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Retail Investors Were Defrauded by Fired Western International Securities Broker Christopher Booth Kennedy, Alleges SEC .\u00a0<\/strong>Former Financial Advisor Agrees to Pay Over $2.1M To Settle Regulator\u2019s Fraud Lawsuit<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are an investor who suffered losses while working with ex-Western International Securities stockbroker Christopher Booth Kennedy<\/a>, contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Financial Advisor Fraud Attorneys (investorlawyers.com<\/a>) today. We are continuing to investigate claims by retail investors that he may have allegedly defrauded.<\/p>\n

Kennedy, who was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority last year,\u00a0settled US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC<\/a>) charges accusing him of running a scam to defraud retail investors by unsuitably recommending costly investment strategies, including the making of short-term bets, and then allegedly concealing \u201csubstantial\u201d losses (even inflating false returns) using bogus financial statements. Without denying or admitting to wrongdoing, the former California broker will pay more than $2.1M, including a $958K penalty and $1.8M in disgorgement plus prejudgment interest.<\/p>\n

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Retail Investors Were Defrauded by Fired Western International Securities Broker Christopher Booth Kennedy, Alleges SEC .\u00a0Former Financial Advisor Agrees to Pay Over $2.1M To Settle Regulator\u2019s Fraud Lawsuit If you are an investor who suffered losses while working with ex-Western International Securities stockbroker Christopher Booth Kennedy, contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Financial Advisor Fraud […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3762,4055],"tags":[5201],"class_list":["post-30589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-investigations","category-featured-investigation","tag-financial-advisor-fraud-attorneys"],"yoast_head":"\nFinancial Advisor Fraud Attorneys<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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