SHAME SHAME SHAME: AN AH-HA RANCHO SANTA FE NEWS INVESTIGATION...

(Photo: This is Del Dios Farm at Del Dios Highway and Camino Del Norte. DD Farm is one of only five actual farming operations in the 92067 Zip code. They received no federal subsidies. However, some 118 "farming operations" claimed 92067 as their headquarters and received almost $5.3 million in federal farm subsidies since 1995.)

THE SHAME OF RANCHO SANTA FE -- 118 "Farms" in the 92067 Zip Code have received $5.28 MILLION in Federal Farm Subsidies since 1995. Give back the money!

Did you know that Rancho Santa Fe had 118 farms in the 92067 zip code?

Let us repeat this. Rancho Santa Fe has 118 farms, according to the 2011 Federal Farm Subsidy Database.

That database shows 118 Rancho Santa Fe farms received $5,287.853 in federal commodity subsidy payments from 1995-2010.

How many of these "farmers" voted for Republican denial of benefits for poor people along with tax breaks for the wealthy? This is federal welfare for wealthy people. SHAME.

We all know damn well there are not, and never have been, 118 farms in the 92067 area. There are five farms. So, all these people collecting federal tax dollars for NOT growing crops around Rancho Santa Fe should be called out and IMMEDIATELY give back the money either to help balance the budget or to provide needed benefits for food stamps and health care for poor people. We will follow up with many of these "farmers" in coming days.

What follows is the 2011 Farm Subsidy Database for Rancho Santa Fe courtesy of the Environmental Working Group. For more, visit http://www.ewg.org/. Also, check the attached pdf file for more on the skewed priorities of farm subsidies in California...

Click on the links for more information. Such as the fact Breadbasket, the #1 abuser, received $189,000 for not growing wheat. Lot of wheat lands by Village Market maybe? SHAME! Longtime RSF landlord and GOP activist Marion Dodson received $122,000+. SHAME!

Scenes from a San Diego County Wildland Training Exercise at Lake Hodges, Calif. DAY 2..

A little rain didn't dampen the spirits of hundreds of firefighters from 28 San Diego County fire agencies on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 as they concluded annual wildland training at Lake Hodges, Calif.

And for some bonus coverage...

...Dial it up. Fire training exercise over, the lake re-opens to fishing on Wednesday.

PLUS BONUS COVERAGE OF 'THE ACCIDENT' AT THE LAKE...Featuring the Del Dios Bicycle Players.

As fortune - bad - would have it, a bicyclist suffered a fall at the right place with hundreds of EMTs around.

So, as an added busines we bring your photos from 'The Accident' as well.

Last but least, the lake as it stands Monday, May 16, 2011

Enjoy?

MORE WILDLAND TRAINING FROM LAKE HODGES, DEL DIOS, CALIF...

Like I was saying, its the annual Wildland Training Day at Lake Hodges and about 100 engine companies along with numerous batallion chiefs and firefighting apparatus, and about a half-dozen fire suppression non-stealth helicopters trained all day Monday at the lake.

They came from every firefighting agency in San Diego County for the hootenanny at the lake.

It was a fun day for all what with seminars, hands-on training and well, sitting around in fire engines all day.

Warning: Arsonists Beware, Stay Away from Lake Hodges Monday for the Lake is Fire-Training or Something...

All of San Diego County's fire agencies turned out in force on Monday for the annual meeting of the clans. Well, the annual wildfire exercise. And what place more appropriate than at the Del Dios Fire Station and Lake Hodges where the 2007 Witch Creek Fire was brought to its knees and vanquished.

Agencies, along with all available firefighting helcopters, spent the day doing stuff around the lake. This included wildfire training seminars at the station as well as hands-on fire suppression and safety drills at the lake. Anyone who was stranded around Lake Hodges due to, I dunno, having a crappy Toyota RAV 4 transmission, were just plain out of luck, but we digress...

....Enjoy!

San Diego Sheriff's crime report for 5/9/2011 - 5/15/2011: 11 local crimes found...

 http://www.crimemapping.com/map/region/northcountysandiego

For more information, follow the mapping tool above....

