Mark Rand

Jeff Rand’s sentence forbade participation in the oil and gas industry during his supervised release. But he and a couple of prison buddies came up with a business plan that appeared to violate that order. read more >

A nearly seven-year stretch in prison apparently served only to inspire a vastly larger interstate scheme from Texas. This gambit involved Tony Rand, now 70, and his five sons swindling hundreds of oil and gas investors of more than $110 million. Some suspect their schemes at times resembled a plot line in a zany 1968 movie “The Producers.” read more >

A reader asked where all those Rands — former North Little Rock residents Tony and his five felonious sons — are serving their prison time for various oil and gas scams that totaled some $110 million. read more >