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Woodbridge Securities (a/k/a Woodbridge Group of Companies) was a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme run by CEO Robert H. Shapiro.[1] The fraud scammed approximately 8,400 victims of retail investors, many of them elderly.[2][3][4][5]

Woodbridge filed for bankruptcy in December 2017.[6]

In December 2018, The Securities and Exchange Commission charged 13 individuals and 10 companies including television finance "guru" Jordan Goodman with fraud in connection with the Ponzi scheme, other figures included Alan H. New and David S. Knuth, co-owners of Synergy Investment Services.[7][8][9]

On 28 January 2019, Woodbridge and its 281 related companies ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to pay $892 million in disgorgement, former CEO Robert Shapiro was ordered to pay a $100 million civil penalty and to disgorge more than $20 million in ill-gotten gains and interest[10].

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.investmentnews.com/article/20180105/FREE/180109958/massive-investment-fraud-fueled-by-slick-marketing-hot-dinners|title=Massive investment fraud fueled by slick marketing, hot dinners|first=Bruce|last=Kelly|website=Investmentnews.com|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-235|title=SEC.gov - SEC Charges Operators of $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme Targeting Main Street Investors|website=Sec.gov|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2017/lr23939.htm|title=Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC (Release No. LR-23939; Sep. 21, 2017)|website=Sec.gov|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2017/lr23977.htm|title=235 Limited Liability Companies (Release No. LR-23977; Nov. 1, 2017)|website=Sec.gov|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.investmentnews.com/article/20171205/FREE/171209968/woodbridge-bankruptcy-burns-advisers-and-real-estate-investors|title=Woodbridge bankruptcy burns advisers and real estate investors|first=Bruce|last=Kelly|website=Investmentnews.com|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2018/08/20/sec-charges-5-in-connection-with-woodbridge-investment-firms-alleged-fraud-scheme/|title=SEC charges 5 tied to Woodbridge Group's alleged fraud scheme|date=20 August 2018|website=The Real Deal Miami|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/tv-finance-guru-jordan-goodman-charged-in-woodbridge-ponzi-scheme-case-10957560|title=TV Finance "Guru" Charged With Conning Floridians as Part of $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme|first=Jerry|last=Iannelli|date=19 December 2018|newspaper=Miami New Times|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.investmentnews.com/article/20181219/FREE/181219912/sec-charges-business-journalist-12-others-who-sold-woodbridge-ponzi|title=SEC charges business journalist, 12 others who sold Woodbridge Ponzi|first=Bruce|last=Kelly|website=Investmentnews.com|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-296|title=SEC.gov - SEC Charges Additional 13 Unregistered Brokers Who Sold Woodbridge Securities to Retail Investors|website=Sec.gov|accessdate=27 December 2018}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2019-3|title=SEC.gov {{!}} Court Orders $1 Billion Judgment Against Operators of Woodbridge Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retail Investors|website=www.sec.gov|access-date=2019-01-29}}

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