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Published by The Forbes Posted Oct. 20th, 3:47 PM By Daniel Fisher, The Washington Post The State of New York ordered a pension lender to cease operations and pay back any interest charged, plus a $500,000 penalty for operating illegally in the state and charging customers up to 130% interest. The...

Published by The Washington Post Posted Oct. 27th 2015 By Jonnelle Marte, The Washington Post Keith Moore, a 40-year-old military veteran recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder in Oklahoma, remembers the day last year when he sold off a chunk of his pension. He had left the military after 21 years of...

Harbor Capital (Fairport, NY), Same Brokerage Responsible for Retired Teacher's $450,000 Award, Back in the Cross-Hairs. ROCHESTER, NY (December 1, 2017) -- Similar to the investment advice received by retired teacher Libby Jachles (recently awarded over $450,000 by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") Arbitration Panel) from Harbor Capital...

Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund— Unlicensed Individuals to Sell Unregistered Securities Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund Allegedly Implemented Unlicensed Individuals to Sell Unregistered Securities Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund of Sherman Oaks, California, has fallen under regulatory actions following allegations that the firm purportedly used unlicensed individuals to sell unregistered securities,...

Sylvester King Jr. Allegedly Participated in Private Securities Transactions with a Startup Internet Branding Company, Global Village Concerns, Inc. or GVC; King Allegedly Sold over $5 Million Unregistered, Illiquid Securities to NFL Players and Other Customers Sylvester King Jr., starting in 2009 and continuing into 2012,...

Gopi Krishna Vungarala Allegedly Made False and Misleading Statements to a Native American Tribe and Purportedly Persuaded the Tribe to Invest Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts and Business Development Companies but Failed to Disclose that He and His Firm Received Commissions on...

American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. of Holbrook (NY) Found Liable [Rochester, NY] Jason Kane of Peiffer Rosca Wolf's victory for Elizabeth (Libby) Jachles was recently picked up and covered by 13WHAM in Rochester, NY. Libby Jachles is a retired Brighton teacher who sought financial advice because she...

Sonya D. Camarco Allegedly Orchestrated Fraud by Purportedly Making Misappropriations of over $2.8 Million from Her Clients and Customers, Purportedly Including Many Elderly Clients Colorado Springs resident Sonya D. Camarco, has had her assets frozen by the SEC following allegations that, from at least 2004 through...