Congressman Chris Collins of New York was recently indicted for insider trading. The fact that Collins sets on the committee which helps to oversee the pharmaceutical industry only complicates the issue.
READ MORESecurities Issues: The Continuing Debate Over the Use of Finders vs. Broker-Dealers
A recurring and vexing issue has arisen again recently in my practice: can an (unlicensed) individual assist a public company in identifying sources of financing without the parties running afoul of the broker-dealer registration requirement under Section 3(a)(4) and 15(a)(1) of the Exchange Act? The relevant authorities on the issue appear nothing short of schizophrenic. […]
READ MORENorthwest Georgia Banks and Credit Unions Hit By Debit Card Fraud
Federal investigators are investigating an outbreak of debit card fraud in Northwest Georgia, according to a story by WCR tv in Chattanooga. Customers of the Bank of LaFayette, Cohutta Banking Company, and Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union in Chickamauga, LaFayette, Rossville and Trion in Northwest Georgia have reported having their accounts drained. Authorities believe that […]
READ MOREMark Andrew Moore Indicted
Mark Andrew Moore, a former facilities manager at Hunter College, claimed he was the Chairman, President and CEO of eS-prit International, an online health resource. He told members of an investment club that his business could make lots of money and offered them a discounted rate on his stocks. Nearly 50 members gave Moore $365,000 […]
READ MOREAtlanta Securities Lawyer Gregory Bartko Sentenced to 23 Years for Securities Fraud
Gregory Bartko, a securities lawyer and Atlanta resident, was sentenced last Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to 23 years’ imprisonment for securities fraud, as reported in the Columbus, Indiana, Republic. Bartko was convicted in 2010 at the conclusion of a 13-day trial on six counts of securities […]
READ MORER7 : Royalty Or Impending SCAM!!
Hi friends, Good Morning and welcome back. For the first post for today, i have to report an ‘Impending Scam’ alert against an immensely popular HYIP. Probably many thousand investors have joined it. Investors friends who were tactical enough to leave Royalty7 at the right time are in profit. But for many of those investor […]
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