As a prospective investor, it is important that you are regularly researching the nature of both the transactions and investment firms that you are investing with. The reason for this is that there are many opportunities to lose a substantial amount of investment capital by investing with firms that are not complying with SEC regulations within the United States.
This is precisely why it is best to be well-informed about each and every investment trade that you are putting your capital towards. This way, you can avoid being subject to investment fraud. That said, it is important to be aware of which firms are undergoing investigations by the SEC.
Background on Woodbridge Wealth
Woodbridge Wealth is a very large investment firm and real estate company that is from Sherman Oaks, California. What makes Woodbridge Wealth quite elusive is that they have over 235 different limited liability corporations that are affiliated with their company. For investors, this fact is not well known, which makes it difficult to ascertain how Woodbridge Wealth’s investment structure is precisely laid out.
For this reason, the SEC decided to investigate the legitimacy of Woodbridge Wealth’s investment programs, particularly how they were trading unregistered securities.
Due to the large and complex framework that exists with Woodbridge Wealth in their various entities and over $1 billion of capital they have received from investors, it is going to take time for the SEC to figure out the legitimacy of the trades; however, thus far, Woodbridge Wealth has not complied with the full request to present documents, which has raised a great deal of suspicion in the financial sector about the legitimacy of their transactions across the board.
How to Know Whether You Have Invested with Woodbridge Wealth?
If you have made investments prior with First Position Commercial Mortgages (FPCM), Second Market Annuities (SMA) or Commercial Bridge Loan Funds (CBLF) from Woodbridge Wealth’s principal company or a company that you believe is potentially related, it is wise to conduct your research to establish the link between the two entities.
If this process proves to be difficult, then it is best to obtain an attorney to assist you with finding out the proper information about who you actually invested with and what potential rights you have for recovery should there be fraud discovered at the end of the SEC’s investigation.
When Should You Hire an Attorney?
Given that Woodbridge Wealth is being investigated by the SEC, it is absolutely the proper time to get sound legal advice about whether your investments are connected to one of Woodbridge Wealth’s entities and what potential legal options you have available to you.
By working with Silver Law Group, you will have an enormous advantage of having both skilled lawyers and accountants with a respected reputation within the industry that can assist clients nationwide.
Be sure to arrange a consultation call with one of our skilled attorneys in order to assess what your realistic next steps should be to ascertain how involved your investments may potentially be with Woodbridge Wealth and what paths you can take to obtain the best possible result from your efforts to recover your investment capital.