Barred Broker Named In Almost 50 Customer Complaints Anthony Diaz, a former Pennsylvania stockbroker and investment advisor who has been the subject of dozens of customer complaints, is finally on trial for fraud. Jury selection is slated to start this week. Our investor lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas…
FINRA Orders Oppenheimer To Pay $3.8M Oppenheimer & Co. (OPY) must pay over $3.8M in restitution to customers who may have had to pay excess sales fees for the early rollovers of their United Investment Trusts (UITs). The order comes from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and includes an…
Ex-Royal Alliance Broker Stole Money From Older Women With Disabilities If you suffered losses while working with former Royal Alliance Associates broker, Gary Basralian, our broker fraud lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) want to talk to you. Gary Basralian, whom the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Centaurus Financial Broker Named In Multiple Customer Disputes If you suffered substantial investment losses while Centaurus Financial broker, Katherine Nishnic, was your registered representative, please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, LLP (SSEK Law Firm). We can help you determine whether you have grounds for a broker fraud case. According…
NYPPEX Private Equity Fund Manager Accused Of $13M Investor Fraud Laurence G. Allen, the CEO of New York-based broker-dealer, NYPPEX Holdings LLC, is accused of defrauding investors of over $13M. New York Attorney General, Leticia James, filed a securities fraud lawsuit suing Allen, a private equity manager who is also…
SSEK Investigate Lincoln Investment Planning Broker, Lester Burroughs If Lincoln Investment Planning investment advisor and broker, Lester Burroughs, worked with you as an investor and you suffered financial losses that you suspect may be due to fraud or negligence, please contact our broker fraud lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and…
SSEK Investigating Ex-Commonwealth Financial Network Broker SSEK Law Firm is meeting with investors who suffered losses while working with former Commonwealth Financial Network broker, Gerald Allan Eaton, or another financial representative from the firm. Eaton was recently barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in the wake of allegations…
Morgan Stanley Ordered To Pay Over $300K In Fines And Restitution Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Galvin, is ordering Morgan Stanley (MS) to pay a $200K fine, as well as $182K in restitution to four customers who suffered losses while working with former broker Justin E. Amaral. The…
Cetera Advisors Fraud Case Rises To $21M Two months after suing Cetera Advisors for more than $10M for allegedly defrauding retail clients, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended its complaint, adding another Cetera Financial Group firm as a defendant. The regulator is now seeking $21M. According to…
SSEK Investigating Stephen Klinger, ex-Wells Fargo Advisor Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas (“SSEK”), a law firm specializing in representing wronged investors, is looking into allegations against ex-broker Stephen Klinger for trading options for a client in his own account. He then proceeded to lose the client’s money. Klinger was fired…