California Retiree Was Unsuitably Recommended Illiquid, Risky Investments An elderly Los Angeles investor has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against FSC Securities Corporation over investment losses suffered. He was unsuitably recommended certain high-risk investments, including Northstar Healthcare Income REIT (also known as Northstar Healthcare REIT) and…
Firm Owes Millions to Investors of GWG High-Yield L Bonds Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) is looking into claims of losses by customers who purchased GWG L Bonds at the recommendation of Emerson Equity broker Tony Barouti. Unfortunately, it appears that Barouti, who is…
Texas-Based Alternative Asset Firm Sends Letter About Failed Payments on Valentine’s Day On February 14, 2022, GWG Holdings (GWGH) sent a letter to shareholders letting them know that it defaulted on the $3.25M in principal payments plus $10.35M in interest payments owed to L Bond investors. The Texas-based alternative asset…
Japanese Investor is Requesting Up to $500K in Damages Another investor in Japan has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Bankoh Investment Services over her Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) losses. This time, the claimant is a small business owner who lives in Tokyo but who had…
16 FINRA Arbitration Claims Have Been Brought Against Broker James Dunn In December 2021, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) published a blog post announcing that we are investigating claims of investor losses involving ex-Ameriprise Financial Services broker James William Dunn. At the time, according to…
Fired California Financial Advisor Allegedly Bilked Pro Athletes of Millions Darryl Matthew Cohen, a former top-producing Morgan Stanley Smith Barney registered representative of Southern California, faces a FINRA bar beginning February 16, 2022. This bar will come into effect unless he cooperates in the self-regulatory organization’s (SRO’s) probe into allegations…
Ex-Landolt Securities Broker Ran Now-Defunct Retirement Planning Institute Anthony Matthew Cottone, an ex-Landolt Securities stockbroker, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraudulently running Secured Capital Strategies Fund. This is a private fund in which 11 investors were persuaded to invest about $2.8M. Cottone was…
Deadline for GWG Holdings to Pay L Bond Investors $13.6M is Fast Approaching Our investment fraud lawyers are speaking with investors who suffered losses in GWG L Bonds. These private placement, high-yield junk bonds were issued by GWG Holdings, Inc. (GWGH) and may have been marketed and sold by many…
Massachusetts’ Securities Regulator Says Fidelity Brokerage Services “Rubber Stamped” Options Trading Applications William Galvin, head of the Massachusetts Securities Division, has filed an administrative complaint against Fidelity Brokerage Services. The firm has been accused of not making a good enough attempt to vet investors’ applications before allowing them to engage…
Ex-UBS Financial Services Advisor Faces SEC and Criminal Charges German Nino, a former UBS Financial Services (UBS) broker and investment advisor, is accused of stealing $5.8M from a customer. Nino, who left the broker-dealer in 2020, is now facing related civil charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission…