Investing in the stock market can be thrilling and scary at the same time. You understand the risks of investing and have taken appropriate action to cautiously invest to keep your portfolio stable. Even though you have taken the right precautions, you have a feeling there is something wrong with your investments. Could that feeling […]
Regular readers of our Lexington securities fraud blog know that in our previous post, we discussed pump and dump schemes. Pump and dump happens when fraudsters encourage investors to buy shares in a company (often with false and misleading statements) and then dump their shares when the price is high. Equities.com recently took a look at the […]
On behalf of Mihalek Law posted in Securities Law on Friday, May 22, 2015. Because most people don’t feel that they have the information necessary to make investment decisions on their own, it is not uncommon for them to work with securities brokers or other professionals in the field to manage their money. As are result, when a broker […]
On behalf of Mihalek Law posted in Securities Law on Friday, October 24, 2014. Many investors who reside throughout the nation are not prepared to manage their money in a way that can make a profit. Accordingly, some of these individuals turn to brokers to take care of that piece of the process. When an investor pays that individual […]
On behalf of MihalekLaw posted in Securities Law on Thursday, December 17, 2015. The SEC is known to Lexington fans of the University of Kentucky as the most competitive conference in college sports. The SEC is also the Securities and Exchange Commission, the most dominant player in the investment world. One of the jobs of the federal agency is […]
Experience Matters ~ See Ours Securities Arbitration & Litigation Attorneys Prior Successes Excessive Mark Up Red Flags Broker Misconduct About Disclaimer On behalf of Mihalek Law posted in Securities Law on Friday, December 5, 2014. While many individuals who reside in the state of Kentucky may have the money to invest, having the knowledge to do it in a […]
On behalf of Mihalek Law posted in Securities Law on Friday, July 31, 2015. He pleaded guilty to securities fraud in what has been labeled the Scam of the Century. Our Lexington, Kentucky readers are well familiar with the $65 billion Bernie Madoff investment scandal that rocked the nation. Now Irwin Lipkin — the controller for Madoff’s firm — […]
The Lexington Herald Leader recently reported that a man sentenced to a decade in prison for securities fraud has had his sentence cut in half. Sixty-nine-year-old Paul Greenwood is best known for three things: his crimes, his fascination with teddy bears and the time he spent as part-owner of the New York Islanders hockey team. […]
On behalf of Mihalek Law posted in Securities Law on Friday, November 7, 2014. There is likely an assumption on the part of most investors that the individual they are investing with has a certain level of education. Investors also probably also assume that the age of the person they are working with is commensurate with having attained that […]
On behalf of Mihalek Law posted in Securities Law on Thursday, December 4, 2014. In his opening remarks to the 2014 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher stated regarding changes to the accredited investor definition: “Frankly, I have yet to be persuaded that this is an issue that we should be taking up at […]
