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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

_______________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 21, 2015
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VESTIN FUND III, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
000-51301
 
87-0693972
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

  8880 W. Sunset Road
Suite 200   Las Vegas, Nevada
 
89148
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
702.227.0965
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


(Former name if changed since last report)
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 4.01 CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.

Previous independent registered public accounting firm

(a) On July 21, 2015, Vestin Fund III, LLC (the “Registrant” or the “Company”) notified De Joya Griffith, LLC (“De Joya”) that it was dismissed as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm. The decision to dismiss the De Joya as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Company’s Manager on July 21, 2015.  The reports of De Joya on the Company’s  financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and such reports were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principle.

During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 and through July 21, 2015, the Company has not had any disagreements with De Joya on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to De Joya’s satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference thereto in their reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods.

During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 and through July 21, 2015, there were no reportable events, as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided De Joya with a copy of this disclosure set forth under this Item 4.01 and was requested to furnish a letter addressed to the Securities & Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the above statements.

A copy of the letter from De Joya is attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1

New independent registered public accounting firm
 
On July 21, 2015 (the “Engagement Date”), the Company engaged RBSM LLP (“RBSM “) as its independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. The decision to engage RBSM as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Company’s Manager.
During the two most recent fiscal years and through the Engagement Date, the Company has not consulted with RBSM regarding either:

 
1.
the application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided that RBSM  concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or

 
2.
any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(iv) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto) or a reportable event (as described in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K).

 
 

 

 
 Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits


(a)
Financial statements of businesses acquired.

Not applicable

(b)
Pro forma financial information.
 
Not applicable

(c)       Shell company transactions.

Not applicable

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
16.1
Letter from De Joya Griffith, LLC


 
 

 


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
VESTIN FUND III, LLC
     
Dated: July 27, 2015
By:
/s/ Michael Shustek
   
Michael V. Shustek
   
President and Chief Executive Officer