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The once high-profile RIA owner ran a $20 million Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors said.

Dennis Gibb used client funds to pay for his own business and personal expenses, such as mortgage and car payments.

Bonds were sold to build a development with a water park and Venice-style bridges. Now a Florida community is going bankrupt.

Chuck Person persuaded student-athletes to form illegal business relationships with at least one financial advisor.

The advisor and his alleged co-conspirators made $5 million in illicit profits off misappropriated information, according to prosecutors.

The company said it might have to spend as much as $2.7 billion to resolve a variety of investigations and other legal troubles.

Forty-seven investors, some over the age of 63, were among the victims.

Thomas Buck misled clients in order to charge them excessive commissions, according to federal prosecutors.

The former broker bilked more than a dozen former clients over an eight-year period, prosecutors said.

The SEC has cited concerns about manipulation as a top worry that must be addressed before it approves a bitcoin ETF.