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…
Infinity Q Capital Management Founder May Have Incorrectly Valued Certain Fund Assets The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the suspension of redemptions on the $1.8B Infinity Q Diversified Alpha Investor Fund (IQDAX). This includes postponing redemption date payments past seven days. The move comes in the wake…
States Allege Self-Dealing: Key GPB Capital Parties Used Investors’ Money to Fund Luxury Expenses In separate lawsuits suing GPB Capital Holdings and other key parties for defrauding investors in a more than $1.8B Ponzi scam, Missouri and Illinois regulators are accusing former GPB Capital Holdings CEO, David Gentile, and Ascendant…
Former David Lerner Associate Broker May Have Sold Spirit of America Energy Fund Among Others to Customers The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has suspended Florida-based broker, Charles Bonilla, for six months. The action comes over allegations that he unsuitably recommended two energy investments to customers while he was a…
Ex-New York Stockbroker Named In Multiple Customer Disputes Apostolos Nicolas Pitsironis, a former-Janney Montgomery Scott registered representative who was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2019 for allegedly defrauding investors, was arrested on February 10 in Dix Hills, New York in a parallel criminal fraud case. Prosecutors…
FINRA Arbitration Claim Seeks $250K in Damages, Possibly Involving Energy 11 LP An investor has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim naming David Lerner Associate, Glenn Howard Werner. Seeking $250K in damages, the claimant contends that misrepresentations and omissions, unsuitable investment recommendations, and a breach of fiduciary…
Unauthorized Trading and Abuse of Fiduciary Duty By Older Investor’s Grandsons A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ruled that JP Morgan Securities (JPM) and its ex-brokers, Avi Elliot Schottenstein and Evan A. Schottenstein, must pay a senior investor $19M in her investment fraud claim over losses sustained…
Settlement in FINRA Case Involves Repaying Nearly $44K to Affected Customers The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered Triad Advisors to pay a $150K fine for not adequately supervising both short-term trades involving Class A shares of mutual funds and variable annuity exchanges. The self-regulatory organization (SRO) also accused…
FINRA Arbitration Claim Seeks Up to $100K in Damages for Investor’s Losses A New York widow is pursuing damages from David Lerner Associates after she suffered losses from investments she purchased at broker Michael Joseph Norton’s recommendation, including the firm’s proprietary Energy 11, LP private placement. Norton, a Syosset, NY…