between what these two guys in Columbus, Indiana, have been caught doing:
The Secretary of State’s Office is accusing two Columbus businessmen of bilking investors out of $5 million — and state officials want the money returned.
The Securities Division, which investigated this fraud case, also wants Don and Mark Pratt to pay what could amount to millions of dollars in civil penalties.
The Columbus father and son are accused of selling fake promissory notes to as many as 50 investors. They allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme, in which money from the sale of notes is used to pay interest on notes that already had been sold.
and Social Security? Well, I wonder if SSA can be construed as “neighbors and friends”…
“They scammed their neighbors and friends,” said Secretary of State Sue Anne Gilroy on Wednesday. “We’re doing everything we can to pursue this and aggressively seek justice.”
I wonder if Sue Anne would be willing indict the SSA, too, while she’s at it?