$600k? Did he promise you a formula to turn mud into gold or something? Hindsight is not going to help now but greed of the investors played a big part. Either you are incredibly wealthy and hundreds of thousands of dollars is a drop in the bucket or you gambled a huge sum on a roll of the dice. This doesn't absolve Gerald of all the guilt but why, after other high level members have pulled similar scale scams, does anyone trust a stranger over the internet? I understand you feel company shares were a tangible asset, but a phenomenal amount of companies go under each year so it really means very little.

I don't want to rub salt in the wound, just don't understand how he duped such huge sums from a few people. 16,000 posts? That's just bits in a database.