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What Is A Ponzi Scam?

Published on: December 20, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

If Your Broker Involved You In This Type of Investment Scheme, You May Be Able To Sue For Damages

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Ponzi Scam Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) represents those who have suffered losses because of broker fraud or negligence. This can include, whether intentionally or not, involving investors in Ponzi scams. These types of investment schemes can lead to serious losses. It is devastating to not only lose money because of fraud, but also to have been exposed to the scam by the financial advisor that you trusted to protect your funds and grow your assets.

If you are an investor who wants to explore your legal options and determine whether you have grounds for a broker negligence claim over your Ponzi scam losses, call (800) 259-9010.

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Investigates Webull Pump-and-Dump Scam

Published on: December 20, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

To All Webull Financial Customers Who Suffered Losses In The Alleged Third Party Pump-and-Dump Explore Your Legal Options With Our Securities Law Firm Today

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is continuing to investigate claims of losses by Webull Financial customers whose accounts may have been breached by a third-party in an alleged pump-and-dump scam. Already, we are representing a number of these Claimants in their investment loss recovery claims against this broker-dealer for failing to stop this breach.

These Webull customers allege that an unauthorized third party was able to break through the brokerage firm’s security measures and access these investors’ accounts. The scammers purportedly liquidated these customers’ investment holdings and used the funds to buy penny stock shares of Ten-League International Holdings (TLIH). This artificially inflated the price of those shares. The unknown party is believed to have sold their shares at that higher price. When the stock’s price dropped, the Webull Financial customers sustained serious losses.

Houston, TX Financial Product Failure Law Firm

Published on: December 20, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Representing Investors Whose Financial Advisors Sold Them Investments That Caused Them Serious Portfolio Losses

The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Financial Product Failure Law Firm (investorlawyers.com) represents Texas investors who suffered losses because a financial product sold to them by their broker or investment adviser failed. Contact our Houston securities law office today to schedule your free case consultation.

Why Does A Financial Product Fail?

Attention Atlas Funds Investors Who Suffered Losses in These Private Placement Funds

Published on: December 20, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker Fraud Lawyers are Investigating Spartan Capital Securities For Selling These Alternative Investments

If you are an investor who has sustained losses in any of the 346 private placement investments from one of 16 offerings from Atlas Management LLC, including those involving the following, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker Fraud Lawyers (investorlawyers.com) wants to talk to you:

Atlas Fund III Ser B LLC (Klarna)

Union City, CA, Couple Sue Emerson Equity Over Their Inspired Healthcare Capital Losses

Published on: December 20, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Our Delaware Statutory Trust Lawyers Are Representing This Couple in Their Six-Figure FINRA Lawsuit

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Delaware Statutory Trust Lawyers (investorlawyers.com) are representing two more Inspired Healthcare Capital (IHC) investors against brokerage firm Emerson Equity and its control person, Dominic Julio Baldini. Also, a respondent in this investment loss recovery claim is Emerson Equity broker Peter Po.

Our clients, a Union City, CA couple, are two retired seniors in their late sixties who entrusted a substantial portion of their retirement savings to this broker-dealer. However, rather than giving them prudent investment advice that was in line with these investors’ desire not to expose their assets to undue risk, the Respondents unsuitably recommended risky products, including Inspired Healthcare Capital Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs). This type of vehicle invests in real estate ventures and is usually a startup. They are illiquid and cannot be resold. They are a particularly bad investment choice for retirees. Not only that, but the Claimants contend that the Emerson Equity broker that they worked with overconcentrated their account with these IHC DSTs.

Did You Lose Your Life Savings While Investing Through A Stockbroker?

Published on: December 11, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Our Skilled Retirement Fund Fraud Attorneys Want To Talk To You

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) represents young retirees, senior investors, still working professionals that are saving for their future, family trusts, and others that lost their life savings due to the poor investment advice or mismanagement of their financial advisor. Unfortunately, broker misconduct and negligence can lead to life altering and devastating for investors. Our skilled retirement loss law firm can help you determine whether you have grounds for suing your broker-dealer and their registered representative for damages.

