Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Fraudster Stockbroker faces time in the Slammer




From thejc: City stockbroker Nicholas Levene faces a “substantial” jail term after he pleaded guilty, at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, to cheating investors out of £32m.

The financier’s clients, who believed they were investing in shares in major multinational companies, were in fact were victims of a Ponzi scheme. This fraudulent mechanism is the same type as operated by Bernard Madoff, who is currently serving a 150-year jail sentence in the US. It operates by new investors’ money going to pay off debts to previous investors….

Read more at http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/83585/stockbroker-nicholas-levene-faces-jail

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