The US Securities and Exchange Commission says Ameriprise Financial Services has consented to pay $17.3 million to settle allegations that it received millions of dollars in undisclosed compensation in exchange for selling certain REITs (real estate investment trusts) to its brokerage customers. The SEC says Ameriprise demanded and got “revenue…
Even though regulators are calling on broker-dealers to employ stricter hiring standards when it comes to screening brokers who have already gotten in trouble for alleged broker misconduct, many firms continue to hire these suspect workers. It doesn’t help that broker-dealers have a tendency to not reveal key details when…
A former LPL Financial and Ameriprise representative has been charged with 14 counts of theft and one count of fraud-all charged as felony crimes-after he allegedly stole $5 million from over 20 people he was acquainted with through Little League and church. James J. Buchanan was indicted last May at…
Ameriprise Financial says it will pay $3.8 million to settle a lawsuit with New Hampshire regulators accusing six of the company’s financial advisers of forging the signatures of at least 96 customers. The signatures were allegedly forged to make it seem that certain financial plans had been delivered when in…
The city of Cleveland, Ohio is suing 21 financial institutions for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages caused by subprime lending and securitization. The defendants named in the lawsuit are: • Deutsche Bank Trust Company • Ameriquest Mortgage Company • Bank of America Corporation • The Bear Stearns Companies…
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. has been charged by The New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation of forging and tampering with documents. The complaint also alleges that the firm failed to deliver nearly 500 financial plans, conducted unapproved sales contests and intentionally limited compliance oversight. Furthermore, Minneapolis-based Ameriprise was accused of…
Authorities in Knoxville have arrested an Ameriprise Financial Services broker who is accused of defrauding Tennessee residents. The charges include theft and forgery. At least five alleged victims have come forward claiming losses of almost $1 million. A client in another state claims damages of more than a million dollars…
An arbitration panel for the NASD says that Ameriprise’s Securities America must pay up to $9.3 million to three retired American Airlines pilots who are accusing a broker of spending their retirement savings on mutual funds that had high fees and trading costs. A spin off from American Express Co.,…