{"id":31540,"date":"2026-03-10T20:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=31540"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:57:20","slug":"senior-financial-exploitation-attorneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/senior-financial-exploitation-attorneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Barred Equitable Advisors Broker Ejiro Ode Okuma,  Accused of Stealing $9.8M From Older Investor, Is Ordered To Pay $13M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas is investigating former Equitable Advisors representative Ejiro Ode Okuma, who was recently barred by the SEC and FINRA for allegedly misappropriating over $9.8M from an elderly client. The firm is now seeking to assist other potential victims of Okuma&#8217;s misconduct in recovering losses resulting from senior financial exploitation and a failure of supervision by his former brokerage firms.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Elder Financial Abuse Attorneys Are Investigating\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/\">investorlawyers.com<\/a>) is looking into allegations of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/elder-fraud-abuse-attorneys\/\">senior financial exploitation<\/a>\u00a0against former Equitable Advisors registered representative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/5774832\">Ejiro Ode Okuma.<\/a>\u00a0Also an investment adviser with the firm, Okuma was barred by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC<\/a>) last month and by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finra.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINRA<\/a>) in December 2025. He has agreed to pay more than $13M, including over $9M in disgorgement, more than $1M in prejudgment interest, and a $3M civil penalty to settle the SEC charges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/senior-financial-exploitation-attorneys\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Barred Equitable Advisors Broker Ejiro Ode Okuma,  Accused of Stealing $9.8M From Older Investor, Is Ordered To Pay $13M\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas is investigating former Equitable Advisors representative Ejiro Ode Okuma, who was recently barred by the SEC and FINRA for allegedly misappropriating over $9.8M from an elderly client. 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