1 case: Marlin Hershey, Dana Bradley

“non-depletion accounts”

1 case: Queen Shoals LLC, Queen Shoals II LLC, Select Fund LLC

“not suffered a trading loss since 1978”

1 case: John S. Dudley

“note program”

1 case: Dreier LLP

“notes to be secured with his personal assets”

1 case: A.D. Vallett & Co. LLC

“numerous false explanations”

1 case: Highlands Capital Partners L.P.

“ny private auction inc”

1 case: NY Private Auction Inc.

“obtain regular returns, or 'interest,' on their capital loan investments”

1 case: Stanislav Bril

“obtain the release of his overseas funds”

1 case: Compass Financial Solutions

“of more than 170 percent”

1 case: George Sepero, Carmelo Provenzano

“of up 20 percent”

1 case: Architects of the Future Investments

“of up to 15 percent”

1 case: The Austin Group

“of up to 9 percent with the potential for returns of 50 percent”

1 case: Janues Capital Incorporated

“offering a solid return”

1 case: Philip Elvin Riehl

“oil and gas leases”

1 case: Billy Marcum Jr.

“oil and natural gas exploration partnerships”

1 case: Zaveri Oil & Gas Ltd

“oil bonds”

1 case: Winans Foundation Trust

“on passport investments; investors”

1 case: James B. Catledge, Derek F.C. Elliott

“one of you”

1 case: Philippe Bourciquot

“one-quarter of dfrf's profits”

1 case: DFRF Enterprises LLC

“only for stock trades”

1 case: Nurnepes Nurjanov

“only take a fee from the profits”

1 case: MacQueen Capital Management, Dividend Reinvestment Fund LLC

“only to make loans secured by commercial real estate”

1 case: Waterford Loan Fund LLC, Waterford Funding LLC

“operated by experienced investment advisers”

1 case: Cavalier Union Investments LLC

“opportunities may be limited and may not last for long”

1 case: Philippe Bourciquot

“originate or purchase loans secured by real estate”

1 case: Pacific Private Money Group LLC

“our treasure chest”

1 case: Arizona Investment Center, The Investment Roadshow

“outlandish claims”

1 case: Milendophe Duperier, Vanessa Joseph

“over $1 trillion in profits to humanitarian causes”

1 case: William Ison, Douglas Ellingson

“over 1,000 closings”

1 case: Mike Watson Capital LLC, Mike Watson Investments LLC

“over 15 years of successful online futures trading experience”

1 case: Profit Management, Profit Management Int

“over 35 years of experience in commodity futures and options trading”

1 case: JHM Forex Only Pool, Forex Trading at Home Association

“owned a large and diverse stock portfolio”

1 case: C.A. Pedersen Client Investment Pool

“owned hundreds of millions of dollars in intellectual property”

1 case: Oodles Inc.

“owned several solar farms”

1 case: Clean Energy Advisers LLC

“passed himself off as an expert in foreign oil investments”

1 case: Allen R. Hess

“passive income”

1 case: Kristopher Lunsford

“pay other customers”

1 case: U.S. Coin Bullion LLC

“performing, safe, and guaranteed”

1 case: Assured Capital Consultants LLC

“personal candy store”

1 case: Arizona Investment Center, The Investment Roadshow

“personally guaranteed”

1 case: Janitorial Close-Out City Corp.

“personally worth over $65 million”

1 case: Royal West Properties Inc

“phelps family trust”

1 case: Maverick Asset Management LLC

“phenomenal”

1 case: Chicago D&P Inc, Realtopia Inc

“phony account statements that grossly overstated the performance”

1 case: Neal V. Goyal

“phony profitability promises”

1 case: Agape World Inc, Agape Merchant Advance LLC

“placed in separate investment accounts at isc”

1 case: Insurance Service Center

“placed safely in escrow”

1 case: IV Capital Ltd

“plus a guaranteed rate of return”

1 case: Randall Finer

“plus a substantial profit”

1 case: Edward Shannon Polen

“ponzi-type payments”

1 case: Devon Street Investments Ltd, Reliant Management

“pooled and invested in commodity options on behalf of customers”

1 case: The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited, Real Trade Profits

“pooling their funds would be beneficial to them”

1 case: NOLA FX Capital Management LLC, Meteor LLC, NOLA FX Fund LLC

“positive monthly returns trading foreign currencies each and every month”

1 case: Paul Robert Karr

“positive returns for each month from january 2004 through august 2008”

1 case: Westgate Capital Management LLC

“positive returns in all but one of the 22 quarters”

1 case: Scronic Macro Fund

“positive returns of over 1700%”

1 case: 1st Million LLC, Smart Partners LLC, Access to Assets LLC

“positive total returns with low volatility”

1 case: PFG LLC, PFGBI LLC

“potentially larger payout”

1 case: deeproot Funds LLC, Policy Services Inc.

