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We need to get it current again so it can trade.
It doesn't mean anything really. It's just bookkeeping for brokerage firms.
Those of us who bought shares of AOBI back in 2014, before the 1-501 reverse split (which happened April 2014 if I remember correctly) had the post reverse-split shares removed from our brokerage accounts. Replaced with a cusip number, pending a cash-in-lieu of fractional shares.
No payment was ever made. Those shares (and money) went **poof**. Not even 1 penny on the dollar was distributed. No fractional shares ever distributed.
But now, the remnant "ghost" shares of AOBI, are finally being removed from brokerage accounts.
Can you please tell me what this means?
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Fabulous - hopefully the start of good things to come......
Maybe I'll buy some then........
So ,Alpharidge Capital LLC, is going after it as custodian?
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Case Information
A-21-837305-C | Alpharidge Capital LLC, Plaintiff(s) vs. American Oriental Bioengineering Inc, Defendant(s)
Case Number
A-21-837305-C
Court
Department 22
Judicial Officer
Johnson, Susan
File Date
07/02/2021
Case Type
Other Civil Matters
Case Status
Open
Party
Plaintiff
Alpharidge Capital LLC
Active Attorneys
Lead Attorney
Shafer, Jay A.
Retained
Defendant
American Oriental Bioengineering Inc
Events and Hearings
07/02/2021 Complaint
Comment
Application for Appointment of Custodian NRS 78.347(1)(B)
07/02/2021 Initial Appearance Fee Disclosure
Comment
Initial Appearance Fee Disclosure
07/02/2021 Summons Electronically Issued - Service Pending
Comment
Summons
07/02/2021 Clerk's Notice of Hearing
Comment
Notice of Hearing
?
08/03/2021 Motion
Judicial Officer
Johnson, Susan
Hearing Time
8:30 AM
Comment
Application for Appointment of Custodian NRS 78.347(1)(B)
Unbelievable - I am going to stay away from it then.
They never paid the cash and took the shares?
How in the world can they do that??????
Sorry to hear that.
I was thinking of buying some, but now I'm not so sure.......
Just like today32 said, nothing is happening with this. Last I heard, there was some potential class-action lawsuit being formulated, but that was years ago. (2016)
Link here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-shareholders-announce-formation-of-a-group-to-recover-investor-funds-through-a-receivership-over-china-based-american-oriental-bioengineering-inc-ticker-aobi-300376594.html
I have several brokerage accounts with "ghost" shares on AOBI....just showing cusip number 028731404 with no market value.
It's not like they reneged on the reverse split at the last minute (causing us to lose money because of commission fees or capital loss etc), and it's not like they cashed out for 1 penny on the dollar....They just did the reverse split, shares went POOF, and all money gone. Stolen.
No clue what's going on... they scammed shareholders 4 years ago, going private via a 1/500 reverse split with fractionals cashed out and then they never paid the cash. Stole the shares and the SEC didn't do anything.
Did anything ever happen with AOBI?
Does anybody still own it?
Anybody have any idea about the company today?
It still trades.......
Are you still involved?
Any idea what is going on?
Did anything ever happen with this?
Does anybody still own it?
Anybody have any idea about the company today?
It still trades.......
I don't really know. Don't really care at this point. Just so disillusioned with all this. The fact that companies are allowed to trade on U.S. exchanges, and also allowed to publish false information in SEC filings with no repercussions.
Small amount of money lost, just the principle of the thing.
They have a shareholder lawsuit going, right?
lol. just blowing off steam. I wonder how many new Chinese companies are incorporated in the state of Nevada or Delaware everyday. Total shyster companies allowed to be publicly traded in America.
I suppose I should've made my last post more obvious that it was sarcasm. money gone forever.
