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Real Estate Investment Fraud Attorneys

Published on: December 18, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Investigates $63M in Investor Losses Involving CrowdStreet & Alleged Nightingale Fraud

Allow Our Seasoned Broker Investment Loss Recovery Lawyers To Help You Explore Your Legal Options

If you were an investor in either of the deals to purchase commercial real estate in Miami and Atlanta through Nightingale Properties and its CEO Elie Schwartz, you may have grounds for a claim seeking damages against CrowdStreet Capital. The brokerage firm allegedly connected investors to Nightingale, which is now accused of running an alleged investment scam that defrauded some 800 investors of around $63 million.

Houston Financial Advisor Fraud Attorneys

Published on: December 11, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Houston Financial Advisor Fraud Attorneys

Representing Texas Investors Against Brokerage Firms For Over 30 Years

From our main law office in Houston, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) have been representing investors since 1990 to become one the leading financial advisor fraud law firms in the United States. With over a century’s worth of combined experience in securities law and the securities industry, when you work with us, you can trust that you will receive quality legal representation as you pursue damages from the financial advisor whose negligence or misconduct contributed to your investment losses.

Annuity Fraud Attorney

Published on: December 11, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Nonprofit Sues Harbour Investments Over CB Life Annuity Losses For Up to $1,000,000

Our Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Annuity Fraud Attorneys Are Representing This Institutional Investor

In its Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) lawsuit, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is pursuing damages from brokerage firm Harbour Investments over losses it sustained in Colorado Bankers Life Insurance. The claimant, an institutional investor, had a longstanding relationship with now-former Indiana financial advisor Gerald Lencke, whom it had appointed as its attorney-in-fact.

FINRA Law Firm

Published on: December 11, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Serious Investment Losses While Working With Ex-Western International Securities Broker Christopher Kennedy?

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Represents Investors Who Have Been The Victims of Financial Advisor Fraud

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently barred former Western International Securities broker Christopher Booth Kennedy. The ex-financial advisor has been accused of different kinds of stockbroker misconduct, including excessive trading, unauthorized trading, improper options trading, unsuitability, misrepresentations, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and negligence.

Unauthorized Trading Lawyers

Published on: December 11, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Unauthorized Trading Can Lead To Serious Investor Losses

Ex-DA Davidson Broker Andrew David Schell Has Been Involved in 19 Customer Disputes

If you suffered investment losses while working with former Colorado financial advisor Andrew Schell, please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com). The formerly registered broker and investment adviser has 20 disclosures on his CRD. 19 of them are customer disputes that have resulted in settlements.

Mutual Fund Loss Attorneys

Published on: December 6, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

How Do I Know If My Financial Advisor Is Responsible For My Mutual Fund Losses? Contact our Mutual Fund Loss Attorneys Today

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Mutual Fund Loss Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) represent investors who have suffered significant losses in their mutual funds that were caused by the bad advice or mismanagement of a financial advisor. If you are a mutual fund investor who would like to determine whether you have grounds for a broker negligence claim, we can help you explore your legal options.

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Annuity Fraud Law Firm

Published on: December 6, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Investor Who Lost Money In A Greg-Lindberg Issued Annuity Still Have Time To Act. Our Dedicated Annuity Fraud Law Firm Are Suing Brokerage Firms For Those Who Suffered Financial Harm

Once again, insurance mogul Greg Lindberg is fighting legal proceedings involving one of his companies. He recently asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to get rid of a block that prevents him from interfering in the liquidation order of Southland National Insurance. He claims that Wake County Superior Court made a mistake when it refused to reconsider the rehabilitation plan for the insurer.

Southland National Insurance is one of several insurance companies owned by Lindberg that is under liquidation or rehabilitation. Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) are representing investors who have since suffered losses because brokerage firms unsuitably marketed and sold annuities in his companies:

Private Placement Loss Lawyers

Published on: December 5, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Are You One of the 1800 Investors That Purchased iCap Securities? Our Private Placement Loss Lawyers May Be Able To Help You Recover Your Losses

If you are an iCap investor, please contact Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Private Placement Loss Lawyers (investorlawyers.com). Our seasoned Regulation D investment loss attorneys are looking into claims of losses and investigating which broker-dealers should be held liable for damages. We are speaking with both US investors and Chinese nationals. Many of the latter were reportedly hoping to secure their US EB-5 visas by investing.

Real estate investor and manager iCap Enterprises had raised $245M from investors with the help of independent broker-dealers. However, earlier this year, dividend payments were suspended supposedly because of the risk of growing interest rates. In September 2023, iCap filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and its founder Chris Christensen resigned. Third-party management group Paladin is now overseeing these real estate investments that include private placements and at least one publicly registered security, the iCap Vault 1.

Elder Financial Abuse Attorney

Published on: December 5, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Older Investors Remain Among The Most Vulnerable Targets of Broker Exploitation

Our Elder Financial Abuse Attorney Teams Are Investigating Claims of Losses Involving Ex-Mutual Securities Broker Julie Darrah

Financial exploitation of older people remains a huge problem, and such crimes frequently go unreported because victims are reluctant to speak out. Those who commit elder financial abuse may be friends, family, acquaintances, and even trusted stockbrokers and investment advisers who should have been looking out for their client’s best interests and not taking advantage of them.

Financial Advisor Fraud Lawyers

Published on: November 21, 2023 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

More Investors Seek To Recover Damages After Working With Ex-Fortune Financial Services Broker Richard Wesselt

Our Financial Advisor Fraud Lawyers Represent Claimants With FINRA Lawsuits

More than a year after Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Financial Advisor Fraud Lawyers (investorlawyers.com) began investigating claims of investment losses involving customers of ex-Fortune Financial Services stockbroker Richard Michael Wesselt, the number of broker fraud claims in his CRD has grown. Wesselt, a former Pennsylvania financial advisor who was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), now has 32 disclosures listed. Several of the customer disputes are still pending.