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"Frack Master" pleads guilty to fraud scam

TEXAS businessman Christopher Faulkner, known by moniker the "Frack Master," who charmed hundreds of investors and major media into believing he had extensive experience in energy markets, has pled guilty today to multiple counts of securities fraud, tax evasion and money laundering offenses and could face 12 years imprisonment.

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"Frack Master" pleads guilty to fraud scam

  The former CEO of Dallas-based Brietling Energy became an international star expert in the field of upstream fraccing and spoke at high-end business conferences and on major TV programs, shelling out...

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