Soeide Law Group is currently investigating broker, Bambi I. Holzer, CRD #1088028. Ms. Holzer is currently a registered representative with Newport Coast Securities of Beverly Hills, CA. There have allegedly been numerous (over 50) reports filed against her in her 25+ year career, and over $11 million in awards and settlements. Several of these complaints […]

In an effort to protect investors over the sale of private placements, the new Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Rule 5123, was effective on December 3, 2012. Under the new FINRA Rule 5123, FINRA member firms that sell an issuer’s securities in a private placement will be required, subject to certain exemptions (which include private […]

Securities Lawyer, Lars Soreide, of Soreide Law Group, is currently investigating Gramercy Securities, Inc. This brokerage has been alleged to have placed unsophisticated investors' money into unsuitable investments. There have been claims, for example, of a recent widow losing her entire net worth by investing in risky private placements. Some of these risky private placements […]

Soreide Law Group securities attorney, Lars Soreide, is currently investigating Cyprus Equipment Fund 14, LLC. If your broker sold you this private placement, and you experienced financial losses, we would like to speak to you. The following are the other Cyprus Equiment Funds: Cypress Equipment Fund VII Cypress Equipment Fund VIII Cypress Equipment Fund IX […]

Did you invest in Mountain V Oil and Gas, or Ridgewood Energy Funds I through Z? Typically, investing in an oil and gas deals or limited partnerships can be a speculative venture that may have the risks associated with illiquid investments. When making investments in oil and gas deals or energy limited partnerships, we highly […]

Attorney Lars Soreide, of Soreide Law Group, has filed a FINRA arbitration against Ellen Erenstein, and Investors Capital, for the sale of Tenants In Common (TIC) real estate investments and other high risk private placements. The TIC’S and alternative investments sold to Soreide Law Group’s client that Ms. Erenstein recommended, have not performed well and […]

Currently, the Soreide Law Group is investigating the sales and marketing of Bluerock Real Estate's private placement offering of BR Senior Secured Debenture Trust, LLC. According to the description, "The Trust is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bluerock Real Estate, LLC (“Bluerock”). Bluerock is a national real estate investment firm headquartered in Manhattan, focused on acquiring, […]

Broker-dealers' falling short in due diligence when selling complex, illiquid products has been a focus of FINRA examinations and fines since the market collapse of 2008, writes Bruce Kelly of InvestmentNews.com. FINRA recently fined and sanctioned a handful of broker-dealers that sold two series of private placements that imploded in 2009 — Medical Capital Holdings […]

LaeRoc Funds are real estate 'private placements' sold by various broker/dealers. LaeRoc Funds, a real estate investment firm, manages over $650 million in assets. LaeRoc 2005-2006 Income Fund, L.P., is trying to raise enough money to pay off debt due to the decline in real estate ventures. June, 2011, the Fund issued a cash call […]