{"id":19887,"date":"2021-07-30T10:11:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=19887"},"modified":"2021-07-30T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:11:03","slug":"american-trust-investment-services-unsuitability-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/american-trust-investment-services-unsuitability-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"American Trust Investment Services Broker David Geake Is Facing Over $500K in Unsuitability Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Trust Investment Services Broker Accused of Recommending Unsuitable Investments to Investors\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Richard Geake, an Indiana-based broker and investment advisor with American Trust Investment Services, is currently facing three customer disputes in which the claimants are accusing him of making unsuitable investment recommendations. Geake, who has been in the industry for 22 years, has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/3088891\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 disclosures on his BrokerCheck<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including other customer disputes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are an investor who has suffered losses while working with American Trust Investment Services broker David Geake, contact our Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) today.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/american-trust-investment-services-unsuitability-claims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading American Trust Investment Services Broker David Geake Is Facing Over $500K in Unsuitability Claims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Trust Investment Services Broker Accused of Recommending Unsuitable Investments to Investors\u00a0 David Richard Geake, an Indiana-based broker and investment advisor with American Trust Investment Services, is currently facing three customer disputes in which the claimants are accusing him of making unsuitable investment recommendations. 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