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A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors against Health Insurance Innovations, Inc. (HIIQ), a distributor of health insurance plans. The lawsuit concerns potential violations of state and federal laws by the company and its officers.
If you are an investor and have suffered a loss with this company, you may be able to recover some of your losses. Continue reading ›
Village Farms International, Inc. (VFF), a publicly-traded vertically-integrated greenhouse grower of produce and cannabis, is being investigated by Silver Law Group concerning potential securities laws violations as well as violations by the selling stockbrokers.
If you are an investor and have suffered a loss with this company, you may be able to recover some of your losses.
Already publicly-traded in Canada, Village Farms started trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “VFF” in February, 2019.
KushCo Holdings Inc. (KSHB), a publicly-traded company that sells a variety of cannabis-related products, is being investigated by Silver Law Group on behalf investors concerning whether the company and its officers or directors may have violated federal securities laws as well as violations by the selling stockbrokers.
If you are an investor and have suffered a loss with this company, you may be able to recover some of your losses. Continue reading ›
Broker William Matthew Crafa and wealth management firm Royal Alliance Associates, Inc are the subject of a FINRA claim on behalf of investors regarding the solicitation and recommendation to purchase GPB Capital Holdings private placement securities.
GPB Capital Holdings, a New York-based “alternative asset investment firm” that invests in car dealerships and trash hauling companies, has been the subject of a tremendous amount of bad news lately. After raising $1.8 billion for its private placement funds over 10 years, in 2018 GPB announced it would stop raising new money to focus on fixing accounting and financial statements for its two largest funds, GPB Automotive Portfolio and GPB Holdings II. Continue reading ›
After multiple investigations by the SEC, FBI, FINRA, and the State of Massachusetts, GPB Capital may now be the subject of an investigation into one of their private New York commercial trash removal companies, according to an article from Pro Publica.
Five Star Carting falls under the administration of New York City’s Business Integrity Commission (BIC), and they recently paid the company a visit. Pro Publica calls it a “raid,” but the reason for the visit was not disclosed. Continue reading ›
GPB Capital Holdings is being investigated by the state of Massachusetts, FINRA, the SEC, the New Jersey Bureau of Securities, and the FBI. If that weren’t enough, the New York City Business Integrity Commission, which oversees the city’s private trash industry, is also investigating the company.
The company says it buys “income-producing private companies” with the money it raises by having financial advisers sell private placements to investors. A private placement is a way to raise funding by selling securities to investors in a private, rather than a public, offering. Private placements involve significant risk, are illiquid, and are not suitable for many investors’ goals. Continue reading ›
In February, we told you about three investigations focused on GPB Capital Holdings. The first is by the state of Massachusetts, with two additional separate investigations by FINRA and the SEC. On Thursday, February 28th, the FBI, accompanied by officials from the New York City Business Integrity Commission, paid an impromptu visit to GPB’s corporate headquarters.
The announcement was made in a letter sent to investors, explaining that “authorities” made an unannounced visit to their offices, and “collected materials.” While the company did not disclose the identity of the “authorities,” an anonymous industry insider disclosed to the press that the visit was from the FBI and the Commission. Continue reading ›
If you use Fidelity’s platform for your 401(k) investments, you may have some additional, unfamiliar fees to pay. You wouldn’t be the only one—others have noticed, and now the State of Massachusetts has launched an inquiry into Fidelity’s fees. The fees are being charged to some mutual funds for using their platform for access to its retirement plan customers.
The securities division of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth sent a letter on February 27th to Fidelity to ask about what’s called “infrastructure fees.” The letter follows a lawsuit by an investor in T-Mobile USA’s 401(k) plan that claims Fidelity conceals these fees. The US Labor Department is also investigating the fees. Continue reading ›
A securities agent and former state legislator, Robert Kenneth Lindell, is found guilty on 15 counts of securities fraud, intentional evasion of income tax, and failure to pay Maine income tax, in what authorities call one of Maine’s worst cases of elder financial abuse. He defrauded two widows out of more than $3 million.
“Mr. Lindell was a trusted financial professional in Maine,” said Judith Shaw, the Maine securities administrator. “But more than that, he was like family to these women. He groomed them for years in order to perpetrate these crimes, preying on their trusting nature and vulnerabilities.” Continue reading ›
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