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News Release: 2005

  • 12/15/05 — NR 05-17: California Department of Corporations Brings Enforcement Action Against Commodities Firm Operating Illegally in Southern California - Majority of 44 Investors from Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego - Allegedly Defrauded of at least $4.4 Million Involving Foreign Currency Investments [pdf]
  • 10/21/05 — NR 05-16 : Scam Artists Posing as Venture Capitalists Sentence for Selling Fraudulent Investments to Granite Bay Investor. [pdf]
  • 10/21/05 — NR 05-15 : Scam Artists Posing as Venture Capitalists Sentence for Selling Fraudulent Investments to Santa Cruz Investor. [pdf]
  • 10/21/05 — NR 05-14 : Scam Artists Posing as Venture Capitalists Sentence for Selling Fraudulent Investments to San Jose Investors. [pdf]
  • 09/02/05 — NR 05-13 : ** INVESTOR ALERT** - California Department of Corporations Advises Investors to Beware of Hurricane-Related Scams [pdf]
  • 08/17/05 — NR 05-12 : ** INVESTOR ALERT** - California Department of Corporations Warns Investors to Beware of Fake Securities Regulators [pdf]
  • 08/09/05 — NR 05-11 : UPDATE TO JULY 28, 2005 — NEWS RELEASE - Six Leaders From Key State Departments And Korean American Community Join Forces To Combat Financial And Consumer Fraud - Financial, Lending, Real Estate, Health Care, And Consumer Protection Programs Collaborate To Reach Korean American Community In Southern California [pdf]
  • 07/28/05 — NR 05-10 : Leaders of State Government and Korean American Community Join Forces to Combat Financial and Consum[pdf]er Fraud - Financial, lending, real estate, and health care programs collaborate to penetrate and reach Korean American community in Southern California
  • 07/21/05 — NR 05-09 : California Department Of Corporations and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Charge San Francisco Foreign Currency Firms and Three Account Executives With Fraud - Federal Court Freezes Assets of — National Investment Consultants, Inc., South China Investments, Inc., Pacific Best Group Limited, a.k.a. Pacific Best Company Ltd., Run Ping Zhou, A.K.A Flora Zhou, Yi Kerry Xu, and Wei M. Tse, a.k.a Raymond Tse [pdf]
  • 07/19/05 — NR 05-07 : California Department of Corporations Cuts Costs for Businesses by Expanding Online Filing of Securities Transaction — Notices [pdf]
  • 07/14/05 — NR 05-08 : California Department of Corporations Launches Program to Help Combat Military Financial Fraud [pdf]
  • 06/17/05 — NR 05-06 : California Department of Corporations Orders Payday Loan Stores To Stop Lending In State [pdf]
  • 04/25/05 — NR 05-05 : California Department of Corporations Takes Enforcement Action Against Two Franchise Businesses Operating in California - The department's action sends message to prospective franchisees on danger of purchasing franchises — Not approved by state [pdf]
  • 02/22/05 — NR 05-04 : California Department Of Corporations, Federal and State Law Enforcement Agencies Launch Major Assault on Business Opportunity and Work-At-Home Scams [pdf]
  • 02/02/05 — NR 05-03 : California Issues “Dirty Dozen” Investment Scams for 2005 [pdf]
  • 01/06/05 — NR 05-02 : California Department of Corporations Orders Five Unlicensed Internet Escrow Companies to Shut Down [pdf]
  • 01/03/05 — NR 05-01: California Department of Corporations Issues — Notice to DreamLife Financial [pdf]