Morgan Stanley Fires Financial Advisors After Inherited Account Credits Investigation Morgan Stanley (MS) announced recently that it has terminated a number of financial advisors after a months-long investigation into payments being made to retired Morgan Stanley financial advisors under Morgan Stanley’s own Legacy Account Payments Program. Morgan Stanley’s “sunset plan”…
Banned Woodbury Financial Broker Allegedly Sold Fake Investments, Converted Client Monies Ronald Walter Hannes, a Spokane, Washington-based investment advisor and former Woodbury Financial Services broker, is accused by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions of defrauding 19 clients of over $2.9M. Hannes had operated out of Hannes Financial Services…
Risky, Illiquid Business Development Company Was Not Suitable for Many Investors If you are someone who invested in the Sierra Income Corporation, you may have lost money. This business development company (BDC) is a non-traded investment. Earlier this year, Sierra Income suffered losses after its announced merger with Medley Capital…
Retiree Alleges Overconcentration in Spirit of America Energy Fund David Lerner Associates and its registered representative, Gary Walter Isler, are once again the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim. The claimant, an elderly widow, is accusing them of causing her to suffer significant retirement losses by…
Former LPL Financial Investment Advisor Was Also Was Let Go By Integrated Wealth Concepts The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed civil charges accusing former LPL Financial (LPLA) registered representative, Matthew O. Clason, of defrauding an older investor of over $300K. In August, Clason, who worked out of Glastonbury,…
Michigan Stockbroker Was Fired By Securities America Jaime Michael Westenbarger, a former Securities America registered representative in Michigan, is currently named in three pending customer complaints accusing him of negligence and stockbroker fraud. Westenbarger, who was fired by the broker-dealer last year, has been barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory…
Latest FINRA Arbitration Claim Allege REIT Losses A number of investors recently filed a customer complaint against former Kalos Capital broker, Curtis Leroy Whipple, who was with the firm out of Plymouth, Michigan until this year. He faces allegations of unsuitability, misrepresentations, and lack of due diligence related to the…
Stockbroker Marshall Owen Isaacson Named in Four Customer Complaints Since 2019 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently barred Marshall Owen Isaacson, an ex- Newbridge Securities stockbroker based out of Boca Raton, Florida. Isaacson is accused by customers of making unsuitable investment recommendations and committing broker negligence. With 35 years…
Following Bankruptcy Proceedings, Bondholders Turn to FINRA Arbitration Now that Frontier Communications Corp. has filed for bankruptcy protection, investors who bought the company’s bonds may be grappling with how to recover their losses. At Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm), our bond fraud lawyers are here to tell…
Senior Investor’s Loses Retirement Funds Because of Unsuitable Investment An Arkansas retiree has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against LPL Financial for losses he suffered because of the unsuitable recommendation of Rhett Douglas Bedwell, one of the broker-dealer’s former registered representatives. Bedwell, who is no longer…