In a headline that is all too familiar, two men will spend the next five years in federal prison after they were found guilty of duping investors to the tune of $2.4 million. The Tarrant County duo operated a Ponzi scheme, involving 21 investors, from 2004 through 2014. Fake companies were created, phone numbers and…
In August, an Alabama woman was awarded $2.5 million after a Rite Aid pharmacist gave her the wrong prescription, causing severe physical and psychiatric injuries. Mrs. Reva Tosh, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, was given a prescription for pain. Unfortunately, a pharmacist gave her a drug that treats cancer – at seven times the customary…
In Texas, judges are elected by voters, and must be sworn in before presiding over cases. However, last month, in a court in Cook County, Illinois, not so much. A veteran Cook County Circuit Court judge allegedly allowed a lawyer, who’s running for election to the bench this fall, to wear a robe and hear…
David Lyman Spalding will spend the next 15 years in a federal prison after scamming almost $4 million from unwitting investors. The 62-year old Colleyville businessman promised 97 investors across 11 states they would earn generous returns on money invested in a wind farm. Unfortunately, it did not exist. Prosecutors say Spalding spent the funds…