Did DFPG Investments Broker Brian King Sell You EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation-Easements?

Published on: August 5, 2026 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Our Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers Are Investigating Investor Losses

Our Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers are investigating DFPG Investments advisor Brian Ashley King and other brokers for allegedly selling unsuitable EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation Easements to investors. These high-risk private placements, targeted by the DOJ and IRS as alleged tax scams, have left retail investors facing severe principal losses, back taxes, and penalties.

If you were an investor whose financial advisor marketed and sold you EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation Easement (SCE) that led to you sustaining serious losses, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers (investorlawyers.com) want to talk to you. There are growing concerns that these private placements were unsuitably marketed by brokers to customers, including retail customers. The Internal Revenue Service has placed SCEs on its Dirty Dozen list of alleged tax scams.

Florida Broker Fraud Attorneys

Published on: April 30, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Florida Broker Fraud Attorneys Continue To Investigate Former Merrill Lynch Broker William King

Ex-Vero Beach, FL Financial Advisor Now Has At Least 28 Customer Complaints

For the past year, our seasoned Florida broker fraud attorneys have been looking into claims of investor losses involving William Worthen King, who resigned from Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith after 37 years with the firm. He left after his former customers filed more than a dozen FINRA lawsuits.

Broker Negligence Attorney

Published on: December 20, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Portfolio Losses While Working With Ex-SagePoint Financial Broker Thomas Corsaro?

Former NY Financial Advisor Sentenced in $1.7M Investment Fraud

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) are investigating claims of losses by clients of ex-SagePoint Financial stockbroker Thomas John Corsaro. The former New York financial advisor pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of $1.7 million and was sentenced to two years in prison. He also was ordered to fully pay back those he harmed.

Broker Dealer Negligence Lawyers

Published on: May 15, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Work With Ex-Stifel Nicolaus Broker Joseph Crespi and Suffer Investment Losses?

As Broker-Dealer Is Ordered to Pay $3.2M, Investors Struggle To Recoup Their Money

Our broker dealer negligence lawyers are speaking to former customers of ex-financial advisor Joseph Crespi to determine whether they have grounds for a FINRA lawsuit against Stifel Nicolaus, which is where he was a registered representative from 2018 to 2022. On May 1, 2023 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin ordered the brokerage firm to pay a $2.5M penalty and over $700K in restitution after finding that it disregarded red flags indicating that Crespi was allegedly engaging in unauthorized trading and charged excessive fees to individual investors, churches, and nonprofit organizations.

Broker Dealer Negligence Attorney.

Published on: April 5, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Former Morgan Stanley Broker Darryl Cohen Allegedly Defrauded NBA Stars of Over $13M

Our Trusted Broker Fraud Lawyers Are Investigating Claims of Investor Losses

The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker Dealer Negligence Attorney teams (investorlawyers.com) are continuing to speak to former customers of ex-Morgan Stanley financial advisor Darryl M. Cohen. He was barred from the industry in 2021.

Our Broker-dealer Arbitration Law Firm is Investigating Western International Securities

Published on: November 16, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You An Investor Who Suffered Losses While Working With a Western International Securities Financial Advisor?

Our FINRA Lawyers Are Investigating Ex-Western International Securities Broker Daniel Beech

Over the past year, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, a Broker-dealer Arbitration Law Firm, (investorlawyers.com) have filed FINRA lawsuits on behalf of investors seeking to recover financial losses allegedly caused by the allegedly negligent actions of Western International Securities and a number of its financial advisors. We are also continuing to investigate the brokerage firm and its registered representatives for allegedly unsuitably recommending GWG Holdings L Bonds and other high-risk investments to retail customers and retirees.

Broker Dealer Negligence Attorney Assists Northstar Financial Service Clients

Published on: November 8, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

SSEK Broker Dealer Negligence Attorneys Helping Northstar Financial Services Investors

Are You A Japanese Investor Whose US-Based Broker Sold You Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Products?

Retired Couple Files FINRA Lawsuit Against Bankoh Investment Services and Broker Yoko Farias

Broker-dealer Negligence Lawyers Assist Investors Neglected by Aegis

Published on: October 13, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You an Investor Who Suffered losses in Aegis Capital-Underwritten YayYo IPO?

Broker-Dealer Faces Investor Fraud, Negligence, and Misrepresentation Allegations

If you are an investor who took part in an initial public offering (SPO) sold by Aegis Capital Corp. and you suffered investment losses, you may want to consider exploring your legal options. Stock IPOs are often marketed by brokerage firms as significant opportunities for investors, but that doesn’t always prove to be the case.

Ex-NPB Financial Group Broker Neal Nakagiri is Facing More Than $700K in Customer Disputes

Published on: May 24, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Ex-NPB Financial Group Advisor Has Six Disputes On BrokerCheck Record

If you suffered losses while working with former NPB Financial Group registered representative Neal Edwin Nakagiri, you might have grounds for a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim to pursue damages from the firm. Nakagiri, who has worked for four decades in the industry, has been named in at least six customer complaints.

According to his LinkedIn, Nakagiri is President and managing owner of NPB Financial Group. He was also a registered broker and investment advisor with the firm from 2006 until March 2022.

Brokerage Firms With History of Misconduct Will Have To Put Money Aside for Investor Claims

Published on: August 11, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

SEC Approves New FINRA Rule That Will Designate Some Brokerage Firms as “Restricted”

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rule 4111, which will require certain brokerage firm members with histories of broker misconduct to put aside reserve funds to pay for both future and unpaid investor claims, has now been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

These broker-dealers will be deemed “restricted” based on numeric thresholds to be determined by the self-regulatory organization (SRO) that involve six conditions including disclosure events involving the firm or its registered individuals, firings, and affiliated registered individuals from broker-dealers that already have been expelled.