{"id":28295,"date":"2022-06-10T09:28:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=28295"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:28:49","slug":"berthel-fisher-steve-cummings-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/berthel-fisher-steve-cummings-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired Berthel Fisher Broker Steve Cummings\u2019 Customers Report Investment Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ex-Alabama Financial Advisor Has Been Accused of Misrepresentations and Unsuitability<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our knowledgeable broker misconduct attorneys are investigating claims of losses by customers of ex-Berthel Fisher &amp; Co. registered representative Steve Jeffrey Cummings. In July 2021, claimants filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim for $250K in damages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The customers contend that they were sold unsuitable investments between 2010 and 2015 and that Cummings allegedly made misrepresentations to them. They believe brokerage firm Berthel Fisher <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/failure-to-supervise.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">failed to supervise<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its Alabama broker and did not conduct proper due diligence. In 2017, Berthel Fisher fired Cummings over allegations that he did not disclose tax liens in a timely fashion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/berthel-fisher-steve-cummings-claims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Fired Berthel Fisher Broker Steve Cummings\u2019 Customers Report Investment Losses\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Alabama Financial Advisor Has Been Accused of Misrepresentations and Unsuitability Our knowledgeable broker misconduct attorneys are investigating claims of losses by customers of ex-Berthel Fisher &amp; Co. registered representative Steve Jeffrey Cummings. 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