Fair Finance investors fear money is disappearing
Ohio residents who attended investor meeting say recovering funds hinges on locking down assets that remain.
Ohio residents who attended investor meeting say recovering funds hinges on locking down assets that remain.
Indianapolis financier Tim Durham’s famed 98-foot yacht is up for sale for $4.8 million. Durham has been selling some of his
holdings in recent months as financial pressures have intensified after the FBI raided his offices in Indiana and Ohio.
A securities-fraud case Secretary of State Todd Rokita brought against the union last month could make matters worse for the
already hobbled ISTA, blunting its ability to help elect Democrats in November.
A legal brouhaha over the recent auction of a Duesenberg automobile by Tim Durham has taken a new twist, with Durham’s bank
charging the financier didn’t have the right to sell the car in the first place.
An Ohio congressman is upset the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis isn’t seeking to freeze the assets of
Fair Finance Co. owners Tim Durham and Jim Cochran.
The written statement Carl Brizzi released Thursday saying he will not seek a third term as Marion County prosecutor makes
no reference to the controversy surrounding his business and personal ties with embattled Indianapolis financier Tim Durham.
First Merchants Bank is seeking nearly $1 million from Tim Durham and his companies through a recently filed loan-default
lawsuit.
Observers expect a lull with inpatient facilities for five years or more, but continued proliferation of outpatient
clinics and surgery centers.
Ohio-based Fair Finance Co. told securities regulators this week that it is withdrawing its request for approval
to sell an additional $250 million in investment certificates.
Professionals liquidating the not-for-profit have so far recovered nearly 68 percent of the $82 million owed
investors.
A meeting of Fair Finance Co. investors held Tuesday night at a northeast Ohio hotel drew an overflow crowd of 1,100 people.
Indianapolis Business Journal and The Wall Street Journal have joined the legal fight to unseal search
warrant documents related to the federal investigation of businessman Tim Durham.
Tim Durham struck a deal to sell a vintage Duesenberg for $1 million before auctioning off the same vehicle for $2.9 million,
according to the small-town Michigan mayor who said he agreed to buy it.
A major downturn in commercial real estate was inevitable, but the depths have surprised even seasoned industry veterans.
The Akron company had been meeting its obligations for decades before Tim Durham acquired it seven years ago.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged in court papers that one of his businesses, Ohio-based Fair Finance Co., operated as
a Ponzi scheme.
Tim Durham’s Obsidian Enterprises Inc. plans to vacate the top floor of the state’s tallest building next month, real
estate sources say.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education said state colleges and universities need to find new ways to be efficient—without
new tuition hikes—to cope with spending cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels.