Teen Scammer Caught Again

Scams

from the looking-for-easy-money dept

Two years ago, the SEC charged a teenager with defrauding people out of over $1 million by convincing them (somehow) that by giving him their money, he would get them a guaranteed 2,500% return (yes, you read that number right). The SEC made him give back most (though, apparently not all) of the money, and went easy on him after he apologized and promised not to break the law again. However, going after easy money is apparently too big of a draw for this kid. He’s still a teen, but now he’s been accused of trying to defraud a bank out of nearly half a million, using a similar scam. He wanted a bank employee to give him the money, which he promised he would use to gamble online for huge profits, and then he would return the missing money to the account and everyone would profit. The bank employee, not being a sucker, turned the kid in. The kid’s response on being caught is that he didn’t do anything wrong, and the whole situation was set up by federal authorities to get him. Meanwhile, the SEC, who let him off so easy two years ago, is now asking a judge to reopen the case and impose fines of millions of dollars on him. Apparently, the slap on the wrist wasn’t very effective.