February 13, 2026
Five employees of a defunct cattle trading company were charged in Texas federal court with defrauding over 2,000 victims in a $220 million Ponzi-like scheme where they falsely promised to spend investor money on raising cattle but used it to pay off prior investors, loans and personal expenses.
June 26, 2025
A Texas federal judge sanctioned a would-be buyer of assets for a defunct cattle trading company at the center of an alleged $161 million Ponzi scheme, saying during a Thursday hearing that the buyer should not have stalled before confessing it didn't have the funds.