Type:	Description:	Case #:	Location:	Agency:	Date:
	SIMPLE BATTERY (M)	-	900 BLOCK LOMAS SANTA FE DRIVE	Solana Beach Sheriff	5/14/2011 02:40 AM
	BURGLARY (COMMERCIAL) (F)	-	1300 BLOCK CAMINO DEL MAR	Del Mar Sheriff	5/13/2011 06:40 PM
	KNOWINGLY USE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFO TO COMMIT VIOLATION (F)	-	300 BLOCK STRATFORD COURT	Del Mar Sheriff	5/13/2011 05:13 PM
	GRAND THEFT (All Other Larceny) (F)	-	2200 BLOCK JIMMY DURANTE BOULEVARD	Del Mar Sheriff	5/13/2011 05:00 PM
	PETTY THEFT(from Building) (M)	-	300 N BLOCK ACACIA AVENUE	Solana Beach Sheriff	5/13/2011 12:00 PM
	PETTY THEFT	-	1400 BLOCK CAM DEL MAR	Del Mar Sheriff	5/11/2011 05:35 PM
	GRAND THEFT (All Other Larceny) (F)	-	600 W BLOCK SOLANA CIRCLE	Solana Beach Sheriff	5/11/2011 03:30 PM
	BURGLARY (VEHICLE) (F)	-	3800 BLOCK VIA PASATIEMPO	San Diego County Sheriff	5/11/2011 08:00 AM
	PETTY THEFT(from Veh) (M)	-	2900 BLOCK MANCHESTER AVENUE	Encinitas Sheriff	5/10/2011 05:00 PM
	PETTY THEFT(from Building) (M)	-	5500 BLOCK CANCHA DE GOLF	San Diego County Sheriff	5/9/2011 05:00 PM
	PERSONATE TO GET MONEY/PROP [OVER $400] (F)	-	100 BLOCK SALTILLO COURT	Solana Beach Sheriff	5/9/2011 12:01 AM

BREAKING NEWS 1 P.M. -- Fire at Cielo Village closes Del Dios Highway at 1 p.m. Friday; Re-opens an hour and a half later...

Lucky for the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District, a new fire station and the recently relocated department offices are nearby. Conspiracy theories, anyone???

In any event, these were the CHP details as reported. Updated at 8 p.m. wth Rancho Santa Fe Fire Department release on the incident.

Crews knocked down a brush fire that broke out near Cielo Village. The fire was reported shortly after 12:45 p.m. in an area near Del Dios Highway and Bing Crosby Boulevard, according to Cal Fire. Small, separate fires also broke out in the area. Authorities said the fires were apparently sparked by a passing vehicle with a malfunctioning exhaust or brake system. Below is the real-time CHP SigAlert report brought to you real-time ONLY at Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe News...

SMALL VEGETATION FIRES ALONG DEL DIOS HIGHWAY QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. — On Friday, May 6, 2011, at 12:45 p.m., firefighters from the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District, Carlsbad Fire Department, Encinitas Fire Department, and CalFire, responde to the report of a vegetation fire along Del Dios Highway just east of Calle Ambiente. When they arrived on the scene, firefighters found three small vegetation fires, covering a total area of 1.5 acres, burning along the roadway and worked quickly to extinguish the flames. Del Dios Highway was closed in both directions for approximately 2 hours between Calle Ambiente and Rancho Drive. Eight fire engines, one hand crew, one helicopter, and two battalion chiefs responded to the incident. California Highway Patrol and Rancho Santa Fe Patrol assisted with the road closure. No evacuations were ordered and there were no injuries. CalFire is investigating the cause of the fires.

-- Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District

San Diego Sheriff's crime report for Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.  4/12/2011 - 4/18/2011: 10 local crimes found.

