Recently, start-up fund, Roundstone Healthcare Partners, and its affiliates, have filed a RICO suit against numerous defendants in "GREENFISH II, L.P. et al v. INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO, INC. et al," which alleges that Roundstone and their affiliates were sold portfolios of medical receivables at artificially inflated values with no real ability to resell. Roundstone then, through stock […]

William D. Cohan, a former investment banker and author, for the Bloomberg View, recently wrote that there has been a fair amount written recently about various institutional cartels that are thriving in the U.S. despite antitrust laws designed to prevent their existence. Unbeknownst to the millions of people who interact with Wall Street every day […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, is currently investigating the following investments. If your stock broker or financial advisor recommended any of the following investments, and you sustained a significant loss of your investment. call 888-760-6552 for a free consultation. ABS Fund, LLC EJF Income Fund, LP RJO Global Fund Rogers International Raw Materials Fund L.P. Salient MLP […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  filed a civil injunctive action charging Monticello, New York investment adviser, Lloyd V. Barriger, registered with Barriger & Barriger Incorporated, with fraud in connection with two upstate New York real estate funds he managed – the Gaffken & Barriger Fund, LLC (the G&B Fund or the Fund), and Campus […]

Former Ameriprise broker, Jason May (CRD# 4255401), in Delray Beach and Boynton Beach, Florida, has been barred for life by FINRA for failing to respond to FINRA requests for information after he was suspended for 60 days.   Our investigation has uncovered that Mr. May may have encouraged his clients to take out loans through a […]

Joseph Alphonse Vitale (CRD #5223467, Registered Representative, Boca Raton, Florida)   has been barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. The sanction was based on findings that Vitale failed to respond to FINRA requests for information.   (FINRA Case #2009017585202)   This information is from FINRA’s website’s Disciplinary Actions, December, 2011.   […]

Alan Stuart Pattee (CRD #3002976, Registered Representative, Lake Worth, Florida)   has submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Pattee consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he forged homeowner […]

In an InvestmentNews.com article by Bruce Kelly, he writes that failed private placements issued by Medical Capital Holdings Inc. and Provident Royalties LLC have forced dozens of broker-dealers to close, be sold or seek bankruptcy protection. Failed real estate tenant-in-common syndicator DBSI Inc. is threatening to have the same result, with DeWaay Financial Network LLC […]

In a December 6, 2011, article from Bloomberg News, we learn that Bank of America Corp. (BAC) reached a $315 million settlement with class action plaintiffs who sued its Merrill Lynch unit over claims tied to mortgage-backed securities, according to a filing in Manhattan federal court. Merrill Lynch was sued starting in December, 2008, by asset- […]