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Are You an Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund Investor Who Suffered Serious Losses? Our High-Yield Fund Loss Attorneys Want To Talk To You

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas High-Yield Fund Loss Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) are investigating portfolio losses involving Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund (RMJAX, RHHIX , and RMHVX). This junk bond, which has lost many millions of dollars, was sold to investors by brokerage firms, including Janney Montgomery Scott.

In June 2025, this HY Muni Fund lost nearly 50% of its value in one day, somewhere between $50M and $100M. Its net assets, $232M at the end of March, by June 23 that had dropped to $25.1M. That happened after a fire sale initiated by Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund. Its year-to-date performance declined to -57.34%.

New York Couple Sues Moloney Securities and Five Brokers Over GWG L Bond Losses. 

Our GWG Holdings Recovery Lawyers Are Representing These Claimants in FINRA Arbitration

Two New York retirees are suing Moloney Securities for losses they sustained in their GWG L Bonds. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is representing this couple in their FINRA lawsuit. They are seeking up to $500K in damages.

Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund (RMJAX) Loses Almost Half Its Value in a Single Day

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Is Investigating Janney Montgomery Scott and Other Brokerage Firms That Sold This High-Yield Municipal Bond Fund 

Last month, Easterly ROCMuni High Income Municipal Bond Fund investors suffered serious losses after the Fund’s total net assets plunged nearly 50%. Between $50M and $100M may have been lost, which may shock investors when they read their July statements.

California Retiree Sues Centaurus Financial & Broker Valentino Scott Over GWG L Bond Losses. Claimant FINRA Lawsuit Seeks Up To  $500K

The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Trusted GWG Bond Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) is representing another investor with a GWG fraud lawsuit against Centaurus Financial. The claimant is a senior investor. Also, a respondent in the case is Centaurus broker Valentino Michael Scott, whose CRD notes 11 investment losses recovery claims since 2020. Five others were filed before then.

In this FINRA arbitration claim, which would be heard by a panel of arbitrators in Los Angeles, CA, this investor contends that Scott allegedly unsuitably recommended high commission products that were in the broker’s and Centaurus’s best interests rather than what the claimant wanted or needed.

More GWG Investors Sue Western International Securities For Up to $5M. Our L Bond Loss Recovery Attorneys Are Representing These Claimants in FINRA Arbitration

A number of investors have joined together to file an investment loss recovery claim against Western International Securities over losses they sustained in GWG L Bonds. The claimants are seeking up to $5M in damages. This is not the first multimillion-dollar case we have filed against this broker-dealer over GWG-related losses.

In this latest FINRA lawsuit, these investors had no experience in private placements, and they trusted Western International Securities to offer them suitable products and conduct the proper due diligence.

Illinois Investors File 7-Figure GWG Loss Lawsuit Against Moloney Securities and Broker John Shortal. Our L Bond Fraud Lawyers Are Representing These Claimants Who Are Alleging Unsuitability, Misrepresentations 

A family of GWG Holdings investors are seeking up to $1M in damages plus interests and costs in their FINRA lawsuit against Moloney Securities and its Illinois broker John Patrick Shortall. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas L Bond Fraud Lawyers (investorlawyers.com) are representing these claimants.

Their GWG fraud lawsuit alleges that Shortall was more concerned with commission earnings than the fiduciary duties owed to these investors. The claimants are also contending that Moloney Securities was beyond complacent in its supervision of this broker and the products it chose to solicit. In their L Bond loss recovery claim, the Illinois family is also alleging unsuitability, misrepresentations and omissions, and overconcentration involving these illiquid junk bonds.

For GK Investment Holdings 7% Bond Investors, Financial Recovery May Be An Option. 

You May Be Able To Pursue An Investment Loss Recovery Claim

Our investment Bond Loss Lawyers are continuing to look into claims of portfolio losses involving GK7% bond investors. GK 7% bonds, issued by GK Investment Holdings, had promised a 7% interest.

Are You A GK7% Bond Investor Who Worked With JCC Advisors Or Another Brokerage Firm? Contact Our Bond Loss Recovery Law Firm Today

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Bond Loss Recovery Law Firm (investorlawyers.com) is offering free, no-obligation initial case consultations to those of you whose brokers may have unsuitably recommended GK7% bonds and you have since sustained serious losses. Our securities law firm is investigating allegations that broker-dealers may have failed to conduct the necessary due diligence into issuer GK Investment Holdings.

What Are GK Investment Holdings 7% Bonds?

Are You An Investor Who Sustained Losses in GK 7% Bonds? Contact Our Bond Loss Attorneys To Help Determine Whether You Have Grounds For A Claim

Brokerage firms and investment advisers are supposed to conduct the proper due diligence to ensure the suitability of any financial product recommendation or strategy that they make to a customer. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Now there is growing concern that financial firms may not have properly vetted GK 7% Bonds from GK Investment Holdings (GKIH) before marketing and selling them to investors. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) are looking into these allegations and offering free, no-obligation case consultations to investors who may have been harmed.

GK Investment Holdings issued these GK 7% bonds, which are supposed to pay a 7% interest. In 2022, GK 7% bond investors were warned that if 90% of them didn’t trade in their current bonds for newer bonds by September, there was a very good chance that the private real estate company would default on old bonds and have to seek bankruptcy protection. COVID-19’s effect on real estate was one of the main reasons cited.

GWG Investors Sue Western International Securities for Up to $5M Lost In Alleged Affinity Scam 

Beverly Hills Financial Planners’ Angelo Talebi Allegedly Worked With One of The Firm’s Brokers to Target Persian American Community Through Radio Ads 

Two Maryland investors of Persian descent have filed a FINRA lawsuit seeking up to $5M for their losses from Western International Securities. The claimants, who are older seniors, contend that their financial advisor Daniel Keith Beech misrepresented GWG Holdings L Bonds as safe, low risk investments when they were in fact, high-risk, illiquid junk bonds. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawers.com) GWG L Bond Fraud Attorneys is representing this older couple.

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