Category: securities fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broker Allegedly Defrauded Seniors Out Of $2.4 Million Allegedly Offered “Safe” Investments Which Were Fake Also Allegedly Made Unauthorized Trades The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) polices financial markets to protect the public from fraud.  The SEC’s Enforcement Division includes a Retail Strategy Task Force that in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Advisor Allegedly Withdrew Funds From Client’s Trust Authorities Discover 20 Fraudulent Letters Of Withdrawal Money Spent On Vacations And Luxury Cars Seniors may be financially exploited from pretty much any direction. Even trusted financial advisors of years may exploit elderly clients. Taking someone else’s money without their knowledge […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Five-Year Scheme Targeted Retirees $25 Million In Losses To More Than 300 Victims Financial Advisor Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison Unscrupulous financial advisors, insurance agents and retirement planners (among others) often target seniors with their fraudulent schemes.  Typically, the approach is to offer a senior an investment […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Alleges Decades-Long Ponzi Scheme Over 400 Mostly Elderly Investors Were Victims Emergency Action Shuts Down Alleged Scheme Financial elder abuse can be abuse of a particular senior citizen or can be part of a scheme that targets multiple senior citizens for risky or inappropriate investments, or unsuitable […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Alert: Stories From The Front Line Major Red Flag: Spectacular Returns and “Guarantees” Seek Help If You Have Been Defrauded One significant forms of financial elder abuse is the sale to seniors of unsuitable insurance products.  These products, such as deferred annuities and some unsuitable life insurance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Reporting Domestic And Offshore Securities Fraud On June 4, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $50 million to an individual who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Cases for Cryptocurrency Fraud Offshore Virtual Currency Trading Frauds The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices trading in commodities (like gold and other precious metals), options, futures, and virtual currencies. The CFTC rewards whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information that leads to recoveries against organizers of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblower Case for Cryptocurrency Fraud Offshore Virtual Currency Trading Fraud The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) polices trading in commodities (like gold and other precious metals), options, futures, and virtual currencies. The CFTC rewards whistleblowers who voluntarily provide original information that leads to recoveries against organizers of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Ponzi Schemes Increasingly Target Older Investors Older people have more money to invest. After years of savings and with the children educated and on their own, seniors should take comfort in a nest egg for future years. But unscrupulous brokers, insurance agents and stock promoters target seniors for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Investigations of Possible Wrongdoing at GPB Capital Our litigators have written before about risks associated with private placement investments. [1] Private placements are offerings of unregistered securities companies use to raise capital.  Private placements are subject to regulation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the […]