Was your post just blowing off steam or is there some news that I'm missing?
here is the link for the group that is spearheading the class action against aob- keep our fingers crossed-- www.confidentialglobal.com
We are forming a shareholder group to take immediate action regarding AOBI. If you are a shareholder and interested in possibly joining, please email to info@csilegal.com and include the # of shares you have. You can also call 212.626.6708.
ALL INFORMATION IS KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
Latest Response from Broker: ....
(June 10, 2016)
"Thank you for contacting Fidelity Investments! I appreciate that you are entrusting your investing assets with our firm, and it is my pleasure to assist you.
After speaking with our Corporate Actions department, I confirmed that there have been no responses from the company American Oriental Bioengineering about the cashing out of their old shares. It seems that this company has been unresponsive for the last two years, and we have no way of forcing this cash out without their response. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.
We have been asked that all inquiries pertaining to this matter should be directed to: Yanchun Li at AOBO6@VIP.SINA.COM. The company's telephone number is 011-86-10-5982-2069."
blatent fraud. company putting out totally scam information in their SEC filings, and the SEC says.....(wait for it...) MEH!
If only the company was some conservative Chinese company, like FREEDOM Bioengineering inc., or PATRIOT american bioengineering inc., SEC would be all over that shit lol.
I googled lawsuits against them and see that a few were filed, but they were thrown out. Cant believe that they got away with this!
good question about the class-action lawsuit. Im surprised there aren't any in the pipeline yet. I'm guessing they will be coming eventually.
They've had class-action lawsuits against them before, so you'd think the same law firms would be all over this.
Just spoke to scottrade-no help i would like to take the loss on this years taxs as its been forever that i have been holding this turd-- does anyone think there is a chance for a class action? cant even trade it
Where the hell are the class-action lawsuits on this????
I have sent a SEC complaint but SEC told me that it is not their duty to deal with this.
I'm still here, pissed at what these Chinese Crooks [Department of Redundancy Department?] have pulled off with yet another one of the SCAMS for which they're famous for.
Here's my suggestion:
Buy 100 or 200 shares of this POS stock. 100 or 200 shares of AOBI will set you back ~$200 to $400. But . . .
The next step is have your broker transfer your shares out of street name and into yours. I did this with my Fidelity account. There is NO CHARGE for this at Fidelity SO LONG AS you're not requesting a paper stock certificate. Just ask them to do an electronic transfer to transfer the shares out of Street Name and into your name.
The Transfer Agent is Computershare. Fidelity (in my situation) will electronically transfer the shares out of my individual NON-RETIREMENT account and into my "account" at Computershare.com. The Transfer Agent will then send a letter informing me that I now hold X number of shares of AOBI held by Computershare, along with my account number at CS, etc.
This is where the fun part begins:
You will want to transfer at least one (1) share of AOBI to 100 to 200 of your closest family members and/or best friends. Get their permission, of course, but once you do, send a "Letter of Instruction" to Computershare Investor Centre.
In this Letter of Instruction, write an Introductory Paragraph (e.g., "My name is Johnny Wishbone, I am the owner of record of "X" shares of AOBI. I would like to transfer one (1) share of AOBIto each of the following people, trust accounts, custodian for minors, etc., as follows:)
Then, start with the Number 1., name, address and SSN (if you have the latter), otherwise, they'll ask these NEWEST co-owners in our fine company to supply SSN . . . just in case the compnay should make some kind of payment. [As an aside, you can stop ROTFLYFAO right now).
Instruct Computershare to issue a "STOCK CERTIFICATE" (i.e., an OLD-FASHION PAPER STOCK CERTIFICATE). This will be done at NO CHARGE to either the gifting shareholder or any of the hundred or so recipients. This is charged to the company (AOBI).
The cool part is that we all get to spread the love, SPREAD SOME SHARES to NEW shareholders, make AOBI pay for the transfer/issuance of these 100-200 stock transfers, not only in issuing the 100-200 new stock certs., but to incur the cost of adding/subtracting my 100-200 shares from my accounts, issuing stock certificates where one would normally be charged $250.00 to $500.00 for EACH STOCK CERTIFICATE by our stock brokerage firms.
