{"id":31878,"date":"2026-08-05T20:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=31878"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:16:56","slug":"broker-dealer-fraud-lawyers-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/broker-dealer-fraud-lawyers-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Did DFPG Investments Broker Brian King Sell You EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation-Easements?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Our Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers Are Investigating Investor Losses<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Our Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers are investigating DFPG Investments advisor Brian Ashley King and other brokers for allegedly selling unsuitable EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation Easements to investors. These high-risk private placements, targeted by the DOJ and IRS as alleged tax scams, have left retail investors facing severe principal losses, back taxes, and penalties.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you were an investor whose financial advisor marketed and sold you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/syndicate-conservative-easement-attorneys\/\">EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation Easement (SCE)<\/a> that led to you sustaining serious losses, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/\">investorlawyers.com<\/a>) want to talk to you. There are growing concerns that these private placements were unsuitably marketed by brokers to customers, including retail customers. The Internal Revenue Service has placed SCEs on its Dirty Dozen list of alleged tax scams.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/broker-dealer-fraud-lawyers-8-2026\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Did DFPG Investments Broker Brian King Sell You EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation-Easements?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers Are Investigating Investor Losses Our Broker-Dealer Fraud Lawyers are investigating DFPG Investments advisor Brian Ashley King and other brokers for allegedly selling unsuitable EcoVest Capital Syndicated Conservation Easements to investors. 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