“pre funded reversed pension plan”

1 case: Eastern Metal Securities

“pre-purchase advertising space”

1 case: Smith Advertising & Associates

“predictable monthly income”

1 case: First Capital Savings & Loan Ltd.

“preferential trading arrangement with alon usa energy, inc”

1 case: David D. DeBerardinis

“preferred or fixed rates of return”

1 case: Pacific Private Money Group LLC

“premier provider of global investment management”

1 case: D3 Capital Management LLC

“preservation of principal”

1 case: The Preservation of Principal Fund

“previously only available to the one-percenters”

1 case: JSG Capital Investments LLC

“primarily used to purchase property, refurbish rental houses”

1 case: Miles Burton Marshall (aka Burt Marshall)

“principal and interest guaranteed”

1 case: Mulholland Financial

“principal was protected with a large collateral account”

1 case: Dorian A. Garcia

“principal would be secure”

1 case: Steven Pagartanis

“principal would never leave the bank accounts”

1 case: Money Management Strategies

“private equity”

1 case: Jay Lucas

“private fund”

1 case: DollarMonster, Cashflowbot.com

“private investment trading platforms”

1 case: Destiny's Partners Inc.

“private lending”

1 case: Jose Bello

“private placements”

1 case: Christopher D. Dougherty

“private reits”

1 case: Reid Heritage Properties

“profitable and paying dividends as promised”

1 case: Guy Scott Griffithe, Robert William Russell

“profitable arbitrage opportunities”

1 case: GCZ Global LLC, Triten Financial Group LLC

“profitable overseas investments”

1 case: Millennium Bank, United Trust of Switzerland, Sterling Bank and Trust

“profitable returns history”

1 case: Cambridge Financial Advisors LLC

“profitable returns of up to 100 percent per month”

1 case: Ray Thomas Brown

“profited from spread betting”

1 case: Damon Elliott

“profits from the short-term hard money lending business”

1 case: Perfect Financial Group

“profits of five to ten percent”

1 case: Niagara Gold and Silver LLC

“projected first year income of 36% to 42%”

1 case: North Dakota Developments LLC

“promise of substantial return on their investments”

1 case: Diversified Management Consultants

“promised huge returns on their monies”

1 case: AdSurf Daily

“promised investors an exorbitant rate of return”

1 case: Henry Thomas Hammond

“promised six figure salaries and benefits”

1 case: Downing Partners LLC

“promised ten percent returns”

1 case: Robert Newell

“promises of 10 percent interest on loans slated to mature in five years”

1 case: Moriarty Enterprises

“promissory notes”

1 case: Celia Gallardo

“proprietary options trading strategies were highly profitable”

1 case: Palm Financial Management LLC, Shore Management Systems LLC

“proprietary software program”

1 case: Axcess Automation LLC

“proprietary trading bot”

1 case: EmpiresX

“proprietary trading models”

1 case: JSG Capital Investments LLC

“proprietary trading program”

1 case: Mitchell Brian Huffman

“proprietary trading strategies”

1 case: Tyche Asset Management

“protected by bonding companies”

1 case: Donald F. Neuhaus, Kimberly A. Snowden

“protected by so-called 'financial, investment insurance'”

1 case: Intercontinental Wealth Network LLC, I Wealth Network LP

“proven renovation crews, property managers and realtors on the ground”

1 case: Marquis Properties LLC

“proven track record”

1 case: Garfield M. Taylor

“proven track record managing discretionary trading systems in commodity futures”

1 case: RSF Capital LP

“proven winner”

1 case: Pedro Jaramillo (aka Enrique Jaramillo)

“provide home loans to educators”

1 case: Moriarty Enterprises

“provide loans and other financing to film projects”

1 case: Film Holdings Capital, Hollywood Covid Testing LLC

“provide loans at a higher interest rate”

1 case: Viking Financial Group Inc.

“publicly traded securities that would generate consistent high returns”

1 case: Broad Reach Capital, Broad Reach Partners, Bristol Advisors

“purchase a property in israel that he would then develop and sell”

1 case: iWitness Tech LLC

“purchase and install security camera equipment”

1 case: iWitness Tech LLC

“purchase and operate trucks”

1 case: Flame Trucking

“purchase and renovate multi-unit real estate properties”

1 case: Glenn C. Mueller

“purchase herds of cattle to be sold later at a substantial profit”

1 case: 5A Holdings LLC

“purchase, fix, and flip real estate for profit”

1 case: Joseph J. Nantomah

“purchase, refurbish, and resell mobile homes”

1 case: Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Inc

“purchased at locations in africa and transported and sold at higher prices”

1 case: Brandon Benson

“purchased through addy's businesses and resold to retail jewelers for a profit”

1 case: Edward J. & Company, La Porte Jewelers

“purchased, constructed, rehabbed, and sold homes in the chicago area”

1 case: Rosand Enterprises Inc

“purported to yield an approximat[e] 30% return after 16 months”

1 case: ClearPath Wealth Management LLC

“purportedly positive performance”

1 case: The Mortgage Fund '08 LLC, R.E. Loans LLC

“purportedly to form a company to provide streaming content to china via an app”

1 case: Standard Holdings Inc., Standard Huaxia Ltd.

