CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A North Carolina man that prosecutors say masterminded an $850 million Internet-based Ponzi scheme faces charges of wire and mail fraud, conspiracy and tax fraud. A federal grand ...

Almost 174,000 former Zeek Rewards users filed claim to money lost during their participation in the alleged Lexington-based Ponzi scheme. In an online letter to affiliates last week, court-appointed ...

U.S. Attorney’s Office officials announced Friday that former Zeek Rewards chief operating officer Dawn Wright-Olivares and master programmer Daniel C. Olivares, her stepson, agreed to terms on ...

Some Zeek Rewards affiliates who lost money through the alleged Ponzi scheme have already been paid back. More than 800,000 users lost money with Zeek Rewards, which was shut down by the federal ...

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CHARLOTTE — A federal judge Monday handed Paul Burks, founder of Zeek Rewards.com, three concurrent prison sentences of 14 years and eight months for his lead role in the Lexington ...