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North Carolina Man Accused Of Securities Fraud

North Carolina Resident Accused of Securities Fraud Micah Christopher Wilson of Gastonia, North Carolina was accused last week of defrauding investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Law enforcement agents with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Securities Division charged Wilson two counts of felony securities fraud and two counts of obtaining property by […]

Florida Man Sentenced To Securities Fraud In Alabama

In Alabama, Florida Man Sentenced To Securities Fraud Last week, Alabama Circuit Judge Eugene Reese sentenced William Chris Blane of Vero Beach, Florida to fifteen years incarceration, which will be split to serve three years with five years probation that will be served up front. His probation was ordered in order for him to make […]

Former Floridian Arrested For Investment Fraud

Former Florida Resident Arrested For Investment Fraud James Allen Hall, formerly of Ocala, Florida, was arrested on March 9 in Kansas by the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and is being charged with grand theft. Hall is currently awaiting extradition to Florida. Hall acted as a Third Party Administrator of 401(k) plans for several Florida and […]

FINRA Sanctions Brookville Capital Partners And Bars President

FINRA announced today that it has ordered Brookville Capital Partners, LLC of Uniondale, New York to pay restitution of over $1 million to the victims of a fraud relating to the sales of a private placement offering. The regulatory authority also ordered the firm to pay a $500,000 fine and barred its President, Anthony Lodati, […]

Kentucky Oil Operator Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud

Kentucky Oil Operator Admits Guilt in Securities Fraud Case Mark Cornell, owner of JMACK Energy, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky last week, admitting that he engaged in a scheme that bilked investors out of three million dollars. According to court records, Cornell’s co-defendants […]

Alabama Man Sentenced For Securities Fraud Conspiracy

Alabama Resident Sentenced For Securities Fraud Conspiracy Russell Hopkins of Northport, Alabama was sentenced in federal court to four years and three months in prison without parole for his participation in a $10.2 million securities fraud and wire fraud conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes also ordered Hopkins to pay $673,465 in restitution to […]

Georgia Financial Adviser Accused Of Defrauding Elderly Couple

The Frankowski Firm is continuing its investigation of Leavitt Sanders and the firms with which he has been associated as further allegations surface against them. John D. and Maxine S. Bankston of Lilburn, Georgia have accused financial adviser Leavitt Sanders of fraud and numerous securities violations. The couple, who are in their eighties, filed their […]

FINRA Sanctions Alabama Broker Terry Bagwell

Alabama stockbroker and supervisor Terry Bagwell submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (“AWC”), accepting and consenting to FINRA’s findings that he violated the regulatory authority’s rules. Bagwell, who is currently associated with Pruco Securities, LLC, was the supervisor of a registered representative who sold eighteen individuals millions of dollars in investments as part […]

Frankowski Firm Investigating Leavitt F. Sanders And Associated Firms

The Frankowski Firm is investigating the potential claims of people who invested with Leavitt F. Sanders and the firms with which he has been associated (the “Sanders Entities”). These entities include: Leavitt Financial Group, Inc., Sanders Yearian Advisory Group, Inc., Triad Advisors, Inc., TD Ameritrade, Inc., IFC Holdings, Inc. d/b/a INVEST Financial Corporation, and Capital […]

Suit Claims Alibaba Failed To Disclose Counterfeit Goods Before IPO

Alibaba, an e-commerce giant out of China, is looking at an increasing number of class action suits alleging that the company downplayed the sale of counterfeit goods during its $25 billion initial public offering. On September 2014, Alibaba conducted its IPO and started trading stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘BABA.’ […]

North Carolina Man Accused Of Securities Fraud

North Carolina Resident Accused of Securities Fraud Micah Christopher Wilson of Gastonia, North Carolina was accused last week of defrauding investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Law enforcement agents with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Securities Division charged Wilson two counts of felony securities fraud and two counts of obtaining property by […]

Florida Man Sentenced To Securities Fraud In Alabama

In Alabama, Florida Man Sentenced To Securities Fraud Last week, Alabama Circuit Judge Eugene Reese sentenced William Chris Blane of Vero Beach, Florida to fifteen years incarceration, which will be split to serve three years with five years probation that will be served up front. His probation was ordered in order for him to make […]

Former Floridian Arrested For Investment Fraud

Former Florida Resident Arrested For Investment Fraud James Allen Hall, formerly of Ocala, Florida, was arrested on March 9 in Kansas by the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office and is being charged with grand theft. Hall is currently awaiting extradition to Florida. Hall acted as a Third Party Administrator of 401(k) plans for several Florida and […]

FINRA Sanctions Brookville Capital Partners And Bars President

FINRA announced today that it has ordered Brookville Capital Partners, LLC of Uniondale, New York to pay restitution of over $1 million to the victims of a fraud relating to the sales of a private placement offering. The regulatory authority also ordered the firm to pay a $500,000 fine and barred its President, Anthony Lodati, […]

Kentucky Oil Operator Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud

Kentucky Oil Operator Admits Guilt in Securities Fraud Case Mark Cornell, owner of JMACK Energy, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky last week, admitting that he engaged in a scheme that bilked investors out of three million dollars. According to court records, Cornell’s co-defendants […]

Alabama Man Sentenced For Securities Fraud Conspiracy

Alabama Resident Sentenced For Securities Fraud Conspiracy Russell Hopkins of Northport, Alabama was sentenced in federal court to four years and three months in prison without parole for his participation in a $10.2 million securities fraud and wire fraud conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes also ordered Hopkins to pay $673,465 in restitution to […]

Georgia Financial Adviser Accused Of Defrauding Elderly Couple

The Frankowski Firm is continuing its investigation of Leavitt Sanders and the firms with which he has been associated as further allegations surface against them. John D. and Maxine S. Bankston of Lilburn, Georgia have accused financial adviser Leavitt Sanders of fraud and numerous securities violations. The couple, who are in their eighties, filed their […]

FINRA Sanctions Alabama Broker Terry Bagwell

Alabama stockbroker and supervisor Terry Bagwell submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (“AWC”), accepting and consenting to FINRA’s findings that he violated the regulatory authority’s rules. Bagwell, who is currently associated with Pruco Securities, LLC, was the supervisor of a registered representative who sold eighteen individuals millions of dollars in investments as part […]

Frankowski Firm Investigating Leavitt F. Sanders And Associated Firms

The Frankowski Firm is investigating the potential claims of people who invested with Leavitt F. Sanders and the firms with which he has been associated (the “Sanders Entities”). These entities include: Leavitt Financial Group, Inc., Sanders Yearian Advisory Group, Inc., Triad Advisors, Inc., TD Ameritrade, Inc., IFC Holdings, Inc. d/b/a INVEST Financial Corporation, and Capital […]

Suit Claims Alibaba Failed To Disclose Counterfeit Goods Before IPO

Alibaba, an e-commerce giant out of China, is looking at an increasing number of class action suits alleging that the company downplayed the sale of counterfeit goods during its $25 billion initial public offering. On September 2014, Alibaba conducted its IPO and started trading stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘BABA.’ […]