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  • Vladimir Sklarov, Stock Loan Scam, New York 2021

    Vladimir Sklarov, Stock Loan Scam, New York 2021

    ⏱ 3 min read Vladimir Sklarov, aka Val Sklarov, aka Gregory Mitchell, aka Mark Simon Bentley, orchestrated a massive $450 million stock-backed lending scheme that defrauded a victim of valuable company shares in New York. The scheme, which lasted from at least 2021 to 2024, involved Sklarov’s entity, Astor Asset Group, posing as a legitimate…