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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Dark Pool Investment Fraud and ETF Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Confidential Whistleblower Reward Actions and Direct Investor Lawsuits

Dark Pool and ETF Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits and SEC Actions by Dark Pool and ETF Investment Fraud Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Dark pool investment fraud and ETF (exchanged-traded funds) investment fraud can be the basis of whistleblower reward bounty actions.  Through SEC bounty actions, investors and financial professionals can earn large financial rewards for properly exposing investment fraud.  For more information on this topic, please go to the following web pages: ETF Investment Fraud Whistleblower Rewards and Dark Pool Investment Fraud Whistleblower Rewards. 

ETF Investment Fraud

An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. An ETF holds assets such as stocks, commodities, or bonds, and trades close to its net asset value over the course of the trading day. Most ETFs track an index, such as a stock index or bond index.  Because ETFs are based on other investments and can sometimes be leveraged on a particular stock, industry, bond, or commodity, a small decline in the underlying investment can cause a very large loss in the ETF.  For this reason, it is important for the investor to be able to trust their registered financial advisor, broker, fund manager, or investment company.  When fraud is committed by a registered financial advisor, broker, fund manager, or investment company, it is extremely important to expose the fraud through a bounty action or direct lawsuit against a registered financial advisor, broker, fund manager, or investment company.  For more information on ETF investments, please go to the following web page:

ETF Strategists: With Growth Comes Growing Pains | ETF.com

Dark Pool Investments

 Dark pool investments are transacted in trading venues that differ from public exchanges because orders are not visible to other traders until they are executed.  The lack of pre-trade price information is designed to help institutional investors trade large blocks of shares without the market moving against them.  These dark pool investments are still susceptible to several types of securities fraud and can often be harder to detect because the orders are less visible.  For more information on dark pool investment and a recent SEC action, please go to the following web page:

Barclays, Credit Suisse strike record deals with SEC, NY over dark pools | Reuters

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Mutual Fund Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Direct Claims/Lawsuits or Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits by Mutual Fund Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

Mutual Fund Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Direct/Claims Lawsuits Against Investment Advisors and Investment Companies or Bounty Action Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits Through The SEC by Mutual Fund Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

Mutual fund investment fraud can be the basis of direct lawsuits against against a registered investment advisor or investment company as well as whistleblower reward lawsuits through the SEC.  Investors and financial professionals with evidence of mutual fund fraud can confidential report mutual fund fraud through a lawyer and obtain large financial rewards for exposing investment fraud.  For more information on these types of cases, please go the following web pages: Mutual Fund Fraud Bounty Action Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits and Mutual Fund Fraud Investment Fraud Lawsuits

Direct Lawsuits and Claims Against Mutual Fund, Investment Advisors, and Investment Companies

Direct lawsuits and claims against mutual fund managers, investment advisors, and investment companies can arise when a financial advisor, mutual fund manager, or investment company commits fraud or negligence which results in an investor losing a large amount of money.  Another type of direct lawsuit against a mutual fund manager, financial advisor, or investment company is a breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit which arises when a mutual fund manager, financial advisor, or investment company breach a fiduciary duty to an investor.  These direct lawsuits typically require a significant loss to have been suffered by the investor to make the lawsuit/claim economically feasible.

Mutual Fund Investment Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits

A mutual fund investment fraud whistleblower reward lawsuit is a type of a bounty action that can be filed be an investor or financial professional through a lawyer who files that action with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.  In this type of lawsuit, the financial professional or investor does not have to be damaged and can protect their identity.  The financial professional only needs to have original evidence of significant fraud and to have been the first to properly file the bounty action with the SEC. 

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Defective Electronic Components Can Be the Basis of Large Financial Rewards by Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer

Defective Electronic Components Can Be the Basis of Large Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits by Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer

Defective electronic components can cause catastrophic failures in military aircraft, weapons, and security systems resulting in death or catastrophic injury to our troops as well as critical failures in our nation's security.  For this reason the United States Government is offering large financial rewards to military professionals who property expose the sale of defective and counterfeit electronic components to the United States military.  These cases include false certification of defective electronic components as well as electronic component fraud.  For more information on these potential rewards, please go to the following web page: Defective Component Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits.

The United States Senate Armed Services Committee Found That Over a Million Fake or Defective Electronic Components Have Been Used by Government Contractors In United States Aircraft

In 2011, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee announced that it had uncovered 1,800 cases in which the Pentagon had been sold defective electronics many of which  may be counterfeit.  In total, the committee said it had found more than a million defective electronic parts had made their way into military aircraft.  Many of these defective electronic components had come from defective supply chains and fraudulent sub contractors.  These defective electronic components can create catastrophic problems when used in military aircraft, weapons, missile defense systems, surveillance systems, and other security systems.  

Fake Components, Low Quality Parts, and Defective Electronics Used by Government Contractors in Building War Planes, Missile Defense Systems, Military Equipment, and other Military Supplies Can Cause Fatal Accidents and be the Basis for Military Contractor Procurement Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits and Defense Contractor Procurement Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits by Military Contractor Fake Part Procurement Fraud Lawyer, False Certification Procurement Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer, and Military Electronic Part Supply Chain Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

Military contractor procurement fraud and Defense Contractor false certification fraud in the electronic component supply chain have increased as some government contractors and subcontractors are using cheaper electronic parts from China, India, Mexico, and other countries to fulfill government contracts.  As a result these military  contractors use defective military electronic components, defective military electronic parts, and defective military equipment parts in war planes, missile systems, and other military equipment.  Whistleblowers that have independent knowledge of military electronic component supply chain procurement fraud committed against the government by government contractors and subcontractors can blow the whistle on the military procurement fraud and if they are the first to provide notice of the fraud can recover a large financial reward for helping the government identify and stop procurement fraud.

For additional information on Defense Contractor Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits, please go to the following web page: Expose Defense Contractor Fraud and Earn Financial Rewards.