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

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 had done nothing wrong.  Most of McKee’s former clients have since come to realize that Banks was right and they should not have trusted 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 Coffee and DeWitt/Grand Slam.  McKee made some of the investments without the prior knowledge or consent of McKee’s clients.  For the other investments at issue, … Continue reading →

SEC expands inquiry into two Portland hedge funds Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:08 PM     Updated: Friday, January 20, 2012, 9:36 AM By Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian The Oregonian Follow    Share Email Print  Federal investigators have expanded their inquiry into two Portland hedge funds, last week interviewing investors of Sasquatch Capital who say they have not been able to withdraw their money.   Last year, officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission interviewed people who invested with … Continue reading →

SEC investigates Grifphon Portland Business Journal by Matthew Kish , Business Journal staff writer Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 3:00am PST Related: Matthew Kish Business Journal staff writer – Portland Business Journal The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Latest from The Business Journals Granite City rejects last two Cadillac Ranch locationsSmithfield broker loses securities licenseHair salon operator Regis ousts COO Bortnem Follow this company has launched a formal investigation of Portland hedge fund Grifphon … Continue reading →