“put to work”

1 case: Joshua Matthew Houchins

“quarterly dividends of about 5%”

1 case: Christopher D. Dougherty

“queen of mobile homes”

1 case: Outstanding Real Estate Solutions Inc

“quick and efficient streamlined approach”

1 case: The Owings Group LLC

“quick profit, wealth creation by helping you make shortcut to your riches”

1 case: Ju Ding Inc

“quick returns on investments”

1 case: Stephen Tudor Crozier

“raised over $2 billion within 60 days”

1 case: Tyche Asset Management

“ranging between 10% to 45%”

1 case: Charles Winn LLC

“ranging from 20% to 50%”

1 case: Xapphire LLC, AK Equity Group LLC, Xapphire Fund LLC

“ranging from 4 to 15 percent per month”

1 case: Calypso Financial LLC

“ranging from 5 to 7 percent”

1 case: Darrell Arnold Aviss

“ranging from 6 to 10.32 percent”

1 case: MRI International Inc, CSA Service Center LLC, The Factoring Company

“ranging from the recent 12.55 percent to a high of 21 percent back in 1979”

1 case: The Leverage Group

“rapid buy and sell orders of futures contracts”

1 case: S.B. Heinz & Associates Inc.

“rate of return would be good, with no risk”

1 case: Marlon Gary Hibbert, Verna Michelle Hibbert, Lorraine Bahlmann

“rates in excess of 20 percent”

1 case: Foundation Financial Group

“rates of return as high as 25 percent”

1 case: Novus Properties

“rates of return between 10% and 15% annually”

1 case: Carr Miller Capital LLC, Capital Markets Advisory LLC

“rates of return of 7 to 20 percent”

1 case: Shawn R. Merriman

“rates of return of over 30%”

1 case: Queen City Investments

“raw pesticide-free oil”

1 case: CB Holding Group Corp, CaesarBrutus LLC

“readily available upon request”

1 case: Baycap.io

“real estate loans secured by deeds of trust”

1 case: Verde Retirement LLC, Verde FX Nevada LLC, Covenant Capital Partners

“real-estate funds paying”

1 case: Michael Franks LLC

“receive 70% of the trading profits”

1 case: D&T Investment Group

“receive monthly or quarterly payments”

1 case: Michael R. Enea

“receive up to 100% return every month”

1 case: Robert M. Donald

“refinance their existing mortgage at a much lower rate”

1 case: Hawthorne Capital Corporation, Hawthorne Abstract, Rapid Abstract

“regardless of a project's success”

1 case: Alliance Group Entertainment

“regular and high rates of return for the lenders with limited risk”

1 case: Maher Talal Muhawieh

“rehabilitated, upgraded and resold at a substantial profit”

1 case: Iris Capital Management

“reinvest the fictitious profits in other art deals to make more money”

1 case: Ernst and Ernst Collectors Gallery

“reinvest their funds in more lucrative opportunities with higher returns”

1 case: Apex Wealth Management

“relatively safe returns”

1 case: deeproot Funds LLC, Policy Services Inc.

“remain protected in escrow”

1 case: Coadum Capital

“remarkable returns”

1 case: Richard Franklin Reynolds (aka Richard Adkins)

“repaired and rehabilitated”

1 case: Oceanpointe Property Management

“repayment at high interest rates”

1 case: Jreck Subs

“repeatedly affirmed that it has the requisite [facebook] shares”

1 case: Ventures Trust II LLC, Face Off Acquisitions LLC

“replicate the success”

1 case: The Mortgage Fund '08 LLC, R.E. Loans LLC

“represented that investor money was invested in real estate contracts”

1 case: Meridian Group

“research and development”

1 case: Lambert Vander Tuig, Ben Schactschneider

“resell the tickets at a substantial profit and share the proceeds”

1 case: Summit Entertainment (onlinetickets.com, pacertickets.com)

“returned to the investors – with interest – in a matter of days”

1 case: Brett A. Amendola

“returns as high as 8.1% per week”

1 case: CRW Management LP, Hurricane Motor Sports LLC

“returns of 10 to 15 percent in as little as two weeks”

1 case: Heckman Multimedia Productions

“returns of at least 25 percent”

1 case: China Voice Holding Corp

“returns of between 10 and 20 percent annually”

1 case: Hennessey Financial LLC

“returns of up to 100%”

1 case: Landon M. Smith

“returns of up to 18 percent of their principal investment annually”

1 case: Robert Rocco

“returns of up to 25 percent per month at little or no risk”

1 case: Memlock Systems, Triple Diamond Foundation

“returns of up to 50 percent within 60-120 days”

1 case: Walkwood Properties

“returns ranging from 10 percent up to 25 percent”

1 case: Moncure Brothers LLC, The Silver Companies

“returns that were too good to be true”

1 case: Cesar Humberto Pina

“revenue-producing businesses”

1 case: Stephen C. Peters

“ripple effect”

1 case: The Forex Project, Interbank FX

“risk is almost 0”

1 case: Bitcoin Savings and Trust

“risk-free because it was backed by fancy colored diamonds”

1 case: Jose Angel Aman, Harold Seigel, Jonathan H. Seigel

“risk-free investment”

1 case: Dream Venture Capital Group LLC

“risk-free investments, subscription agreements, and loans”

1 case: WC Private, Wilcox Hybrid, Damon Investments

“risk-free u.s. government securities”

1 case: A&M Investments

“robbing peter to pay paul”

1 case: Arizona Investment Center, The Investment Roadshow

“robot traders”

1 case: Vista Network Technologies

“roll over purported gains”

1 case: MNB

“rolling with the parkers”

1 case: Gregory Parker, Danielle Parker

“roughly 28 to 34 percent annually”

1 case: The Kane Capital Investment Group LLC

“royalties on any oil extracted”

1 case: Maverick Asset Management LLC

“safe and backed by the assets of memg”

1 case: Micro-Enterprise Management Group (MEMG), Victorious Life Church

“safe and financially stable”

1 case: Berjac of Portland, Berjac of Oregon

“safe and guaranteed”

1 case: National Note of Utah

“safe and non-speculative options trading strategy”

1 case: Ruskjer & Associates

“safe and profitable investment”

1 case: Thomas Michael White, John Kevin Reech, Joseph Mario Genzone

“safe and secured by assets guaranteed by the united states government”

1 case: Evolution Capital Advisors, Evolution Investment Group I

“safe and secured by real estate”

1 case: Robert P. Copeland

“safe and sound”

1 case: Asset Preservation Specialists Inc.

“safe and would be returned to them upon request”

1 case: Technology for Telecommunication and Multimedia Inc.

“safe because it was insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic)”

1 case: Immigration General Services

“safe investment”

1 case: Ronald D. Morley, Diane Morley

“safe investment opportunity with the promise of large monetary returns”

1 case: Resort Holdings International

“safe investments that would yield high rates of return”

1 case: Christopher Burns

“safe investments with high returns”

1 case: Booth Financial Associates, Insurance Trends Inc.

“safe, fixed income from highly-rated corporate and other bonds”

1 case: J. David Salinas, Brian A. Bjork

“safe, had no risk”

1 case: Conmac Funding Corp., Sisk Investment Services

“safe, long-term commodities futures contracts”

1 case: Friend's Investment Group

“safe, low risk investments”

1 case: Lucita Zamoras

“safe, low-risk, or risk-free”

1 case: Marquis Properties LLC

“safe, secure and profitable”

1 case: Donald F. Neuhaus, Kimberly A. Snowden

“safe, secure, and tax-free”

1 case: Foundation Financial Group

“safely invested”

1 case: Steven Bingaman

“safely maintained in a 'reserve' or escrow account”

1 case: William Ison, Douglas Ellingson

“safely returned within 72 hours”

1 case: Accelerated Funding Group

“safety and security for our investors”

1 case: Cavalier Union Investments LLC

“same property used to”

1 case: Edward William Farley

“saw little or no work done despite schlomann's representations”

1 case: Refurbs Properties LLC

“sec compliant”

1 case: Matthew J. Gagnon, Gregory N. McKnight

“secret”

1 case: Realty World-Quality Homes Inc.

“secure investment products and high-yield returns”

1 case: Kronus Financial Corporation, Finser International Corporation

“secure, high yield banking opportunity”

1 case: Lighthouse Estates, Red Door Legacy, Starpoint Holdings

“secured $200 million in government contracts”

1 case: Joseph Firmage

“secured because your money is protected by the value of real estate”

1 case: Jill Marie Silvey

“secured bridge loans”

1 case: Highland Residential LLC, Avanti Capital Partners LLC

“secured by”

1 case: Detroit Memorial Partners LLC

“secured by a first or second deed of trust on the property”

1 case: Gold Country Lenders

“secured by a pre-funded, cash-back instrument”

1 case: Learn Waterhouse Inc.

