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Why does Peter Rageas work on a contingency basis to defend your securities lawsuit? Often Securities Litigation can be expensive. This affords our clients an opportunity to file a lawsuit against the negligent broker who caused your financial loss. More importantly, our clients are able to file their claim, without spending money initially for the payment of attorney’s fees. Our contingency arrangement helps individuals who need to file a case right away, while not worrying about funds to pay for the lawsuit.
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Material Risks Must Be Disclosed in Securities Cases
The stock broker is required by law to make full to investors surrounding material risks that are inherent to the investments recommended. The firm or the stock broker can be held responsible for investment losses including, misrepresentations or omissions of material facts. Omissions made to the investor regarding the risk involved with making a particular investment, can find the firm and broker are responsible for compensatory damages or losses sustained. We offer FREE consultations to Waterford residents, call today to speak with an experienced securities attorney!
Posts from Experienced Securities Attorney Peter C. Rageas
SEC Charges Spartan Securities Group and Island Capital Management with Fraud
SEC Charges Spartan Securities Group and Island Capital Management with Creating and Selling Fraudulent Companies In recent years, the micro-cap market has seen increased scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On February 20, 2019, the SEC filed a...
SEC Stops a Ferndale Michigan Securities Fraud Scheme
Antonio and John Bravata Stopped by SEC from Once Again Defrauding Investors Antonio M. Bravata, from Ferndale, Michigan, and his father, John Bravata, who is currently in prison, have been prevented from once again defrauding investors across Michigan and the nation....
IRS Cracks Down On Virtual Currency Owners
For tax purposes, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) treats virtual currency and cryptocurrency as property. Taxpayers who receive virtual currency or cryptocurrency as payment for goods or services are required by the IRS to include the fair market value of the...
SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information Seeking Investors
PAUSE before you invest: Check the Recently Updated SEC List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors Several minutes of online research could protect your entire life savings. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently updated its...
Merrill Lynch Pays $8 Million to Settle SEC Charges | MI Securities Law Firm
Merrill Lynch Pays $8 Million to Settle SEC Charges of Improper Handling of "Pre-Released" American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) have been around since J.P. Morgan's predecessor pioneered the concept in 1927 as an easier way to...
Two Michigan Men Charged by SEC for Day-Trading Scheme
Two Michigan Men Charged by SEC for Roles in Fake Day-Trading Scheme There is a truth in investing that if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably isn't true. We all want a good bargain. Unfortunately, crooks and scammers know that, and they use these great...
Birmingham Michigan Financial Adviser Charged in $4 Million Investment Scam
On August 9, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former registered representative, John C. Maccoll, who was affiliated with the Birmingham, Michigan, branch of UBS Financial Services1, with defrauding brokerage customers out of almost $4 million in...
SEC Charges Major Investment Firms with Misconduct
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been busy protecting investors this summer and has brought charges against some larger investment firms, including Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) was charged by the SEC...
Southfield Investment Adviser Fined and Barred by the SEC | Michigan Securities Attorney
Broker fined, barred by SEC for cherry-picking By Ryan Neal Investment News SEC issues cease-and-desist order to brokerage, trader Agency says Roger Denha unfairly allocated investment profits to personal, family accounts SEC alleges broker obtained $412,230 in...
SEC Improves Assistance to Investors through New Investor Protection Search Tool and Roundtables with Chairman
In their ongoing effort to improve investor protection, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently launched two new initiatives. One is a new search tool aimed at helping investors avoid potential investment fraud.1 The other initiative is "Tell...
Wells Fargo Advisors Settles SEC Charges
The SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, has charged Wells Fargo Advisors with misconduct in the sale of MLIs to retail investors. MLIs are known as market-linked investments. This financial misconduct has imposed substantial costs on retail customers. Without...
Investment 101: Be Careful Who You Trust
Agatha Christie, the popular detective novel author, was once quoted as having said that where large sums of money are concerned it is advisable to trust no one. A federal court indictment issued on March 29 once again bears out the wisdom of Ms. Christie's statement....
SEC Halts $27 Million in Fraudulent Stock Sales
There are many ways scammers or unscrupulous brokers and advisors can take advantage of investors. Last week the SEC obtained a court order to freeze more than $27 million in trading proceeds of purported cryptocurrency stock sales. Here is an article that displays...
Cryptocurrency Investment Warning: SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering Scam
Traditionally when purchasing goods or services, Americans used money, issued by the U.S. government and its fiscal agent, the Federal Reserve System. Then, in 2009, Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, was created. Wikipedia defines cryptocurrency as a digital asset...
Unregistered Broker Illegally Brokers Securities Sales
Edwin Shaw LLC, a New York based company, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with illegally brokering dozens of investments by foreign nationals seeking legal residency through the federal government’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The case...
Manipulative Trading with U.S. Microcap Stocks
Millions of investors have lost money through brokerage fraud, misconduct and mismanagement. The following is an article about securities fraud involving a pump and dump scheme. SEC Charges U.K. Brokerage Firm, Investment Manager, CEO, and Others for Manipulative...
Exchange – Traded Notes and Risk
Below is a great article written by John Waggoner about exchange-traded notes. Exchange-traded notes add another layer of risk ETNs tied to volatility took a beating when stocks plunged The collapse of the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN (XIV) this...
