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Who Are the Fraudsters?
These schemes have four participants, at least two of whom are attorneys:
♦ A participant (the “bogus shareholder”) who buys or purports to buy shares of the target public shell so that he can serve as a plaintiff in the bogus state court action;
♦ A participant who is a corrupt or incompetent securities lawyer (the “SEC lawyer”) who provides legal opinions, prepares corporate amendments for reverse splits Womens Robert Griffin III Jersey , domicle changes and name changes, and submits other information to the relevant Secretary of State, transfer agents, FINRA and the SEC;
♦ A participant who serves as a receiver (the “receiver”) often a lawyer; and
♦ A lawyer who files the necessary state court action and receives a default judgment.
How They Pull it Off
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What The Hijackers Do To Get Control of the Public Shell l the Florida Example
The scheme varies somewhat from state to start but always involves a bogus shareholder action based upon fraudulent state court pleadings. In Florida for example, the participants rely upon Florida Statutes which allows a shareholder of a Florida corporation to petition the court to appoint a receiver under limited circumstances to manage the corporation’s affairs if the board of directors is deadlocked and the shareholders are unable to break the deadlock. In Florida, the fraudsters file bogus pleadings stating the directors are deadlocked and the shareholders cannot break the deadlock. In reality, no matters were presented to the corporation’s directors or shareholders for a vote.
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The participants in these schemes file fraudulent pleadings in custodianship andor receivership actions in order to trick a state court judge into providing them with an order appointing a custodian or receiver. They take several carefully planned steps to carry out their scheme. These types of proceedings have become a microcap epidemic. While methods used by the fraudsters vary Womens Joe Haden Jersey , the end goal is the same: to obtain control of a public shell company (“public shell”) and sell it in a reverse merger transaction.
Public shells illegally taken over in these proceedings have been featured in reverse merger transactions for some of the most notorious pump and dump schemes in the history of the microcap markets. Fraudsters have literally hijacked hundreds of dormant public shell companies using state court proceeding to obtain inventory for reverse merger transactions. The participants are the suppliers of public shells to unregistered brokers, sleazy investor relations firms and promoters who acquire the vehicles for use in the fraudulent schemes that have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in investor losses.
Who Are the Fraudsters?
These schemes have four participants, at least two of whom are attorneys:
♦ A participant (the “bogus shareholder”) who buys or purports to buy shares of the target public shell so that he can serve as a plaintiff in the bogus state court action;
♦ A participant who is a corrupt or incompetent securities lawyer (the “SEC lawyer”) who provides legal opinions, prepares corporate amendments for reverse splits Womens Robert Griffin III Jersey , domicle changes and name changes, and submits other information to the relevant Secretary of State, transfer agents, FINRA and the SEC;
♦ A participant who serves as a receiver (the “receiver”) often a lawyer; and
♦ A lawyer who files the necessary state court action and receives a default judgment.
How They Pull it Off
When a corporate entity is incorporated Authentic Brian Hartline Jersey , it is required to file a one page annual report with the Secretary of State each year that lists its officers, directors, contact information and registered agent. If the corporate entity fails to file the required report, the relevant Secretary of State “administratively” dissolves the entity. Unlike other types of corporate dissolution Authentic Danny Shelton Jersey , an administratively dissolved entity can be reinstated at any time by paying a nominal fee and sending in a new one page annual report listing the corporation’s officers and directors. Any publicly traded corporation that fails to file its annual report is vulnerable to the scheme. Some schemes involve the fraudsters simply reinstating the corporation and listing themselves or other participants as the officers andor directors.
What The Hijackers Do To Get Control of the Public Shell l the Florida Example
The scheme varies somewhat from state to start but always involves a bogus shareholder action based upon fraudulent state court pleadings. In Florida for example, the participants rely upon Florida Statutes which allows a shareholder of a Florida corporation to petition the court to appoint a receiver under limited circumstances to manage the corporation’s affairs if the board of directors is deadlocked and the shareholders are unable to break the deadlock. In Florida, the fraudsters file bogus pleadings stating the directors are deadlocked and the shareholders cannot break the deadlock. In reality, no matters were presented to the corporation’s directors or shareholders for a vote.
The Fraud
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