Friday, February 18, 2011

CalPERS - California Pension Fraud: Profile of Alfred Villalobos, Palladium Equity, Altura Capital, Pacific Corporate Group, Buenrostro, Nunez, Villar, Alatorre, Moctesuma Esparza (Part 1)

by Zuma Dogg ZD@ZumaDogg.com

THE HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA  PENSION FRAUD (CALPERS)  FROM THE TOP (THE BOTTOM, ACTUALLY): 

A LOT OF PENSION FRAUD TO BE HAD IN THE NAME OF "THEATER & ARTS."

Alfred Villalobos is tightly linked to this firm:
Pacific Corporate Group
Gerard K. Drummond

Jan 13, 2009 - According to Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 13, 2009, each of CalPERS/PCG Corporate Partners, LLC, PCG Corporate Partners Investments LLC, Pacific Corporate Group Holdings LLC, Christopher J. Bower and ...PCG Corporate Partners Investments LLC is owned and managed by Christopher J. Bower, Timothy Kelleher, Douglas Meltzer and Pacific Corporate Group Holdings, Inc., which is in turn wholly owned and managed by Christopher J. Bower.

SHADY IS AS SHADY DOES:

The 3rd CalPERS RESIGNATION in a month: Lasher is the third one to resign in one month, maybe there is a BIG investigation closing in; and they want out, under the pressure?
CALPERS has a history of appointing shady characters:  Lasher just resigned but he has a shady history: Apr 30, 1990 - Stuart G. Lasher, the 30-year-old former chief financial officer at Silk Greenhouse, carted off $1.9 million in cash and stock options in 1989. He was subsequently reassigned, however, to an overseas expansion team and is unlikely to make next year's list. ...
From EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION CORPORATE LEADERS TAKING STOCK … - Related web pages
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May 20, 1991 - [Stuart G. Lasher] $1.9 million Silk Greenhouse senior vice president 4. Herbert E. Ehlers $1.7 million Raymond James Financial subsidiary president 5. [Peter Halmos] $1.5 million SafeCard Services Inc. chairman and president RANKINGS INDEX Florida 16 Out of state 17 Central Florida 21 ...
From EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION STOCK OPTIONS HELP FILL POCKETS … - Related web pages
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Feb 20, 2009 - The California Public Employees' Retirement System has named investment banker and adviser James G. Lasher to the new position of senior portfolio manager of its real estate housing program. Lasher will manage investments in 20 residential funds that own about 288000 single-family lots ...
From Sacramento Bee, The : INVESTMENT ADVISER
CalPERS names …
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Joncarlo Mark

Aug 20, 2010 - Joncarlo Mark, a senior portfolio manager for CalPERS, has admitted that private equity firms bankrolled luxury trips for high ranking staff at the pension system, in the latest development in the ongoing CalPERS corruption saga. In addition, the Los Angeles Times reports, ...
From PE firms allegedly bankrolled luxury trips for CalPERS officials - Related web pages
www.altassets.com/private-equity-news/article ...

The 2011 NAA Latino Economic Summit will take place in New York City, October 26-28.
    
NAA THANKS OUR 10th ANNUAL LATINO ECONOMIC SUMMIT SPONSORS:
 
GOLD

Centinela Capital Partners, LLC
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Palladium Equity Partners, LLC 
Strategic Value Partners, LLC
 
SILVER
Altura Capital Group
Craton  Equity Partners 
General Electric
Goldman Sachs & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Latino Leaders Magazine
LM Capital Group
Northern Trust
Southwest Airlines
Taplin, Canida & Habacht, LLC
UBS Financial Services
Vanir Energy, LLC
 Walmart

SUPPORT
AT&T
Cooley LLP
Hispania Capital Partners
Raza Development Fund
Univision


All the names show up here:  Buenrostro, Moctezuma who was also a appointed commissioner for pension and no owns multi million dollar MAYA Cinemas in cahoots with Palladium Equiity Partners  http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PCH/is_5_4/ai_113053708/
Best F-ing Friends with:  Villar, Nunez, Alatorre
Pheonix House foundation
Palladium Equity Partners 
New America Alliance  www.naaonline.org/ (I AM TOLD, THE NEW AMERICA ALLIANCE IS THE LIST OF SHADY PENSION CULPRITS.)
Moctezuma Esparza
Oct 24, 2004 ... Like CalPERS, it is a prestigious investor, and has deep experience in private equity. The fund will be managed by Palladium Equity Partners ...
press.bbva.com/.../bbva-leads-fund-to-invest-500-million-in-hispanic-companies-in-u-s-a(9882-22-101-c-40541).html?...
Apr 21, 2009 - The Keynote speech will be given by producer Moctesuma Esparza, CEO of Maya Cinemas. “Credit Suisse Private Equity Conference on Small ... Credit Suisse's Customized Fund Investment Group (“CFIG”) has organized the Conference to provide a broad universe of participants access to a ...
From Credit Suisse to Host Open Private Equity Conference on Small & … - Related web pages
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MORE PENSION FRAUD BLOGGING...TIMELINE - Alfred R Villalobos:
 
