Investors in private placement securities including Shopoff Land Funds and other private placement securities may have legal claims, if their investment was recommended by a financial advisor who lacked a reasonable basis for the recommendation, or if the nature of the investment was misrepresented by the stockbroker or advisor. Shopoff…
Investors in private placement securities including Madison Funding I bonds and Poet’s Walk Funding I bonds, may have legal claims, if their investment was recommended by a financial advisor who lacked a reasonable basis for the recommendation, or if the nature of the investment was misrepresented by the stockbroker or…
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission(“SEC”) has accused a Georgia investment adviser of operating a Ponzi scheme that the SEC alleges in its legal Complaint (accessible here SEC Complaint) filed in federal court has defrauded over 400 investors nationwide. The SEC Complaint alleges that investment advisers at a company…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly has settled charges against the operators of a real estate investment business that caused millions in loses to investors. Up to 300 investors may have lost money on interests in a fund known as Alaska Financial Company III, LLC (“AFC III”), which two…
On August 8, 2017, the State of Michigan Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (“Bureau”) entered a Cease and Desist Order (“Order”) against Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund 4, LLC (“Woodbridge 4” or “Respondent”). Respondent Woodbridge 4 is a Delaware-organized limited liability company formed in or around 2015. Woodbridge 4 is…
On April 12, 2016, former LPL Financial LLC (“LPL”) broker Charles C. Fackrell (CRD# 5369665) appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Cayer in order to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud for operating a $1.4 million Ponzi scheme. Based on documents filed with the federal court for the…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently sought documents form a group of companies known as Woodbridge that has previously been accused of selling unregistered securities by state securities regulators. Woodbridge, based in California, has reportedly raised over $1 billion from investors- allegedly by offering the sale of unregistered securities…
Investors who have lost money in Woodbridge Wealth or in any of the Woodbridge Mortgage Funds may be able to pursue recovery of any losses through securities litigation or arbitration. Brokerage firms that sell private placements such as the Woodbridge funds must conduct due diligence on the investment before recommending…