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American Growth Funding II LLC and Ralph JohnsonFinancial Fraud Charges

American Growth Funding II LLC and

Ralph JohnsonFinancial Fraud Charges
March 23, 2016

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American Growth Funding II LLC, a Manhattan-based lending

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II LLC and Ralph Johnson
Financial Fraud Charges
March 23, 2016
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Private Securities
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Proper Notice February 23,
2016
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currently under review by attorneys Alan Rosca and Joe Peiffer.

The SEC further alleges that American Growth Funding II LLC
a n d Ralph Johnson allegedly promised investors 12-percent
annual returns and falsely claimed to have conducted annual
audits of its financial statements.
The Peier Rosca Wolf securities lawyers are currently
investigating American Growth Funding II and its owner
Ralph Johnson, and are preparing to take action on behalf of
investors.

American Growth Funding II LLC and Ralph Johnson

Allegedly Made Misrepresentations to Investors in
Oering Documents; Placement Agents Were
Allegedly
Aware
Oering
Documents
Were
Inaccurate
American Growth Funding II LLC (AGF II), which purportedly
raised capital from investors to provide loans to businesses, and
Ralph Johnson also allegedly made misrepresentations in
oering documents regarding its management, according to
recent Documents from the SECs New York Regional Oce
presently being examined by attorneys Alan Rosca and Joe
Peiffer.

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Additionally, AGF II also allegedly concealed details concerning

deteriorating loan values that could obfuscate full payment of
promised returns to investors, said SEC Documents report.

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Finally, the companys placement agent, Portfolio Advisors

Alliance, and its owner Howard Allen and president Kerri
Wasserman, also allegedly knew the oering documents were
inaccurate yet continued using them to solicit sales of AGF II
securities.

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investigating Ralph Johnson and other investment professionals

who sold American Growth Funding II LLC to the investing
public, and are preparing to take action on behalf of investors.
They take most cases of this type on a contingency fee basis and
advance the case costs, and only get paid for their fees and costs
out of money they recover for their clients.
The Peier Rosca Wolf securities lawyers are currently
i n ve sti g a ti n g Ralph
Johnson
and
other
investment
professionals, such as Howard Allen and Kerri Wasserman, who
sold American Growth Funding II LLC to the investing public.
Investors who believe they lost money as a result of any of the
aforementioned investment professionals and their sales of
American Growth Funding II LLC may contact the securities
lawyers at Peier Rosca Wolf, Alan Rosca or Joe Peier, for a free
no-obligation evaluation of their recovery options, at 888-9980520.
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the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He focuses his legal practice
on complex commercial and financial litigation and arbitration,
particularly in the areas of securities and investment fraud. His office
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