Wells Fargo Sold Non-Traditional ETFs to Retail Investors If you were an investor who suffered losses in non-traditional exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that you feel were unsuitable for you yet were recommended by a Wells Fargo investment advisor or broker, our ETF fraud attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK…
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Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas Files GPB Capital Private Placement Fraud Case Against International Assets Advisory
Texas-Based Broker Sold GPB Private Placements To Retiree Couple Once again, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) has filed an investor fraud claim against a broker-dealer after its financial advisor sold investments in GPB Capital Holding’s funds to customers. This time, the brokerage firm is International Assets Advisory…
SSEK Investigates Woodbury Financial Broker Daryl Serizawa Over GPB Capital Private Placements
Woodbury Financial Services Representative Accused Of GPB Private Placements Sales If you are an investor who was sold GPB Capital private placements by Woodbury Financial Services broker Daryl Serizawa, our broker fraud lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) want to talk to you. Serizawa is one…
Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas investigates Marcus Boggs, a former Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor
Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas (“SSEK”), a law firm specializing in representing wronged investors, is looking into allegations by the SEC against former Merrill Lynch financial advisor, Marcus Boggs (“Boggs”). Boggs reportedly joined Merrill Lynch in 2006, working in the company’s Chicago office. The SEC has alleged that Boggs stole…
UBS Yes Strategy Investors File Fraud Claims
Clients of UBS Group AG (UBS) who employed the firm’s Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) are now filing investor fraud complaints after suffering at least $60M in losses to date. YES involves options trades and borrowing that was supposed to be “safe” and low risk while earning investors positive returns. The…
Investors of GPB Capital Holdings Funds File Class Action Securities Fraud Lawsuit
The first class action securities case against GPB Capital Holdings has been filed. The alternative asset management firm, which invests in waste auto management companies and car dealerships, is accused of operating a $1.8B dollar Ponzi scam that caused thousands of investors to suffer major losses. Now, investors of two…
SSEK Investigates Darren Oglesby and Money Concepts Capital
Did you invest with Darren Oglesby (Monroe, LA) and/or Money Concepts Capital Corp. and suffer losses in GPB Capital or other private placement transactions? If so, we may be able to help you recover your losses. Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas, a national law firm dedicated to representing wronged investors,…
GPB Capital Sued by Another Business Partner Alleging Financial Misconduct
David Rosenberg, the CEO of Prime Automotive Group and a business partner of GPB Capital Holdings, is suing the private placement issuer in a Massachusetts Superior Court. According to Rosenberg’s complaint, GPB Capital has been operating a Ponzi-like scam that involved using investors’ funds to pay other investors and enhance…
GPB Capital Funds Continue To Plunge In Value
According to InvestmentNews, alternative asset management company GPB Capital Holdings has notified investors and custodians that its different private placement funds have recently suffered 25-73% losses in value. It’s largest funds, the GPB Automotive Portfolio and GPB Holdings II—together, these two raised $1.27B from investors—have experienced 38% and 25.4% drops,…
Brokerage Firms Made over $165 Million for Selling GPB Capital Private Placements
Investment News is reporting that broker-dealers and their brokers that sold GPB Capital Holdings private placements to investors have collectively been paid $167 million in commissions. That large number represents 9.3% of the $1.8 billion that supposedly accredited, wealthy investors paid for these risky private placements. Recent reports had estimated…