Investment attorneys are seeking investors who purchased China Medical Technologies Inc. securities in connection with recent fraud allegations made against the company. Officers and directors of China Medical may have violated federal securities laws and, as a result, investors in the company may have a valid securities arbitration claim. China Medical, a Chinese company listed…
Continue reading ›The alleged $110 million Inofin fraud has investment attorneys looking for investors who suffered losses as a result of their investments with Inofin. According to the Class Action Complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in April, 2011, Inofin was in violation of the Massachusetts Uniform Securities Act. The complaint has been filed against…
Continue reading ›Stock broker fraud lawyers are investigating potential securities arbitration claims against LPL Financial and Jack Kleck, a former LPL broker. LPL Financial was fined $100,000 in late November for failure to adequately supervise Kleck. LPL was fined by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. Kleck, who was LPL Financial’s branch manager in La…
Continue reading ›A common form of investment fraud is the selling of unregistered securities. In many cases, investors can recover their losses in securities arbitration. In short, unregistered securities are securities that have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Before a stock, bond or note can be sold to the public, it must…
Continue reading ›The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), acting as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has filed securities lawsuits against a total of 17 financial entities in both federal and state courts. States in which the lawsuits were filed are New York and Connecticut. Financial institutions affected by the lawsuits, which were filed in September…
Continue reading ›The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Western Pacific Capital Management LLC and its president, James O’Rourke, with securities fraud. The California-based firm allegedly materially represented the liquidity of a hedge fund and failed to disclose to clients a conflict of interest related to the fund. Stock fraud lawyers are watching this and other…
Continue reading ›It is crucial that investors who believe they have been the victim of securities fraud contact a legitimate investment attorney. Many investors learned this lesson the hard way recently when they were duped by a “State Securities Commission” website copycat. In November 2011, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced that the “State Securities…
Continue reading ›Investment attorneys have been on the lookout for investors who have been wronged and suffered losses as the result of brokers or firms misrepresenting and/or recommending private placements without a reasonable basis. On November 29, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it would sanction ten individuals and eight firms for doing just that.…
Continue reading ›Investment seminars have grown in popularity as a result of the rocky market and concern investors are feeling. While investment seminars can be a place to receive sound investment advice, some of them have only one purpose: to make you the victim of securities fraud. For this reason, a growing number of investors end up…
Continue reading ›There are many types of selling away schemes, and these schemes can result in significant — and sometimes complete —investor losses. However, with the help of an investment attorney, investor losses can be recovered through securities arbitration. Selling away occurs when a broker or investment adviser sells an investment to a client that is not…
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