Posts Tagged Wisconsin fraud lawyer
Sad Day For Cabot Tenants In Common Investors (TIC Post)
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on May 12, 2013
We represent dozens of tenants in common (TICs). Many of our clients invested with Carlton Cabot and Cabot Investment Properties. No telling where Cabot is hiding these days although its pretty common knowledge that investors, regulators and even the feds are hot on his trail. Whether or not his investors will ever be made whole [...]
NBC Story Questions Validity Of Foreclosures – Foreclosure Fraud Post
Posted by admin in Foreclosure Defense, Fraud Recovery on May 2, 2013
by Brian Mahany We have been saying for years that America’s foreclosure process is a mess. No one knows who owns what. Robosigning, foreclosure fraud, forged documents, false affidavits, foreclosure mills… just a few years ago some of these terms were not even invented. Now they are common place. A recent investigation by NBC Bay [...]
EPA Violates Buy America Act – Whistleblower Post
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on May 2, 2013
by Brian Mahany There are three major laws that require public works projects to use American made products. Buy America, Buy American and the federal transportation funding laws require projects built with federal money to be built with U.S. made components. From steel to machinery, all of the components must be purchased here unless a [...]
Deadly Healthcare – Rewarding Hospitals For Mistakes (Health Care Fraud Post)
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 30, 2013
by Brian Mahany Doctors, nurses and health care workers deserve the utmost respect. 99% of them do a wonderful job, even in less than ideal conditions. Unfortunately, the Institute of Medicine says that hospital errors kill 100,000 Americans per year according to an article published by Yahoo Health. If that number is correct, that is [...]
Rescission – A Great Method To Get Out Of A Bad Investment
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 28, 2013
by Brian Mahany For most consumer purchases, getting a refund for a defective product or service that doesn’t meet our expectation is a relatively easy process. Purchase a hedge fun or private placement and its impossible. You may be able to sell the investment but thats much different than obtaining a refund. In most instances, [...]
Bank of America Hopes To Skirt $1Billion False Claims Suit
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 25, 2013
by Brian Mahany Bank of America is back in the news. And once again, its not good news for America’s “Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Jail” banking giant. Last week, BoA asked a federal judge to toss a billion dollar false claims suit against it. The suit, brought by former Countrywide Senior V.P. [...]
Tenant in Common (TIC) Fraud 101 – Thousands Now Discovering The Truth
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 21, 2013
by Brian Mahany Tenant in Common (TIC for short) is a real estate investment that allows multiple parties to purchase a fractional interest in a property. TICs became very popular in 2002 after the IRS ruled that investors could defer capital gains from the sale of real estate involving an “exchange” of properties. (These are [...]
Success Trades Securities In Trouble? FINRA Says Yes (stockbroker fraud post)
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 14, 2013
by Brian Mahany Success Trades Securities has a great name. They also have the financial backing of many NFL and NBA players. Regulators say that some of these players invested in the company in exchange for a promised rate of return between 12 and 26%. Banking news source bank rate.com says the average interest rate [...]
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on April 13, 2013
by Brian Mahany The headline in the Palm Beach Post says it all, “Ex Delray Beach Commissioner ‘Used God’s Name’ In Alleged $1.8 Million Ponzi Scheme.” Stories like this are far too common; fraudster’s using the Church or religious affiliations to steal from innocent victims. What makes this case so unusual is the age and [...]
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 [...]
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