According to a complaint filed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today, Tuesday, February 15th, J. Scott McKee defrauded investors of at least $370,000 and improperly used at least $650,000 of his client’s money for his own benefit. The Eugene Register-Guard reports that McKee left a trail of victims including our clients. You can…
Continue reading ›Banks Law Office is representing four investors who were advised by their financial advisors at SII Investments and Eagle Financial to take out second mortgages on their homes to purchase a high risk private investment called Santa Barbara Villa Rose. The investment predictably ran into trouble, and now our clients, who are all retired, are…
Continue reading ›Banks Law Office Continues To Warn Investors Not To Conduct Business With J. Scott McKee Since last summer, Robert Banks has been warning investors not to do business with Scott McKee, formerly with the brokerage firms of Morgan Stanley, Berthel Fisher and LPL Financial. Many were skeptical at the time and insisted that Mr. McKee…
Continue reading ›Banks Law Office PC Sends Demand on behalf of former Scott McKee investors in Oregon and Washington for return of losses in Bedrocks and DeWitt/Grand Slam Our office has sent a detailed settlement demand letter to Berthel Fisher & Co. Investment Services, outlining investment losses of more than $650,000 from illegal investment transactions involving Bedrocks…
Continue reading ›A group of aggrieved investors, including a church congregation and retired people throughout Oregon, has retained Banks Law Office to recover losses from investing through James Scott McKee and Berthel Fisher. Our office has been investigating Mr. McKee and receiving complaints about him for months and we are now taking action. We have also fully…
Continue reading ›Our office has completed two cases representing six investors over losses in the Grifphon Alpha Fund. Even the most trusting investors now understand that the numerous promises made over the past two years by investment advisors, lawyers and fund managers that the fund would pay were completely false. Now that we have completed two cases,…
Continue reading ›Following a 3 week jury trial, a Banks Law Office client was awarded $7.8 million in damages regarding legal work performed on a real estate investment. We believe that this is the largest jury verdict for an individual in Multnomah County, Oregon in 2011. You can read about the outcome in The Oregonian: Portland developer…
Continue reading ›Banks Law Office has been retained by Sikh Dharma International and others to recover $115 million in damages involving a series of complex corporate business transactions that diverted assets from charitable companies. The case is described in a release prepared by our clients, and was reported in the Eugene Register Guard. Banks Law Office is…
Continue reading ›A new documentary by Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica J. Lindeen premiered in Montana this week with showings scheduled through October 13th. The movie tracks two recent cases of investment fraud and promises to be enlightening. Pair your viewing with some excellent fly fishing in this beautiful state.
Continue reading ›Scott McKee Investor Update: In response to a number of recent inquiries from clients of Scott McKee, we are posting updated information. Here is what we can tell investors as of October 5, 2011. McKee No Longer at Morgan Stanley Mr. McKee’s last day at Morgan Stanley was September 30, 2011. At Morgan Stanley’s request,…
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