The site will have click buttons for proof of claim, updates, a Chapter 11 Trustee Report, creditor's committee updates and contacts.

The deadline for filing claims is May 29. Court officials believe there may be other investors who are unable to obtain proof of claim forms from the court directly to file their losses by the deadline but may be able to do so using the online forms. That's one reason the site is being created.

The alleged fraud by Evergreen Security Ltd. was hatched from Downtown offices in Suite 500 at 201 East Pine St., according to William Cuthill, a CPA and the court-appointed trustee in charge of the case. Cuthill is on record as calling the Evergreen operations a typical Ponzi scheme where early investors are paid their promised return while later investors are paid only when new money rolls in. The scheme crashes when the flow of new investment money slows or stops. Evergreen was promising 10% to 12% returns.

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