Victims across 13 states, some elderly and many who lost their life savings in a $20+ million, Florida-based investment scheme, are turning to fellow victim and humanitarian Anquan Boldin and publicly requesting his help recovering their lost investments, as well as bringing the perpetrators of the scheme to justice.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the recent announcement by veteran NFL wide receiver Anquan Boldin that he is retiring from football to focus on humanitarian efforts, fellow victims of an ongoing investment scheme are pleading for his help. Boldin, a victim himself who was duped out of $250,000 by a penny stock company based in Boldin’s home state of Florida, had family members directly involved in facilitating the scheme according to legal documents. His fellow victims believe Boldin has invaluable information that could help bring the scam’s perpetrators to justice and shut down the company that continues to trade on the Over the Counter (OTC) pink sheet exchange even today.
To date, the scam has netted over $20 million in stolen funds, while its perpetrators continue to walk free, despite a criminal investigative report from the financial crimes unit of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office concluding that Hawk Systems, Inc. and its affiliated companies, including Hawk Biometric, were “an organized scheme to defraud.”
Mark Spanakos, Hawk’s largest shareholder, said: “As a fellow victim, I believe that Anquan Boldin knows personally the deep pain that this fraud has caused, and I hope that he will step forward to make a difference for the everyday people who were hurt. On behalf of dozens of shareholders, I urge Anquan to make good on his pledge to work for the common good and to show in word and deed that he is his brother’s keeper.”
Cathy Lerman Esq., of the Lerman Law Firm, personal counsel to several of the elderly victims and other investors, said today: “Anquan Boldin’s commitment to use his public platform as a former football star and NFL champion for humanitarianism is truly admirable. We should all seek to follow Anquan’s example, using our lives and the gifts we have been given by God to help make positive changes in the world.
“Charity begins at home, and today Anquan has a unique opportunity to make a momentous impact right here in his home state of Florida by sharing critical details about the Hawk Systems and Hawk Biometric fraud. I cannot think of a more fitting way to demonstrate his admirable commitment to helping others than by coming forward to assist his fellow Hawk victims, whose financial lives were upended by this fraud and have never fully recovered.”
Earlier this year, Lerman and her firm announced their investigation into Hawk Systems, Inc. and Hawk Biometric Technologies, Inc.
Boldin surprised many by announcing his retirement in recent days. A standout at Florida State University, he is a Super Bowl Champion and 14-year NFL veteran. In 2015, Boldin received the prestigious Walter Payton Man of the Year award from the National Football League.
If you currently own stock in Hawk Systems or Hawk Biometric and wish to obtain additional information about an investigation underway by the Lerman Law Firm on the investment scheme, or if you have information that will assist the victims, please contact Cathy Lerman via email at clerman@lermanfirm.com or by telephone at (954) 332-1143.