Daniel Reeves

Daniel Reeves

Investigations Editor

Ponzi SchemesFinancial FraudInvestment Scams

About Daniel

Daniel Reeves served twelve years in the FBI's Financial Crimes Section, where he investigated some of the largest Ponzi schemes and investment fraud cases in the southeastern United States. After retiring from the Bureau, he turned to journalism to tell the stories behind the case files — the human cost of financial deception, the psychology of the fraudsters, and the systemic failures that let schemes grow to billion-dollar scale. At ConFraud, he serves as Investigations Editor and brings federal-grade rigor to every piece. He holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and completed the FBI's Financial Crimes Investigator certification.

Articles by Daniel

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Roger Knox's Swiss Web: The $137M Pump-and-Dump Empire

From the pristine offices of his Swiss asset management firm, Roger Knox orchestrated a global securities fraud that bilked over 8,000 investors out of $137 million through elaborate pump-and-dump schemes.