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Originally Posted by SallyB
Last week while visiting my parents they informed us they lost close to $100,000 with their broker Michael Whitaker. They invested in a very high-risk company GWG which has filed for bankruptcy about a year ago. My parents were told this was not high-risk by Michael Whitaker and GWG at the lunch where they first meet them. Michael has sent numerous emails to my parents over the last year telling to hang in there. They purchased a product call L Bonds which had a hold time for 7 years at that time Michael told them he had close to $10 million of his clients' money in GWG so they thought it must be safe.
I decided to look into GWG and Michael and the information I have found is not promising.
The information I have found says that this "GWG Was a Classic Ponzi Scheme"-Official Committee of Bondholders of GWG Holdings, Inc. The CEO transfer from the bondholders $258 million into his new company Beneficent. It stated that GWG used new bondholder funds to pay their monthly pay outs to existing bondholders for years and they sold over $1 billion in L Bonds.
I also found that the company Michael works for New Bridge Securities is also under investigation over the GWG L Bonds.
I want my parents to call a lawyer, they are hesitant since they have been with Michael for quite some time.
So, my question is for anyone who still works Michael have to file a lawsuit or are you going too. If you did file a lawsuit, what lawyer did you use and were you happy with the results.
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I would contact the sheriff dept, crimes against seniors. I would contact New Bridge Securities. They are likely insured. Their business requires a license. If they loose that license they are out of business. I would also contact the securities and exchange commission. Ethics?
A lawyer? The mentioned Loss of 100,000. You will I expect discover it will cost, a guess,
20,000 for a chance to recover the 100,000 and there is no guarantee.
Those lunches offered by investment firms. We went to ONE. They give you a form, what do you have, where is it. Date of birth, net worth, I think the even asked for your social security number. My form said NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. When they went in for the close, they saw my form. The poor guy who tried to get info from me HAD A BAD DAY. Lunch was well OK.