Soreide Law Group is currently investigating 'TNP 12 Percent Notes Program LLC' issued by Thompson National Properties, LLC. Recently the interest payments to investors have been suspended in the TNP 12 Percent Notes Program LLC issued by Thompson National Properties LLC. The TNP 12 Percent Notes were sold by 22 independent broker-dealers. The minimum investment […]

ICON Income Fund Ten, LLC, is in the process of liquidation, states Businessweek in a recent article. ICON engages in purchasing and leasing equipment to third parties; provides equipment financing; and acquires ownership rights to leased equipment at lease expiration in the United States and the United Kingdom. This company’s portfolio of equipment comprises container […]

In a recent SEC complaint, there were allegations made against The Nutmeg Group, LLC, and others, that Nutmeg has invested fund assets almost entirely in private investments in public equity ("PIPE") transactions. Nutmeg was an investment adviser of 15 funds.  The SEC alleges in it's complaint that Nutmeg improperly commingled investor and fund assets, and misappropriated over $4 million in fund assets, failed to maintain […]

FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., issued an investor alert about the risks of ETNs, exchange-traded notes, after an investigation of Credit Suisse and Barclays ETNs this year. ETNs are often thought of as as ETFs, exchange-traded funds, but in reality, the two are very different.  ETNs are promissory notes written by banks to deliver the returns of an […]

  Brett Henderson (CRD #2420629, Registered Representative, North Salt Lake City, Utah) was fined $95,000, which includes restitution of $82,505 payable to customers, and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for 11 months. Henderson consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings without admitting or denying the allegations, […]

 Joel William Carlson (CRD #2844760, Registered Representative, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota)  was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Carlson consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he solicited his member firm’s customers to give him a total of at least $734,000, fraudulently misrepresenting to the customers that he would […]

Soreide Law Group is currently investigating claims relating to the sale of stock and debentures in Havoc Energy Drink. HAVOC is owned by American Enterprise Development Corporation (OTC: AEND) and manufactures and distributes the popular HAVOC Energy Drink.   If your stock broker or financial advisor recommended the purchase of AEND call Soreide Law Group for a […]

Daniel Edward Becerril II (CRD #4489715, Registered Representative, Huntington Beach, California) has been barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity and this sanction was based on FINRA's findings that Becerril made willful misrepresentations and omissions to his customer by telling her that he would invest an $11,500 inheritance in a mutual fund, when […]

 Jeffrey Wayne Cimbal (CRD #2028791, Registered Principal, Parkland, Florida)  has been fined $20,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any principal capacity for five months. Without admitting or denying the findings, Cimbal consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that he served as his member firm’s CCO, and for […]