Oct 14, 1999 - When Alfred R Villalobos a Republican associated with TELACU tried to get a contract worth $750000 for persuading the state pension board to ..... Mabie lost to the rival camper Antonio Villaraigosa a former teachers union organizer who has become the state's second Latino Assembly ...
From COLUMN ONE; The Man Driving the Latino Machine; State Sen. Richard … - Related web pages
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2005
Feb 25, 2005 - Finance reports filed by the campaigns Thursday with the city Ethics Commission show Hahn and [Antonio Villaraigosa] each with about $1.1 .... from Magdalena Beltran-Del Olmo, vice president of the California Wellness Foundation; attorney Paul Rodriguez; and banker Alfred Villalobos. ...
From Mayoral Hopefuls Ready for Ad Blitz - Related web pages
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 2009
Dec 26, 2009 - Recently released documents show that CIM paid former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Alfred JR Villalobos nearly $16 million in fees for .... and Renewable Resources Group a firm headed by Ari Swiller a friend of and fundraiser for LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa bought 48000 acres of land ...
From … , CIM tie probed; The developer paid middleman Villalobos $16 million to … - Related web pages
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http://vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com/2009/11/look-ma-alfred-villalobos-made-tens-of.html

 


 1988
Aug 7, 1988 - "Everyone is going to push Bush to be more aggressive," said Alfred Villalobos, an investment banker from Tarzana. "I think it's going to be clear that Dukakis is a true liberal to the bone." Bush has foreshadowed this theme in recent appearances, including a blistering speech in Texas ...
From Daily News of Los Angeles : STATE DELEGATES WANT MORE FIRE … - Related web pages
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  •  1993
    1993 - The fund, known as CalPERS, is looking at $50 million in fees paid in recent years to Arvco Financial Ventures, headed by Alfred Villalobos, 66, who was deputy mayor of Los Angeles for five months in 1993.
    From CalPERS begins 'special review' of fees paid to agents - Related web pages
    www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-calpers15 ...


  •  1995
    1995 - The placement agent issue exploded in California in October, when CalPERS revealed that Alfred Villalobos had earned more than $50 million from CalPERS investments since leaving the pension fund's board in 1995. Last month, CalPERS said the 10 most ...The placement agent issue exploded in California in October, when CalPERS revealed that Alfred Villalobos had earned more than $50 million from CalPERS investments since leaving the pension fund's board in 1995. Last month, CalPERS said the 10 most active placement agents earned a combined $125 million from CalPERS deals, with Villalobos at the top. The calculation was based on disclosures made at CalPERS' request by 600 of its investment partners.

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    From 2 firms involved in CalPERS probe forfeit funds in New York case - … - Related web pages
    www.sacbee.com/business/story/2522774.html
  •  2000
    Sep 19, 2000 - The developers then hired a former CalPERS board member, Alfred Villalobos, to lobby Cal-PERS to invest in the company. Villalobos' role troubled some at CalPERS, who worried that the former board member could have undue influence on the investment decision. ...
    From The Sacramento Bee: CalPERS OKs funding but delays on tobacco - Related web pages
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  •  2004
    Jun 2004 - In June 2004, CalPERS pledged to invest $50 million in Broidy's Markstone Capital Group, according to the report, and while there is currently no evidence that the decision to invest was illegal, CalPERS is now investigating whether any bribes were made ...According to a report Monday on the Israeli business news Web site Globes [ online], Broidy remains under further investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in relation to ties to former California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) CEO Fred Buenrostro and former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos, among others. In June 2004, CalPERS pledged to invest $50 million in Broidy's Markstone Capital Group, according to the report ...

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    From Broidy Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges - Related web pages
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  •  2009
    Oct 2009 - Philip Khinda, the Washington lawyer hired by CalPERS in October 2009 to investigate Alfred Villalobos and other placement agents, made a series of recommendations to the pension fund's board aimed at cracking down on the agents and scaling back the fees the ...Philip Khinda, the Washington lawyer hired by CalPERS in October 2009 to investigate Alfred Villalobos and other placement agents, made a series of recommendations to the pension fund's board aimed at cracking down on the agents and scaling back the fees the pension fund pays to its investment partners. Khinda's recommendations followed disclosures that Villalobos, a one-time CalPERS board member, earned upwards of $50 million as a placement agent representing private ...

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    From Lawyer hired to investigate CalPERS bribery scandal urges reforms - … - Related web pages
    www.sacbee.com/2010/12/13/3254633/lawyer-hired ...


  •  2010
    May 6, 2010 - In addition, on May 6, 2010, the California Attorney General filed a civil complaint against Alfred Villalobos and his company, Arvco Capital Research, LLC (a placement agent that AGM has used), and Federico Buenrostro Jr., the former CEO of CalPERS ...AGM is cooperating with all such investigations and other reviews. In addition, on May 6, 2010, the California Attorney General filed a civil complaint against Alfred Villalobos and his company, Arvco Capital Research, LLC (a placement agent that AGM has used), and Federico Buenrostro Jr., the former CEO of CalPERS , alleging conduct in violation of certain California laws in connection with CalPERS' purchase of securities in various funds managed by AGM and ...

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    From APOLLO INVESTMENT CORP - FORM 10-K - May 26, 2010 - Related web pages
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    May 6, 2010 - Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that his office has filed a civil suit against former California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Board Member Alfred Villalobos, his company ARVCO Capital, and former CalPERS CEO Federico "Fred" ...
    From … Against Former CalPERS Officials, Freezes Assets of Alfred Villalobos - Related web pages
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    May 10, 2010 - Posted on May 10, 2010 at 6:06 PM. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former official accused of awarding kickbacks for steering investments made by the nation's largest pension fund is denying fraud allegations against him. California Attorney General ...Posted on May 10, 2010 at 6:06 PM. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former official accused of awarding kickbacks for steering investments made by the nation's largest pension fund is denying fraud allegations against him. California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued Alfred Villalobos (vee-ah-LOH'-bohs) last week , saying he and his company operated without a license and set up a system of kickbacks.

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    From Former CalPERS official denies fraud accusations | WCNC.com - Related web pages
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