Anyone who has lost money on an investment has probably asked this question: was this bad luck or was this investment fraud? Recently, Forbes published a very succinct article on this very question, and we thought it was worth repeating. While anyone can be the victim of bad timing, a sudden turn of the market,…
One of the least expensive elections to an auto insurance policy is called Personal Injury Protection, referred to generally as “PIP” (P-I-P). Most people may not realize this is a coverage they have on their policies—it is a relatively obscure and innocuous coverage and goes hand-in-hand with Uninsured/Underinsured (“UM/UIM”) coverage. People may not realize they…
A will is a legal document that allows you to determine how your estate will be handled upon your death. Although everyone dies eventually, and every estate will have to be distributed at some point in the future, not everyone has a will in place – or plans for what will happen to their estate…
Investment fraud can take many shapes and forms, but one of the cornerstones can include a broker who is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Recently, the SEC filed an action against John Abio, also known as Tre Brandenburg, and Abio Financial Group. The complaint accuses Abio and his firm of acting as…
Two Houston-area men are headed to prison after creating a commercial loan scheme involving several banks in Houston. Andre Chenier was described as the mastermind. The 44-year old obtained millions in commercial loans between 2004 and 2012. He lived off the loans that were made to fake companies, and eventually defaulted. Gregory Roberson of Missouri…
By now, you’re probably aware that Cambridge Analytica, a private political consultancy, gained improper access to 71 million Facebook user accounts in the United States. Because of this latest episode, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced two days of questioning by Congress. Zuckerberg answered numerous questions about Facebook’s privacy policies and what’s in place to protect…
Carlton Chadbourne Sayers, also known as Chad Sayers, will spend 132 months in federal prison after his sentencing for wire fraud and bank fraud in late February by U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant. According to court records, beginning in 2009, the 52-year old Sayers duped investors with a real estate scheme that promised to purchase…
After working for American Sugar Holding, Inc. for twenty years, Rosanna Mayo-Coleman was allegedly sexually harassed by her new manager. It began with comments about her looks and escalated to “I would tap that a** if you wasn’t so old,” and “I would tell you to go F yourself but you might go do it.”…
Terry Lee Morris, a convicted sex offender, will get a new trial after he was shocked three times when he refused to enter a guilty or not guilty plea. State District Judge George Gallagher of Tarrant County ordered a bailiff to administer the shocks via a stun belt. According to court records, Morris refused to…
Once again, a man’s life was put in jeopardy when he tried to sell a cellphone to an online buyer. The incident took place in southwest Arlington, near Boles Junior High, where the two parties met to make their transaction. After a friend of the buyer reached into the car and grabbed the cell phone,…