April 2018-Houston, Texas The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the following individuals and their companies with operating a $2.4 million Ponzi scheme targeting elderly retirees: Clifton E. Stanley of…
read moreMay 2018- Kilgore, TX The FINRA records of Jerry D. Raines, a previously registered stock broker who was last employed by HD Vest Investment Services and Signal Securities, disclose eleven pending customer disputes involving the allegedly…
read moreDecember 2017-Boca Raton, FL According to a complaint filed in MIami, FL, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Robert H. Shapiro and a group of unregistered investment companies called…
read moreAugust 2017-Ft. Lauderdale, FL/ Gallatin, TN The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two men from Tennessee and a man from Florida with allegedly defrauding investors by false promises of high…
read moreThe Arizona Republic reports that Texan Stephen J. Hatch, 68, pleaded guilty to felony fraud and was sentenced to five years for operating a $70 million Ponzi scheme that targeted…
read moreMay 20-17-Houston, Texas The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas advises that Allan George Cooper, 76, of Montgomery, TX, was convicted on two counts related to an investment…
read moreMarch 2017 Investors who have suffered losses on United Development IV (UDF IV) may be able to recover damages through FINRA arbitration, a dispute resolution process that is much more…
read moreFebruary 2017-Dallas, Texas Patrick O. Howard and two companies he controls, Optimal Economics Capital Partners and Howard Capital Holdings were named in a complaint filed by The Securities and Exchange…
read moreAugust 2016- Alice, Texas Michael Anthony Collins pleaded guilty to stock fraud, theft and money laundering and was sentenced to 15 years on each count in Jim Wells County…
read moreMay 2016-Austin, Texas The US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas reports that William Risinger of Round Rock, Texas, was sentenced to 160 months in federal prison in…
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