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A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part IV) The attempted sales are also allegedly linked to conman Marc Lubaszka’s private jet company, Fly Private X, and convicted fraudster Arael Doolittle AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a frivolous civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against me to stop the publication of...

(HOUSTON) – A 56-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for scheming to fraudulently sell 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to the Australian government, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Arael Doolittle pleaded guilty July 27, 2021. Today, U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes ordered him to serve a 54-month sentence. At the hearing, the court heard additional evidence...

Company also agrees to attempt to bring its business into compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940 within 60 days FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2022-26 Washington D.C., Feb. 14, 2022 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged BlockFi Lending LLC (BlockFi) with failing to register the offers and sales of its retail crypto lending product. In this first-of-its-kind action, the SEC...

Bitcoin Attempts Price Recovery After a Derivatives-Led Slide to Sub-$56K Fears about a supply glut from the Mt. Gox settlement are unfounded, one analyst said. Bitcoin is looking to regain its footing, having reached five-week lows early Friday in a move market participants said was driven by derivatives. The top cryptocurrency had recovered to $57,200 at press time from the low of...

A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar Crime (Part III) AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a frivolous civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against me to stop the publication of my investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On...

News correspondent Aitana Vargas seeks over $23K in attorney’s fees following her successful anti-SLAPP motion to strike Oshri’s frivolous case AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas to stop the publication of her investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of...

SEC Raises Threshold for Reg A+ Offerings to $75 Million On November 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments, originally proposed in the SEC’s June 2019 concept release and March 2020 proposing release, to its “patchwork” exempt offering framework. The amendments represent important changes for private and public companies that rely on private offerings as part of their strategies to raise capital....

Fed Maintains Interest Rates, Suggests Tapering Of $120B In Monthly Asset Purchases Could Happen 'Soon' The Federal Reserve maintained its target fed funds rate range of between zero and 0.25%. The Fed also said it may soon begin tapering its monthly asset purchases “If progress continues broadly as expected, the Committee judges that a moderation in the pace of asset purchases...

Marc Lubaszka, the ultimate white-collar conman on the run: From a Hollywood Hills mansion to Venezuela's illegal gold mines and back Disabled veteran Steve Gern: “It’s been nearly ten years of desperation” Around 2012, tens of investors across the country experienced nearly $2 million in combined losses with unregistered gold broker Marc Lubaszka. The SEC, the FBI and other law enforcement...

Equity Investors will be able to outperform the imminent stock market crash Accredited Investors know that the best returns on investment are achieved by investing early in a companies growth cycle. 2020 will go down in history as one of the most volatile and erratic years on the stock market with historic highs and unheard-of lows. While the US and the...