Legal Opinion
Securities and Exchange Commissioner v. James A. Torchia
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2019No. 17-13650; 17-13651PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JORDAN, Circuit Judge:
*1311 In 1903, Charles Ponzi emigrated from northern Italy to Boston, Massachusetts, with almost nothing. See Mitchell Zuckoff, Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend 6-7 (2006). More than one hundred years later, his surname still frequents the headlines of America's largest news outlets. See, e.g. , Diana B. Henriques, Madoff Is Sentenced to 150 Years for Ponzi Scheme , N.Y. Times, June 29, 2009, at A1. Mr. Ponzi is widely credited with conceiving a fraudulent investment scheme in which potential investors are lured with promises of high returns, the…
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