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www.BackgroundNow.com Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Julia Ann Schmidt of Whitney, Texas, stands charged with two counts of mail fraud in connection with a large-scale Ponzi scheme. A federal grand jury indictment returned last week alleges that between April 2007 and May 2009, Schmidt fraudulently represented herself to unsuspecting individuals as an agent for Fortis Investments. On repeated occasions, she solicited money [...] Add your comments,...
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The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Before a federal indictment last week accused Julia Ann Schmidt of Whitney of a large-scale Ponzi scheme, a 50-year-old businessman was driving the streets of Waco, looking to map the ruse that he claims cost him $100,000.
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The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The attorney for the 68-year-old Whitney woman accused of scheming people out of at least $500,000 entered a plea of not guilty Thursday in federal court. Bill Johnston, Julia Ann Schmidt’s Waco-based attorney, entered the plea in U.S. magistrate Judge Jeffrey C. Manske’s court to waive an arraignment hearing that was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.Schmidt was not booked into jail but surrendered...
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The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
A four-page federal indictment alleges that 68-year-old Julia Ann Schmidt pretended to be a field manager for a Belgium-based investment firm and even hired a man to impersonate a company official to steal more than $500,000 in a large-scale Ponzi scheme.
