Articles Posted in Ponzi Schemes

Silver Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of clients who lost money investing with Hedgehog Investments, a Utah-based company that raised millions of dollars from investors via promissory notes. Investors were promised their invested funds would be used to help growing companies obtain financing. In May 2025, the Utah…

Silver Law Group, along with co-counsel, filed a class action lawsuit against Jerry Hostetter, Buck Joffrey, Randall Leaman, and David Zook on behalf of investors to recover losses in what the Plaintiff alleges was a “$700,000,000 Ponzi scheme perpetrated by and through a series of investment funds, called the ‘Prestige…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Russell Todd Burkhalter, founder and CEO of Drive Planning, LLC, his Atlanta-based company. In their complaint, the SEC requested and received a preliminary injunction, asset freeze, and other emergency relief against both Burkhalter and Drive Planning to stop a Ponzi scheme worth…

The SEC has filed a complaint in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division against Agridime, LLC, and its co-founders Joshua Link and Jed Wood regarding the sale of unregistered securities called “Cattle Contracts.”   In the petition, the SEC alleges that these contracts were simply…

Forensic financial research group Hindenburg Research has just published a new report on Nanban Ventures. This Frisco, Texas-based “investment” company is concentrating its marketing in the Indian American community of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Their extensive report details the marketing and the true information of one person and a series…

When a Ponzi scheme is finally uncovered and stopped, many wonder how it could continue without anyone noticing something was wrong. Do banks that handle fraudulent transactions have any internal processes, or do they simply look the other way? In a long-standing case beginning in 2009, banks that facilitated transactions…

George Santos, the recently elected Latino Republican Representative from New York, continues to make headlines, but not for the right reasons. After a damning report in the New York Times questioning Santos’ claims and credibility, he has begun to speak on it. These reports with apologies about his fabricated background,…

James Seijas (James Alan Seijas CRD# 2392901) is a former broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC (CRD#:19616) of Short Hills, NJ. His former employers include TD Ameritrade, Inc. (CRD#:7870) of Morristown, NJ, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (CRD#:7784) of Wayne, NJ, and Barclays…

Shawn Good (Shawn Edward Good CRD# 2022168) is a former registered broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Morgan Stanley (CRD#: 149777) of Wilmington, NC. His previous employers were Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC (CRD#:19616), also of Wilmington, and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CRD#:5393) of San Francisco, CA.…

Lighthouse Life Capital LLC’s bonds may involve similar risk to defaulted GWG L Bonds, Scott Silver, Silver Law Group’s managing partner, recently told The Deal publication. Silver Law Group represents GWG L Bonds investors in FINRA arbitration claims and in a class action lawsuit. GWG Holdings (GWGH) is a Dallas,…