Sounds like a securities fraud to me, assuming you actually have a promissory note. Did you have any collateral pledged by the borrower for this...

If you suffered from this glitch, likely others did as well and IB is trying to get its ducks in a row. Assuming you weren't blowing your account...

First things first - have you actually retained anyone to appraise the properties? You could be dealing with r/e that doesn't meet your collateral...

Michael is correct. You've been scammed. There are now many scams that purport to be "funding" Amazon and Google stores with promises of high...

You have likely been scammed. First things first, be sure to download and copy all of the messages, emails and texts you received from the...

One might be surprised as to how people can be creative with the forgery of documents. Especially so when you're dealing with someone who cannot...

You have likely been scammed. First things first, be sure to download and copy all of the messages, emails and texts you received from the...

Interesting issues here in terms of whether the shares that people hold were actually authorized and issued by the company. Cap table errors...

I would sue your "friend" for the money and wrecking your credit. At least get a judgment against them. And of course, as suggested above, work...

Move the IRA to a new broker-dealer or investment adviser where they can set up the distributions as you wish. You should have no issues finding a...