Gaston Cantens and Teresita Cantens

Gaston Cantens and Teresita Cantens have been charged a with running a Ponzi scheme that bilked $135 million. They would sell promissory notes to investors after acquiring various properties and later financing their sale.

The Cantens attracted investors by promising real estate investments with ``safe and secure'' annual returns between 9 and 16 percent. When things went south, they took new money to pay old investors.. Typical Ponzi Scheme..