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#474 Updated: 9/17/07 8:06 a.m.

The New Millenium Group Pyramid Scheme
Richard Dompier told potential investors that if they invested $98 with his company, he
would provide them with a one-ounce bar of silver and commission checks totaling
$15,853.50 over a fourteen month period.  FBI press release.

Web CD site was a fraud, police say
Luckett, 38, of Tremont Street, is accused of creating a website for a company called
TransNational Fund and advertising a 6.35 interest rate for a 9-month certificate of deposit
- significantly higher than the typical rate offered by banks and credit unions. Detective
Steven Blair of the Boston Police special investigation unit said no certificates were
purchased by Luckett.  Full story, boston.com

Executive accused of embezzling $500K
The luxury auto dealership CFO needed the money for his gambling habit, a detective says.  
Full story, sptimes.com

Title company owners charged with embezzlement
A New Port Richey couple has been arrested on multiple counts of theft of escrow funds and
money laundering for allegedly stealing nearly $8 million from their title company escrow
accounts.  Full story, bizjournals.com

Ex-banker indicted in fraud case
The case against all the defendants began with a routine visit to the bank in 2002 from the
federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates banks with a national
charter.  The agency found an unacceptable number of loans in default and ordered the
bank to remove Thomas. Thomas, the founder of the bank, agreed to retire as president
and CEO in September of that year.  Full story, cincypost.com

Three charged in alleged Phila. telemarketing scam
According to the indictment, GoInternet's telemarketers duped people into paying for
Internet services by getting them to agree to accept a welcome packet without telling them
that accepting the packet was an agreement to buy GoInternet's services.  Full story,
bizjournals.com

Ringleader gets jail in TJX data breach case
It is now believed that thieves were able to steal more than 45 million credit card and debit
card numbers as a result of the breach; TJX has said that 75 percent of those cards were
expired or had their data masked at the time of the theft.  Full story, boston.com

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