Owners Accused of Misappropriating Nearly $2.7M from Investors The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil fraud lawsuit accusing APEG Energy, GP, LLC (APEG) and its owners Paul W. Haarman and Patrick E. Duke of fraudulently raising over $17.4M from 115 investors of an oil and gas…
Florida Arbitration Panel Refuses To Expunge Advisors’ Record of Options Overlay Case In December, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel in Boca Raton, Florida awarded a UBS Wealth management client and retiree $89,675 in his UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) claim over significant losses he sustained in the…
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Can Lead To Losses, High Fees If you are an investor whose broker recommended that you invest in a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and you have suffered losses on your investment, you should contact our investment fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK…
New York Investment Advisor Has Several Customer Disputes on His BrokerCheck Record Brian Wurdemann, an RBC Capital Markets registered representative, is named in a still-pending customer dispute in which the customer is seeking $1M in damages. The claimant contends that Wurdemann misrepresented three mutual funds, first while he was a…
Inversionista Latinoamericano alega Abuso y Fraude Financiero contra Ancianos En una reclamación de arbitraje ante la Autoridad Reguladora de la Industria Financiera (FINRA) contra Truist Investment Services, Inc. (t/c/c SunTrust Investment Services, Inc.), un jubilado de América Latina reclama hasta $500 mil en daños. La reclamante sostiene que su corredora…
Lincoln, Nebraska Stockbroker Named In Multiple Six-Figure Options Overlay Claims A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has awarded two claimants over $1M in their UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) claim against respondent UBS Financial Services (UBS). Their broker, Jason Mathew Dworak, was not a respondent in the customer…
SEC Requested Monitor to Protect GPB Fund Investors In a letter dated March 3rd, 2021, to all investors of its limited partnerships, CFO and interim CEO of GPB Capital Holdings, Rob Chmiel, notified investors that the firm has consented to a court-appointed independent monitor by the SEC to run the…
SSEK Law Firm Is Representing Arkansas Retiree In $500K Customer Dispute The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred ex-LPL Financial stockbroker, Rhett Douglas Bedwell after he refused to provide key documents into the self-regulatory organization’s probe into allegations that he invested funds from a client’s IRA in a Ponzi…
Latin American Investor Alleges Elder Financial Fraud And Abuse In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Truist Investment Services, Inc. (aka SunTrust Investment Services, Inc.), a retiree in Latin America is seeking up to $500K in damages. The claimant contends that her broker unsuitably recommended that she…
Wealth Management Firm Also May Have Sold ARC NYC REIT, NorthstarHealthcare Income REITs, and Other Illiquid Securities Wealth management solutions holding company, Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. recently announced that it is acquiring SCF Securities, which is a brokerage firm based in Fresno, California. Also included in the acquisition will be…