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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Frank Preve Emailed Scott Rothstein: "I Can't Show Anyone That I Am a Complete Idiot"

    This is one of those times when the documents speak for themselves; I could rewrite and paraphrase the claims made by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but that wouldn't be better for either of us.The short version of the story: The SEC says Fort Lauderdale-based hedge fund managers Georg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    George Levin, Frank Preve Hit With SEC Charges in Scott Rothstein Ponzi Scheme

    The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed a complaint against two of the men who provided investors for Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.The SEC says George Levin and Frank Preve helped Rothstein raise more than $157 million in his billion-dollar scheme by getting invest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Ninety-Seven F-Bombs From Ozzie Guillen Won't Erase That Awful Stadium Deal

    Showtime released a 30-minute preview on Saturday to its show The Franchise: A Season With the Miami Marlins, which will chronicle the travails of baseball's version of a court jester. There's a scene near the start of the show where loudmouth manager Ozzie Guillen is addressing his new players for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Broward Investment Manager Allegedly Sold $11 Million Worth of Imaginary Technology Stock

    bnet.comJust like Jim Cramer doesn't have access to stock from Iron Man, John Mattera didn't have access to multiple things he was allegedly selling.​As they say in South Florida: another day, another alleged multimillion-dollar scam.John Mattera, 50, was arrested at his Fort Lauderdale home yeste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    The Latest Foreclosure Fallout Could Further Mangle The Legal System

    The law offices of David J. Stern will close at the end of the month.​As of about a week ago, the law offices of David J. Stern and the affiliated document processing company, DJSP, are slated to close at the end of the month, but for one of the largest foreclosure firms in the country, closing is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Subway Beats McDonald's for Title of Largest Fast-Food Chain

    ​Subway is beating the crap out of McDonald's to win the title of largest fast-food restaurant chain. According to the Wall Street Journal, at the end of 2010, Subway had 33,749 restaurants worldwide, compared to 32,737 for McDonald's. The number of McDonald's stores was disclosed in an ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    Nevin Shapiro Is the Caligula of South Florida's Ponzi Empire

    ​Subway is beating the crap out of McDonald's to win the title of largest fast-food restaurant chain. According to the Wall Street Journal, at the end of 2010, Subway had 33,749 restaurants worldwide, compared to 32,737 for McDonald's. The number of McDonald's stores was disclosed in an ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2010

    Ponzi Playboy Sean Healy Blew Through the Money He Swindled

    ​Subway is beating the crap out of McDonald's to win the title of largest fast-food restaurant chain. According to the Wall Street Journal, at the end of 2010, Subway had 33,749 restaurants worldwide, compared to 32,737 for McDonald's. The number of McDonald's stores was disclosed in an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    A Passel of Ponzis: Bernie's Neighbor Indicted

    Flickr: b_cuzzNo, this graffiti isn't in Palm Beach... yet.​Like drug dealers to the ghetto, the Ponzi schemers flocked to Palm Beach. The latest to be accused in a criminal court is Donald Anthony Young, who happened to live next door to Ponzi king Bernard Madoff.The indictment for fraud against ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Office Depot on Deathwatch

    FlickrIf Office Depot goes out of business, where will these two people in Bizmarck, North Dakota, go for office supplies?​Our depressed local economy really can't afford for another big business to hit the skids, but that's what it's looking like for Office Depot, based in Boca Raton. We've been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Stanford Employees in Fort Lauderdale Accused of Shredding Evidence of Massive Fraud

    FlickrDid Allen Stanford's local employees try to cover up his crime?​The first criminal trial in the Stanford Financial Group fraud is under way, and it ain't pretty for the local branch. In opening remarks of a trial that began Monday in Miami, prosecutors told the jury that Thomas Raffanello an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Morning Juice: Stage Fright at Sun Life; Broward Commissioners Give Voters No Choice on Courthouse

    ​As the weather slowly warms for the big game, let's see what the local headlines have to say:Sun Life Stadium had a mighty scare last night when a stage collapsed during a Super Bowl rehearsal, injuring four people. Not exactly the publicity that the folks at Sun Life had in mind when they ponied ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Cardiologist and Republican Fundraiser Bounced From State College Board

    Zachariah​Late last week, Gov. Charlie Crist removed Holy Cross cardiologist Zachariah P. Zachariah from the powerful Board of Governors overseeing Florida universities. It's another occasion for gossip in the state's Republican Party. Was Crist wary of insider trader allegations made by the Secur ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown

