Soreide Law Group, PLLC, is currently allerting  all investors who suffered losses with  Brenda Eschbach of California.  Those investors may be able to recover their losses through a FINRA arbitration. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on February 14, 2012, it filed a civil injunctive action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under, “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, May, 2012.” Sean Donald Premock (CRD #3175558, Registered Representative, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)   submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Premock […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under, “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, May, 2012.” Harrison A. Hatzis (CRD #2640978, Registered Principal, Hallandale, Florida)   was fined $30,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for two years.   The NAC imposed the sanctions following appeal of an Office of Hearing […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under, “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, May, 2012.” Paul Andrew Fischetti (CRD #2300161, Registered Supervisor, Palm Harbor, Florida)   submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for six months. The […]

Today, in a Wall Street Journal article, Craig Karmin writes that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is currently investigating an $11 billion real-estate company for potential violations of federal securities laws, looking at the business of real estate investment trusts that aren't traded on exchanges. They are looking at the activity of Inland American Real Estate Trust to […]

It was recently announced that the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) will repay investors in Massachusetts, $2.9 million on losses from leveraged and non-leveraged exchange-traded funds, also know as ETFs.  This is just another example of the losses experienced, and now the crackdown on these very volatile funds. Massachusetts' top securities regulator, William Galvin, said in […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, is currently investigating the sale of promissory notes to investors by their broker/dealers. Again, many conservative investors have said they were sold these notes as “low risk” when in fact, they were highly risky or fraudulent. These investments also paid significantly higher fees to the brokers, making them much more motivated […]

It was announced today that a federal judge sentenced a 36-year-old Dallas man, Joseph Blimline, in connection with his role in a pair of complex, lucrative oil and gas Ponzi schemes that operated in Michigan and Texas, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas John M. Bales announced. Joseph Blimline was sentenced to 240 months in federal […]

The investors of RMC Medstone Capital V Notes (RMC Medstone), received a Notice of Default in September, 2011, informing them that their investment in this company was now worthless. Investors in these promissory notes allege they were sold these notes as 'low risk' and would be a 'safe' product in their otherwise conservative portfolio. These alleged representations […]