Counterfeit Shares & Market Manipulation in the Public Markets
Counterfeit Shares and the Public Markets
top of page
Our Blog
Keep Yourself In-the-Know
Search
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Apr 7
- 4 min
TOXIC DEBT STOCK REPAYMENTS TO LENDERS MAY BE THE NEXT TIME BOMB UNDER BANKRUPTCY AVOIDANCE LAWS
Lenders Forced Stock Conversions may be attacked in Bankruptcy as a Fraudulent Conveyance
634
Eric J. Benzenberg, Esq.
- Feb 27
- 5 min
How OTC Companies can Utilize SPACs to get Listed on a National Exchange
What is a SPAC? A Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) is a publicly traded company that has no formal commercial operations. A...
2,094
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Merchant Cash Advance Industry in New York – Not so Fast!
Merchant Funders, companies that purport to purchase future accounts receivables from small underfunded private and public companies, and...
535
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Jan 31
- 6 min
Should Default Interest be Included in a New York Criminal Usury Analysis
Default Interest and Criminal Usury - Should New York recognize default interest rate and charges on loans for usury purposes
169
Agapija Cruz, Esq.
- Nov 1, 2022
- 12 min
Florida Courts Should Apply New York’s Adar Bays Analysis to Determine Usury
Usurious loans have been the scourge of finance since early times. Despite being condemned as wrong and sinful for over 4000 years,...
275
Eric J. Benzenberg, Esq.
- Mar 29, 2022
- 4 min
Why a CEO MUST Consult an Attorney Prior to Amending a “Choice of Law” Provision in a Contract
Most laws in our country don’t tend to differ much between states. In fact, it’s probably accurate to say that a majority of states’...
222
Marjorie M. Santelli Esq. and Christopher M. Basile, Esq.
- Feb 27, 2022
- 8 min
How RICO and the Adar Bays Decision Can Help Microcaps Recover Losses Caused by Toxic Lending
On October 14, 2021, the New York Court of Appeals issued its decision in Adar Bays. The Adar Bays decision put a major dent in the...
1,729
Eric J. Benzenberg, Esq.
- Feb 18, 2022
- 3 min
Toxic Lender's Stall Tactics Fail in Minnesota State Court
After commencing litigation against DarkPulse, Inc. in a Minnesota State Court, convertible note purveyor Carebourn Capital, L.P. has...
858
Christopher M. Basile, Esq.
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
How Toxic Lenders are Responding to SEC Investigations and Enforcement Actions
As many of you already know, and for those CEOs of small public companies that do not know, the United States Securities and Exchange...
2,073
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Oct 22, 2021
- 6 min
New York's Highest Court Rules Convertible Notes Subject to Criminal Usury Laws
The Basile Law Firm P.C. has been steadfast in representing our OTC Markets issuer clients in both federal and state courts around the...
2,570
J. Richard Iler
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
OTC Market Issuer’s Restructuring – A CFO’s Perspective
Having been the CFO of 4 publicly traded OTC Market issuers, I have been challenged to present those companies financial conditions not...
189
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
Beware of Fake Corporate Restructuring Groups
Our firm receives dozens of calls from small public companies that have been misled by rogue advisors claiming they do restructurings,...
154
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Jan 20, 2021
- 6 min
OTC Markets Death Spiral Funders Days may be Numbered
For the last several years, toxic convertible note funders have had their way with small, under-funded OTC Markets publicly trading...
4,995
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Is There an Alternative to Litigation for a Microcap?
Why an Alternative to Litigation is better for Lenders and Funders: Over the past couple of years, I have seen more and more microcap...
48
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Sep 28, 2020
- 4 min
The New Type of Convertible Note Transaction on the OTC Markets – a Dirty Trick?
Professor Basile covers a new lending instrument by Toxic Lenders on the OTC Markets
915
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
OTC Market Issuers May Recoup Hundreds of Millions from SEC Actions against Toxic Lenders.
Many CEO’s and investors in small public companies trading on the OTC Markets are closely following the SEC lawsuits instituted against...
2,588
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
- Jun 9, 2020
- 6 min
Transfer Agents and a new Standard for Rule 144 Opinion Letters
Transfer agents require convertible note holders to supply a legal opinion letter from a securities attorney explaining the legal basis...
1,122
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
- Apr 19, 2020
- 3 min
SEC Finally going after Toxic Convertible Note Debt Lenders
The OTC Market is plagued with thousands of small public companies taking thousands of small loans in the form of convertible debt. If an...
9,536
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
- Nov 13, 2019
- 6 min
Microcap Terrorism - A Warning to OTC CEO's
There are many forms of terrorism in this world playing out right before us and we are all somewhat familiar with the political form, but...
5,589
bottom of page