Robert E. Wilson of Indianapolis originally faced up to eight years in prison on 20 securities-related felony counts. Under a plea agreement, he’ll serve six months probation on one misdemeanor count.
Prosecutors said Jamie C. Lopez used money from the retirement accounts of his victims to buy automobiles, make mortgage payments and pay for home landscaping.
Many startups, here and elsewhere, secure venture capital funding by touting their market traction, revenue growth and other statistics, all in an effort to prove to investors that they’re good bets. However, a look behind the scenes of High Alpha and three other big venture deals last year suggests that, oftentimes, landing capital has more to do with relationships and luck than with metrics.
Regulators said Fishers attorney and securities broker Jeffery Bruce Risinger refused to testify about his involvement in what the SEC claims was a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme—so they banned him for life.
U.S. stocks recovered much of an early plunge on Wednesday, but the price of oil suffered its worst one-day decline since September.
Indiana-based banks have been spending less and less writing off bad loans over the past several years, a trend that suggests they’ve cleaned up their loan portfolios and might be willing to increase their appetite for risk.
Indiana companies landed at least $55 million in venture capital in 2015, according to a new survey. The figure climbs substantially when considering investments not included in the survey.
Freeman Spogli & Co. has been invested in the Indianapolis retailer for a decade, which is bordering on an eternity by private equity standards.
Banks support proposed state legislation that could prevent Hoosier homeowners from using a settlement process to avoid foreclosure. But the sponsor of a bill with the controversial provision says he will strike it.
The Chicago-based firm, which opened an office in Indianapolis last year, will likely use some of the money to continue investing in Indiana tech startups.
Evansville-based Old National Bank said it will purchase Anchor, the third largest bank in Wisconsin, in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $461 million.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index slid 2.4 percent on Thursday, to close at 1,943.09, falling to its lowest point since Oct. 1 in the worst start to a year in data going back to 1928.
Anthem’s retirement plan is accused in a lawsuit of forcing about 60,000 workers and retirees to pay excessive fees by having to invest in Vanguard Group funds billed as low-cost options.
Major U.S. stock indexes sank more than 2.5 percent in morning trading Monday following a financial rout that stretched across Asia into Europe.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Dow Jones industrial average both declined Thursday, the last trading day of 2015, putting both in the red for the year.
The Muncie-based bank, which agreed to purchase New Castle-based Ameriana in June, had faced two shareholder lawsuits opposing the deal. Those lawsuits have been dropped.
Dr. Dale Guyer—who was thrust into the spotlight this week after a news report suggested his Indianapolis clinic provided HGH to Peyton Manning—borrowed heavily from convicted Ponzi schemer Tim Durham, starting in 2003.
The latest court action involving Special Needs Integrity Inc. is a class-action lawsuit filed against the little-known Indianapolis not-for-profit in November that claims it eroded clients’ account balances with undisclosed management fees and unjustified legal fees paid to the Indianapolis law firm Lewis & Kappes PC.
Michigan workers making the minimum wage will see a 35-cents-an-hour raise starting Friday. Indiana’s minimum wage will remain $7.25 per hour.
Indiana Members Credit Union is hoping to open a branch in the 18,000-square-foot, two-story brick building on Old Meridian Street in Carmel.