 http://www.crimemapping.com/map/region/northcountysandiego

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Type:	Description:	Case #:	Location:	Agency:	Date:
	SIMPLE BATTERY (M)	-	5400 BLOCK LAS PALOMAS	San Diego County Sheriff	4/15/2011 09:30 PM
	ASSAULT W/DEADLY WEAPON OTHER THAN FIREARM OR GBI FORCE	-	2200 BLOCK MONTGOMERY AVENUE	Encinitas Sheriff	4/15/2011 06:00 PM
	BURGLARY (VEHICLE) (F)	-	1400 BLOCK TENNIS CLUB DRIVE	Encinitas Sheriff	4/15/2011 09:30 AM
	BURGLARY (RESIDENTIAL) (F)	-	600 BLOCK SOLANA HILLS COURT	Solana Beach Sheriff	4/14/2011 09:00 AM
	BURGLARY (RESIDENTIAL) (F)	-	400 N BLOCK GRANADOS AVENUE	Solana Beach Sheriff	4/14/2011 07:30 AM
	VANDALISM [$400 OR LESS] (M)	-	1200 BLOCK LOCH LOMOND DRIVE	Encinitas Sheriff	4/13/2011 08:30 PM
	BURGLARY/UNSPECIFIED	-	16600 BLOCK DOVE CANYON ROAD	San Diego County Sheriff	4/13/2011 02:30 PM
	BURGLARY (VEHICLE) (F)	-	3000 BLOCK CAMINO DEL MAR	Del Mar Sheriff	4/12/2011 10:00 AM
	BURGLARY (RESIDENTIAL) (F)	-	6700 BLOCK EL MONTEVIDEO	San Diego County Sheriff	4/12/2011 09:30 AM
	VANDALISM [$400 OR LESS] (M)	-	CASTRO STREET / HERNANDEZ ST	Solana Beach Sheriff	4/12/2011 01:00 AM

FREE MONEY AT MISSION FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SOLANA BEACH, CALIF.? NOPE but thief got away with $3K...

 A man wearing a black bandanna over his face robbed a Mission Federal Credit Union branch around 11 a.m. today, Wednesday in the 900 block of Loma Santa Fe at Solana Beach.

The suspect was described as a black man in his mid-30s who was wearing a black baseball cap, a black leather jacket, and a black bandana over his face, San Diego County Sheriff's Lt. Jim Walker said.

The man had his hand in his pocket as if he had a gun, but no weapon was seen, Walker said.

No vehicle was seen as the man fled on foot with an estimated $3,000. He was last seen on foot, heading toward the Vons market in the Lomas Santa Fe Plaza shopping center, Walker said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Department's at 858-565-5200.

Lady GooGoo faux Guggenheim aka Lady Catarina from Rancho Santa Fe goes missing and East Coast viral..

(Lady GooGoo Catarina and fellow alleged grifter Vladimir Zuravel in the Guggenheim Caper. The lady is missing, but Zuravel ,when arraigned Monday, told reporters they were Guggneheims, adding, "Don't judge a book by its cover.")

(Editor's Note: Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe News to date has been the only Southern California media source picking up on the breaking viral story out of New York and Miami involving Rancho Santa Fe own's Catarina Pietra Toumei. Our Monday story on the filing of a wire fraud criminal complaint against Toumei and two accomplices is at Crimestoppers: Rancho Santa Fe - Where in the world is Lady GooGoo; Guggenheims, FBI ask.  As well, we covered the December civil complaint filed at Miami by the actual Guggenheim family at Rancho's 'Lady Catarina Pietra Toumei' charged with being a faux Guggenheim financial tool.)

With that said, the Lady GooGoo story has gone viral and quite big on the East Coast Tuesday, Feb. 1.

To wit, from the muckraking New York Observer and Nate Freeman on Tuesday:

Aristocratic Swindle! 'Lady' in Red Attempts Ponzi on Bushes and Guggenheims

Lady Catarina Pietra Toumei — a woman who attempted to swindle the Bushes and the Guggenheims out of billions in cash, bonds and goods — is not the first to don a fake title to climb the social ladder. Rather, she's just the latest to practice the great American tradition of aristocratic fabulism, a Old World-inspired combination of reinvention, deceit, and a maniacal pursuit of money that's been practiced here for centuries.

Or, rather, she would have been that tradition's successor — if her plan had succeeded.

Yesterday, a Manhattan federal court unsealed a complaint that accused Lady Toumei, a fake countess from Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., of collaborating with a Brooklyn man and a Queens man, both of whom falsely adopted the surname "Guggenheim," in a clearly botched seizure of Great American Family bank accounts.

At a certain point in the effort, the tripartite team of impostors set its sights on President George W. Bush and President George H. W. Bush.

