When the wild game stopped with his arrest, prosecutors said, his customers had account statements showing assets of nearly $65 billion, when in fact only a fraction of that amount was on hand.
In 2008, he was indicted on charges that he had stolen more than $17 million from banks, business associates, friends and relatives by persuading them to lend him money by misrepresenting how much he could afford, sometimes using forged documents showing assets he did not really have.
He attached a 16-page financial disclosure report that showed assets of $6,067,000, up from the $4,052,548 he reported on his previous disclosure form, filed in 2003.
To gain a listing, companies would have to show assets of $4 million and total capital of $2 million, twice the current requirements.
"On the application, you don't put down a job; you don't show income; you don't show assets," he said.
Its 10-Q securities filing in July showed assets of $584.9 million, stacked against total liabilities of $419.8 million, but some of those assets include about $52 million in student loans and $134.4 million in "property and equipment".
In Europe, the company's accounts show assets under management grew by 26% in 2011 to $198bn; they do not record how well its fund managers performed, and Pimco did not return phone calls.
The Chapter 11 filing in Manhattan's US bankruptcy court showed assets of $40bn and debts of $41bn for MF Global Holdings – putting it among the 10 biggest bankruptcies in the US, MF Global Finance USA, also filed for protection.
On its most recent Form 990-PF for the year ended 9/30/13, Salus Mundi shows assets of $76,542 - all cash.
A Los Angeles Times analysis of her filings show assets between $100 million and almost $300 million.
In July of 2015, and on May 17th, he complied with the Federal Election Commission requirements and released a financial disclosure report, claiming it showed assets "in excess of 10 billion dollars".
