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  2. Michael Milken - Wikipedia

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    Michael Robert Milken (born July 4, 1946) is an American financier. He is known for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds ("junk bonds"), [2] and his conviction and sentence following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. securities laws. [3] Milken's compensation while head of the high-yield bond ...

  3. Reynolds cancer charities - Wikipedia

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    The Reynolds cancer charities refer to the four "sham charities": the Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CFA), Cancer Support Services Inc. (CSS), Children’s Cancer Fund of America Inc. (CCFOA), and The Breast Cancer Society Inc. (BCS) that began operations in 1984 and were shut down in 2016.

  4. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    The fund was operated by brothers Luis Enrique and Osvaldo Villalobos. Investigators determined that the scam took in at least $400 million. Most of the clientele were American and Canadian retirees, but some Costa Ricans also invested the minimum $10,000. About 6,300 individuals ultimately were involved.

  5. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    The internet can be a fun place to interact with people and gain info, however, it can also be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Many times, these scams initiate from an unsolicited email. If you do end up getting any suspicious or fraudulent emails, make sure you immediately delete the message or mark it as spam.

  6. Capital Group Companies - Wikipedia

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    Growth Fund of America, founded in 1973, was the largest actively-managed fund as of 2020 with around $150 billion. In 2022, Capital Group introduced a suite of six exchange traded funds, five focused on equities and one focused on bonds and other fixed income. Ownership. As of 2019, the company is owned by 450 partners. Offices

  7. Redemption movement - Wikipedia

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    The redemption movement is an element of the pseudolaw movement, mainly active in the United States and Canada, that promotes fraudulent debt and tax payment schemes. [1] The movement is also called redemptionism. [2] Redemption promoters allege that a secret fund is created for every citizen at birth and that a procedure exists to "redeem" or ...

  8. Madoff investment scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008. [1] In December of that year, Bernie Madoff, the former Nasdaq chairman and founder of the Wall Street firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, admitted that the wealth management arm of his business was an elaborate multi-billion ...

  9. Bill Gross knows a few things about the bond market. He co-founded the Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) in 1971, where he managed the PIMCO Total Return Fund, which became one of the ...