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Tricolor's founder compared the auto lender to Enron in private call: Feds
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-18 01:37
On Wednesday, Manhattan federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against two Tricolor executives. Founder Daniel Chu and COO David Goodgame were charged with "systematically defrauding" lenders. Tricolor's collapse left banks exposed to hundreds of millions in loan losses. By August 2025, top executives of auto lender Tricolor knew they were in trouble: The company had pledged approximately $2.2 billion of collateral to lenders and investors, but only had approximately $1.4 billion of real collat ...
Logistics startup founder loses appeal on conviction, 20-year sentence
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-09 21:43
公司创始人欺诈与定罪 - 美国第五巡回上诉法院一致维持对Slync.io创始人兼CEO Christopher Kirchner的20年刑期判决 其释放日期为2040年9月6日[1] - 创始人被定罪的原因为四项电汇欺诈罪和七项洗钱罪 其将数百万投资者资金用于个人奢侈生活而非公司建设[2] - 当资金耗尽时 创始人通过发起新一轮融资 并使用伪造文件和其他重大虚假陈述来吸引投资者[2] 欺诈手法与资金挪用 - 创始人筹集了多轮资金 包括2020年初的720万美元 2020年至2021年间的超过5000万美元 以及2022年上半年为支付工资而筹集的85万美元[3] - 尽管有资金使用指南和首席运营官作为第二道防线 创始人仍设法绕过监管 将资金从硅谷银行的主账户转移至其他账户[4] - 被挪用的资金被用于个人消费 包括葡萄酒 高尔夫球杆 私人包机 个人信用卡债务 以及达拉斯牛仔队主场AT&T体育场的豪华套房 最终还购买了一架私人飞机[5] 欺诈行为暴露与公司后果 - 该欺诈计划在2022年春季出现裂痕 当时公司开始无法支付工资 随后一位投资者向公司CFO警告其认为创始人在虚假陈述公司财务表现[6] - 随后的调查导致董事会于2022年7月24日暂停了创始人的职务[6] - 创始人在被董事会解雇后 Slync.io试图从财务丑闻中恢复但未能成功[2] 上诉理由 - 创始人提出的上诉理由主要分为两大类 一是对审判期间质询证人的方式及其适当性的质疑[7] - 第二类是关于创始人的部分资金转移和其他行为是否可被视为犯罪计划的一部分[7]
Former NASDAQ-Listed Exec Sentenced To Life In Prison Over Murder-For-Hire Plot
ZeroHedge· 2025-12-01 02:35
The First Assistant U.S. Attorney for Vermont announced that on November 24, 2025, Chief Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Serhat Gumrukcu, 43, of Los Angeles—formerly the "scientific founder", "inventor" and largest shareholder of publicly listed Enochian Biosciences, which eventually became Renovaro—to life in prison for the January 6, 2018, murder-for-hire of Gregory Davis in Barnet, Vermont.Gumrukcu was first brought to the attention of market participants by former short seller Hindenburg Research back i ...