Waatle had one asset, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission - a purported $170 million bond backed by phony real estate liens.
RPH seems to milk the same scam over and over.
"As it turns out, it looks like none of that was a legitimate enterprise," Brittain said.
Woods helped form Atlewa Trust in July 2004 with two of his longtime business partners - Harris and Ancil Garvin, a former Myrtle Beach resident.
The three men had been involved in a series of business failures, some of which led to federal lawsuits, before they teamed up to form Atlewa.