{"id":14829,"date":"2010-03-30T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T11:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=14829"},"modified":"2010-03-30T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T18:55:24","slug":"vegas-hedge-fund-sued-for-8-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/03\/2010\/vegas-hedge-fund-sued-for-8-2-million.html","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Hedge Fund Sued For $8.2 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Ethan Conrad, Frank Sim and Harrold Pressly are being accused of running a bogus hedge fund, the Black Card Group, based in Las Vegas. The allegations, according to Courthouse News Services, claim a family was cheated out of $8 million which the &#8216;hedge fund managers&#8217; then spent on luxury vehicles and resort property.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/las-vegas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-14833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/las-vegas-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/las-vegas-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/las-vegas-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/las-vegas.jpg 1566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a>The Urata family claims they were told they could make up to 3% by investing in a Vegas hedge fund instead of the real estate market.<\/p>\n<p>Courthouse News Services reported that Conrad told the Urata family that he had put his own money into the fund, which &#8220;was exclusive &#8230; was available just for friends &#8230; [and] that it was a &#8216;no brainer&#8217;; that it was really safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Uratas demand $8.2 million in damages for negligence, breach of contract and misrepresentation, according to Courthouse News Services.<\/p>\n<p>The Urata family alleges that the hedge fund may not exist, are unsure of it&#8217;s locale if it does, and believe, &#8220;The managers were not competent to manage an investment fund.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nEditor for <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Ethan Conrad, Frank Sim and Harrold Pressly are being accused of running a bogus hedge fund, the Black Card Group, based in Las Vegas. The allegations, according to Courthouse News Services, claim a family was cheated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-fraud","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14829"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14831,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14829\/revisions\/14831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}