ponzi-scheme

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A777 Fairfield Sentry Ltd., et al. v. Citibank NA London, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-05 Application bankruptcy-code extraterritorial-application foreign-liquidators ponzi-scheme safe-harbor securities-settlement Whether the Bankruptcy Code's "safe harbor" for securities settlement payments under 11 U.S.C. §546(e) applies extraterritorially to bar foreign commo…
21-110 GMAG, LLC, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, as Receiver for the Stanford International Bank Limited, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process factual-dispute jury-trial jury-verdict legal-ruling ponzi-scheme seventh-amendment transferee-liability Whether the Seventh Amendment and due process permit a court of appeals to reverse a jury verdict based on the court's own independent examination of …
20-1382 Emanuel Gettinger, et al. v. Irving H. Picard, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-code for-value good-faith good-faith-transfer ponzi-scheme securities-investor-protection-act sipa-liquidation statutory-interpretation transfer-avoidance value-transfer Whether the Bankruptcy Code's avoidance provisions operate differently in the context of a SIPA liquidation proceeding
19-1411 Barry L. Rupert, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford Receivership Estate, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-iii-standing civil-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction non-receivership-entities ponzi-scheme receivership receivership-estate settlement settlement-bar standing third-party-claims Whether Article III standing limits receivers to bringing claims that are coextensive with the receivership estate and precludes receivers from bringi…
19-919 Joseph Becker, et al. v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-act equitable-receivership in-aid-of-jurisdiction in-rem-claims ponzi-scheme securities-claim securities-litigation settlement-bar-order state-court-litigation state-court-proceedings Whether the Anti-Injunction Act allows for the issuance of a bar order by the SEC-appointed equitable receiver that permanently stays a pending state …
19-759 Milo H. Segner, Jr. v. Cianna Resources Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied avoidance-power bankruptcy bankruptcy-code burden-of-proof criminal-statute good-faith jury-instructions ponzi-scheme reasonable-commercial-standards transfer-liability Can a party who receives transfers that are the undisputed proceeds of a Ponzi scheme—and who admits committing a crime in connection with every trans…
18-429 Joseph J. Germinaro, et al. v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, et al. Third Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-plaintiffs civil-procedure continuity continuity-requirement organized-crime ponzi-scheme racketeering racketeering-activity rico rico-act Is there a bright-line rule that the pattern of racketeering activity must extend beyond twelve months to satisfy continuity' under RICO?
18-219 Starsha M. Sewell v. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation due-process economic-espionage executive-order-violation executive-orders fraud insurance-fraud judicial-misconduct mortgage-fraud ponzi-scheme racial-bias whistle-blower-reprisal whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation Whether the Maryland Mortgage Task Force, DHS & FBI partners of the respondent engaged in economic espionage and domestic treason against the United S…
18-92 David V. Perry v. Bruce Kriegman Ninth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-law clawback-provisions constitutional-rights due-process fraudulent-transfer fundamental-human-rights ponzi-scheme presumption trustee vague-laws What is a Ponzi Scheme and are the vague laws and interpretations surrounding its definition and the subsequent enforcement of the Ponzi Scheme Presum…