Old Mutual Investor Seeks Up To $500K in Damages An investor from Mexico has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration case against J.P. Morgan Securities over the losses she suffered in Old Mutual (Bermuda). The off-shore entity is owned by Greg Lindberg’s Global Bankers, which also owns Northstar…
Family of Senior Investor Pursues Up to $500K in Damages on His Behalf The family of a Connecticut widower has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against David Lerner Associates after the older investor suffered a six-figure loss in Energy 11 and Energy Resources 12, which are…
Northstar (Bermuda) Investor is Seeking Up to $500K in Damages An investor in Nagoya, Japan has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration case against Bancwest Investment Services after she suffered six-figure losses in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda). The claimant, who is an inexperienced investor, was referred to her…
SRO Was Investigating Trading Activity in Customers’ Accounts The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred Salvatore Pizzimenti from the industry. The ex-Worden Capital Management broker was under investigation for trades made in customers’ accounts. The industry bar came after Pizzimenti refused to give testimony in the self-regulatory organization’s (SRO’s)…
Syosset, NY Financial Advisor is Named in $920K of Pending Customer Disputes Alleging Unsuitability Our energy, oil and gas investment fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) are looking into allegations that David Lerner Associates broker, Martin Kevin Walcoe, may have unsuitably sold Energy…
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…