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Illinois\u00a0Investor Sues Open to the Public Investing After Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unauthorized Third Party Accessed Her Brokerage Account\u00a0And Made Trades Without Permission\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Securities Law Firm \u00a0(investorlawyers.com<\/a>) is representing an investor who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in life savings within a matter of hours after a third party gained unauthorized access to her account with Open to the Public Investing.<\/p>\n

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Illinois\u00a0Investor Sues Open to the Public Investing After Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars\u00a0 Unauthorized Third Party Accessed Her Brokerage Account\u00a0And Made Trades Without Permission\u00a0 Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Securities Law Firm \u00a0(investorlawyers.com) is representing an investor who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in life savings within a matter of hours after a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3762,4055,3741,3963],"tags":[5183],"class_list":["post-31242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-investigations","category-featured-investigation","category-securities-fraud","category-securities-law-and-regulations","tag-securities-law-firm"],"yoast_head":"\nSecurities Law Firm of Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you suffered losses from unauthorized access on Public.com or another platform? 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