Joliet, Illinois Financial Advisor Faces Criminal Charges For Wire Fraud Ronald Terrence Molo, a former Edward Jones broker, is accused of misappropriating customers’ funds and costing at least three older clients $778,000 in investment losses. He was suspended by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) beginning October 25, 2021, after…
Ex-Mesa, Arizona Financial Advisor Has Been Named in Multiple Customer Disputes Ex-Raymond James broker, Guilford Ward Nergard, is facing at least one still pending customer dispute in which the claimant is alleging unauthorized trading. This is not the only time that Nergard has been accused of broker misconduct. He was…
GPB Private Placements Were Sold Through Brokerage Firm’s AdvisorDirect® Service An investor recently filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against broker-dealer TD Ameritrade over losses sustained in GPB investments. The private placements from GPB Capital Holdings were recommended by an investment advisor via the TD Ameritrade AdvisorDirect®…
Beleaguered Alternative Asset Firm Also Reaches $30M Settlement With Former Prime CEO New York-based GPB Capital Holdings, LLC has finalized its sale of its Prime Automotive Group to Group 1 Automotive. The purchase includes all of Prime Auto’s assets, including over two dozen car dealerships and three collision centers. The…
Non-Traded REIT Causes Investor Losses of Up To Over 95% Our non-traded real estate investment trust (non-traded REIT) lawyers are continuing to look into claims of losses by investors whose financial advisors marketed and sold shares in Hospitality Investors Trust (HIT REIT). This investment was previously named American Realty Capital…
Ex-Arkadios Capital Financial Advisor is Accused of Unsuitability & Concentration A former broker and investment advisor, Marc Frederick Korsch, is currently named in several pending customer disputes in which, as of November 2021, the claimants are still seeking to recover $2.8M in damages. Korsch was an Arkadios Capital financial advisor…
68 Customers To Receive Restitution From NY-Based Broker-Dealer, Aegis Capital The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has sanctioned Aegis Capital, which will pay about $2.8M for the excessive and unsuitable trading that allegedly took place in dozens of customers’ accounts. Of this amount, $1.7M in restitution will go to 68…
Financial Advisor May Have Unsuitably Recommended Off-Shore Annuities To Multiple Latin American Customers If you are an investor who lost money after you were sold Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) products, seek legal advice today as you may have grounds for a FINRA arbitration case. Our seasoned Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda)…
Capstone Financial Investment Advisor Barred By FINRA David John Melilli, an ex-Cambridge Investment Research stockbroker, was barred by FINRA beginning November 8th, 2021. This came in the wake of allegations that he traded in multiple clients’ accounts without written authorization. This included trading in the account of one deceased person. …
More Bad News for The Non-Traded REIT’s Investors Publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust, Moody National REIT II, announced in August 2021 that its Board had made the decision to postpone the valuation of its shares. Considering that the non-traded REIT has not updated its net asset value (NAV)…