    Zachariah​Late last week, Gov. Charlie Crist removed Holy Cross cardiologist Zachariah P. Zachariah from the powerful Board of Governors overseeing Florida universities. It's another occasion for gossip in the state's Republican Party. Was Crist wary of insider trader allegations made by the Secur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    For Next Federal Prosecutor, a Million-Dollar Question

    For the new U.S. attorney, who will come from among the 16 names on this list, busting financial fraud will be the top priority in South Florida federal courts. And although those cases are endlessly complex, it's fairly simple to get an overview of the region's candidates for criminal prosecution: ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Joel Steinger and Mutual Benefits Corp. Stole a Billion Dollars by Peddling Bogus Life Insurance Policies

    For the new U.S. attorney, who will come from among the 16 names on this list, busting financial fraud will be the top priority in South Florida federal courts. And although those cases are endlessly complex, it's fairly simple to get an overview of the region's candidates for criminal prosecution: ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Mutual Benefits Con Man Joel Steinger Spent a Lifetime Getting Mobbed Up

    For the new U.S. attorney, who will come from among the 16 names on this list, busting financial fraud will be the top priority in South Florida federal courts. And although those cases are endlessly complex, it's fairly simple to get an overview of the region's candidates for criminal prosecution: ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    R. Allen Stanford's story tells how one eccentric billionaire can help bring the global economy to its knees

    For the new U.S. attorney, who will come from among the 16 names on this list, busting financial fraud will be the top priority in South Florida federal courts. And although those cases are endlessly complex, it's fairly simple to get an overview of the region's candidates for criminal prosecution: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Are The Feds Looking Into The L.I.E.?

      Doesn't this woman look like she's been taken by surprise? Or perhaps that a secret has just been found out? Actually, the woman in the photo, Stacy Schultz, has been flying under the radar just fine. Schultz is the "sole proprietor" of a life settlement company called LIfe I ... More >>

  • News

    March 5, 2009

    Broward County’s first man admits deep ties to Mutual Benefits

      Doesn't this woman look like she's been taken by surprise? Or perhaps that a secret has just been found out? Actually, the woman in the photo, Stacy Schultz, has been flying under the radar just fine. Schultz is the "sole proprietor" of a life settlement company called LIfe I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Russ Klenet Was Owned By Joel Steinger

    We have the latest on lobbyist Russ Klenet, his wife Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter, his former boss Joel Steinger, and the Mutual Benefits fraud saga.        Sun-SentinelThis brand-spanking new article is based largely on a 2007 deposition taken of Klenet during S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2009

    Sunday Reading: The Wayne Huizenga Story

    I just happened on this classic written by Steve Almond in 1994 about South Florida's hard-driven, complicated, and sometimes brutal mogul.  Uh, it jumps.   Citizen Wayne - The Unauthorized Biography A college dropout and the product of a broken home, H. Wayne Huizenga rose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Boca-Based Office Depot: More Screwed Up Than Dunder Mifflin?

    Office supplies giant Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, is the latest major American corporation to get itself in trouble with federal regulators. The company, which claims $14.8 billion in annual sales, is being investigated for improper contact with business analysts. Specifically, representative ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    The Line To Lansky: Steinger Linked To Ben-Veniste, Jewish Mafia

    We know that Joel Steinger, the mastermind of the billion-dollar Mutual Benefits Ponzi scheme with ties to several Broward politicians (Steve Geller, Stacy Ritter, Ellyn Bogdanoff, and others), had connections to Colombian drug cartels. Now we have evidence of another intriguing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Local Financial Analyst Packages Stanford Case for SEC

    As we reported on this blog Friday, speculation has been flying through the financial community that Stanford et al could be operating an enormous Ponzi scheme a la Bernie Madoff. Now it's official: The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit in Dallas Monday against Stanford ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Palm Beach Post Embarrasses Self, Re-Endorses Corrupt Goldsmith

    In a rather subversive answer to my recent blog post that exposed Palm Beach mayoral candidate C. Gerald "Gerry" Goldsmith's corrupt history, the Palm Beach Post re-endorsed Goldsmith, saying he's "still the choice." The paper, in one of the most pathetic excuses for journalism the Pulp h ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    Mutual Benefits used dirty money to pay its legal defense