"The Bush family is always invited to Manhattan, where they will be a guest of the Guggenheims, at any time," Lady Toumei wrote to an adviser of the elder Bush leader.

The coup was to be twofold: Lady Toumei and her two sidekicks would not only attempt to ingratiate themselves into these near-royal families, our country's closest approximations of Europe's titled aristocracy, but they demanded bounty as well. The New York Times said that the crew "tried to solicit money and promote billions of dollars in false investment deals that involved diamonds, crude oil, vodka and bank notes."

The Times also noted that no money or valuables were lost by the targets of the crime.

The anger over the attempted theft has already leaked onto Lady Toumei's Facebook page, where she has "favourited" the pages of HIRH Princess Susana von Radic, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, and Warren Buffett.

"Anyone can post YouTube videos of Prince Harry and Bill Gates and the Knighting of someone and some charity ball in the Hamptons—doesn't mean you were invited or involved," someone wrote wrote on her wall. "Once again, ENJOY PRISON."

There is no indication as to how this case will proceed, but we will be watching it very carefully.

And then there's the New York Daily News:

Grifters who pretended to be members of famed Guggenheim family face 20 years in prison

A trio of grifters posing as members of the Guggenheim clan used their fake patrician pedigrees to promote bum investments, prosecutors said Monday.

David Birnbaum, 67, of Brooklyn, Vladimir Zuravel, 45, of Queens, and Catarina Pietra Toumei, 45, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., were charged in Manhattan federal court with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Each faces up to 20 years in prison.

Birnbaum and Zuravel, who were released on bond Monday, identified themselves in phone calls as "David B. Guggenheim" and "Vladimir Z. Guggenheim" and shopped around investments, court papers say.

Toumei - who called herself a countess and used "Guggenheim Fund" stationery - is still at large.

According to a criminal complaint, she tried to swindle investors by telling them she was married to John Ratzenberger, who played Cliff Clavin on "Cheers."

Ratzenberger's publicist told the Associated Press that the two once dated.

The trio's fake investments included a $4 billion sale of crude oil and a $1 billion deal involving diamonds and a vodka distribution venture. Prosecutors said their alleged scheme found no takers.

Zuravel, a Russian native, on Monday proclaimed his innocence and praised Birnbaum.

"That man right there, this is the real Guggenheim," Zuravel said. "Don't judge book by cover."

Ready for the elephant in the print media room, New Yok Times

Of all the frauds charged in Manhattan federal court in recent years, few have offered as bizarre a cast of characters as those described in a complaint unsealed by prosecutors on Monday.

The fraud even included people who falsely claimed to be members of the Guggenheim family to try to insinuate themselves with both former President Bushes in hopes of making financial deals, prosecutors said.

“The Bush family is always invited to Manhattan, where they will be a guest of the Guggenheims, at any time,” one defendant, who called herself Lady Catarina Pietra Toumei, wrote to a man who had worked with the elder Mr. Bush, the complaint said.

Prosecutors said that the two fraudulent Guggenheim family members and Ms. Toumei, who claimed to be a countess married to an actor from the television program “Cheers,” tried to solicit money and promote billions of dollars in false investment deals that involved diamonds, crude oil, vodka and bank notes.

The two men charged in the scheme were arrested on Monday, the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan said. They were identified as David Birnbaum, 67, of Brooklyn, who called himself David B. Guggenheim, and Vladimir Zuravel, 45, of Queens, who called himself Vladimir Z. Guggenheim.

Prosecutors said that both men were ordered released on bond, while Ms. Toumei, 45, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., remained at large. Mr. Zuravel’s lawyer would not comment, and lawyers for Mr. Birnbaum and Ms. Toumei could not be reached.

In one scheme last fall, prosecutors said, Ms. Toumei, describing herself as investment relations manager of the Guggenheim Fund, wrote to the chief executive of a company whose clients buy and sell commodities, saying she was brokering a sale of rough diamonds worth more than $1 billion from the Guggenheim family’s private collection.

She was eventually put in touch with a representative of a potential buyer, according to the complaint, which was signed by Gregory T. Botti, a federal postal inspector.

