Notice of Filing Securities Class Action against CompuCredit Corporation
July 14 2008 - 4:42PM
Business Wire
Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (�Coughlin Stoia�)
(http://www.csgrr.com/cases/compucredit/) today announced that a
class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional
investor in the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Georgia on behalf of purchasers of CompuCredit
Corporation (�CompuCredit�) (NASDAQ:CCRT) common stock during the
period between November 6, 2006 and June 9, 2008 (the �Class
Period�). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the
Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this
action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights
or interests, please contact plaintiff�s counsel, Darren Robbins of
Coughlin Stoia at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at
djr@csgrr.com. If you are a member of this class, you can view a
copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at
http://www.csgrr.com/cases/compucredit/. Any member of the putative
class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel
of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent
class member. The complaint charges CompuCredit and certain of its
officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. CompuCredit provides credit and related financial
services and products to underserved and un-banked consumers. The
complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants issued
materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company�s
business and financial results. As a result of defendants� false
statements, CompuCredit stock traded at artificially inflated
prices during the Class Period, reaching its Class Period high of
$40.61 per share in December 2006. Then, on June 10, 2008, The Wall
Street Journal reported that federal regulators were expected to
seek more than $100 million in fines and restitution against
CompuCredit related to deceptive credit-card marketing tactics and
abusive debt-collection practices. On this news, CompuCredit�s
stock dropped $2.49 per share to close at $6.30 per share on June
10, 2008, a one-day decline of 28% on extremely high volume.
According to the complaint, the true facts, which were known by the
defendants but concealed from the investing public during the Class
Period, were as follows: (a) the Company�s assets contained
millions of dollars worth of impaired and risky securities, many of
which were backed by loans to subprime borrowers; (b) the Company
was not adequately accounting for its provision for loan losses in
violation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, causing its
financial results to be materially misstated; (c) the Company�s
improper marketing and collection practices would lead to large
fines and would harm the Company�s future results; (d) the Company
had far greater exposure to anticipated losses and defaults related
to its subprime customers than it had previously disclosed; (e)
given the deterioration in the market for asset-backed securities
related to subprime consumers, the Company would be forced to
reduce its lending operations due to liquidity concerns as it
relied upon the sale of its asset-backed securities to fund its
ongoing operations; and (f) given the increased volatility in the
subprime market and increased level of delinquencies and defaults
that CompuCredit was experiencing, the Company had no reasonable
basis to make projections about its financial results. Plaintiff
seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of CompuCredit
common stock during the Class Period (the �Class�). The plaintiff
is represented by Coughlin Stoia, which has extensive experience in
prosecuting investor class actions and actions involving financial
fraud.
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