Agape World: More Red Flags Than An Evening At Medieval Times

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There’s a bull market in thieves and dirtbags…quick – create an ETF!

They just unearthed yet another Ponzi scheme, this time it’s a construction bridge loan scam called Agape World in Hauppauge, New York.

Nicholas Cosmo, an ex-broker with a boiler room past and a conviction for securities fraud, has spent the last 8 years raising hundreds of millions of dollars offering guaranteed mid-teens interest for swing loans to construction companies.  In true Long Island fashion, many of the “construction” projects involved Italian restaurants and nightclubs, and many of the shell corporations that were the “recipients” of these construction loans had the same address as Agape World itself.  On top of that, the company wasn’t registered or licensed with any regulators or authorities and it’s financials weren’t audited.

And last month, Cosmo said that the loans his clients were invested in were being extended, which is how most Ponzi’s end, btw.

More red flags than an evening at Medieval Times.

The good news is that an investor showed up in the lobby of the office building and punched him in the face.

Madoff, Schrenker, Nadel, Cosmo…the list grows with each passing week.

Disgusting.

See Also:

Dealbreaker‘s Take:  Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi!

Newsday‘s Take:  Federal Agents Raid Hauppauge Investment Firm

Art Nadel, Where Art Thou?

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  1. Tahoe commented on Jan 26

    hey Joshua, saw this too. yea, the list grows. makes you wonder just how many/much will be revealed as the great unwind continues. FT has a new detailed look at Madoff too. The individual and collective audacity from these fraudsters to the corporate behemoths trampling shareholder value is staggering. I suppose there will be a point of numbness to such incredibly irrational and insane realities. But then what is sane or rational about trillions of dollars of liquidity, and at that, in need of more? A new world.

  2. Tahoe commented on Jan 26

    hey Joshua, saw this too. yea, the list grows. makes you wonder just how many/much will be revealed as the great unwind continues. FT has a new detailed look at Madoff too. The individual and collective audacity from these fraudsters to the corporate behemoths trampling shareholder value is staggering. I suppose there will be a point of numbness to such incredibly irrational and insane realities. But then what is sane or rational about trillions of dollars of liquidity, and at that, in need of more? A new world.

  3. Tahoe commented on Jan 26

    hey Joshua, saw this too. yea, the list grows. makes you wonder just how many/much will be revealed as the great unwind continues. FT has a new detailed look at Madoff too. The individual and collective audacity from these fraudsters to the corporate behemoths trampling shareholder value is staggering. I suppose there will be a point of numbness to such incredibly irrational and insane realities. But then what is sane or rational about trillions of dollars of liquidity, and at that, in need of more? A new world.

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