And best of all, once we hit the Magic Number of 300 or more separate, distinct shareholders, guess what? AOBI's suspension of their duty to File reports with the SEC must ONCE AGAIN RESUME incurring all he Sar-Box expenses of SEC filings, paying law firms, accountants, all of the expenses that they thought they were saving by "GETTING OVER ON US". AOBI's duty to report to, file with, the SEC was merely SUSPENDED . . . it NEVER went away. Once we hit the Magic Number of more than 300 shareholders, their DUTY is ON AGAIN.
I hope that I've explained the process with enough detail, yet without confusing the hell out of everybody. If I managed to confuse, please do not hesitate to ask for help.
AOBI was "such a great Chinese Company, trading in the United States" under OUR stock exchanges, facing compliance with Sar-Box, the SEC, the Attorneys General of all 50 states.
It will be so much fun welcoming Fat Tony & Co., back to our fair country. Our rules aren't as Loosey-Goosey as they are in the Far East, but hey, it'll be fun getting to say "Hi" to these guys.
So, AOBI went dark on us per SEC rules (of suspension of duties to file/report once you have less than 300 shareholders. All that I am doing is helping our friends "stuck in China" to come back to our country, and they will have the privilege of turning the lights back on again. You know . . . just like it used to be . . . Old School . . . good times.
Again, please let me know of I can be of assistance in transferring your shares to family/friends. I'd be happy to help since it will help us turn the lights on once again on a company whose BOD, Majority Holder, etc.
so everyone is gone, everyone has accepted that AOBI ripped off it's shareholders. Millions of dollars stolen.
no class-action lawsuits? no SEC inquiry? nothing? just government-sanctioned theft? really.
ok, everyone's good with that. Let more shady Chinese companies get incorporated in Nevada, and let them trade on U.S. stock exchanges.
Update from Optionshouse broker:
I noticed on Tuesday, that Optionshouse removed the 500 shares of AOBI (temporary shares held in "contra" account) for cash out of $0.50 per pre-split share.
Here is their response today.
Hello XXXXX,
Our Operations department looked into the AOBI Corporate Action for you, but was unable to provide any updates of if and when the cash settlement will be paid. It appears that American Oriental has stopped responding to all legal litigation and has not taken any steps to make payment for the cash settlement. At this point, we do not have any further information and have no anticipated date of when the company is going to pay the cash settlement, if at all. I have included a copy of the most recent memorandum regarding this Corporate Action below.
Mandatory Announcement
We have been notified, DTC HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE CASH
OUT OF FRACTIONAL SHARES. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, WRIGHT & LOEB IS NO LONGER
REPRESENTING AMERICAN ORIENTAL AND ALL INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
ISSUER.
AMERICAN ORIENTAL HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE AND HAS NOT COMMUNICATED WITH DTC
VERBALLY OR IN WRITING TO OUR INQUIRIES PERTAINING TO THE CASH OUT OF
FRACTIONAL SHARES.
The shares will be removed from the client’s positions, UPON NOTIFICATION OF ANY FUTURE
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ISSUER, DTC WILL TAKE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO
REINSTATE ALL POSITIONS AND ALLOCATE ENTITLEMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
The shares will be removed from the client accounts on 8/7/15.
just thought I would post in the month of June, and say, "BALLS!!". That is all.
I'm very surprised that no class-action lawsuits have begun over the fractional payout refusal yet. Over a year from reverse stock split and absolutely NO information from the company or it's law firm? why no law suits??
can't even get pennies on the dollar for money "invested" in this pos. every penny literally went "poof".
and the SEC doesn't care I guess. lol.
I'm curious to see if there is anything that can be done (by brokerages, FINRA or the DTC) to force them to pay. I'm hoping that there's something that can be done besides a class action lawsuit.