{"id":31991,"date":"2026-10-01T20:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=31991"},"modified":"2026-10-01T20:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:16:13","slug":"brokerage-account-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/brokerage-account-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Investor Sues Charles Schwab For Up To $5,000,000 After Hackers Steal Her Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Is Representing This Claimant<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A nonagenarian investor represented by Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas has filed a FINRA arbitration claim seeking up to $5 million from Charles Schwab after hackers stole her seven-figure retirement savings. Despite the firm&#8217;s written security guarantee, Schwab has refused to compensate her, blaming her for falling for the scam and prompting the lawsuit alleging negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A nonagenarian widow has filed a FINRA arbitration claim against Charles Schwab &amp; Co. after her account at the brokerage firm was infiltrated by hackers. She is seeking up to $5M in damages now that the theft has left her almost penniless. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/\">investorlawyers.com<\/a>) is representing this elderly investor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/brokerage-account-hack\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Elderly Investor Sues Charles Schwab For Up To $5,000,000 After Hackers Steal Her Money\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Is Representing This Claimant A nonagenarian investor represented by Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas has filed a FINRA arbitration claim seeking up to $5 million from Charles Schwab after hackers stole her seven-figure retirement savings. Despite the firm&#8217;s written security guarantee, Schwab has refused to compensate her, blaming her for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773,3783,4769,3762,4055],"tags":[5528],"class_list":["post-31991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broker-fraud","category-broker-misconduct","category-broker-negligence","category-current-investigations","category-featured-investigation","tag-brokerage-account-hack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Charles Schwab Sued for $5M Over $100K+Brokerage Account Hack<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An elderly investor sued Charles Schwab for $5M after hackers emptied her account. 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