U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke for the Southern District of Florida. Photo: Jill Kahn.
A federal court in Miami ordered real estate developer Woodbridge Group, its 128 affiliate companies and former CEO Robert H. Shapiro to pay $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement for running a Ponzi scheme that hurt 8,400 investors, many of whom were senior citizens.
January 28, 2019 at 05:52 PM
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U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke of the Southern District of Florida hit real estate developer Woodbridge Group of Companies and former owner Robert H. Shapiro with a $1 billion penalty over a Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 8,400 retail investors.
Cooke approved the fine on Dec. 27, 2018, but it wasn’t made public until Monday.
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