Adviser indictments stack up from a $15M fraud scheme

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> An Ohio adviser is the latest indicted as part of a scheme to defraud at least 100 investors of more than $15 million.

JAN 10, 2016

By Jeff Benjamin

An Ohio-based financial adviser is the latest indicted as part of a scheme to defraud at least 100 investors of more than $15 million. Pushing investors to buy shares of a shell company, VGTel. The net has been spreading over the past several weeks after recidivist securities fraudster, Edward Durante, was extradited to New York and charged last month.
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Adviser indictments stack up from a $15M fraud scheme

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