{"id":19301,"date":"2020-10-13T09:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=19301"},"modified":"2020-10-14T10:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:00:16","slug":"alternative-investment-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/alternative-investment-fraud-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Customers Accuse Ex-Fortune Financial Services Broker Jonathan Freeze of Alternative Investment Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Stockbroker Faces Selling Away Allegations<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three years after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) barred him, Jonathan Douglas Freeze remains the subject of eight pending customer disputes. Most of these investor claims accuse him of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/sellingaway.asp#:~:text=Selling%20away%20is%20when%20a,to%20clients%20of%20the%20firm.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">selling away<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and investing customers\u2019 funds in Alternative Investment Holdings, a North Carolina real estate and investment holdings company, without Fortune Financial Services&#8217; authorization.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freeze worked 21 years in the industry. He also previously was a broker for Summit Brokerage Services, LPL Financial (LPLA), Lincoln Financial Advisors, and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/alternative-investment-fraud-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Customers Accuse Ex-Fortune Financial Services Broker Jonathan Freeze of Alternative Investment Fraud\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Stockbroker Faces Selling Away Allegations Three years after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) barred him, Jonathan Douglas Freeze remains the subject of eight pending customer disputes. 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