Retail Investors Were Allegedly Told To Hold Exchange-Traded Products for Too Long In separate settlements reached with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Royal Alliance Associates, Securities America Advisors, Summit Financial Group, Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., and American Portfolio Financial Services / American Portfolio Advisers will pay over…
Banned Woodbury Financial Broker Allegedly Sold Fake Investments, Converted Client Monies Ronald Walter Hannes, a Spokane, Washington-based investment advisor and former Woodbury Financial Services broker, is accused by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions of defrauding 19 clients of over $2.9M. Hannes had operated out of Hannes Financial Services…
Scottsdale, Arizona Investment Advisor Was Fired By Broker-Dealer Coastal Securities Luke Michael Johnson, currently Managing Director for Prime Capital Investment Advisors in Paradise Valley in the Scottsdale area, is named in over a dozen pending disputes by investors seeking damages for losses they allegedly suffered while working with him. Johnson…
Investor Contends Insigneo Securities Broker Unsuitably Handled Account A former customer of Felipe Henao Vargas, an Insigneo Securities stockbroker, is pursuing a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against the brokerage firm for $1.3M in damages related to the iPath Series B S & P 500 Short Term Futures…
High Net Worth Individual Investor Alleges That UBS Group AG Persuaded Him To Buy On Margin Guo Wengui, a rich Chinese businessman exiled in New York, has filed a lawsuit against UBS Financial Group after losing $500M. Wengui contends that the bank pressured him into borrowing funds to invest in…
Florida Financial Advisor is Named in at Least 10 FINRA Cases, Including One $25 Million Claim If you suffered losses while working with UBS Financial Services (UBS) stockbroker, Jose Manuel Cornide, Jr., you may be able to file a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim for your losses. Cornide,…
Metairie, LA Broker Allegedly Made Unsuitable Recommendations to Retirees If you suffered serious investment losses from working with FSC Securities Corp. stockbroker and Nettworth Financial investment advisor, Frank Briseno III, you may have grounds for a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim to recover your losses. Briseno, who is…
FINRA Suspends Nebraska Stockbroker Who Marketed An Alleged $300M Ponzi Scam to Customers Troy Robert Baily, a former SagePoint Financial broker, has been suspended by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for six months. Baily, who is also a previously registered investment advisor, is based in Nebraska. The suspension comes…
Former Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Stockbroker Faces Selling Away Allegations Three years after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) barred him, Jonathan Douglas Freeze remains the subject of eight pending customer disputes. Most of these investor claims accuse him of selling away and investing customers’ funds in Alternative Investment Holdings, a North…
Investors Lose Money After VLF Hedge Fund Loses Value If you are someone who has suffered significant losses from investing in the Vida Longevity Fund, LP (VLF), you may have a reason for pursuing an investment fraud case against the broker or financial advisor that sold you this investment. Unfortunately,…