Fraud penalties against Utahn include $83M repayment

A federal agency has barred a Utah man from working in the securities industry after a federal court ordered him to repay $82.8 million in profits and interest from a Ponzi scheme in which he bilked investors with a promised return of 20 percent a month risk-free. The Securities and Exchange Commission is probiting Raymond P. Morris, 44, from associating with securities brokers and agents and from participating in any penny stock offering. From March 2007 to January 2009, Morris took in more tha...