Actor's Mom Ensnared In Bogus Trading Scheme

On Jan. 29, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered Sharon Vaughn--the mother of Hollywood actor Vince Vaughn--and her hedge fund, Directors Financial Group, to pay disgorgements and prejudgment interest totaling $808,000 as well as to distribute all of the fund's assets, totaling $22.5 million, to its investors, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.