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November 15, 2011
Financial Regulators in 10 states including Florida, Texas, New Hampshire and Missouri, are examining whether brokers improperly sold structured notes; securities that package debt with derivatives which are typically offered to individual investors. This financial product was marketed to customers as a solid and secure investment. They are called a ‘100 percent principal protected absolute […]
A Philadelphia estate lawyer accused by New Jersey of heading an $8.5 million Ponzi scheme that targeted retirees has been charged with money laundering in a separate case. An indictment unsealed Monday alleges that Michael Kwasnik stole more than $1 million from a client whose trust he was overseeing, using the money instead to pay […]
November 14, 2011
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a Complaint in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York charging Tyrone L. Gilliams and his company TL Gilliams, LLC with fraud for misappropriating approximately $5 million from investors through an offering scheme involving U.S. Treasury STRIPS. According to the SEC’s Complaint, Gilliams and […]
November 11, 2011
The SEC has charged a prominent San Diego-based financial advisor with fraud, accusing him and his firm of failing to disclose to clients a conflict of interest in an investment and lying to and misleading clients about a hedge fund he manages. Kevin O’Rourke, the suit’s target, is the founder and president of Western Pacific […]
November 6, 2011
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has charged Andrey C. Hicks of Boston, Mass., and Locust Offshore Management, LLC, his investment advisory firm, with misleading prospective investors about their supposed quantitative hedge fund and diverting investor money to the money manager’s personal bank account. The SEC also announced that Judge Richard Stearns of […]