“secured by a surety bond, insured by the fdic”

1 case: Privvy Investments LLC, Gateway Digital Investments

“secured by cash held in a financial support fund”

1 case: Oxford Street Education LLC (The Croft School)

“secured by collateral through the filing of deeds of trust”

1 case: The Equity Growth Group (TEGG)

“secured by farr assets”

1 case: Farr and Associates, Farr Financial Group

“secured by interests in a trust”

1 case: Waterford Loan Fund LLC, Waterford Funding LLC

“secured by real estate and life insurance policies”

1 case: James A. MacCallum

“secured by real property having a value equal to or greater than the note”

1 case: Cornerstone Financial Corporation, K & B Investments LLC

“secured by the protection of collateral and personal guarantees”

1 case: Christopher Burns

“secured, in most cases, by a first lien on real property”

1 case: Capital Finance, Paris Properties, Paris RE Inc.

“secured, insured, and debt free product with a stable yield”

1 case: Monarch Capital Investment Fund LLC

“securely invested in government securities”

1 case: RAHFCO Funds Limited Partnership, RAHFCO Growth Fund

“securities in the form of promissory notes to guarantee investors a set return”

1 case: Group Venture Inc.

“securitized, insured, rated 'aaa' by standard & poor's”

1 case: Integrated Equities Inc.

“seed stock”

1 case: Nathan Gauvin

“self-made multimillionaire”

1 case: Ichioka Ventures

“selling away”

1 case: Belize Infrastructure Fund I LLC

“senior life settlement policy”

1 case: John S. Dudley

“seventy percent of any profits”

1 case: K.E.L. Enterprises Inc.

“several large and valuable amber mines”

1 case: USFIA Inc

“she was making significant profits”

1 case: SMTS Association

“short term, high interest, guaranteed promissory notes”

1 case: Forrest Properties Inc

“short-term high interest rate loans to real estate developers”

1 case: Rumbaugh Financial Inc., Desert Strategic Equity LLC

“short-term, high-interest hard money loans”

1 case: Danny Wise (aka Dan Wise)

“short-term, low-risk”

1 case: Imagination Construction Company

“short-term, secured real estate rehabilitation and bridge loans”

1 case: Lighthouse Estates, Red Door Legacy, Starpoint Holdings

“significant fixed returns”

1 case: Capital Funding ASAP LLC

“significant profits”

1 case: Clear Solutions Group LLC

“significant returns in as little as three months”

1 case: Strategic Innovations LLC

“significant returns on their investments within a short amount of time”

1 case: Albert E. Gilner, Randi A. Bochinski

“significant returns with little associated risk”

1 case: Project Information Arbitrage

“silver lease program”

1 case: Ross Baldwin, Robert Jeffrey Johnson, Kathleen Hook

“similar to a certificate of deposit”

1 case: Conmac Funding Corp., Sisk Investment Services

“single losing month in 14 years”

1 case: 4X Solutions Inc.

“six to 10 percent interest per week”

1 case: Cyber Market Group LLC

“slush fund”

1 case: Robert J. Cassandro

“small dividends”

1 case: Oren Eugene Sullivan

“sold to commercial developers for a profit”

1 case: American Undeveloped Real Estate Fund

“solely be used to purchase and store wine”

1 case: Charles Winn LLC

“solely for investing in e-mini futures”

1 case: Harbor Light Asset Management LLC

“solid security”

1 case: Valley Investments (formerly Valley Mortgage)

“sophisticated and experienced money managers”

1 case: Strategic Holdings Group

“sophisticated securities trading strategy that protected against loss”

1 case: Garfield M. Taylor

“special access to a high-interest-bearing account reserved for corporate clients”

1 case: Elaina Patterson

“special access to exclusive, government-backed trading programs”

1 case: Memlock Systems, Triple Diamond Foundation

“specialized investments”

1 case: Castle Hill Financial Group LLC

“specific luxury vehicles”

1 case: Timeless Auto Group

“spent millions of dollars and thousands of hours developing the program”

1 case: Blackbird Capital Partners LLC

“split strike conversion”

1 case: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

“steady distribution of 15% income per year”

1 case: Sam Ikkurty (aka Sreenivas I Rao), Ravishankar Avadhanam

“steady monthly return on investment (roi)”

1 case: Tadrus Capital LLC, Tadrus Capital Fund LP

“steady, predictable monthly returns”

1 case: Norada Capital Management

“steep returns on short-term loans secured by real estate”

1 case: Anchor State Capital LLC, Anchor State Properties LLC

“stellar investment results”

1 case: QYU

“still considered him a preferred client”

1 case: Randy W. Cho

“stocks, bonds, or private company securities”

1 case: Castle Hill Financial Group LLC

“storms in the bahamas had delayed transaction processing”

1 case: John D. Black, Christopher Mancuso, Joseph Tufo, John P. Glenn

“strict risk controls”

1 case: International Investment Group

“strictly underwritten”

1 case: MJF Holdings LLC, MJF Capital LLC

“strong relationships with companies in china”

1 case: Janitorial Close-Out City Corp.