With over a century’s worth of collective experience in securities law and the securities industry, our seasoned investment recovery lawyers have represented thousands of Clients regarding more than 1000 matters, including the most complex kinds of claims against the largest brokerage firms in the United States. We know how hard you’ve worked to save for you and your family. Over the decades, we’ve made it a mission to provide investors with quality securities representation and personalized attention in arbitration, mediation, and litigation.

Houston SEC Regulation Best Interest Law Firm

Published on: December 11, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

We Represent Texas Investors Against Brokerage Firms and Investment Advisers

From our Houston, TX securities law office, the Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, Houston SEC Regulation Best Interest Law Firm (investorlawyers.com) represents investors whose financial advisors disregarded their best interests when making a recommendation and caused them to sustain serious portfolio losses. Contact us today if you are a Texas investor who would like to explore your legal options.

What Is SEC Regulation Best Interest, And Why Is It Important For Houston, TX Investors?

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Investigates Former Merrill Lynch Broker Isaiah Williams

Published on: December 11, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Broker-Dealer Ordered To Pay $9.5M Settlement in Alleged Athlete Investment Fraud

If you are an investor who sustained serious losses while working with ex-Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith stockbroker Isaiah Thomas Williams, Jr., the Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Athlete Investment Fraud team (investorlawyers.com) wants to talk to you. He was a registered representative with Merrill out of Boca Raton, Florida, from 2017 – 2025.

Isaiah Williams voluntarily resigned following allegations of unsuitable asset allocation, misappropriation, misrepresentations, and improper outside business activities. In August 2025, he was arrested and charged with fraud, grand theft, and money laundering.

Are You a Starwood REIT Investor?

Published on: December 11, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

As This Non-Traded Real Estate Investment Trust Limits Redemptions Again, Concerns Over Losses Grow

If you are an investor who suffered losses in Starwood REIT (SREIT), which was an investment sold to you by a financial advisor, contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Starwood REIT Recovery Attorneys (investorlawyers.com). This non-traded real estate investment trust (non-traded REIT) has been under scrutiny for some time, and concerns of investor losses have only grown. In October 2025, SREIT once again limited investor redemptions. That is because requests went beyond its .05% monthly cap. Because of this, investors only received around 4% of what they wanted on a pro rata basis.

Sponsored by Starwood Capital Group, Starwood REIT concentrates on income-producing residential and commercial real estate. At one point, SREIT was one of the largest interval non-traded real estate investment trusts and held $9B in assets. However, rising interest rates went on to impact residential property valuations. This caused an increase in investor redemption requests that Starwood REIT has struggled to fulfill. In 2024, this non-traded REIT purportedly redeemed only 30% – 55% of redemption requests made by investors. This included, at one point, fulfilling less than $500M of withdrawal requests that were at $1.3B.

Did Your Broker Recommend That You Invest In The Alleged Next Level Holdings Ponzi Scam?

Published on: December 11, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Our Stockbroker Fraud Law Firm Can Help You Explore Your Legal Options

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) Is investigating PFS Investments and the other brokerage firms that may have unsuitably marketed Next Level Holdings LLC to customers. The company’s founder, Henry Paul Regan, Jr., is now the subject of investigations by both the US Justice Department (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). They are accusing him of running a more than $60M Ponzi scam that may have defrauded over 300 investors. Also purportedly involved in the alleged scam are Yield Capital Management and Yield Wealth Limited, which are both affiliated with Regan.

Both the SEC’s civil complaint and the federal government’s criminal indictment allege that investors were promised yearly returns of 12-15.3%, falsely assured that their principal and interest were guaranteed, and given forged insurance documents and unregistered securities offerings. The regulator contends that investors were told that their returns would be paid from profits that came from precious metals in Colombia and investments in health insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act. Regan allegedly stated that the latter would render the monthly income guaranteed by the federal government.