Consob: Heritage Financial Opera Senza Autorizzazione

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CONSOB: HERITAGE FINANCIAL OPERA SENZA AUTORIZZAZIONE

Roma, 14 mar. La Finansinspektionen, autorita' di vigilanza svedese, segnala che la societa' Heritage Financial Inc. sta offrendo servizi di investimento senza la prevista autorizzazione, facendo, tra l'altro, riferimento a presunte autorizzazioni rilasciate da due autorita' che risultano inesistenti: la Regulatory Compliance Commission e la International Compliance Commission. Lo rende noto la Consob in un comunicato.

$2.5M account seized in stock scamwww.nj.com - April 16, 2005 - By MARK PERKISS - Staff Writer


State officials have seized a $2.5 million bank account and shut down phone lines for an allegedly fictitious Trenton company they say defrauded investors by charging thousands of dollars for stock trades that were never made.

"We acted quickly to both shut down this fraudulent securities scheme and seek to recover funds lost by innocent investors," state Attorney General Peter Harvey said yesterday.

The company, Heritage Financial Inc., allegedly was a front used by con artists to bilk customers through online transactions.

The company's Web site says the firm has offices at 103 Franklin Corner Road in Lawrence, but Peter Aseltine, a spokesman for the Department of Law & Public Safety said that address turned out to be an empty lot.

The account seized by the state under an order by a Superior Court judge in Essex County on Thursday was at a Bank of America branch in Tampa. Investigators said the account contained $2.5 million.

"We know there are hundreds of investors affected by this but we don't at this point know how many are in New Jersey," Aseltine said.

Investors with low-performing stocks were targeted with telephone calls and offered a chance to sell their shares at prices far exceeding market value, officials said.

Prospective sellers were told that to complete the sale they needed to pay an up-front fee which the person calling termed a "fully refundable penalty restriction bond" that was supposed to protect investors from fraud.

Investors were told to wire money to the Bank of America account in Tampa.

According to state officials, money from the Bank of America account was transferred to a Panamanian bank, Banco Uno S.A. Panama, which has an office in Miami. Investigators believe that bank was used as a clearinghouse to move money to accounts out of the country.

Investors who questioned the offer or whether Heritage Financial was legitimate were told to call one of several fraudulent regulatory agencies the scammers suggested.

Fraudulent agencies offered by Heritage were the International Exchange Regulatory Commission, the International Securities Department, the Regulatory Compliance Commission and the Securities Protection Agency, officials said.

The investigation found that all of the telephone numbers provided by Heritage Financial for regulatory agencies were linked to a single computer or computer network through an Edison company that allows clients to establish computer-connected telephone numbers.

Officials are asking people who did business with Heritage Financial to call the state Bureau of Securities at (973) 504-3600 or (866) 838-6240.
 
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