“substantial gains”

1 case: Tammy Lynn Hawk

“substantial interest payments”

1 case: The Equity Growth Group (TEGG)

“substantial profits”

1 case: Faster Than Light Trading LLC

“substantial returns - with little or no risk - within a short period of time”

1 case: Thomas Huling

“successful and generated large profits”

1 case: Daniel O. Cohen, Richard Alan Cohen, Joshua Hoffman

“successful trading of stock options and commodities”

1 case: HomePals Investment Club LLC, HomePals LLC

“sufficient money to fund the loan”

1 case: Anna Kline (fka Jordana Weber)

“superior knowledge and ability as an investor”

1 case: Roberto Trinidad Del Carpio Frescas, David Brian Binder

“superlative performance”

1 case: Dream Venture Capital Group LLC

“supposedly destined for wartime ukraine”

1 case: Optimus Investments Inc, Tryon Management Group LLC

“surety bonds”

1 case: Matthew's Woodworking LLC

“surprise gifts”

1 case: Beverly Joan De Ronde

“t-bill trading program”

1 case: CRM Investors Corporation

“tax-deductible, guaranteed, and insured”

1 case: Kent R.E. Whitney, David Lee Parrish

“tax-free and risk-free”

1 case: Johnson & Niswonger Financial Resources LLC

“tax-free income”

1 case: Reid Heritage Properties

“teaching little hearts and hands”

1 case: Joseph Angelo Sivigliano, Dwight Pimson, Venus Marie Pimson

“ten percent return on investments”

1 case: Stevens Creek Auto Mall

“the acquisition of specified assets”

1 case: Steven Byers, Joseph Shereshevsky (aka Joseph Heller, "Josie")

“the best and safest place to put their money”

1 case: Thomas & Company Wealth Management LLC, Insured Income Solutions LLC

“the best swiss banks and advisors”

1 case: James Clements, Zeina Smidi

“the construction of a new fedex distribution facility in las vegas”

1 case: Verde Retirement LLC, Verde FX Nevada LLC, Covenant Capital Partners

“the false promise of 12 percent annual rates of return”

1 case: Michael W. Kwasnik, William M. Kwasnik

“the holy spirit had given him a proprietary day-trading system”

1 case: Charles Erickson

“the investment was safe”

1 case: MFB 111 Investment LLC

“the lack of risk involved”

1 case: One Bell & Associates Inc

“the most transparent company in the history of the world”

1 case: BitClub Network

“the nation's largest producer of high quality, low sulfur 'blue gem' coal”

1 case: New Century Coal, Earth Energy Exploration

“the plan couldn't fail”

1 case: Brixon Group Ltd

“the return on their investment”

1 case: ClearPath Wealth Management LLC

“the road to financial freedom”

1 case: Gregory Parker, Danielle Parker

“the social capitalist”

1 case: City Capital Corporation

“the trading was consistently successful”

1 case: Xapphire LLC, AK Equity Group LLC, Xapphire Fund LLC

“the world bank would have to collapse to lose [this] investment”

1 case: Falcon Energy

“the worst quarterly return was one percent”

1 case: Tsunami Capital LLC

“their investments were performing well”

1 case: John Jay Kersey

“their investments were safe and secure”

1 case: Greenville Auto World LLC

“their original investment plus a substantial dividend within months”

1 case: Hanson Holdings LLC

“there was no risk”

1 case: Tsunami Capital LLC

“there was no way to lose money on this deal”

1 case: Jeppesen Land and Properties

“there were only six investors, and a spot recently opened up”

1 case: Pickleball Rocks, All About Pickleball LLC

“there were specific buyers and sellers of printers”

1 case: Gelsco Inc

“they could make big money for sending emails”

1 case: Trend Sound Promoter AMG Corp.

“they'd get at least a 10 percent return”

1 case: John Hogan

“thirty percent or more”

1 case: Boss Lifestyle LLC

“thomas conrad's significant experience in the securities industry”

1 case: Thomas D. Conrad Jr., Stuart P. Conrad

“thousands of dollars in returns within weeks or months”

1 case: Tilila Siola'a Walker Sumchai

“three percent per month to 50 percent per year”

1 case: Razel Canedo (aka Razel Torres, Razel Agravante)

“three to five percent interest per month”

1 case: Farr and Associates, Farr Financial Group

“through a secure platform”

1 case: Barry Edward Kloogh

“tlc guaranteed fund”

1 case: Tri-Link Consultants Inc

“to generate high returns”

1 case: Borg Investment Bank & Capital Trust

“to launch and grow the guardian opportunity fund”

1 case: Michael Wayne Williams

“to purportedly purchase factored invoices”

1 case: Premier Global Corp

“too big to fail”

1 case: BitClub Network

“too good to be true”

1 case: Mark Dente

“too risky”

1 case: Prosper Wealth Management LLC

“top gun”

1 case: AeroVanti

“trade foreign currencies”

1 case: Bullard Enterprises LLC

“trade foreign exchange currencies”

1 case: Marlon Gary Hibbert, Verna Michelle Hibbert, Lorraine Bahlmann

“trade proceeds”

1 case: ASM Financial Funding Corporation

“traded by expert traders, proprietary algorithms, and artificial intelligence”

1 case: Cash FX Group S.A., The Conversion Pros Inc.

