'mini-Madoff Spanish', that defrauded more than 110,000 affected in 110 countries
"National Police agents have been arrested in Valencia to the head of a Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 300 million dollars (215 million euros), which gained 110,000 people in 110 countries.
The detainee, GCS, known as English minimadoff , raise funds promising high returns, between 10% and 20% - which invested in the forex market that international currency speculation, but returned most of the funds collected partten but used them to purchase property in your name.
Researchers estimate that more than 100,000 affected in 110 countries in America and Europe, among which include Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Slovenia, USA, France, Ecuador, Croatia, Italy, Panama, Bolivia, Argentina, Canada, Guadalupe, Peru, Iceland, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Dominican Republic. (...)
have also been blocked balances in twelve banks for an amount to be confirmed and has been performed on a ban on over twenty buildings, located in different parts of the country National, valued at 14 million euros. It was found that they had reserved the purchase of 140 properties in Spain valued at 29 million euros plus VAT by the advance of about 2 billion euros.
(...) forex market operating with the English con artist is a global market, no physical location, which operates as a global electronic network and negotiated with the change of currency. Trading volume is huge and the risk is very high, so have been a number of intermediary firms that are the channel of private investment ( El PaĆs, 25/03/2011 )
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