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July 15, 2014
James R. Holdman of Zachary, Louisiana pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud this week. According to U.S. Attorney Walt Green and former U.S. Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux Jr., Holdman defrauded re...
July 9, 2014
About the Frankowski Firm “The primary goal of our law firm is to provide service to those who do not have a voice and need strong, courageous representation.”—Richard Frankowskihttps://franko.tequp.i...
July 3, 2014
Bernie Madoff ran the biggest fraud in the history of the United States and was sentenced to 150 years in prison nearly five years ago. The effects of the scheme have been so long-lasting that to this...
June 30, 2014
Bernie Madoff’s former accountant, Paul Konigsberg, pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy and falsifying records during Madoff’s $20 billion Ponzi scheme. Konigsberg pleaded guilty to one...
June 26, 2014
A FINRA hearing panel expelled Success Trade Securities, Inc., which is based in Washington, D.C., from membership and barred Fuad Ahmed, the firm’s CEO and President, for the fraudulent sale of...
June 25, 2014
The Florida Office of Financial Regulation issued a consumer alert last week pertaining to a scam that involves the unauthorized use of the office’s name and logo. The fake paperwork was sent to...
June 5, 2014
Two former executives of ArthroCare, a surgical device manufacturer, have been convicted for their roles in a securities fraud that cost investors more than $400 million, having been found guilty by a...
June 3, 2014
Golfer Phil Mickelson and Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters made several million dollars in 2011 trading call options in shares of Clorox days before billionaire Carl Icahn announced an unsolicited bid ...
May 27, 2014
Plaintiffs in a new class-action suit claim that the financial advisers hired to oversee a proposed merger of oil and gas companies Forest Oil and Sabine Oil & Gas did not have the best interests ...
May 23, 2014
A Manhattan federal judge recently sentenced Michael Steinberg to 3.5 years in prison, three years of supervised released, the payment of a $2 million fine, and the forfeiture of over $365,000 for ins...
May 22, 2014
The SEC issued an investor alert warning potential investors of possible scams pertaining to marijuana-related investments, pointing out that fraudsters will often use the latest growth industries to ...
May 14, 2014
This week a jury found that the Wyly brothers, Samuel and Charles, utilized a network of offshore trusts to illegally conceal their stock holdings and avoid trade limitations, meaning that Samuel and ...
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