Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Is Investigating Brokerage Firms That Sold Versity DSTs

Published on: June 2, 2026 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Brokers Under Fire Over Allegedly Unsuitable Investment Recommendation of These Regulation D Offerings

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas is investigating brokerage firms that unsuitably sold risky, illiquid Versity Investments Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) to retail investors and retirees. The alternative asset firm faces allegations of a $56 million investment fraud, prompting the law firm to file FINRA arbitration claims to recover significant investor losses.

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas FINRA Arbitration Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) are continuing to investigate the brokerage firms that sold Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) from Versity Investments (NKA Crew Enterprises), including the following:

Tokyo Investor Sues Bankoh Investment Services Over Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Losses

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

Hawaii Broker Yoko Farias Is Also A Respondent In This FINRA Lawsuit

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas is representing a Tokyo-based retiree in a $500,000 FINRA arbitration claim against Bankoh Investment Services and broker Yoko Farias over losses in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda). The lawsuit alleges that the Respondents unsuitably recommended the high-risk, offshore annuities as safe investments despite the entity’s eventual bankruptcy and the owner’s guilty plea for fraud.

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas FINRA Arbitration Attorneys are representing another international investor who suffered serious losses in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda). The Claimant, who resides in Tokyo, Japan, is seeking up to $500,000 damages from Bankoh Investment Services and financial advisor Yoko Farias. This is not the first Northstar (Bermuda) loss claim against Bankoh or this particular broker that we have filed on behalf of a retail investor.

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Published on: January 26, 2026 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

For Easterly ROCMuni High Income Fund Investors, Filing A FINRA Lawsuit May Be Your Best Chance At Recouping Your Losses

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas FINRA Arbitration Attorneys Are Representing Easterly ROCMuni Claimants Against Broker-Dealers

Over six months after a fire sale caused Easterly ROCMuni High Income Fund (RMJAX, RMHIX, and RMHVX) to plunge in value, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) FINRA Arbitration Attorneys continue to investigate claims of losses against the broker-dealers that unsuitably marketed this high-risk junk bond fund to customers. Already, we have filed investment loss recovery claims in FINRA arbitration against Stifel, Nicolaus & Co, Osaic Wealth, and other firms.

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Published on: July 15, 2025 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Our Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) FINRA Arbitration Attorneys Are Representing This Chinese Retiree in Her Six-Figure Lawsuit

Once again, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas FINRA Arbitration Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) are suing Cetera Investment Services on behalf of a Chinese investor who suffered losses in the offshore entity Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda). This claimant, an octogenarian, is pursuing up to $500K in damages for her losses.

She met her then-Cetera broker John Yin (also known as Hai Guang Yin, Haiguan Hai Yin) through East West Bank, where she and her family had accounts. This retiree thought placing the family’s assets in the US for safekeeping would be a wise decision, considering the fluctuations and risks common in her homeland.