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Minn. — A federal prosecutor has asked a jury to hold Minnesota businessman Tom Petters responsible for a massive fraud at his company. In closing arguments Monday, prosecutor Jon Marti said Petters lied on the stand last week when he blamed the fraud...
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Minnesota businessman Tom Petters put the blame squarely on several of his trusted friends Wednesday for the $3.65 billion fraud carried out at Petters Co...Testifying for the second day in his fraud trial, Petters said two PCI vice presidents, Deanna...
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Petters associate explains how alleged scam worked A key figure in the case of a Minnesota businessman accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme acknowledged Monday that he was a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record who had entered the federal...
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Deanna Coleman, the executive who blew the whistle on her boss, Wayzata businessman Tom Petters, described this morning how millions of dollars investors' money was funneled from Petters Co...Coleman, who served as vice president of operations at Petters...
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In the latest twist in the federal racketeering case against Minnesota businessman Tom Petters, federal authorities say a hedge fund manager who claimed to be the biggest victim of Petters' alleged Ponzi scheme was actually a participant in it. The Securities...
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