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		<title>Banks Law Office Investigates Meridian Mortgage &#8220;Clawback&#8221; Claim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert S. Banks alerts investors to their potential claims against clawbacks in a press release article that you can read here]]></description>
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		<title>Banks Law Office Represents Meridian Mortgage Investors In “Clawback” Claims Brought By Trustee Mark Calvert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Innocent Meridian Mortgage investors were unpleasantly surprised to receive a letter from the K&#38;L Gates law firm demanding that they repay interest and dividends they may have received from their Meridian investments as long ago as 2004.  One of our clients received such a letter, which threatened to sue him for the amount of his entire Meridian investment unless he agreed to repay more than $90,000 in dividend payments that he received –  and cashed –  in good faith.  We &#8230; <a href="http://bankslawoffice.com/banks-law-office-represents-meridian-mortgage-investors-in-%e2%80%9cclaw-back%e2%80%9d-claims-brought-by-trustee-mark-calvert">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/banks-law-office-represents-meridian-mortgage-investors-in-%e2%80%9cclaw-back%e2%80%9d-claims-brought-by-trustee-mark-calvert</link>
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		<title>Are You at Risk for Investment Fraud?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FINRA posted a tool for investors to calculate their risk for investment fraud. Answer a few simple question s on FINRA&#8217;s Risk Meter and you will find out if you share behaviors and characteristics that have been shown to make some investors more vulnerable to fraud. Click here to use the risk meter on the FINRA website: http://apps.finra.org/meters/1/riskmeter.aspx &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/are-you-at-risk-for-investment-fraud</link>
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		<title>FINRA Files Claim Alleging McKee&#8217;s Trail of Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://bankslawoffice.com/finra-files-claim-alleging-mckees-trail-of-fraud">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/finra-files-claim-alleging-mckees-trail-of-fraud</link>
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		<title>Register-Guard Reports That Developer, Steve Master, Cut Ties With McKee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/register-guard-reports-that-developer-steve-master-cut-ties-with-mckee</link>
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		<title>J. Scott McKee Arrested on February 9th.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/j-scott-mckee-arrested-on-february-9th</link>
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		<title>Richard Thomas and SII Investments Will be Respondents in FINRA Arbitration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://bankslawoffice.com/richard-thomas-and-sii-investments-will-be-respondents-in-finra-arbitration">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/richard-thomas-and-sii-investments-will-be-respondents-in-finra-arbitration</link>
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		<title>Robert Banks and Other Investment Experts Offer Advice to Investors in 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Portland Business Journal featured Robert Banks in a recent article designed to help investors steer clear of financial fraud and abuse. Read the full story here.]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/robert-banks-and-other-investment-experts-offer-advice-to-investors-in-2012</link>
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		<title>Banks Law Office Continues To Warn Investors Not To Conduct Business With J. Scott McKee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://bankslawoffice.com/banks-law-office-continues-to-warn-investors-not-to-conduct-business-with-j-scott-mckeebanks-law-office-continues-to-warn-investors-not-to-conduct-business-with-j-scott-mckee-since-last-summer-rob">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/banks-law-office-continues-to-warn-investors-not-to-conduct-business-with-j-scott-mckeebanks-law-office-continues-to-warn-investors-not-to-conduct-business-with-j-scott-mckee-since-last-summer-rob</link>
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		<title>Banks Law Office PC Sends Demand On Behalf Of Former Scott McKee Investors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; 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&#8217;s clients.  For the other investments at issue, &#8230; <a href="http://bankslawoffice.com/banks-law-office-pc-sends-demand-on-behalf-of-former-scott-mckee-investors">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://bankslawoffice.com/banks-law-office-pc-sends-demand-on-behalf-of-former-scott-mckee-investors</link>
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