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 read the full 27 pages of the FINRA complaint here on our website at http://bankslawoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/finra-complaint-mckee.pdf. If you had financial dealings with McKee please contact us … Continue reading →

The Eugene Register-Guard reports on the relationship between Scott McKee and Steve Master. You can read the article here: http://www.registerguard.com/web/updates/27597070-55/master-mckee-uptown-development-fund.html.csp We encourage any McKee victims to contact the Eugene Police Department. Our office continues to advise investors who made suspicious investments with McKee while he was at Morgan Stanley.  

Banks Law Office has been warning investors about Scott McKee for nearly a year. On Thursday, February 9th, 2012 Eugene police arrested the former Morgan Stanley and Berthel Fisher fiancial planner and charged him with four counts of first-degree aggravated theft. You can read the full article from the Register-Guard here: http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/27591973-41/mckee-police-eugene-banks-investors.html.csp We encourage any McKee victims to contact the Eugene Police Department. Our office continues to advise investors who made suspicious investments with McKee while he was at Morgan Stanley.

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 left not only with a significant investment losses but also are saddled with mortgage loans that they cannot afford to pay.  The State of Oregon … Continue reading →

The Portland Business Journal featured Robert Banks in a recent article designed to help investors steer clear of financial fraud and abuse. You can read the article in the Portland Business Journal online here: http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2012/01/27/experts-note-ways-to-steer-clear-of.html