{"id":18728,"date":"2020-02-13T09:45:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=18728"},"modified":"2020-02-14T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T17:03:21","slug":"morgan-stanley-broker-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/morgan-stanley-broker-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker Elias Hafen Sentenced To Prison For Investment Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker Sentenced To 30 Months<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) if Elias Herbert Hafen, a former Morgan Stanley (MS) and Wells Fargo (WFC) broker, was your financial representative when you suffered substantial investment losses that you think may be due to fraud. Hafen is sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding former clients of over $1.6M.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prison term comes after Hafen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/financial-adviser-pleads-guilty-defrauding-clients-fake-investment-scheme\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pleaded guilty to investment advisor fraud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Prosecutors contend that Hafen sought to defraud 11 retail customers, between 2011 until 2018, by making them think he had access to a high-yield fund that would bring them guaranteed investment returns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/morgan-stanley-broker-sentenced\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker Elias Hafen Sentenced To Prison For Investment Fraud\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker Sentenced To 30 Months Please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) if Elias Herbert Hafen, a former Morgan Stanley (MS) and Wells Fargo (WFC) broker, was your financial representative when you suffered substantial investment losses that you think may be due to fraud. 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