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Cases / Real estate

Professional Financial Investors Inc

Lewis I. Wallach

ReportedSep 29, 2020
LocationLos Angeles, CA
Amount$330,000,000

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Company / entity
Professional Financial Investors Inc
Industry
Multi-unit residential and commercial real estate funds
How investors were recruited
Direct solicitation; over 1,300 investors, many elderly and retired
Pitch & red flags
Told funds would be "used primarily to invest in multi-unit residential and commercial real estate"; assured investors the company was "in a financially strong position"

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Source

SEC official

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