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QZ Asset Management sued by SEC for securities fraud

The SEC has filed charges against the collapsed QZ Asset Management Ponzi scheme. The SEC’s Complaint, filed in South Dakota on August 26th, names QZ Global Limited, QZ Asset Management Limited and Blake Yeung Pu Lei as defendants.


Top TVI Express scammer’s assets seized in South Africa

A top TVI Express scammer has had their assets frozen in South Africa. Describing TVI Express as “South Africa’s biggest pyramid scheme”, the High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the estate of Adelaide Musa Duma “provisionally sequestrated”.


MBI International’s Tedy Teow extradited to China

Tedy Teow Wooi Huat (aka Zhang Yufa) pops up in the news every few years. The charges get bigger and how much Teow is reported to have stolen increases. Following approval of Teow’s extradition in January 2023, he was finally extradited from Thailand on August 20th.


FBI seeking USI-Tech victim information

The FBI is seeking information from USI-Tech Ponzi victims. A questionnaire published on the FBI’s website “is seeking to identify potential victims of USI-Tech”.


Family First Life cease and desist pending in Oklahoma

An investigation by Oklahoma’s Department of Securities resulted in a recommendation Family First Life be issued with a cease and desist.


Bavarsis securities fraud warning from Australia

Bavarsis has received a securities fraud warning from Australia. As per the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s August 22nd warning, Bavarsis


Auratus Gold securities fraud warning from Australia

Auratus Gold has received a securities fraud warning from Australia. As per the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s August 22nd warning, Auratus Gold


$160 million tracked across Andreas Szakacs’ seized devices

Turkish authorities have tracked around $160 million across electronic devices seized from Andreas Szakacs. The first details since Szakacs’ arrest on July 10th have been reported by Turkish media.


FutureNet’s Roman Ziemian arrested in Montenegro

Roman Kazimierz Ziemian, co-founder of the FutureNet Ponzi scheme, has been arrested for a second time. Authorities in Montenegro announced Ziemian’s arrest on August 18th.


GSPartners’ Arizona fraud hearing delayed to 2025

GSPartners’ scheduled September 16th hearing in Arizona has been delayed to January 2025.