If you are have invested in Woodbridge Wealth or in any of the Woodbridge Mortgage Funds, you may have questions concerning your rights in light of Woodbridge’s recent bankruptcy filing. Investors who purchased Woodbridge FPCMs through a stockbroker or financial advisor may have viable FINRA arbitration claims if the brokerage…
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Woodbridge Group of Companies Tells Investors Bankruptcy Is “Effort To Recapitalize Debt And Establish Stronger Financial Platform”
On December 4, 2017, the Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC (“Woodbridge”) of Sherman Oaks, CA, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As we have previously highlighted in a series of blog posts, Woodbridge has come under considerable regulatory scrutiny over…
Woodbridge Group of Companies Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
On December 4, 2017, the Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC (“Woodbridge”) of Sherman Oaks, CA, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As we have previously highlighted in a series of blog posts, Woodbridge has come under considerable regulatory scrutiny over…
Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund 3, LLC Subject To Texas Cease-and-Desist Order
On March 18, 2016, the Securities Commissioner of the State of Texas (“Securities Commissioner”) entered a Cease and Desist Order (“Order”) against Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund 3, LLC (“Woodbridge 3” or “Respondent”). Respondent Woodbridge 3 is a Delaware-organized limited liability company formed in or around 2014. Woodbridge 3 is one…
Woodbridge Mortgage Funds Subject of Pennsylvania Orders to Show Cause
As recently reported, the Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC (“Woodbridge”) of Sherman Oaks, CA, continue to face considerable regulatory scrutiny in connection with allegations of offering and selling unregistered securities. For the past year on the federal level, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has been conducting an investigation into…
Woodbridge Group of Companies Targeted In Contempt of Court Motion By SEC
As recently reported, the Woodbridge Group of Companies, LLC (“Woodbridge”) of Sherman Oaks, CA, continues to face considerable regulatory scrutiny in connection with allegations of offering and selling unregistered securities. To date, Woodbridge has been the subject of investigations by state securities regulators in Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. …
Court Orders Woodbridge To Produce Documents To SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) obtained an order on September 21, 2017 requiring the Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC (“Woodbridge”), of Sherman Oaks, California, to produce the documents of several company executives and employees, including the President and CEO. This order reportedly relates to an SEC investigation of Woodbridge. The SEC…
Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Funds Sales Probed By Colorado Division of Securities
As recently reported, the Colorado Division of Securities (“Division”) is reviewing Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Funds 1, 2, 3, and 3A (collectively, the “Woodbridge Funds”) and related entities in connection with possible sales of unregistered securities. The Woodbridge Funds are offered by Woodbridge Wealth of Sherman Oaks, CA, through a…
Woodbridge Officials Invoke the 5th Amendment Against Self-Incrimination
The President of a California group of companies known as Woodbridge that has previously been accused of selling unregistered securities by state securities regulators, Robert Shapiro, has reportedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A March 27, 2017 letter…
SEC Subpoenas Numerous Woodbridge LLCs in Probe of Sales of Unregistered Securities
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested documents form a group of companies known as Woodbridge that has previously been accused of selling unregistered securities by state securities regulators. The SEC reportedly has now asked a Miami federal judge to enforce subpoenas against nearly 250 companies affiliated with Woodbridge as part…