Legal Opinion
Northern and Western Insurance Company Ltd. v. Sentinel Investment Group, LLC
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 31, 2013No. 01-12-00847-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE BLAND, Justice.
Sentinel Investment Group, L.L.C., is a small investment group funded by four individuals. Lured by an investment program that promised regular payment of substantial profits and a guaranteed return of Sentinel’s $1.5 million in investment principal, Sentinel entered into a Private Placement Agreement (agreement) with Fundación Vamos Panama (FVP). FVP procured a surety bond from Northern & Western as security for Sentinel’s investment.
The investment program did not deliver as promised. Only a few months into the program, Sentinel stopped receiving profit payments.…
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