ponzi

Another Day, Another Real Estate Scammer Busted: $20M Scam Shut Down!

by Joshua Dorkin | February 4, 2009

It seems that you don’t have to look too far to find someone trying to scam the innocent these days. From Madoff on down, it feels like there is a white collar crook around every corner. The good news is that many of these people are getting busted . . . unfortunately, by the time [...]

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Commentary

Madoff Scandal Fallout: Do Investors Care?

by Matt Pitcher | January 10, 2009

This was a question posed by an editorial in a prominent financial news media publication recently. I have asked myself the same question. For those of us whose primary objective is raising capital and attracting authentic, unique, and compelling opportunities for that capital, the Madoff scandal could not have come at a worst time. Or [...]

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Economy

The Greatest Ponzi Scheme of All

by Richard Warren | December 22, 2008

Bernard Madoff swindled clients to the tune of $50 Billion in the recently revealed “ponzi” scheme. How could this have happened? How could supposedly sophisticated investors have been duped on such a grand scale? It seemed that either no one was watching or the warning signs went unheeded. But you couldn’t blame them, nothing like [...]

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BiggerPockets News

BiggerPockets Helps “Victims” of Real Estate Scandals

by Joshua Dorkin | October 12, 2006

BiggerPockets is proud that we’ve been able to provide a forum for possible “victims” of what some claim to be a massive real estate fraud. For the past few months tens of thousands of current and possible investors have flocked to BiggerPockets Forums to exchange information and help one another stay abreast of fast moving [...]

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