Pending Customer Complaints Seek $250K and $1M, Respectively If you or someone you love lost money while working with stockbroker Walter Roland Valenzuela, our investor attorneys want to speak with you. Valenzuela, who became a Kestra Investment Services broker this year, has been the subject of 10 customer complaints during…
Legal Recourse for Denver, Colorado Investors Who’ve Suffered Contract Violations If you are an investor whose broker or brokerage firm breached your agreement, causing you financial losses, you may have grounds for filing a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim for damages. At Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK…
Breach of Fiduciary Duty Involving Retirement Fund Alleged Stephen Fergus Curry, a longtime Kestra Advisory Services registered representative, is named in a nearly $7.8M Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) complaint accusing him of breach of fiduciary duty over services performed related to a retirement fund. Curry has been with Kestra…
Morrow Allegedly Made Unsuitable Recommendations Involving Alternative Investments In what is at least the thirteenth customer complaint naming him, Concorde Investment Services broker William Aubrey Morrow is once more accused of making unsuitable investment recommendations to an investor. Morrow, who also operates under the name Financial Designs, LTD, has been…
Guggenheim Defined Portfolio Trust is Too Risky for Many Retail Investors If you suffered losses after investing in the Guggenheim Defined Portfolio’s BDC Scorecard Portfolio Series 18 (CBDRX), our broker negligence and investment fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas would like to talk to you. Unfortunately, this investment…
FINRA Bars Former Registered Representative Following Probe Into Accusations Bryant Edwin Caveness, an ex-Ameriprise Financial Services stockbroker, has been barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after he stopped cooperating in the self-regulatory organization (SRO)’s probe into his firing by the firm. According to his Form U5 termination letter,…
Former National Securities Stockbroker Named in Over 12 Customer Disputes Thomas Edison Kelly, Jr., an Aegis Capital broker, has been the subject of a number of customer complaints between 2013 and 2020, three of which are still pending. Prior to working for Aegis Capital in 2018, Kelly was a National…
Former Financial Representative Is Facing Criminal Trial for Annuity Fraud The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Northwestern Mutual Investment Services $350K for failing to properly supervise former stockbroker, Sampson Pearson, which enabled him to defraud customers of $570K. Northwestern Mutual Investment Services is the brokerage arm of Northwestern…
Ex-New Hampshire Governor is Suing For Damages The New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation is looking into allegations brought by the state’s former governor, Craig Benson, who is accusing ex-Merrill Lynch brokers Dermod Cavanaugh and Charles Kenahan of churning his account and causing over $50M in damages that with market…
Dually Registered Rep. Faces Multiple FINRA Arbitration Claims by Investors Kerri Suzanne Jamison, a Newbridge Securities Corp. and Newbridge Financial Services Group stockbroker, is currently the subject of pending complaints by customers who claim they lost money because of investment recommendations she made. Jamison, who has worked under the names…