Frauds & Scandals

SEC Charges Tingo Mobile Founder, Three Companies with Massive Fraud and Seeks Emergency Relief

December 18, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye a/k/a Dozy Mmobuosi and three affiliated U.S.-based entities of which he is the CEO–Tingo Group Inc., Agri-Fintech Holdings Inc., and Tingo International Holdings Inc.–in connection with an alleged multi-year scheme to inflate the financial […]

SEC Obtains Emergency Relief to Halt $191 Million Cattle Ponzi Scheme

December 14, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it obtained a temporary restraining order, asset freeze, the appointment of a receiver, and other emergency relief to halt an ongoing $191 million cattle Ponzi scheme being perpetrated by Fort Worth, Texas company Agridime LLC, which claims to specialize […]

SEC Charges Titanium Capital and Founder Henry Abdo with Operating Ponzi Scheme

December 14, 2023/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Florida-based Titanium Capital LLC and its founder Henry Abdo with operating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $5.3 million from more than 160 retail investors in the United States and abroad. The SEC also charged Titanium representative Carol […]