Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Investigates Potential Wrongdoing at HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. & the Resignation of the C...

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a national law firm concentrating on investor rights, consumer rights and enforcement of federal antitrust laws, is investigating potential wrongdoing at HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. (“HQS” or the “Company”) (AMEX: HQS). Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP seeks to determine whether HQS and its investment bankers Roth Capital Partners and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co Inc. have violated the federal securities laws in connection with HQS’s stock offerings and statements to the Company’s shareholders.

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Specifically, the investigation concerns: (1) the Company’s failure to file its annual report in a timely manner; (2) the circumstances that led to a halt in trading of the Company’s shares; (3) the April 6, 2011 resignation of Andrew Intrater, the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee; (4) the issues raised in Mr. Intrater’s resignation letter concerning the Company’s stonewalling of the Audit Committee’s investigation into accounting irregularities; and (5) the circumstances that led to the resignation of the Company’s counsel, Troutman Sanders.

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If you purchased HQS securities in the Company’s June 2009 stock offering from Roth Capital Partners or in the Company’s August 2010 offering from Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and you would like to discuss your legal rights, visit www.faruqilaw.com/HQS. You can also contact us by calling Anthony Vozzolo toll free at 877-247-4292 or at 212-983-9330 or by sending an e-mail to [e-mail]. Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding HQS’s conduct during the period in question to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others.

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