State Lawsuits Come After SEC Complaint and FBI Arrests New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing GPB Capital Holdings along with five co-defendants for running a mass Ponzi scam. The NY AG contends that the alternative asset firm and private equity fund manager, which is based in the state,…
Unsuitability, Misrepresentations and Omissions Are Among the Other Allegations Ray Gene Reese, a Money Concepts Capital stockbroker and investment advisor based in Farmington, Missouri, is currently named in two pending Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claims seeking $600K in damages. Reese has been in the securities industry for 32…
Claimants Had Alleged Negligence, Poor Supervision, and Other Charges A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has awarded one customer and his trust $515K in their GPB private placement fraud claim against Arete Wealth Management. The Chicago-based brokerage firm also has been ordered to pay all of the claimant’s…
Justice Department Files Parallel Criminal Charges Against GPB Capital’s David Gentile and Others The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed civil charges against GPB Capital Holdings CEO and owner David Gentile, ex-GPB managing partner Jeffrey Lash, Ascendant Capital owner Jeffry Schneider, and affiliated entities, including Ascendant Alternative Strategies, of…
Financial Advisor in Ludlow, Massachusetts is Named in Two Pending Customer Disputes Joseph Anthony Leonczyk, a Commonwealth Financial Network registered representative, is currently named in two pending customer disputes in which the claimants allege that he unsuitably recommended that they invest in FS Energy and Power Fund (FSEP), FS KKR…
Jeffry Schneider, David Gentile, and Jeffrey Lash, GPB Capital Principals Indicted Our firm has written extensively about GPB Capital and allegations that the “investments” were a massive Ponzi scheme. The U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of New York has indicted several of the principals of GPB Capital, and…
Ex-Prime Automotive Group CEO Accused Alternative Asset Firm of Running Massive Ponzi Scam A Massachusetts Superior Court judge says the majority of the lawsuit filed by former Prime Automotive Group CEO, David Rosenberg, can move forward. Rosenberg, in his complaint, claims that he was fired and retaliated against after he…
Wealth Enhancement & Preservation CEO Named in Two Pending Investor Claims Triad Advisors stockbroker, Darrin Stuart Cohen, is currently the subject of two pending Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claims from customers collectively seeking $600K in damages. The allegations involve the unsuitability of investments, including alternative investments, that were…
FINRA Bars Former Charlotte, North Carolina Financial Advisor The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration has permanently barred Gary Wayne Hammond, an ex-North Carolina broker, following allegations that he took part in more than $1.6M in private securities transactions without having given written notice to his then-firm. The transactions appear…
SEC’s Regulation BI May Not Be Protecting Investors The Way They Think It has been nearly seven months since the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (BI), a rule mandating that brokers NOT market themselves as financial advisors unless they actually are dually registered to be one, went into effect. The aim…