Accounting firm Grant Thornton and law firms Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and Greene Espel have agreed to pay a combined $849,243 to settle claims that they aided and abetted a $150 million investment fraud perpetrated by the Providence Financial Group, which was based in Guernsey, Miami, and Brazil.
Motion by Chapter 7 Trustee Maria Yip to approve settlement agreement and release, for entry of a bar order, and to approve payment of a contingency fee in Providence Financial Investments Inc. and Providence Fixed Income Fund LLC v. Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, of New York; Grant Thornton LLP, of Illinois; and Greene Espel PLLP, of Minnesota, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Amended Complaint in Maria Yip, as Trustee of Providence Financial Investments, Inc. and Providence Fixed Income Fund, LLC v. Grant Thornton LLP, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, and Greene Espel PLLP at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Accountants Grant Thornton and law firms Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Greene Espel are being sued for allegedly aiding and abetting a $150 million fraud perpetrated by the Providence Financial Group, which was primarily based in Guernsey, Miami, and Brazil.
Complaint in Maria Yip, as Trustee of Providence Financial Investments, Inc. and Providence Fixed Income Fund, LLC v. Antonio Carlos de Godoy Buzaneli at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Complaint in Maria Yip, as Trustee of Providence Financial Investments, Inc. and Providence Fixed Income Fund, LLC v. Grant Thornton LLP, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, and Greene Espel PLLP at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Adversary Complaint in Maria Yip, as Trustee of Providence Financial Investments, Inc. and Providence Fixed Income Fund, LLC, v. Maxwell Ortiz Vega and Elite Max Consulting PSC at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Texas broker John Abio, who was allegedly known as "our sales star" by the U. S. arm of the fraudulent Guernsey-based Providence Financial group, is being sued for the return of $3.1 million in commissions.
Complaint in Maria Yip, as Trustee of Providence Financial Investments, Inc. and Providence Fixed Income Fund, LLC, v. John Abio, a.k.a. Tre Brandenberg, and Abio Financial Group, Inc. at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.