{"id":10144,"date":"2021-08-24T15:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T19:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=10144"},"modified":"2022-03-15T10:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:37:37","slug":"silver-law-group-investigates-alleged-ponzi-scheme-horizon-private-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/silver-law-group-investigates-alleged-ponzi-scheme-horizon-private-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Law Group Investigates Alleged Horizon Private Equity Ponzi Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Horizon-Private-Equity.jpg\" alt=\"The SEC has sued investor John J. Woods of Marietta, GA, over allegations that his company, Southport Capital Investment, were running a Ponzi scheme called Horizon Private Equity. In its petition, the SEC requested a temporary restraining order to stop Woods from continuing to operate both his company and the Horizon investment fund. As with other Ponzi-style schemes, investors were told that that their investments would bring 6% to 7% rates of return, and funds not used to pay previous investors. More than 400 investors in 20 different states, many of them elderly, have invested in Horizon, expecting that kind of return. Unfortunately, those who have received \u201creturns\u201d were simply paid from the inflow of funds from newly acquired investors. Wood is the president and majority owner of Southport, which is registered with the SEC as Livingston Group Asset Management Company, Inc. According to filings, he operates the company from his Marietta base and maintains 17 offices in nine states with remote employees, managing over $824 in investments for the firm\u2019s client base. Woods\u2019 brother and cousin are also involved in the company.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Horizon-Private-Equity.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Horizon-Private-Equity-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The SEC has sued investor John J. Woods of Marietta, GA, over allegations that his company, Southport Capital Investment, were running a Ponzi scheme called Horizon Private Equity. In its petition, the SEC requested a temporary restraining order to stop Woods from continuing to operate both his company and the Horizon investment fund. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/silver-law-group-investigates-alleged-ponzi-scheme-horizon-private-equity\/#more-10144\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SEC has sued investor John J. Woods of Marietta, GA, over allegations that his company, Southport Capital Investment, were running a Ponzi scheme called Horizon Private Equity. In its petition, the SEC requested a temporary restraining order to stop Woods from continuing to operate both his company and the Horizon investment fund. Continue reading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponzi-schemes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Silver Law Group Investigates Alleged Ponzi Scheme Horizon Private Equity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SEC has sued investor John J. 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