Broker Misconduct

Stockbroker Misconduct Attorney

Published on: July 23, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

When Structured Products Involving Stockbroker Misconduct Leads To Investment Losses. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Stockbroker Misconduct Attorney Team Represents Investors Against Brokerage Firms

If you have sustained losses in a structured product, contact our securities law firm today. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Stockbroker Misconduct Attorney Teams (investorlawyers.com) have been fighting for investors against brokers and their firms for over 30 years.

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Published on: July 21, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Investment Losses While Working With Ex-Western International Securities Broker Tony Liddle?

Former Customers of Barred Wisconsin Financial Advisor Seeking Over $3M in Damages

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is speaking to investors who sustained losses while working with ex-Landolt Securities financial advisor Anthony Baker Liddle (Tony Liddle). He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money-related offenses in January 2023 and was sentenced to 97 months in prison for each count, but he will serve his time concurrently. He also was ordered to pay more than $1.6M in restitution. Liddle, a former registered investment adviser and control person of Prosper Wealth Management in Wausau, was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Division of Securities. Prior to being a Landolt registered representative, he was a Western International Securities broker.

Stockbroker Misconduct Lawyers

Published on: June 27, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You An Investor Who Suffered Portfolio Losses While Working With Oppenheimer Broker Gustavo Miramontes?

Our Stockbroker Misconduct Lawyers Want To Talk To You

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is looking into claims of investor losses involving Oppenheimer financial advisor Gustavo Santos Miramontes. The Los Angeles stockbroker has multiple disclosures on his CRD that primarily consist of customer disputes.

Private Placement Loss Lawyers

Published on: May 31, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Investment Losses While Working With Former Independent Financial Group Broker Armando Roman? Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Want to Talk To You

Our broker fraud attorneys are continuing to investigate claims of losses involving ex-Independent Financial Group registered representative Armando Roman. The former Arizona stockbroker is still a registered investment adviser with AXIOM Founders Family Office.

Several months ago, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel awarded $1M in compensatory damages to one customer for portfolio losses from allegedly unsuitable private placement recommendations by Roman. The investments involved included:

SSEK broker misconduct Attorneys

Published on: May 23, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You An Investor Who Suffered Losses After A Fidelity Broker Made Unsuitable Investment Recommendations?

Whistleblower Claims That Brokerage Firm Fired Him For Disclosing Best Interest Violations Against Customers

SSEK broker misconduct Attorneys are continuing to investigate claims of losses by investors who worked with Fidelity Investments financial advisors. Earlier this year, we filed one six-figure lawsuit for a claimant after the broker-dealer connected him with an outside adviser who made risky, unsuitable investment recommendations, including a concentrated position with Apple.

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Published on: May 19, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Investor Seeks Up $1M In Damages Over UBS YES Losses. Our Broker Fraud Lawyer Are Representing This Claimant and Others Against UBS Financial Services

The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker Fraud Lawyer Team (investorlawyers.com) is representing another investor in their UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) loss lawsuit against UBS Financial Services. The claimant, an inexperienced New Jersey investor, is suing for up to $1M in damages. Unfortunately, she is just one of many who have suffered significant losses in the brokerage firm’s internally managed, high-risk options trading strategy.

Touted by UBS brokers as a way for investors to obtain marginally higher yields on existing portfolios while taking limited risks, the UBS YES program has caused serious losses for many of the firm’s wealthy clients. Its “iron condor” options overlay approach was allegedly implemented with reckless abandon.

Texas Broker Fraud Law Firm

Published on: May 19, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Estate of Texas Retiree With Dementia Files Six-Figure Broker Fraud Lawsuit Against LPL Financial And Broker Bradley Bowman. Brokerage Firm Allegedly Unsuitably Sold FS Energy & Power Fund and KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III

The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Texas broker fraud law firm (investorlawyers.com) are representing the estate of a deceased widow in a FINRA lawsuit against LPL Financial and its Houston broker Bradley Alan Bowman. The Katy, Texas investor, who was in his eighties, suffered from dementia. Now, his estate is seeking up to $500K in damages for losses sustained in the non-traded real estate investment trust (non-traded REIT) KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, the non-traded business development company (non-traded BDC) FS Energy & Power Fund, and an annuity. All of these were too risky for someone of his age with this health issue.

In the broker fraud claim, the estate is alleging best interest violations, unsuitable investment recommendations, misrepresentations and omissions, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, failure to supervise, and more. LPL and its Texas broker earned high commissions and fees from the illiquid alternative investments it sold to this elderly investor who entrusted them to manage his money properly so he could take care of himself and his family.

Financial Advisor Misconduct Attorneys

Published on: May 1, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Couple Sues Charles Schwab After Broker Purportedly “Chased Returns” That Led To Serious Life Savings Losses. Our Financial Advisor Misconduct Attorneys Represent Seniors and Retirees Investors Against Broker-Dealers

Two California investors are seeking up to $500K in damages from Charles Schwab & Co. over significant losses they sustained while working with the brokerage firm. While the broker-dealer is most known for offering a platform for those seeking to direct their own investment decisions and self-manage their accounts, these two older investors entrusted their money to one of the firm’s lesser-known divisions, which provides discretionary management of customer accounts.

These claimants, whom Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) are representing, contend that during the last years of working with Schwab, one of the broker-dealer’s financial advisors used a purported needlessly risky strategy that involved turning over these investors’ accounts allegedly to chase returns. In their FINRA lawsuit, our clients are claiming misrepresentations and omissions, gross mismanagement, negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty that we believe led to not just lost savings but also lost growth of said savings during a period when the markets reached all-time highs.

Broker Misconduct Law Firm

Published on: April 15, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Should HJ Sims Have Exercised More Caution When Marketing and Selling Its Reg D Offerings To Customers? Our Broker Misconduct Law Firm Are Continuing Our Investigation Into Investor Losses

The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Broker Misconduct Law Firm (investorlawyers.com) are taking very seriously the number of alleged investor losses related to the Regulation D private placements sold by brokerage firm Herbert J. Sims (HJ Sims). For the last 10 years or so, this broker-dealer has sold more than 90 Reg D offerings valued at over $2B, purportedly whether or not these were suitable for customers given their respective investment profiles, risk tolerance levels, or financial goals.

84 of these HJ Sims private placements were sold exclusively by the firm’s brokers, who earned steep commissions in the process. Not only that but some of the issuers for these Reg D bonds may have been HJ Sims executives. If that is true, then these individuals made money both during the issuing process and when these alternative investments were purchased.

Dallas Financial Advisor Fraud Law Firm

Published on: March 28, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Dallas, Texas Financial Advisor Fraud Law Firm

Representing Investors Over Losses Caused by Stockbroker Misconduct or Negligence

Founded in 1990, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is proud to be one of the most recognized and well-respected financial advisor fraud law firms both in Texas and the United States. Led by Senior Securities Law Partners Kirk Smith, Sam Edwards, and William Shepherd, we represent investors in going after the brokerage firms and investment advisers whose wrongful or negligent actions caused serious investment losses.