{"id":18579,"date":"2019-12-26T09:53:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T15:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=18579"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:46:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:46:40","slug":"shepherd-smith-edwards-and-kantas-investigates-claims-involving-ex-woodbury-financial-services-broker-robert-hayes-hoffman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/shepherd-smith-edwards-and-kantas-investigates-claims-involving-ex-woodbury-financial-services-broker-robert-hayes-hoffman\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Investigates Claims Involving Ex-Woodbury Financial Services Broker Robert Hayes Hoffman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Barred Woodbury Financial Services Broker Accused of Misrepresentations and Fraud<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you are an investor who lost money while Robert Hayes Hoffman was your financial representative, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/broker-misconduct.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broker misconduct lawyers<\/a> at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) would like to talk to you. Hoffman was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2017 and the Indiana Securities Division in 2018. He was a Woodbury Financial Services broker from 2006 and 2017. After that, for less than a year, he was a Thurston, Springer, Miller, Herd &amp; Titak broker until the FINRA bar.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/4008798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BrokerCheck record<\/a>\u00a0notes\u00a0that he has already been the subject of at least three customer disputes. One claim, alleging unsuitability, misrepresentations, breach of fiduciary duty, and selling away, was settled for $250K. Another customer dispute, which made similar allegations, including churning, was settled for over $1M. A third dispute, which accused Hoffman of recommending a variable annuity that was not only unsuitable for the claimant but also resulted in tax consequences for her, was settled for nearly $48K.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/shepherd-smith-edwards-and-kantas-investigates-claims-involving-ex-woodbury-financial-services-broker-robert-hayes-hoffman\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Investigates Claims Involving Ex-Woodbury Financial Services Broker Robert Hayes Hoffman\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barred Woodbury Financial Services Broker Accused of Misrepresentations and Fraud If you are an investor who lost money while Robert Hayes Hoffman was your financial representative, our broker misconduct lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) would like to talk to you. 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