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Cetera Investment Services Named in Chinese Couple’s 7-Figure Beechwood Bermuda Claim

Published on: June 2, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Ex-Cetera Investment Services Broker Xinxin Lu May Have Overconcentrated Couple’s Account in Obscure, Offshore Investment Our seasoned securities lawyers have filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration case against Cetera Investment Services on behalf of two Chinese investors. These investors seek up to $5M in damages for losses they sustained in Beechwood Bermuda. The […]

Claimant Says Cetera Investment Services Unsuitably Recommended NorthStar Healthcare Income, Healthcare Trust, and Griffin Realty Trust

Published on: May 17, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Cetera Investment Services Broker Chang Vung Named in Six-Figure Non-Traded REIT Claim A self-employed New York investor has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Cetera Investment Services and its broker Chang Jen Vung. The claimant sustained losses in non-traded real estate investment trusts. The claimant is pursuing up to $500K in […]

Beechwood Bermuda Investor Seeks Up to $500K From Cetera and Broker Leo Li-Yuan Chien

Published on: March 28, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Beechwood Bermuda Investor Was Unsuitably Recommended Non-Traded REIT Healthcare Trust Another Chinese investor has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Cetera Investment Services over losses suffered in Beechwood Bermuda (a Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda)-related product). This investor also suffered investment losses in the non-traded real estate investment trust, Healthcare Trust Incorporated […]

Retiree Files 7-Figure Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Claim Against Cetera

Published on: December 6, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

A Claimant is Requesting Up to $5M in Damages For Northstar (Bermuda) Losses An older investor has filed a FINRA arbitration claim over losses she sustained in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) while working with Cetera Investment Services, LLC. The claimant is a retiree and a foreign national who had an account at a US bank. […]

Customers Accuse Ex-Cetera Broker Robert Wolfe of Unsuitability and Omissions

Published on: December 6, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Financial Advisor is Named in Six-Figure Customer Dispute Robert Brian Wolfe, who was a Goldman Sachs broker from July 2020 to October 2021, was recently dismissed by the broker-dealer. His firing came following allegations related to client communications involving market valuations and portfolio performance, as well as his handling of customer grievances […]

Cetera Advisors Broker Jeffrey Meyers Accused of Making Unsuitable REIT Investment Recommendations

Published on: November 10, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Hospitality Investors Trust Was One of the REITs Marketed Cetera Advisors Network broker Jeffrey Gerard Meyers, an Overland Park, Kansas financial advisor, is named in two pending customer disputes. The claimants are accusing him of making unsuitable investment recommendations involving non-liquid real estate investment trusts (REIT). One of the products was Hospitality Investors Trust (HIT […]

Elderly Chinese Retiree Files Six-Figure PB Investment Holdings Case Against Cetera Investment Services

Published on: September 24, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Customer’s FINRA Arbitration Hearing Seeking Up to $500K Will Take Place in Los Angeles Our broker fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) have filed a FINRA arbitration claim against Cetera Investment Services. A very elderly Chinese widow who entrusted the firm to keep her money safe suffered considerable […]

Chinese Retiree Pursues Up To $500K From Cetera Over PB Investment Holdings Losses

Published on: August 23, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Retiree Suffers Significant Losses in PB Investment Holdings on Recommendation of Cetera Financial Advisor A Chinese national has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim over losses she suffered after a Cetera Investment Services advisor unsuitably recommended and sold a PB Investment Holdings annuity to her. The Bermuda-based off-shore investment (affiliated with Northstar […]

Former Cetera Advisors Network Broker David Rockwell Sentenced To Prison For Fraud

Published on: June 9, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Ex-Fort Meyers, Florida Financial Advisor Misappropriated $1.02M From Investors A former Cetera Advisors Network registered representative, David Aaron Rockwell, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for multiple counts of bank fraud and wire fraud. According to the US Justice Department, Rockwell defrauded investors of over $1.02M and used their money to pay […]

Ex-Cetera Advisors Broker Mark Barrand Accused of Making Unsuitable Investment Recommendations

Published on: June 3, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Denver Financial Advisor Mark Barrand Named in Pending Customer Disputes Mark Allen Barrand, an Ameriprise Financial broker based in Denver, has nine customer claims on his BrokerCheck record. The most recent one, brought in February 2021, was from his time as a Cetera Advisors registered representative. Barrand has worked 14 years in the industry, and […]