A Court-Appointed Riverside Regulatory Receiver Is Here to Help
From consumer and investment fraud to Ponzi-like schemes and digital-asset scams, FedReceiver, Inc. is regularly appointed as a federal equity receiver in cases filed by agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). Our team brings decades of experience administering complex regulatory receiverships throughout Riverside County and California.
Here’s how a Riverside Regulatory Receiver can help you:
Regulatory agencies may seek the appointment of a receiver when defendants are alleged to have violated federal or state laws. These cases often involve securities violations, fraudulent investment offerings, misrepresentations in the sale of consumer services, unlawful advance-fee schemes, and digital-asset or commodity-related fraud. A Riverside regulatory receiver steps in to secure assets, investigate misconduct, preserve records, and implement court-directed recovery strategies.
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Ponzi-Like Schemes
Cases where new investor funds are used to pay returns to earlier investors, masking insolvency and misleading participants.
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Digital Asset Investment Schemes
Fraudulent solicitations involving digital assets, commodities, derivatives, swaps, or commodity futures contracts.
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Precious Metal Scams
Schemes where fraudsters induce investors to purchase precious metals based on false or misleading representations.
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Fee-Based Investment Scams
Scenarios where investors are promised high returns but, upon requesting withdrawals, are charged fabricated commissions, transfer fees, or taxes.
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Cryptocurrency Fraud
According to the FTC, “The FTC’s new data spotlight shows crypto is a common way for scammers to steal money, with over 46,000 people reporting losing more than a billion dollars in crypto to scams since the start of 2021. Many crypto scams begin with ads, posts, or messages on social media. And most crypto is lost to investment scams, where scammers get you to “invest” money, promising they’ll make you more — quickly. That’s a lie. You won’t make money and you’ll lose your initial “investment.”
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Real Estate and Investment Scams
Scams that promise easy, low-risk wealth creation, often beginning with free seminars followed by expensive “investment coaching” upsells—offering strategies that are ineffective or fraudulent.
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Investment Coaching Scams
Fraudulent “coaching programs” that claim to teach investors proprietary or “proven” strategies for stock trading, foreign currency, or tax-lien investing. In reality, the claims are false and the promised methods do not generate returns.
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Unregistered Soliciting Entities
Entities falsely claiming SEC registration, licenses, or U.S. locations. Investigation frequently reveals they are not registered or regulated as claimed.
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Affinity Fraud
Scams targeting identifiable groups—such as seniors, religious communities, cultural groups, or professional associations. Fraudsters often pose as group members or leverage internal leaders to gain trust.
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Promissory Notes
Investors are offered high-yield, low-risk promissory notes. In many cases, these offerings are unregistered and misleading, placing investors at significant risk.
When is a Riverside Regulatory Receiver needed?
A regulatory receiver is typically appointed in federal or state enforcement actions involving allegations of fraud, misappropriation, deceptive practices, or unlawful investment activities. This may include cryptocurrency fraud, investment schemes, pyramid operations, or consumer-service violations.
The receiver’s role is to protect investors, secure assets, investigate misconduct, and return available funds through a court-supervised process.
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Locations Served
With cases involving assets throughout the country and internationally, FedReceiver, Inc. provides nation-wide receivership services including international asset recovery.
Alameda, Butte, San Francisco, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange County, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Ventura County, and the California District Court.
States with cases/assets include Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.
Who needs a court-appointed Riverside Regulatory Receiver?
If you are a lender, attorney, investor, government agency or city attorney, FedReceiver,Inc. provides receivership services to address your unique circumstances.
Lender
Defaulted real estate /business loans, collateral and inventory problems, contaminated property may all require the services of a receiver.
Attorney
Corporate, partnership, creditor rights, bankruptcy and transactional attorneys regularly seek out the services of court-appointed receivers.
Defrauded Investor/Consumer
If you are a defrauded investor/consumer, various government agencies may be able to assist with investigating alleged fraud.
Government Agency
State/federal governmental agencies appoint receivers in connection with criminal restitution, health & safety code violation, investor and consumer fraud as well as other regulatory matters requiring the appointment of a receiver.
How we work together
From identifying problems to implementing solutions, our experienced team utilizes its decades of experience, expertise, training and resources to successfully administer its receiver, partition, provisional directorship, dissolution manager and distribution agent cases.
Reach out
Please reach out via our contact page or call us at our Los Angeles corporate office. Our state and federal cases involve assets throughout the county.
Set an Appointment
An initial call will allow for an initial assessment of the proposed case.
Sample Pleadings/Orders
With approximately 800 cases, FedReceiver has a vast library of exemplars including motions seeking appointment of receiver, orders appointing receiver and memorandum of points & authorities.
References
We offer excellent references with local and national law firms, accounting firms and clients.
Court Experience
Given our decades of experience and hundreds of cases, we have appeared in state/federal court and have excellent relationships with numerous courts/judges.
Get to know our expert Riverside Regulatory Receivers
A family business, founded by James Donell, we are leaders in the receivership industry.
With prior experience as president of the California Receivers Forum (CRF) Los Angeles/Orange County Chapter, President of the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers (NAFER), panel members at receiver conferences, we are leaders in our industry.
Offices
Northern California
Sacramento, CA
Los Angeles
Wilshire Bundy Plaza 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Subsuit 1120
Phone: 310.207.8481
Stephen J. Donell Los Angeles
President of FedReceiver, Inc., Jalmar Properties, Inc. and Donell Expert Services, Inc.
James H. Donell Los Angeles
Founder and CEO of FedReceiver, Inc. and Jalmar Properties, Inc.
Todd D. Donell Los Angeles
Executive Vice President of FedReceiver, Inc. and Jalmar Properties, Inc.
Sarah R. Bates Los Angeles
Vice President of FedReceiver, Inc. and Jalmar Properties, Inc.
Review the chapter authored by Mr. Donell
Reviving the Financially Distressed Business
Reviving The Financially Distressed Business is the essential guide for business owners and corporate leaders whose companies are under—or anticipating—financial difficulties. See Chapter 11, Receiverships, written by Court Receiver Stephen Donell, CCIM, CPM
Steve Donell’s contribution to the book “Reviving a Financially Distressed Business” reflects not only his expertise as a receiver, but his sound judgment on how receivership can be used to effectively advance a financially troubled business.”
– Brian Davidoff, Esq. Author and Editor