Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Apostolou
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 1998No. 95-3762PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Thomas W. Collins ran a bucket shop (a scam similar to a Ponzi scheme) for approximately ten years, along with a number of accomplices. After his fraud was detected, Collins disappeared, and both he and the principal corporate entity he had used for his bogus commodities business were forced into bankruptcy. (Collins later committed suicide after a botched bank robbery in San Diego.) This case presents the question whether claims that the defrauded investors have against the accomplices and against the futures commission merchant through which they conducted much…
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