EB5 Asset Manager, LLC. – South Florida Private Placement Fraud Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: Securities and Exchange Commission v. EB5 Asset Manager, LLC, et al., Civil Action No. 0:15-CV-62323 (S.D. Fla., filed November 3, 2015) Assets Frozen in Alleged Immigration Scam: The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced it has obtained…
Affinity and Elder Financial Abuse and Exploitation Fraud, Misrepresentation and Theft – Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach and Deerfield Beach, Florida Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: SEC Announces Cases Targeting International Pyramid Scheme Operators The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges against the operators of an international…
Private Equity Fund and Private Equity Fund Management Mismanagement and Fruad – South Florida Federal and State Court Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: SEC Charges Manhattan-Based Private Equity Manager With Stealing $9 Million in Investor Funds: The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a Manhattan-based private equity manager and his firm…
Securities and Exchange Commission v. CKB Holdings Ltd., et al., Civil Action No. 13-5584 (E.D.N.Y., filed October 9, 2013) SEC Halts $20 Million Pyramid Scheme Targeting Asian-American Community The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges and asset freezes against the operators and promoters of a worldwide pyramid scheme targeting…
The Securities and Exchange Commission Halts a Texas-Based Scheme Targeting Foreign Investors Seeking U.S. Residency Through EB-5 Visa Program: The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced fraud charges against a husband and wife in Texas for stealing funds from foreign investors under the guise of an investment opportunity to create…
Investment Scams That Exploit The Immigrant Investor Program: Recently, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) jointly issued an Investor Alert to warn individual investors about fraudulent investment scams that exploit the Immigrant Investor Program,…
SEC Charges South Florida Woman Behind Ponzi Scheme Targeting Colombian-American Community The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a woman living in South Florida with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme and affinity fraud that targeted the local Colombian-American community and involved purported investments in immigration bail bonds. The SEC…
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chan Tze Ngon and Jiang Xiangyuan, Civil Action No. 13-cv-6828 (S.D.N.Y.) The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged the former CEO of an education services provider based in China with stealing tens of millions of dollars from investors in a U.S. public offering, and charged…
SEC Charges Atlanta-Area Defendants with Securities Fraud Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an action in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia, charging Stephen L. Kirkland (Kirkland), a Marietta, Georgia resident, and his company The Kirkland Organization, Inc. (TKO), a Georgia corporation, with violations of the federal…
Securities and Exchange Commission v. John G. Rizzo, Civil Action No. 13 CV 1801 MMA (BLM) (S.D. Cal. August 2, 2013) SEC Charges Penny Stock CEO in International Boiler Room Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges against a penny stock company CEO in Boca Raton, Fla., for…