“trading for over 30 years”

1 case: The Forex Project, Interbank FX

“trading had generated substantial returns”

1 case: William A. Huber

“trading losses would be borne by mms”

1 case: Money Management Strategies

“trading of financial instruments among top financial institutions”

1 case: Morgan European Holdings ApS, Bowman Marketing Group Inc

“traditional bank savings and cd rates but without the risk of the stock market”

1 case: Joseph Mazella

“triple algorithm”

1 case: Kristine L. Johnson, Troy A. Barnes

“trust us, god will make sure this is successful”

1 case: God's Sports Company

“trusted family advisor for decades”

1 case: Earl Jones Consultant and Administration Corporation

“trusted management”

1 case: International Investment Group

“trusted partner”

1 case: Pedro Jaramillo (aka Enrique Jaramillo)

“turnkey, multifamily properties”

1 case: Property Income Investors LLC, Equinox Holdings Inc.

“two to six percent per week on investments”

1 case: All States ATM Inc

“typically 5%”

1 case: Gentlemen Timepieces

“typically greater than 8%”

1 case: C.A. Pedersen Client Investment Pool

“typically within 30 days”

1 case: Niagara Gold and Silver LLC

“u.s. government guaranteed”

1 case: Innovative Advisory Services Inc

“unconditionally guaranteed and insured”

1 case: World Vision Entertainment Inc.

“under the false pretense of purchasing boats for resale”

1 case: Dana Island Yacht Sales and Charters

“under the guise of a loan”

1 case: Alliance Group Entertainment

“under three months”

1 case: Shaine Joseph LaVoie

“undervalued real estate”

1 case: EquiAlt LLC

“unique ability to identify undervalued properties”

1 case: Martin T. Sigillito, James Scott Brown, Derek J. Smith

“unlimited income for life!”

1 case: Robert M. Donald

“until larger investors filled that void”

1 case: Huxley Capital Management

“unusually high returns”

1 case: First Americans Insurance Service

“up and running”

1 case: Geosyn Mining LLC

“up to $3,000,000 within one year”

1 case: John Sposato

“up to 10 percent interest per month”

1 case: David R. Lewalski

“up to 10% on a weekly, and later monthly, basis”

1 case: MFB 111 Investment LLC

“up to 12 percent”

1 case: Security Income Planners

“up to 15% weekly returns”

1 case: Cash FX Group S.A., The Conversion Pros Inc.

“up to 18 percent”

1 case: Military Air Parts International, C130Spares

“up to 20 percent interest per month”

1 case: ASM Financial Funding Corporation

“up to 20% of trading profits”

1 case: The End of the Rainbow Partners LLC

“up to 200%”

1 case: Destiny's Partners Inc.

“up to 36 percent returns”

1 case: Integrated National Resources Inc (dba WeedGenics)

“up to 40% on their investment”

1 case: Henri Zogaib

“up to 50 percent”

1 case: Shadai Yire

“up to 50% of the company's daily net profits”

1 case: ZeekRewards.com

“up to 500 percent every 90 days”

1 case: B&B Consulting Group LLC

“up to 7 percent weekly interest”

1 case: Bitcoin Savings and Trust

“up to a 100 percent profit”

1 case: Shaine Joseph LaVoie

“up to approximately 46 percent per year”

1 case: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

“up to nine times the investment they made”

1 case: Absolute

“up to twenty percent returns”

1 case: Ford F. Graham, Katherine B. Graham

“updates affirming that the operation was functioning as promised”

1 case: Paramount Limited LLC

“upvesting fund”

1 case: Family Wealth Legacy, Zolla

“upwards of 15% a month”

1 case: Matthew J. Gagnon, Gregory N. McKnight

“use their funds to acquire, feed, and raise cattle on its network of ranches”

1 case: Agridime LLC

“used artificial and human intelligence to maximize profitability”

1 case: EmpiresX

“used only to verify deposits”

1 case: Raymond P. Morris, James L. Haley, Jay J. Linford, Luc D. Nguyen

“used primarily to invest in multi-unit residential and commercial real estate”

1 case: Professional Financial Investors Inc

“used their money to invest in futures”

1 case: Randy Miland

“used to purchase properties”

1 case: Francisco "Frank" Hobson

“using a market volatility strategy”

1 case: Alvin Guy Wilkinson

“using a proprietary trading algorithm”

1 case: Plandome Partners L.P.

“using algorithmic computer software”

1 case: LJS Trading LLC

“usually within 90 days or less”

1 case: Gelsco Inc

“various ventures”

1 case: Brian Keith Miller

“very fine”

1 case: Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co.

