Articles Posted in Securities Litigation

South Florida Accounting, Fraud, Negligence, Breach of Contract and Misrepresentation Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael H. Taber, CPA, Civil Action No. 13-mc-0282 (S.D.N.Y. filed Aug. 8, 2013) SEC Awarded $400,000 in Disgorgement from Certified Public Accountant for His Violations of Commission Suspension Order The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced…

South Florida Prime Bank and Overseas Debt Instruments Fraud and Misrepresentation Litigation and Arbitration Attorny: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Malom Group AG, Martin U. Schläpfer, Hans-Jürg Lips, et al., Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-2280 (D. Nev. Dec. 16, 2013) SEC Charges Perpetrators of Prime Bank Schemes in Las Vegas and Switzerland The Securities and Exchange…

South Florida Unregistered Securities, Joint Venture and Securities Misrepresentation and Litigation Attorney: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arcturus Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. Civ. Action No. 3:13-cv-04861-K (N.D. Tex., Dallas Division, filed December 12, 2013) SEC Charges Texas Oil and Gas Promoters for Securities Fraud Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Leon Ali…

Florida Shareholder Notice and Consent Requirements and Dissenters’ Rights – South Florida Corporate Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: Shareholder notice and consent requirements and dissenters’ rights statutes are intended to insure that directors do not fundamentally change the nature of the shareholders’ investments without the check and balance of informed shareholder approval, and the opportunity for…

Margin Abuse – South Florida FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney, Russell L. Forkey, Esq. A margin account is a type of brokerage account that allows customers to buy securities with money borrowed from their brokerage firm. Margin accounts are governed by Regulation T, adopted by the Federal Reserve, by various rules adopted by the Financial…

Florida Oil and Gas Fruad, Misrepresentation and Ponzi Scheme Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges and an emergency asset freeze against the perpetrators of a Texas-based Ponzi scheme involving purported investments in oil and gas projects. The SEC alleges that Robert A. Helms and Janniece S. Kaelin, who work…

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a New York-based penny stock financier and his firms with violating the federal securities laws when they purchased billions of shares in a pair of microcap companies and failed to register them before they were re-sold to investors for sizeable profits. Curt Kramer and his firms Mazuma Corporation,…

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Charles H. Merchant, Sr. and Southern USA Resources, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-3879-SCJ (N.D. Ga.) SEC Charges Alabama Based Defendants with Securities Fraud and Reporting Violations Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an action in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia, charging Charles H. Merchant, Sr. (Merchant),…

South Florida Elder Abuse Insurance and Annuity Fraud and Misrepresentation Attorney Russell L. Forkey, Esq. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged a self-described institutional trader in Colorado with defrauding elderly investors into making purported investments in government-secured bonds as he used their money to pay his mortgage. The SEC alleges that Gary C.…

Margin Abuse, Margin Miscalculation and Excessive Margin – South Florida FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: “Margin” is borrowing money from your broker to buy a stock and using your investment as collateral. Investors generally use margin to increase their purchasing power so that they can own more stock without fully paying for it. But margin…