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Sep. 4, 2024

Litigation investment fund was fraud, SEC and DOJ say

Maria Dulce Pino Dickerson reportedly lured investors with false claims of using their money to fund personal injury lawsuits, promising guaranteed monthly returns of 10 to 17.5 percent.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Maria Dulce Pino Dickerson, CEO of Creative Legal Fundings, with operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that primarily targeted the Filipino-American community. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Maria Dulce Pino Dickerson et al., 2:24-at-01121, (E.D. Calif., filed Sept. 03, 2024)

In a parallel action, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California has unsealed a criminal indictment a...

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