Western Springs RIA Ran $2.9 Million Ponzi Scheme
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law Offices:
Joseph Hennessy, a 53 years-old Western Springs, Illinois, RIA, has been charged with running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 10 investors out of about $2.9 million over a five-year period.
Hennessy is the co-owner of the now-defunct Resource Planning Group Inc., which in 2007 started operating a private equity fund that claimed to invest in small Midwest businesses.
He convinced victims to invest more than $2.9 million in his fund by deceptively claiming that he could gain yields of up to 15 percent a year. However, he used money from new investors to repay principal and interest to existing investors.
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