In a follow-up message to the buyer’s representative, Ms. Toumei wrote that Vladimir Guggenheim and David Guggenheim were “ready, willing and able to supply you with up to 100,000 carats worth of rough diamonds” and asked for proof that money was available for the purchase.

Around the same time, prosecutors charged, Ms. Toumei learned that the chief executive she was in touch with had previously worked with the elder President Bush. In one letter to the chief executive, she said that her colleagues were interested in “a private and confidential meeting” with either former President Bush, the complaint said.

The complaint does not indicate that money was actually lost in any scheme.

Crimestoppers: Rancho Santa Fe -- Where in the world is Lady GooGoo, aka Lady Catarina, aka Catarina Pietra Toumei; the Guggenheim family, federal prosecutors ask...

Federal prosecutors on Monday, Jan. 31  filed a criminal complaint echoing last year's civil complaint that a Rancho Santa Fe woman posed as member of the famous, philanthropic Guggenheim family while trying to steal billions of dollars. Her whereabouts are unknown as she faces up to 20 years at federal prison.

 Does anyone know the whereabouts of Catarina Pietra Toumei, 45, aka 'Lady Catarina', of Rancho Santa Fe?

If so, immediately contact U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara at Manhattan federal court. 

Bharara on Monday, Jan. 31 unveiled a 16-page criminal complaint against Toumei and two others charging each with wire fraud conspiracy, carrying a maximum 20-year prison sentence.

(Photo left, Opera opening night (Torandot) in Monte Carlo, Lady Catarina, right)

It's a tale involving -- drum roll, please -- TV actor John Ratzenberger of “Cheers” fame, Coke, as in the Coca-Cola Company; presidents George W. and George H.W. Bush, multi-billion dollar investments, cyberpiracy, the Iraq oil ministry, the Guggenheim family and legacy, obviously and ta-da, Lady GooGoo, er Catarina.

According to the federal complaint, that follows a civil action by the Guggenheim family late last year:

Lady GooGoo Catarina in October, 2010, approached a victim with a proposal to sell "rough diamonds from the Guggenheim family's private collection," valued at $1 billion. The victim put her in touch with a second victim. She told this man she was a countess and the wife of TV actor John Ratzenberger of "Cheers" fame.

(Photo left, Lady Catarina with Princess Ellen D. Fontaine)

The federal complaint, based on an affidavit by Gregory T. Botti, a U.S. postal inspector, speaks about pitches under the Guggenheim name to both former President Bush's families, a well as bogus deals involving diamonds, gold, oil and liquor.

Lady Catarina, along with Birnbaum posing as "David B. Guggenheim" and Zuravel in the role of "Vladimir Z. Guggenheim", according to Botti allegedly:

–Toumei emailed one unidentified intended victim attaching a letter on “Guggenheim Fund, New York” stationery.

–In another email, Birnbaum said he was “chairman” of “Guggenheim Bank” and hoping to cinch a deal with the oil ministry of Iraq.

–Zuravel held telephone meetings promoting a commodities transaction by the “Guggenheim Fund.

No Guggenheim Fund and Guggenheim bank exist although there is a famous Guggenheim Capital and Guggenheim Partners, who last year sued the threesome in an 179-page complaint in a Miami, Fl. court.

The actual Guggenheims are descendants of Meyer Guggenheim (1854-1922) who made a fortune in mining and smelting.

Here's more about Lady Catarina, and company's, schemes according to the Guggenheim lawsuit that also named Eli Pichel as impersonating a Guggenheim attorney and Theodore Pardo, of Miami.

Guggenheim Capital and Guggenheim Partners demanded an injunction and damages for trademark infringement, trafficking in counterfeit marks, trademark dilution, cyberpiracy, false advertising, unfair competition, false designation of origin, RICO violations, deceptive practices and fraud.

Guggenheim Capital and Guggenheim Partners say they learned of the schemes when they "received inquiries regarding communications proposing large-scale, complex business transactions - some worth in excess of 1 billion dollars - including letters, financial documents, advertising materials, and emails, which appeared to originate from the plaintiffs, but which actually originated from the defendants."

Some other details. according to the complaint:

Only 12 of 13 people indicted for growing, and distributing, medical marijuana at a $2 million Rancho Santa Fe home appeared at federal court in San Diego on Thursday, July 22 to enter pleas.

