Area man duped investors in phony company scam

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 4:11 p.m. August 8, 2017
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TAMPA — John Edward Simpson, 64, of Tarpon Springs, pleaded guilty to a scam in which he tried to dupe investors into buying shares of a phony security system firm.

 

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