“very short-term equity trading”

1 case: George Heckler

“virtually risk free”

1 case: Accelerated Funding Group

“warranty checks”

1 case: Aureus Revenue Group LLC

“was a billionaire”

1 case: Long Nguyen

“was accredited by the better business bureau”

1 case: Nickolas M. Godfrey

“watch [their] money grow”

1 case: K & K Strategies LLC

“we are not a ponzi game company. we are creating a new business model”

1 case: WCM, WCM777

“weekly returns of up to 50%”

1 case: Assured Capital Consultants LLC

“were being used to better their investments”

1 case: Muskey Financial Services

“were promised an incredible return on the investment”

1 case: Carlos Maldonado

“what an amazing car! how can you afford this?”

1 case: JCS Enterprises Inc, T.B.T.I. Inc

“where business is moral and the miraculous is routine”

1 case: D.A. Souza Investments LLC

“whether the unit was rented or not”

1 case: Resort Holdings International

“wildly successful power of direction”

1 case: Henry Roche

“wine futures”

1 case: Premier Cru

“with a profit”

1 case: Cleveland Custom Homes

“with as much as 14 percent interest”

1 case: Liberty Realty Trust

“withdraw their principal at any time with no losses”

1 case: Razel Canedo (aka Razel Torres, Razel Agravante)

“within 30 days”

1 case: Mulholland Financial

“within 45 to 60 days”

1 case: Pinnacle Development Partners LLC

“within 90 days”

1 case: Gray Area Marketing

“without risk”

1 case: ConsensusOne LLC

“working capital loans”

1 case: Huxley Capital Management

“working capital, fulfilling an order, or buying new product”

1 case: Holy Cow

“worst case”

1 case: LottoNet Operating Corp.

“worth $170 billion”

1 case: Nakami Chi Group Ministries International

“worth as much as $450 million”

1 case: Wells Real Estate Investment LLC

“would be 100 percent or more in 100 days”

1 case: WCM, WCM777

“would be fully insured”

1 case: DFRF Enterprises LLC

“would be invested in real estate”

1 case: Wisnicki & Associates LLP, Wisnicki Neuhauser LLP

“would be invested in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds”

1 case: James Asset Advisory LLC

“would be invested safely in a variety of securities”

1 case: James M. Peister

“would be placed in fixed-income notes and other investments”

1 case: KS Investments, Buckharbor

“would be reinvested”

1 case: James K. Couture

“would be safeguarded by collateral accounts”

1 case: Arrowhead Capital Management LLC

“would be secure because he would put their names on the property deeds”

1 case: B+E Family Investments LLC

“would be used for commercial real estate financing and related projects”

1 case: Hennessey Financial LLC

“would be used only as lending capital”

1 case: ARTLoan Financial LLC, ARTLoan Financial Services Inc

“would be used only for the oil and gas project for which those funds were raised”

1 case: Provident Royalties LLC, Provident Asset Management LLC

“would be used only to develop the relevant target property”

1 case: Michael Paul Enterprises

“would be used primarily to trade crypto assets”

1 case: BKCoin Management LLC

“would be used to purchase real estate properties in opportunity zones”

1 case: Joshua Burrell

“would manage their money through various investment strategies”

1 case: Evangelos Drosos

“would need only to provide a fraction of the total cost”

1 case: Jamie Campany

“would never lose its principal and would grow with the market”

1 case: Booth Financial Associates, Insurance Trends Inc.

“would not lose their money”

1 case: Kingdom First Trading LLC, Kingdom First Corp

“would not take a salary”

1 case: Stock Squirrel Inc

“would receive a financial return”

1 case: Carley Financial Group, Prosperity Partners, Main Street Solutions

“would receive annual interest payments of at least 12 percent”

1 case: Noble Trust Company

“would remain in belmonte's escrow account”

1 case: Alice Belmonte

“would soon be bought by apple or another suitor”

1 case: ESOS Rings Inc.

“yearly dividend interest of between 7.5 and 9 percent”

1 case: Health Care Financial Partners

“yield higher rates of return than their current investments”

1 case: Brendanwood Financial Brokerage LLC

“you and anyone you know can make as much money as you want”

1 case: Kristine L. Johnson, Troy A. Barnes

“you are in profit from day one”

1 case: NovaTech Ltd.

“you won't lose your money”

1 case: Thomas Michael White, John Kevin Reech, Joseph Mario Genzone

“you would do it and everyone would do it”

1 case: Realty World-Quality Homes Inc.

“you're looking at a monthly dividend payout of $8,500 every month”

1 case: LottoNet Operating Corp.

“your daddy is going to take care of you”

1 case: GLC Limited

“zero investors have ever lost money on their investment”

1 case: RAD Diversified REIT Inc., The Seminar Solution LLC