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,…
Continue reading ›Banks Law Office, P.C. is monitoring the progress of an FBI investigation into two former Edward Jones brokers based in South Dakota who sold interests in Gibraltar Partners in an alleged Ponzi scheme fraud. Edward Jones has reported that the brokers who sold the Gibraltar Partners investment were not authorized to do so, which constitutes…
Continue reading ›Do you ever wonder why fish end up hooked even after they’ve been caught before? When it comes to investments that sound too good to be true, humans are equally predictable. After a financial loss we can all be tempted by investments that promise quick returns. The following article, originally posted in the Journal Times,…
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