{"id":6171,"date":"2017-07-08T15:50:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T20:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.institutionalinvestorsecuritiesblog.com\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:45:20","slug":"judge-rules-aequitas-investors-securities-fraud-lawsuit-td-ameritrade-others-may-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/judge-rules-aequitas-investors-securities-fraud-lawsuit-td-ameritrade-others-may-proceed\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules That Aequitas Investors’ Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against TD Ameritrade and Others May Proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tIn Oregon, a district court judge has refused to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit accusing TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Integrity Bank & Trust, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Eisner Amper LP, and law firms Tonkon Torp and Sidley Austin of playing a part in the alleged securities fraud <\/a>committed by Aequitas Management LLC, which is now defunct.<\/p>\n

Over 1500 investors entrusted over $350M to Aequitas. They each invested amounts ranging from about $60K to over $1M in Aequitas funds, including the Aequitas Income Opportunity Fund II LLC that they now claim was a Ponzi scam. <\/p>\n

Last year, in its civil securities case, the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused the Oregon-based investment group and three of its executives of concealing the firm\u2019s financial woes while still raising millions of dollars. Investors thought they were backing investments involving transportation, education, and healthcare when their funds were allegedly being used to save Aequitas. Meantime, newer investors\u2019 funds were also used to pay earlier investors in a Ponzi-like scam.
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In Oregon, a district court judge has refused to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit accusing TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Integrity Bank & Trust, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Eisner Amper LP, and law firms Tonkon Torp and Sidley Austin of playing a part in the alleged securities fraud committed by Aequitas Management LLC, which is now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3752,3792,3741,3976],"tags":[2839,2840],"class_list":["post-6171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-firms","category-ponzi-scams","category-securities-fraud","category-td-ameritrade-inc","tag-aequitas","tag-promissory-note-fraud"],"yoast_head":"\nJudge Rules That Aequitas Investors' Securities Fraud Lawsuit Against TD Ameritrade and Others May Proceed — Investor Lawyers Blog — July 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