Todd Richendollar

A house painter who held himself out to be an international currency trader and funneled the public's money through offshore accounts has been criminally indicted in the United States. Russell Warren Brent Cline, of Oregon, faces 39 counts of mail

Four Nevis-registered firms who were members of a sham offshore credit union have filed a lawsuit alleging they were defrauded of approximately $3.7 million in a bogus foreign currency trading scheme. Diamond Investment Group LLC, Index Management Systems LLC, Austin Enterprises LLC and Bonita Holdings LLC filed an action at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon on July 11, 2003.