Joshua John "Jacob" Hester, who was arrested two weeks ago at a West Hollywood residence, in an unusual move, according to legal experts, refused to appear before Federal Magistrate Anthony Battaglia.

At Thursday's preliminary hearing, Battaglia set a new hearing date for next week on the 45-count indictment. Earlier this month, he set bond for each of the defendants at between $25,000 to $100,000.

The indictment, unsealed two weeks ago by federal authorities, alleged the 13 defendants conspired to distribute medical marijuana illegally, conspired to launder millions of dollars, as well as other felony charges, related to their purchase of a home at at 15702 Circo Diegeuno Rd., Rancho Santa Fe, where 89 marijuana plants were grown at a  "bonus room" accessible only by a hidden door behind a bookshelf.

The defendants are Hester, 29; Rex Naanos, 30; Jay Hansen, 30; real estate agent Marco Manuel Luis, 30; Kelsey Lynn Wiedenhoefer, 27; Ryan Michael White, 24; Tara Hester, 26; Zachary Dickinson, 22; Justin Matthew Hunt, 28; Stephanie Tine, 20; Alec Pacillas, 24; Adam Muscat, 33; and Joseph Matthew Nunes, 33.

The 13 were accused of selling the medical marijuana to the Green Kross Collective at Pacific Beach and San Diego's Downtown Kush Lounge, situated only a few blocks from the federal courthouse.

Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators, a Drug Enforcement Administration narcotics task force, and the U.S. Marshals Service investigated the case. Charges were brought on the basis of informants and wiretaps, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Hester was a no-show at Thursday's court proceedings. He refused to leave his Metropolitan Correctional Center cell, near the courthouse, but did not give a reason.

Marcel Stewart, Hester's attorney, refused to discuss the refusal to appear, but added he did not believe this would affect the case. Stewart called it a non-event, saying his recent agreement to represent Hester meant he would have asked for a delay anyway to prepare the case.

Stewart also said the federal government's case represented its challenge of California medical marijuana laws, setting up a trial whose central issue would be whether defendants complying with state medical marijuana statutes could be charged for federal violations.

Charles Reese, a former federal prosecutor not involved in the case, told NBC San Diego 7/39 that skipping the court appearance sent the wrong message to the judge and could be considered a sign of disrespect for the process.

For more background on the Rancho Santa Fe connection, visit this Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe News link.

Two months ago, the house at 15702 Circo Diegeuno Rd. at Rancho Santa Fe went on the market as a "short sell" opportunity for potential buyers.

Did the occupants have a premonition they needed to get out of town quickly? As it stands, they got busted on Friday, July 8 for allegedly growing, and selling, too much medical marijuana.

Federal prosecutors unsealed a complaint alleging Joshua Jacob Hester, cited as the ringleader, and 11 other people, grew, bought, and sold too much marijuana, most of which ended up at Green Kross Collective at Pacific Beach and the Downtown Kush Lounge at San Diego.

It's a complicated case involving a complex issue, alleging Hester, and company, conspired to distribute and manufacture marijuana, then laundered their pot money. The U.S. Attorney's Office at San Diego unsealed, and publicly released, a 22-page complaint filed at federal court, but refused to comment further.

Hester was arrested at a West Hollywood residence. The Rancho Santa Fe connection was the 15702 Circo Diegueno... (more)

Does a 6 percent return on investment PER WEEK sound too good to be true?

Not to mafia dons perhaps, or to some investors bilked by Rancho Santa Fe resident Richard M. Hersch, 72, who was sentenced Monday by a Houston judge to nearly 10 years in federal prison for mail fraud and conspiracy to structure financial transactions.

Hersch pled guilty last year to the charges in his scheme that involved recruiting investors by promising returns of up to 6 percent per week on investments into his company.

U.S. District Judge John A. Houston sentenced Hersch to 110 months in custody and ordered the Rancho Santa Fe to pay at least $9.2 million in restitution to investors defrauded in the scheme.

"Today's sentencing should remind the public of the financial perils associated with high-yield investment fraud scams,'' said FBI Special Agent in Charge Keith Slotter. "The FBI will continue to aggressively investigate those individuals that engage in fraudulent investment practices that victimize the American public and... (more)