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Behringer Harvard funds implode

Reliable news sources have reported that Behringer Harvard Strategic Opportunity Fund I and II will report catastrophic losses to investors this Friday.  Behringer Harvard informed brokers last week of the fund problems and is preparing to tell investors. Launched in 2005, the Behringer Harvard Strategic Opportunity Fund I raised $65 million and invested in six […]

SEC charges resident for Puerto Rico based Ponzi scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Puerto Rico resident and his company with conducting a Ponzi scheme that targeted evangelical Christians and factory workers in Puerto Rico. The SEC alleges that Ricardo Bonilla Rojas and his firm Shadai Yire raised at least $7 million from as many as 200 investors living primarily in […]

Ed Wedbush CEO of Wedbush Securities suspended by FINRA

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority hearing panel has hit Wedbush Securities with a $300,000 fine, and issued its president and founder, Ed Wedbush, a 31-day suspension along with a $25,000 fine. The August 2nd decision is a culmination of a range of offenses, inquiries and disciplinary actions dating back over a decade to February of […]

US Cities May Have Been Gamed in Libor Scandal

In the two decades before the 2008 financial collapse, the investment banking industry sidled up to state and local finance officials with an offer they couldn’t refuse. Instead of issuing plain vanilla 30-year fixed-rate bonds to build roads, schools and parking garages, why not sell variable rate bonds at lower rates and buy a swap […]

SEC Charges Family-Run Business Promising Investors Stake in Purported $11 Billion Gold Mine

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a father, son, and daughter with running a nationwide investment scheme that falsely promised investors whopping returns from a gold mining operation while their money was actually spent on family cars, jewelry, vacations, and vitamin supplements. The SEC alleges that Harry Dean Proudfoot III of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, […]