A failure to properly disclose material information can cause an investor to buy a security or agree to an investing strategy that, unbeknownst to them, is too high-risk for their investment portfolio. Unfortunately, many Oregon investors have lost money because ...

Yet securities fraud and investment advisor fraud happen all the time and may include: Misrepresentations and omissions Unsuitable investment recommendations and sales Overconcentration Excessive trading in a customer’s account, also known as churning Unauthorized trading Failure to execute trades Registration ...

At SSEK Law Firm, we have represented thousands of investors and recovered many millions of dollars on their behalf over losses caused by: Misappropriation Broker fraud Misrepresentations and Omissions Negligence Unregistered securities sales Other registration violations Failure to execute trades ...

December 2014: Supervisory Failures and Working With Unregistered Persons FINRA found that foreign individuals associated with Monex's parent company earned transaction-related compensation for referring non-US customers to set up accounts at the firm and transmitting orders for those accounts.

The broker-dealer was also fined $800K for not reasonably supervising these rollovers. January 2015: Federal Securities Law Violations The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the brokerage firm with violating federal securities laws related to the improper sale of ...

These fines were related to the broker-dealer’s sale of Puerto Rico municipal bonds to customers and its lack of proper supervision over these transactions. SSEK Law Firm has successfully worked with investors in Puerto Rico and the mainland to recover ...

You also need a legal team that understands how to prove the particular claims you are making, whether it be unsuitability , churning , misrepresentations and omissions , breach of fiduciary duty , failure to supervise , or another allegation. ...

The firm hired Fagenson after he had already been fired by UBS Financial Services, where while under heightened supervision, he allegedly violated that firm’s trading policies. Fagenson, barred by FINRA in 2019, has 19 disclosures on his BrokerCheck record.

Due diligence failures could be a factor, and your broker-dealer may even have neglected to determine whether Healthcare REIT was unsuitable for you before suggesting that you buy. Your financial firm may have also failed to supervise your broker and ...

in a customer’s account; Failing to execute orders or trades; Committing registration violations; Selling away : When a broker marketing and selling investment products that the firm does not approve of; Misappropriating investors' funds; Broker negligence: Involves failing to provide ...