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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused three Dallas-Fort Worth residents of operating an investment trust that was actually a $91 million Ponzi scheme that scammed more than 200 victims. Kenneth W. Alexander II, Robert D. Welsh and Caedrynn E. Conner are accused of defrauding more than 200 investors out of millions via a trust Alexander controlled called Vanguard Holdings Group Irrevocable Trust. The SEC filed the 37-page lawsuit against the trio in the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division, on April 29. “As we allege, the defendants conducted a large-scale Ponzi scheme that caused devastating losses to investor…
A new leader is coming to the University of Texas at Dallas — Prabhas Moghe, of Rutgers University. Moghe, whose background is in chemical and bioengineering, is currently the executive vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer at Rutgers. The UT System board unanimously selected Moghe as the sole finalist for UTD’s next president during a Wednesday meeting. The regents must wait at least 21 days after naming a finalist before officially hiring a university president.Once officially hired, he will take over the university that’s emerged as a top research institution and one of the fastest-growing universities in…
New restaurant Duchess is ready to make its debut in Fort Worth.The new spot ideated by chef Casey Thompson, a Top Chef alum who spent time at Dallas’ The Mansion on Turtle Creek and Shinsei, has officially opened. The Dallas Morning News called Duchess one of the “most exciting” restaurant openings of 2025.Thompson was brought on to consult on the breakfast and dinner menus at Duchess, a restaurant nestled within the newly opened Nobleman Hotel. Eat Drink D-FWThe latest food and drink reviews, recipes and info on the D-FW food scene.Casey Thompson was brought in to help develop the breakfast…
A North Texas company wants back on the New York Stock Exchange.Grapevine-based Solo Brands — the company behind its namesake outdoor stoves and Chubbies swimwear — has appealed a recent delisting by the staff of the NYSE Regulation, according to a statement. The stock lost its place on the well-known exchange after it suffered from “abnormally low” price levels. Solo Brands is now being quoted on the OTC Pink Market under “DTCB,” the statement said. The company, which has enlisted the help of Snoop Dogg to help sell its products, came under pressure as it reported sales declines with particular…
The hats, the confetti, the champagne perhaps, everything that comprised the celebratory finish after the Stars’ 4-2 triumph over Colorado is long gone. The second round is a new world — not an altogether pleasant one for Dallas, it seems.There’s no question that Mikko Rantanen has this team riding high, that confidence should be soaring after eliminating the Avalanche in seven games without Miro Heiskanen and Jason Robertson. Both players will return at some point in this next round, making coach Pete DeBoer‘s team all the more formidable.The Stars will need every bit they have to offer.This is the key…
The Watchdog looks at the ultraconfusing Texas property tax appraisal system as one big game. Like any game, you gotta play to win.The deadline for filing this year is May 15. Check your recently arrived appraisal notice for protest filing information.For more than a decade, I owned a Texas home but didn’t know I could protest to lower my property taxes.My property tax bill was tucked inside my monthly mortgage check. Almost in hiding. I wasn’t paying attention.Watchdog AlertAre you a taxpayer in Texas? The Watchdog has your back.I should have. I overpaid thousands of dollars in property taxes because,…
The Dallas Cowboys have found their potential No. 2 wide receiver behind CeeDee Lamb.According to multiple reports Wednesday morning, the Cowboys and Steelers have agreed to a trade that will send George Pickens to Dallas. The trade, according to ESPN, will be centered on a third-round pick heading to Pittsburgh, as well as other late-round draft spick swaps, and is expected to be finalized Wednesday.Pickens, 24, had 59 catches for 900 yards and three touchdowns last season. He posted at least 50 receptions, 800 yards and three touchdowns in each of his three seasons with the Steelers. CowboysBe the smartest…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global church.In a process dating to medieval times, the cardinals will file into the Vatican’s frescoed Sistine Chapel after a public Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and start their secret conclave for a successor to Pope Francis, who died last month.No pope has been elected on the first day of a conclave for centuries, so voting could continue for several days before one…
Justin Myers has collected vinyl records for about a decade. It’s become an obsession after his wife gave him a record player.“Since then, I’ve just been collecting like crazy all the time. Daily records are coming in or I’m going shopping. It’s a sickness,” he said. Thousands of vinyl records are meticulously organized in his home office by genre and beats per minute. Some North Texas music lovers might know Myers as DJ Willie Dutch who hosts vinyl-only sets about once or twice a month. He said there’s something special about holding a vinyl in your hands. News RoundupsCatch up…
An off-duty Dallas police sergeant accused of driving while intoxicated with his child in the vehicle lied to a sheriff’s deputy about the number of beers he had drunk before getting behind the wheel, according to newly obtained records reviewed by The Dallas Morning News.Sgt. Matthew Terry, 40, was arrested early Friday morning in Delta County, located about 70 miles northeast of downtown Dallas. A sheriff’s deputy who pulled Terry over and a Department of Public Safety trooper who assisted with the traffic stop described smelling a “heavy odor” of alcohol, the trooper wrote in an arrest-warrant affidavit obtained Tuesday…