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Minnesota Man Receives 117 Months in Prison for Running Ponzi Scheme

Minnesota Man Receives 117 Months in Prison for Running Ponzi Scheme

A Rosemount, Minn., man has been sentenced to 117 months in prison for his role in running a Ponzi scheme involving commodity pools. U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank also ordered Charles “Chuck” E. Hays, 56, to pay $21,825,090 in...
Getting Out of the Hole, Or Digging It Deeper?

Getting Out of the Hole, Or Digging It Deeper?

Yesterday I focused on the proposition that “irrationality knows no bounds.” Today’s news brings evidence that the same can be said about greed. (Resolving the question of whether or not greed is irrational is left as an exercise...
Tell Me Again:  WHERE Does That Buck Stop?

Tell Me Again: WHERE Does That Buck Stop?

The story of negligent oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just gets better and better every day. Here is the latest Reuters dispatch on the matter: Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen and directors were...
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