Posts Tagged California fraud lawyer
It’s TIC Season And The Government Is Biting Back
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 11, 2013
by Brian Mahany We represent dozens of tenants in common – TICs – across the United States. While TICs and like kind exchanges are a legitimate way of investing in real estate, several large TIC promoters have marred the reputation of the industry. This week the government responded with several indictments against the top executives [...]
Feds Fine Mortgage Insurers – New Opportunity For Whistleblowers
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 6, 2013
by Brian Mahany and Anthony Dietz The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – CFPB for short – was formed less than 2 years ago but has proven itself to have some muscle. Although Congress failed to give the agency the power to toss bad bankers and fraudster in jail, it has proven itself quite adept at [...]
Massachusetts To Check Criminal Records Of Stockbrokers
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on March 26, 2013
by Brian Mahany Now that’s a novel idea… check the criminal record of people seeking jobs as stockbrokers. The Massachusetts Securities Division is proposing to require applicants seeking to be licensed as stockbrokers and investment advisers to consent to a criminal background check. While the idea isn’t foolproof, its a good plan. Federal and state [...]
David vs Goliath (Bank Fraud Post)
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on March 20, 2013
by Brian Mahany The following post is an email from a client. It is reposted with permission. For privacy reasons, we have changed her name to “Jane” and redacted identifying information. Brian, I spent some time this AM reading your blog posts on my case and “Legal Abuse Syndrome”. Well done, and thank you. I [...]
BONY To Pay $114 Million To Defrauded Investors – Fraud Recovery Blog
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 25, 2013
by Brian Mahany Our firm concentrates in fraud recovery. Frequently the frauds we handle involve Ponzi schemes. By the time the fraud comes to light, there are very few assets to recover. Some victims rely on court appointed receivers. Sometimes that works but often the result is a recovery of just pennies on the dollar. [...]
More News On Phone Subsidy Mess – Whistleblower Opportunity
Posted by admin in Legal Malpractice on February 19, 2013
by Brian Mahany Just one week ago we posted an article about the developing controversy with the federal cellphone Lifeline program. A report first published in the Wall Street Journal said that as many as 41% of the 6 million participants in the program may not meet federal eligibility guidelines. This number was based on [...]
FINRA Arbitration Panel Slams Oppenheimer For Churning Customer’s Account
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 21, 2013
by Brian Mahany Although the stock market has been doing relatively well in recent months, not everyone makes money. For every winner there is a loser. For retired Texan Lloyd Gillespie, he was the big loser while Oppenheimer and his brokers were the winners. An arbitration panel from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) agreed [...]
Choices In A Modern Day World – Fraud Recovery Blog
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on December 15, 2012
by Brian Mahany Some say that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. Leaving aside whether the sex trade even qualifies as a “profession,” we believe that prostitution certainly wasn’t a crime until relatively recently. There were no “ladies of the night” roaming around during the stone age but fraud was around back then and can [...]
“A Tale Told By An Idiot, Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing” – The SEC’s Handling of Chinese Investment Fraud
Posted by admin in Legal Malpractice on December 11, 2012
by Brian Mahany The title of this post, “A Tale Told By An Idiot, Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing” is a quote by William Shakespeare. When it comes to SEC “enforcement” actions, the title is often appropriate. Without criminal sanctions and an admission of wrongdoing, most SEC actions simply look important while being [...]
December 11th, A Date That Will Live In Infamy – Investment Fraud Blog Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on December 11, 2012
by Brian Mahany History buffs will remember President Roosevelt’s famous speech after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He started that speech by saying, “Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date that will in infamy…” He went on to inform a shocked nation about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. A little more recently, December 11th has [...]
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