February 23, 2016- El Paso, Texas CBS 7 reports that Mexican businessman Roberto Trinidad Del Carpio Frescas of Chihuahua was convicted by a federal jury on 24 counts of wire…
read moreUPDATE FEBRUARY 2018-The Pensacola News Journal reports that Larry Masino and Dixie Masino were convicted of wire fraud conspiracy, operating an illegal gambling business and money laundering conspiracy. According to…
read moreFebruary 16, 2016- Dallas Texas Wade J. Lawrence, formerly a broker with Southwest Securities and prior to that with Oppenheimer & Co. , was charged by the Securities & Exchange…
read moreFebruary 22, 2016 United Development Funding IV announced today in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission that the FBI raided their office in Grapevine last week and that…
read moreFebruary 18, 2016- The Texas State Securities Board reprimanded LPL Financial and ordered the company to pay a $95,000 fine for supervisory failures that led to one of their brokers…
read moreFebruary 22, 2016 The Investment News recently announced 2015 Broker Dealer rankings, by Total Revenue. Firm Total revenue ▼ 1 LPL Financial LLC $4,293,898,569 2 Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. $3,738,344,789…
read moreFebruary 22, 2016- Grapevine, Texas United Development Funding IV (UDF IV)Â reports that they have been subpoenaed to turn over company documents to a grand jury. Â In an SEC filing…
read moreFebruary 16, 2016- Carrollton, Texas The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) has suspended Ronald Eugene Harrison of Carrollton, Texas, for 90 days and assessed a fine of $5,000 to resolve…
read moreFebruary 19, 2016- Grapevine, Texas The FBI raided the offices of United Development Funding (UDF) yesterday causing the shares of its largest fund United Development Funding IV to fall over 50%,…
read moreFebruary 17, 2016 A FINRA (FInancial Industry Regulatory Authority) arbitration panel recently ordered VSR Financial Services to pay  a Louisiana couple  over $300,000 in damages for losses on non-traded real estate…
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