What’s difficult about drafting commercial contracts? Consider a recent Texas Supreme Court breach of contract case, U.S. Polyco v. Texas Central Business Lines Corporation. Polyco, a manufacturer, contracted with Texas Central, short-line freight railway company, when Polyco decided to expand
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Understanding Arbitration: The Authority Of An Arbitrator
TotalEnergies E&P v. MP Gulf of Mexico Arbitration clauses in Texas are as common as hot summer days. Yet, despite their widespread use, how they are interpreted and whether they are enforceable still get a fair amount of attention in…
Uncovering the $300 Million Ponzi Scheme MLM Pyramid Structure
Crypto investment fraud has been on the rise, but Mauricio Chavez, Giorgio Benvenuto and 24 additional defendants with CryptoFX, added a new twist to their investment scam. They set their Houston based Ponzi scheme up in a multilevel marketing…
$129 Million Investment Fraud Against Friends and Family
Investment Fraud – Friends and Family Are Not Immune
When a stranger defrauds you of your hard-earned money, you learn an expensive lesson. But when the investment fraud is perpetrated by a supposed friend or family member, the crime touches…
Just Seven Months to Defraud 20 Investors of $70 Million
20 Investors Defrauded of $70 Million
Not even institutional investors are immune from financial investment fraud shenanigans when it comes to a company such as Bitwise. No, not Bitcoin. Jake Soberal a 37-year-old intellectual property attorney and 42-year-old Irma Olguin…
Unveiling the Cow Town Ponzi Scheme
Fort Worth Texas is still known as “cow town” here in the Lone Star State. Well, at least among non-cattle people it is. When you visit the stockyards, you can still enjoy a cattle drive—the urban version of one. Seriously,…
Ponzi Scheme Gold Rush?
Ponzi Scheme Gold Rush?
In the last couple of years, many media outlets have reported Californians migrating to other states, including Texas. It was only a matter of time before Texas, Waco in this case, added a citizen at the…
Foreign Currency Investment Scam – 30 Investors Lose $7.1 Million
For almost five years, Darren Robinson of Miami Florida and his Wyoming corporation, QYU Holdings managed to scam $7.1 million from 30 investors through what they claim was an office in Dallas, Texas.
While investors were from a variety of…
Texas Lacrosse Coach / Teacher Learns Financial Fraud Isn’t His Game
William Logsdon, Lacrosse coach from Midland Texas, and mother-in-law, Jamie Thompson, oil and gas geologist, were recently convicted of financial crimes. For one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud, Logsdon…
Weedgenics. $60 Million Pot Ponzi Scheme
Cryptocurrency fraud is alive and well, but there’s still plenty of oil and gas financial fraud and real estate investment scams stealing investors’ money. If digital currency isn’t your style, check out the new kid on the fraudster block. The…