The Law Office of David Liebrader is pleased to report $5.3 million in recent judgments and settlements against cannabis industry companies. With the growth of the legal cannabis industry, unscrupulous operators and scam artists have been plying their trade, luring in unsuspecting investors with promises of outsized returns. One case…
Leveraged Silver Bullion Investments: Avoiding a Bad Bet Leveraged silver bullion investments present an unacceptable risk reward choice for investors. Due to excessive costs, interest and fees, an investor is far more likely to lose his entire investment than to break even. With the recent rise in gold prices, salesmen…
CA Dept. of Business Oversight Settles Claim Over George Pidgeon Fund Raising for Francis Capital Management The securities attorneys at The Law Office of David Liebrader have opened an investigation into the sales activity of George Pidgeon, a former registered representative with Triple A Partners of Los Angeles, CA. Pidgeon’s…
EB-5 Fraud is on the rise. From immigration attorneys acting as unregistered broker-dealers to scammers preying on unsuspecting investors the field is a potential trap for the unwary. In 1990 the US Congress devised the Immigration Investment Program in the hopes of attracting capital to the US from foreign investors. …
Vincent Mehdizadeh agrees to a ban, and a $12 million fine to settle SEC charges related to Medbox. In March, 2017 entrepreneur Vincent Mehdizadeh agreed to settle charges brought by the SEC against him and his company Medbox, a legal Marijuana consulting company (now known as Notis Global- ticker symbol…
Corecap Investments was named as a broker dealer that employs a large percentage of registered reps with publicly disclosable incidents. A study commissioned by Reuters with the assistance of Columbia University Law School identified nearly fifty FINRA registered broker dealers where a large percentage of its brokers had “red flags”…
Concorde Investment Services was named as a broker dealer that employs a large percentage of registered reps with publicly disclosable incidents. A study commissioned by Reuters with the assistance of Columbia University Law School identified nearly fifty FINRA registered broker dealers where a large percentage of its brokers had “red…
Silber Bennett Financial was named as a broker dealer that employs a large percentage of registered reps with publicly disclosable incidents. A study commissioned by Reuters with the assistance of Columbia University Law School identified nearly fifty FINRA registered broker dealers where a large percentage of its brokers had “red…
Great Nation Investment Corporation was named as a broker dealer that employs a large percentage of registered reps with publicly disclosable incidents. A study commissioned by Reuters with the assistance of Columbia University Law School identified nearly fifty FINRA registered broker dealers where a large percentage of its brokers had…
BB Graham Company was named as a broker dealer that employs a large percentage of registered reps with publicly disclosable incidents. A study commissioned by Reuters with the assistance of Columbia University Law School identified nearly fifty FINRA registered broker dealers where a large percentage of its brokers had “red…