    In a rather subversive answer to my recent blog post that exposed Palm Beach mayoral candidate C. Gerald "Gerry" Goldsmith's corrupt history, the Palm Beach Post re-endorsed Goldsmith, saying he's "still the choice." The paper, in one of the most pathetic excuses for journalism the Pulp h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Palm Beach Mayoral Candidate Has Corrupt Past In Bahamas

    Even by Florida's loose ethical standards, Palm Beach mayoral contender C. Gerald Goldsmith has a corrupt past that should make his candidacy a joke. Goldsmith, who served on the Palm Beach town council back in the mid-1990s, survived the Feb. 3 election ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    GlobeTel Sanswire Will Protect America With Its Luck Dragon

    Falcor may soon be the last line of defense in the War Against TerrorGlobeTel is a Pembroke Pines company that first appeared on the local radar a few years ago, when it was promising to fill South Florida airspace with sci-fi machines called "stratellites" -- a clunky combination of a light airship ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Mutual Benefits may have collapsed, but the fallout for South Florida politicians is still coming.

    Falcor may soon be the last line of defense in the War Against TerrorGlobeTel is a Pembroke Pines company that first appeared on the local radar a few years ago, when it was promising to fill South Florida airspace with sci-fi machines called "stratellites" -- a clunky combination of a light airship ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Russ Klenet and Stacy Ritter Mutually Benefited From Fraud

    Scott Wyman writes this morning of a lawsuit filed against lobbyist Russ Klenet, the husband of Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter, by a former vice president of viatical company Mutual Benefits Corp. You might remember the name of the company -- it is, after all, accused of ripping off investors ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    Madoff's Man

    Fort Lauderdale multimillionaire Michael Bienes never cut ties with Bernie Madoff — even after the SEC shut him down.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2009

    Bienes, Avellino, Madoff and The Church

    Bienes Knighted By Catholic Church Well, the Sun-Sentinel, apparently in a panic over the New York Times beating it to the story, finally reported on the connection between Fort Lauderdale philanthropist Michael Bienes and his partner, Frank Avellino, to Bernie Madoff, the $50 billion Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Fort Lauderdale Philanthropist Tied To Epic Swindler Madoff -- UPDATED

    Michael Bienes doesn't make a lot of news and hasn't been involved much in local politics, but if you look around you'll see the tall and seemingly kindly Fort Lauderdale multi-millionaire's name all over the place. At Holy Cross Hospital, there's the Michael and Diann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    A Stock Market Carol

    Michael Bienes doesn't make a lot of news and hasn't been involved much in local politics, but if you look around you'll see the tall and seemingly kindly Fort Lauderdale multi-millionaire's name all over the place. At Holy Cross Hospital, there's the Michael and Diann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    Founder of Benihana Japanese Steakhouse Dead at 69

    Michael Bienes doesn't make a lot of news and hasn't been involved much in local politics, but if you look around you'll see the tall and seemingly kindly Fort Lauderdale multi-millionaire's name all over the place. At Holy Cross Hospital, there's the Michael and Diann ... More >>

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Lab Rats

    Most Doctors Agree: Use Caution When Mixing Stocks and Drugs

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Letters for March 1-7, 2007

    Most Doctors Agree: Use Caution When Mixing Stocks and Drugs

  • News

    February 22, 2007

    Beam Me Up

    A Pembroke Pines company wants to flood the country with invisible beams from high-flying blimps. Want to invest?

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Mr. Big Shot

    The charismatic lawyer and power broker took one last lap in a New River mansion during his run from the law

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Tailpipe

    Energizer Con Man

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Sex Talk

    The Etiquette of Whoring

  • News

    November 25, 2004

    Here's Lookin' at You

    A Delray company implanting people with microchips looks to the bright Orwellian future

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    Profile of a Predator

    Tennis pro Paul Edwards hustles both on and off the court

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    Pulp Nonfiction, Act 3

    The finale of this flick has it all: deceit, greed, and marquee names

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Pulp Nonfiction, Act 2

    A good, upstanding American family gets mixed up with the mob

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    The Grift of Gab

    Stephen Tashman made a small fortune launching Telecard Dispensing Corporation. If only his investors had been so lucky.

  • Film

    February 17, 2000

    From Schlubs to Sharks

    Boiler Room

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Her Word Is Not Her Bond

    Former Broward County financial adviser Teressa Cawley had a bright career… until the SEC passed judgment on her

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Other People's Money

    The new king of South Florida philanthropists, Richard Bronson, built his empire on the shady side of Wall Street

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