EFTA Document EFTA01404400

Entity: Southern Financial Services Inc. Entity Information Entity ID: Entity Name: Southern Financial Services Inc. Address: Asheville, NC, UNITED STATES Event: FRD - Fraud, Scams, Swindles ASC - Associated with, Seen with • 02/04/2011, U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins announced that, James W. "Bill" Bailey, Jr. had his initial appearance on three federal criminal counts, Securities Fraud, Mail Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns Charges, which was filed in a Bill of Information in U.S. District Court in Asheville on February 1, 2010. The counts against Bailey charge that he engaged in a "Ponzi" scheme from about January 2000 to December 2010 to defraud investors of more than $13 million. According to the Bill of Information, the defendant founded and operated Southern Financial Services Inc, 1031 Exchange Services, LLC and AVL Properties, LLC in Asheville. Court documents state that through Southern Financial Services Inc., Bailey fraudulently induced clients to deposit monies and purported to provide asset management, IRA accounts, and wills and trusts services. • TAX - Tax Related Offenses ASC - Associated with, Seen with 02/04/2011, U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins announced that, James W. "Bill" Bailey, Jr. had his initial appearance on three federal criminal counts, Securities Fraud, Mail Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns Charges, which was filed in a Bill of Information in U.S. District Court in Asheville on February 1, 2010. The counts against Bailey charge that he engaged in a "Ponzi" scheme from about January 2000 to December 2010 to defraud investors of more than $13 million. According to the Bill of Information, the defendant founded and operated Southern Financial Services Inc, 1031 Exchange Services, LLC and AVL Properties, LLC in Asheville. Court documents state that through Southern Financial Services Inc., Bailey fraudulently induced clients to deposit monies and purported to provide asset management, IRA accounts, and wills and trusts services. • SEC - SEC Violations (Insider Trading, Securities Fraud) ASC - Associated with, Seen with 02/04/2011, U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins announced that, James W. "Bill" Bailey, Jr. had his initial appearance on three federal criminal counts, Securities Fraud, Mail Fraud EFTA01404400 and Filing False Tax Returns Charges, which was filed in a Bill of Information in U.S. District Court in Asheville on February 1, 2010. The counts against Bailey charge that he engaged in a "Ponzi" scheme from about January 2000 to December 2010 to defraud investors of more than $13 million. According to the Bill of Information, the defendant founded and operated Southern Financial Services Inc, 1031 Exchange Services, LLC and AVL Properties, LLC in Asheville. Court documents state that through Southern Financial Services Inc., Bailey fraudulently induced clients to deposit monies and purported to provide asset management, IRA accounts, and wills and trusts services. Source Information RDC URL: https://grid.rdc.com/wss/entity.html?- entityId=4b538c2393dee2cf5d3f3d53eb346cc4 Source Name: DOJ US Attorneys Offices Press Releases 2009 to 2012, 05/31/2011 Source URL: http://www.justice.gov/usao/offices/index.html Entity URL: http://www.justice.gov/usao/ncw/press/billbailey.html Copyright 0 2013 Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Document generated on 05/29/2013 12:22:42 EFTA01404401