-
Financial Crime Weekly: Judge Orders $5.9 Billion Fine In Ponzi Scheme Case, SEC Chairman Appoints New Staff Members
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 3:40pm | 462Federal Judge Orders $5.9 Billion Fine In Ponzi Scheme Case Chief Judge David Godbey of the Dallas federal court on Wednesday ordered Allen Stanford to pay a $5.9 billion civil fine, ending the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 16-year lawsuit against Stanford. Stanford is serving a 110-...
-
Controversy And Allegations Erupt Among Massachusetts Psychedelics Community As Legalization Ballot Looms
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 - 6:54pm | 395Leaked emails have revealed that James Davis, founder of Bay Staters for Natural Medicine (BSNM), and Mike Botelho, co-founder of New England Veterans for Plant Medicine (NEVPM) are at the center of a controversy involving fraud and identity theft. This development casts a shadow over the upcoming...
-
Decriminalizing Psychedelics: Massachusetts City Embraces Health-Centric Approach
Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:46am | 543Provincetown, Massachusetts has become the seventh municipality to join the growing movement towards decriminalizing psychedelic plants and fungi. In a significant policy shift, the Provincetown Select Board voted this week to deprioritize arrests and prosecutions for activities involving these...