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I knew a guy once that was running a Ponzi scheme. He had this "investment" thing that he was running through some rural Alberta towns, and some folks got swindled to the tune of about $10 million.
I came to know this fellow because one of his investors was an aquaintance of mine that had mentioned that he had gone in on this deal for about $50K. I was approached to invest, and of course, did not. It was the 'ol too-good-to-be-true message...
Anyway, the cops got involved and it came to light that it was all a scam. However, he had let his greed get the better of him, and a couple of the guys that he had scammed were members of the Hells Angels motocycle club. Perhaps you've heard of them? They can be a tad rough around the edges.
Anyway, this fellow disappeared and most people assumed he had fled with the money. At this point, the scammers wife was living in a house in Edmonton, and it suddenly caught fire, with her in it, and she was lucky to get out alive. The scammer's brother was "mugged" and beaten to within an inch of his life outside a nightclub. His family suffered many bouts of bad luck over the next few months.
The scammer never turned up, but I heard throught he grapevine that the H-A members were "no longer looking for him." I suppose he's "peat moss" somewhere now.
Scammers usually get theirs. Suing this guy probably won't get you anywhere. He'll do in the wrong person sometime...
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