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Faux pas

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:02 PM Oct 2012

Tagg Romney's Company Misled Reporters About Its Relationship With Ponzi Scheme–Linked Firm

The private equity firm run by Tagg Romney—Mitt’s eldest son, who is now taking a leadership role in guiding his father’s presidential campaign—misled reporters last year about its involvement with a company run by men accused of taking part in a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

Last year, I reported that Tagg had formed a business partnership with several North Carolina investors who are still facing a lawsuit for receiving bonus pay for selling CDs as part of the $8 billion Stanford Financial Group Ponzi scheme.

In a nutshell, Tagg helped these investors form a company—called Solamere Advisors, a nod to Tagg’s firm Solamere Capital—shortly after their boss, Allen Stanford, was caught by law enforcement for his elaborate Ponzi fraud.

When I interviewed him in Las Vegas, Tagg told me that his associates were “cleared” of any wrongdoing associated with the Stanford Ponzi scheme. Court documents directly contradict Tagg and show that the lawsuit has not been dismissed.

More at link.
http://www.thenation.com/blog/170546/tagg-romneys-company-misled-reporters-about-its-relationship-ponzi-scheme-linked-firm
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how'd i miss this?

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Tagg Romney's Company Misled Reporters About Its Relationship With Ponzi Scheme–Linked Firm (Original Post) Faux pas Oct 2012 OP
The Stanford story was on CNBC's tosh Oct 2012 #1
Scumbags all malaise Oct 2012 #2
Crap, I usually dvr American Greed. Faux pas Oct 2012 #3
you mean Tagg's a lying liar, too? renate Oct 2012 #4
Born and bred to it I'm sure. Faux pas Oct 2012 #5
Equity firms are a criminal enterprise. Every last one of 'em. Initech Oct 2012 #6
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