Investor Losses Caused By Investment Fraud Are Not Your Fault One of the more common questions that investors ask us is whether there is anything they could have done to protect themselves from becoming the victim of investment fraud. But many times, financial advisor misconduct can be hard to identify let…
What Are Common Signs of Investment Fraud and How Can Our Investor Attorneys Help? Red Flags May Help Identify When You Have Become The Victim of Fraudulent Activities If you are someone who has suffered significant losses to your investment or retirement funds, it is important that your financial advisor…
Ex-Wells Fargo Clearing Services Advisor Allegedly Misappropriated Funds from Elderly Investors Mario Everildo Rivero is charged with two counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud, and one count of investment advisor fraud. He was arrested on March 14, 2022. The ex-Wells Fargo Clearing Services broker is accused of…
Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker Admits To Criminal Investment Fraud, Faces SEC Charges Michael Barry Carter, a former Morgan Stanley (MS) broker, has pleaded guilty to federal investment fraud and wire fraud charges involving a scam in which he defrauded five customers. This included at least one elderly client, of more than…
Fired Wells Fargo Representative is Barred by FINRA The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced this month that it is barring former Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network broker, Leonard Charles Kinsman, from the industry. The ban comes after Kinsman refused to testify in the self-regulatory organization’s (SRO’s) probe into his…
Many Older Investors Remain Vulnerable to Securities Fraud As a retiree or a senior investor living in the San Francisco Bay Area, there are red flags to look out for that may indicate that you’ve become the victim of senior investor fraud. Unfortunately, older investors remain a favorite target of…
Broker Fraud Along With The Coronavirus May Be Causing Investment Losses Becoming the victim of securities fraud is a serious matter. With stocks plummeting and the markets fluctuating all over the place in the wake of COVID-19, investors may not realize that it’s not just the economic reverberations of the…
GPB Capital Holdings Faces Another Securities Fraud Lawsuit Already the subject of mass fraud accusations, including allegations of a $1.8B Ponzi scam, the alternative assets firm is once again the defendant of two new lawsuits. Adding to a growing list of GPB Capital lawsuits is another class action securities fraud…
Ex-Morgan Stanley Broker Sentenced To 30 Months Please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) if Elias Herbert Hafen, a former Morgan Stanley (MS) and Wells Fargo (WFC) broker, was your financial representative when you suffered substantial investment losses that you think may be due to fraud. Hafen…
Rogue Broker Convicted & Faces Decades In Prison A jury has convicted Anthony Diaz, a barred rogue stockbroker who was fired by several brokerage firms and has been the subject of more than four dozen customer complaints, of 11 counts of wire fraud and mail fraud. Each criminal court comes…