February 2017-Dallas, Texas Patrick O. Howard and two companies he controls, Optimal Economics Capital Partners and Howard Capital Holdings were named in a complaint filed by The Securities and Exchange…
read moreAugust 2016- Alice, Texas Michael Anthony Collins pleaded guilty to stock fraud, theft and money laundering and was sentenced to 15 years on each count in Jim Wells County…
read moreMay 2016-Austin, Texas The US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas reports that William Risinger of Round Rock, Texas, was sentenced to 160 months in federal prison in…
read moreApril 2016-Tyler, Texas Robert Hahn, a 64 year old former Tyler insurance agent was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering , according…
read moreBirmingham, Alabama UPDATE MAY 2017 FINRA records disclose that Terry Joe Bagwell has 3 currently pending and 11 prior final customer disputes. Bagwell is not currently registered as a stockbroker. He…
read moreMarch 30, 2016 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Daniel Rivera and his brother Matthew Rivera, and their company, with a $2.7 million Ponzi scheme targeting elderly and unsophisticated…
read moreMarch 29, 2016-Garland, Texas The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) announced that Derek A. Nelson was sentenced to 19 years in connection with a $37 million fraud he operated selling…
read moreUPDATE ON CHARLES FACKRELL-December 2016-Charles Fackrell, 37, of Booneville, N. Carolina was sentenced to 63 months in jail according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for operating a $1.4 million Ponzi…
read moreMarch 10, 2016-Norman, Oklahoma The Oklahoma Securities Commission entered a permanent injunction against 2001 Trinity Fund LLC and Robert Arrowood, of Norman, OK, who was accused of operating a Ponzi…
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