Over 3,000 Customers May Have Been Charged More Than $8.4M in Excessive Sales Fees The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith will pay approximately $8.4M in restitution and an over $3.2M fine to settle charges alleging supervisory failures involving unit investment trust (UIT)…
Non-Traded REIT Seeks To Restructure $1.3B in Unsecured Debt If you are an investor whose broker recommended that you invest in Hospitality Investors Trust (HIT), you may have grounds for a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim to recover damages. Hospitality Investors Trust used to be called American Realty…
Recent Report to SEC Notes Four Pending Disputes Against Sigma Financial InvestmentNews reports that according to Sigma Financial Corp.’s recent Focus Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm is contending with four pending Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claims from customers alleging damages of approximately $4.5M.…
Customers of Lion Street Financial Broker Richard Baer Suffered Over $1.8m in Investment Losses Lion Street Financial stockbroker, Richard Evan Baer, who is also a registered investment advisor with both React Investment Solutions, LLC and Legacy Capital California, has been named by investors in two pending complaints seeking $1.8M in…
Ex-Wisconsin Financial Advisor Bilked 27 Victims of $2.6M, Many of Them Older Investors Edward Earl Matthes, an ex-Mutual of Omaha Investor Services broker, is sentenced to 63 months behind bars for defrauding over two dozen investors, most of them older customers, in a $2.6M investment scam. He had pleaded guilty…
Northstar (Bermuda) Investors Likely to Only Recover Losses By Filing FINRA Arbitration Claims Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) is continuing to speak with investors of Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) who suffered significant losses because their broker failed to conduct the proper due diligence when they…
Ameriprise Financial Services Investment Advisor Accused of Unsuitability, Misrepresentations If you suffered investment losses while working with Ameriprise Financial Services stockbroker, Kevin Douglas Houser, please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) right away. The Center Valley, Pennsylvania financial advisor is already named in four substantial…
Truist Investment Services Financial Advisor Named in $1.5M of Pending Customer Disputes Stephen Berrocal, a Truist Investment Services broker and investment advisor based out of Coral Gables, Florida, is named in three active customer disputes. At least one of them appears to involve the allegedly unsuitable recommendation of Northstar Financial…
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…
Japanese Couple Seeks Up To $500K in Northstar (Bermuda) Damages A Japanese couple has filed an investor claim against Bank of Hawaii subsidiary, Bankoh Investment Services, Inc. for losses they suffered in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda). The off-shore investment was recommended to them by broker Yoko Farias, who has been…