PROSECUTOR KEITH
HENDERSON ANNOUNCED
CHAR,J
GES AGAINST 15
PEOPLE AS THE RESULT OF A
MAJOR SECURITIES FRAUD
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INVESTIGATION..CONDUCT
ED
BY THE INDIANA SECURITIES
COMMISSION.
WLKY'S MARISSA IS LIVE
OUTSIDE THE CITY-COUNTY
BUILDING IN NEW ALBANY
WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS.
MARISSA..
JENNIFER.. THESE 15
DEFENDANTS ARE BEING
ACCUSED OF SCAMMING
PEOPLE OUT OF THREE
QUARTERS OF A MILLION
DOLLARS.. BY GETTING THEM
TO INVEST IN VARIOUS
FRAUDULENT COMPANIES.
THEY ARE CHARGED TOTAL
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WITH 11 COUNTS OF
CORRUPT BUSINESS
INFLUENCE AND
21 COUNTS OF SECURITIES
FRAUD..
AT ONE POINT.. HENDERSON
SAYS ONE OF THE MANY
FRAUDULENT COMPANIES
HAD A PHYSICAL OFFICE ON
SPRING STREET IN NEW
ALBANY.
THERE ARE 9 VICTIMS FROM
THESE CHARGES IN FLOYD
COUNTY.. BUT HENDERSON
SAYS THIS SCHEME GOES
MUCH FARTHER AND
INCLUDES INVESTIGATIONS IN
SEVERAL OTHER STATES..
AND A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION BY THE F-B-I.
THE INDIANA SECURITIES
COMMISSION BEGAN
INVESTIGATING THESE 15
PEOPLE ABOUT THREE AND A
HALF YRS AGO.
THE U-S MARSHALS OFFICE
NOW HAS WARRANTS TO
ROUND THEM UP.
SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CHARGED FEDERALLY.
HENDERSON SAYS NONE OF
THE ASSETS HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED YET.. AND THE
VICTIMS HE SPOKE WITH
REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT
THAT WILL BE.. BUT THEY
WANT THESE DEFENDANTS
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
Keith Henderson/ Floyd Co
Prosecutor
10:51:12 many of these people
too were
elderly..using some of their
savings..in
some cases..all their life
savings..in what
investments
only to lose them to a scheme of
personal
gain.
MUCH MORE ON THIS
SCHEME.. AND THE
ACCUSATIONS.. COMING UP
TONIGHT AT 5 AND 6.
REPORTING LIVE. MA.. WLKY
NEWS.
TURNING NOW TO THE
FORECAST- AFTER A CHILLY
WEEKEND, A WARMER AND
