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Did Your Arete Financial Advisor Sell You Shares in the Zona Energy Oil and Gas Scam?\u00a0<\/strong>Our Broker Attorneys Are Here To Help You Explore Your Legal Options<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker Attorneys (investorlawyers.com<\/a>) is investigating allegations that Arete Wealth Management, Arete Wealth Advisors, and ex-Arete registered representatives Jeffrey Scott Larson, Randall (Randy) Scott Larson, and Joey Dale Miller committed broker fraud when soliciting dozens of clients to buy over $8M in shares of Zona Energy, Inc.<\/p>\n

Arete reportedly never approved Zona securities for offer or sale. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC<\/a>) is suing the Arete entities, their three former brokers, and Arete CCO UnBo \u201cBob\u201d Chung over their purported involvement in the Zona Energy oil and gas investment scam.<\/p>\n

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Did Your Arete Financial Advisor Sell You Shares in the Zona Energy Oil and Gas Scam?\u00a0Our Broker Attorneys Are Here To Help You Explore Your Legal Options Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) is investigating allegations that Arete Wealth Management, Arete Wealth Advisors, and ex-Arete registered representatives Jeffrey Scott Larson, Randall (Randy) Scott […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773,3762,4055],"tags":[5218],"class_list":["post-30655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broker-fraud","category-current-investigations","category-featured-investigation","tag-broker-attorneys"],"yoast_head":"\nSSEK Broker Attorneys<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Investors allege Arete brokers fraudulently sold $8M in Zona Energy shares. 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