Florida Penny Stock Investors Defrauding Elderly Investors
In the financial world of stocks, there is plenty to be leery about. Unfortunately, the elderly are a prime target for scammers. It is also unfortunate that many swindlers are repeat offenders. The SEC is working to “crack down” on individuals who have previously...
Recognizing the Signs of Investment Fraud Targeting Federal Retirement Investors
The SEC Warns Against Investment Fraud That Targets Seniors and Federal Retirement Investors In an effort to reduce potential securities investment fraud, the SEC is warning senior investors, retirees, and those with federal retirement investments to be leery of...
Pump and Dump Scheme Basics
Avoid financial losses by learning the basics of the common pump and dump scheme. What is Pump And Dump? Unscrupulous investors heavily promote a stock they plan to temporarily hold until the stock price is artificially boosted/inflated through false promotion,...
Former Michigan State Representative Under Investigation for Securities Fraud
Former Michigan State Representative, Fulton Sheen, Under Investigation for Securities Fraud Earlier this year, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau (CSCL) issued notices and...
Common Forms of Stockbroker Misconduct
Help your Clients: Watch for Financial Advisor/Stockbroker Misconduct or Negligence Financial Crime and stockbroker misconduct has increased in recent years. Many of its victims are unaware of their plight until their CPA raises questions about their portfolio of...
Securities and Licensing Bureau Revokes Registrations of Local Michigan Investment Advisors
Michigan Revokes Registrations of Investment Advisor Representative, Anthony Cherniawski and The Practical Investor LLC After Mulitple Complaints of Significant Financial Losses This September, Michigan LARA’s Corporation Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau...
Michigan Broker Facing Securities Fraud Charges
Shelby Township Broker, Ernest J. Romer, III, Facing Securities Fraud Charges From Michigan’s Licensing And Regulatory Affairs Department (LARA) August 2017- A Cease and Desist Order has been issued by Michigan’s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Department (LARA)...
Malaysian Scandal – Efforts at Recovery of Losses
Final part in the Malaysian Scandal Series – Attorney Peter C. Rageas Helping Investors Recover Loses While Malaysia and Abu Dhabi are moving to clean up one part of the scandal: who would pay back investors who bought the bonds, it isn’t out of the woods yet. The Abu...
Malaysian Scandal – Helping Investors Recover Losses
Malaysian Scandal – Attorney Peter C. Rageas Helping Investors Recover Losses US Authorities Fight Against Illicit Finance US authorities allege that the stolen funds were funneled via a series of bank accounts and shell companies to partly finance the purchase of...
Securities Fraud Awareness in Michigan
As individuals invest their precious income, they depend on the veracity of the securities and commodities markets. Rest assured, that your government is actively investigating criminal activity in the financial markets, that could potentially harm investors. Although...
Ex Campbell Mayor Pleads Guilty in Securities Fraud Case
Securities fraud, is a deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets. Typically this practice entices investors to make sale or purchases on the basis of false information. This information frequently results in losses and is in violation of securities laws....
What is securities fraud in Michigan
Also known as investment fraud or stockbroker fraud, securities fraud is a misleading practice in the investment markets (stock or commodities) that persuades investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of fraudulent information. Inevitably, such...
SEC Charges Paxton With Securities Fraud
Yet another charge brought forth by the SEC, this time charging Ken Paxton for allegedly misleading investors in a technology company. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed the charges earlier this year. Paxton is faced with three felony counts, and has...
Securities and Exchange Commission Cracking Down on KGTA’s Fraudulent Trading Business
The Securities and Exchange Commission in text book fashion filed an emergency civil action in federal court charging principals in KGTA for participating in fraud. The SEC alleged investors were told that KGTA bought and resold refined fuel products, of which did not...
Christopher Tolmacs Banned from Securities Industry for Alleged Promissory Note Fraud
Christopher Tolmacs Allegedly Made Materially Misleading Statements and Omissions in Connection with Lending Arrangements with Customers Arrangements of His Brokerage Firm Christopher Tolmacs was permanently barred from the securities industry following an...
What is Securities Fraud and How Can a Fraud Attorney Help?
In general terms, fraud such as investment or securities can occur when a broker makes false statements regarding a company or the value of the related stock. The victims typically will make financial decisions based on such false information. Fraud can be at times...
Why Proving Securities Fraud is Important
Securities Litigation and Steps to Proving Fraud In the world of securities litigation, there are many factors to consider when making a claim. Ultimately it will come down to the facts and you best be prepared. Many article on the interenet discuss this topic....
Attorney Detroit Michigan Talks About Prosecution of Securities Fraud
Michigan Fraud Attorney, Peter C. Rageas has always been ready to examine and prosecute securities fraud Our focus on monetary fraud flows from a dedication to longstanding principles and goals that our markets should be fair. In service of these objectives, we have...
Michigan targets money scams against seniors
Michigan's New Laws for Securities Violations Here's how that would work: Michigan's new law provides an additional $500,000 penalty for securities violations involving investors who are age 60 or older. The extra penalty would be on top of a civil fine of $10,000 for...
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