{"id":30224,"date":"2024-07-15T21:41:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T02:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=30224"},"modified":"2024-07-15T21:41:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T02:41:19","slug":"finra-broker-fraud-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-broker-fraud-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Broker Fraud Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Did You Suffer Investor Losses While Working With Western International Securities Broker Jeffrey Higgins?\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Our FINRA Broker Fraud Attorney Are Investigating Misappropriation Allegations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas FINRA Broker Fraud Attorney Team (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/\">investorlawyers.com<\/a>) is speaking to investors who sustained losses while working with now barred\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/2871443\">Western International Securities financial advisor Jeffrey Thomas Higgins<\/a>. The broker-dealer recently fired the Oregon stockbroker after finding that he has been allegedly misappropriating clients\u2019 money since 2007 when he was still registered with Financial West Group. That brokerage firm was expelled from the industry in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Already, at least one Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finra.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINRA<\/a>) arbitration claim has been brought against Higgins. The claimant, who made allegations of\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/unsuitability.html\">unsuitable investment recommendations<\/a>\u00a0and misrepresentations and omissions, settled their claim for over $94K.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-broker-fraud-attorney\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Broker Fraud Attorney\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did You Suffer Investor Losses While Working With Western International Securities Broker Jeffrey Higgins?\u00a0Our FINRA Broker Fraud Attorney Are Investigating Misappropriation Allegations Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas FINRA Broker Fraud Attorney Team (investorlawyers.com) is speaking to investors who sustained losses while working with now barred\u00a0Western International Securities financial advisor Jeffrey Thomas Higgins. 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