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Criminal

Dec. 28, 2010

Cotchett Notches Win In Ponzi Suit

A Santa Clara County Superior jury returned a verdict of nearly $800,000 this week in the first in a series of suits related to an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Bay Area seniors.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Santa Clara County Superior jury returned a verdict of nearly $800,000 this week in the first in a series of suits related to an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Bay Area seniors.


According to attorneys with Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, which filed the suit, disgraced real estate developer James Ward bilked roughly 200 seniors out of millions through a fake investment scheme.


The recent...

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