Financial Firms

Chicago Financial Advisor Negligence Attorneys

Published on: November 7, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did You Suffer Investor Losses While Working With Cetera Broker Colin Kelty? Our Chicago Financial Advisor Negligence Attorneys Are Investigating

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is speaking to investors who sustained losses while working with Illinois broker Colin Christy Kelty, who has been a registered representative with Cetera Investment Services since 2011.

There are currently four disclosures on Kelty’s CRD, including a still pending unsuitable investment recommendation lawsuit involving structured products in which the claimant is seeking more than $1.5M in damages. Another still pending case, in which the investor is seeking $240K in damages, is accusing Kelty of failing to liquidate certain securities.

Aegis Capital Loss Recovery Attorney

Published on: October 16, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Did Aegis Capital Cause Investors To Lose At Least $5B?

Broker-Dealer Accused of Underwriting Questionable Stock Offerings

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) are continuing to investigate allegations that Aegis Capital may have cost investors billions of dollars in its role as the underwriter of stocks of small companies that were about to be delisted or facing bankruptcy; purportedly, the only reason these companies were able to stay open was because the broker-dealer helped sell these “worthless stocks” to its customers, as well to customers of other brokerage firms.

Northstar Fraud Law Firm

Published on: October 16, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Spanish Investors Sue Insigneo Securities For Up to $500K Following Northstar (Bermuda) Losses. Our Northstar Fraud Law Firm Are Representing These Claimants And Many Others

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Northstar Fraud Law Firm (investorlawyers.com) is representing two Spanish citizens in their Northstar (Bermuda) investment loss recovery claim against Insigneo Securities. The claimants, who are requesting up to $500K, in addition to interest and costs, are alleging unsuitable investment recommendations, concentration, misrepresentations and omissions, a gross lack of supervision, negligence, grossly negligent behavior, and more.

The couple, one of whom is now deceased, were referred to Insigneo (when it used to be Northeast Securities) through City National Bank in South Florida where they were residents. The wanted a safe haven for their assets. Instead, the broker-dealer allegedly abused their trust by overconcentrating a huge portion of their assets in Norhtstar Financial Services (Bermuda), an offshore investment that is now defunct.

FINRA Lawsuit Law Firm

Published on: October 16, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Stifel Nicolaus Ordered To More Than $14M in Damages, Including $9M in Punitive Damages, Over Structured Note Losses

Claimants Are Former Clients of Stifel Stockbroker Chuck Roberts

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ordered Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. to pay over $14M to a Florida couple. That is almost $2M in compensatory damages, including interest, to these investors, more than $2M in compensatory damages to their business, $9M in punitive damages, $1.1M in legal fees, and $100K in costs.

Northstar Financial Fraud Law Firm

Published on: September 13, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Investors Who Suffered Losses May Be Able To Sue Their Brokers. Our Northstar Financial Fraud Law Firm Are Representing Asian and Latin American Nationals

The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Northstar Financial Fraud Law Firm (investorlawyers.com) continue to investigate Northstar Financial Service (Bermuda). Many of the investors who suffered losses are foreign nationals from countries in Asia and Latin America, including the Caribbean, who were unsuitably recommended this offshore entity by their US stockbroker.

To date, we are representing more than 100 investors with an annuity fraud lawsuit against a broker-dealer. Here is a list of firms we are suing. Many are respondents in multiple Northstar (Bermuda) lawsuits that we are helming:

Northstar Financial Services Loss Attorneys

Published on: August 18, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

There Is Still Time For Asian Investors To Try Recouping Their Northstar (Bermuda) Losses. Our Northstar Financial Services Loss Attorneys Represent International Investors Against US-Based Brokerage Firms

In the latest news involving Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda), owner Greg Lindberg is now under further scrutiny by the federal government, which seeks forfeiture of $1.5M in funds seized from him. The North Carolina billionaire, who was recently convicted again of bribery and fraud, is awaiting another criminal trial in which he is accused of defrauding annuity investors of more than $2B.

Among his alleged victims are investors from Asia, especially China and Japan, who were unsuitably marketed and sold Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) investments by US-based brokerage firms. Investing in this offshore entity was a risky proposition from the start. Foreign nationals were deprived of the regulatory protections they could have availed of if only their financial advisor had sold them comparable US-based products instead.

GWG Bond Fraud Lawyers

Published on: June 4, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

_{Estate of Michigan Investor Files Six-Figure GWG Bond Fraud Lawsuit Against Centaurus Financial.}_{Widow Was Inexperienced, Elderly Investor Who Sought Minimal Risk And Instead Ended Up With High-Risk Junk Bond}

_{The Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas GWG Bond Fraud Lawyers (}_{investorlawyers.com}_{) are representing another investor in their}_{L Bond lawsuit}_{against a broker-dealer. This time, the claimant is the estate of a deceased Michigan retiree that is seeking an L Bond lawsuit for up to $500K in damages from Centaurus Financial.}

_{The septuagenarian was a widow who entrusted}_{Centaurus Financial broker John Edmond Tryon}_{to properly manage her assets. Instead, this Michigan financial advisor allegedly unsuitably recommended a GWG L Bond while purportedly misrepresenting this junk bond as safe and secure. It now appears that there will be a near complete loss of principal with this investment for this investor. Not only that but GWG Holdings is now accused of running a more than $1.6B Ponzi scam that has defrauded many thousands of older investors and seniors.}

Northstar Bermuda Annuity Fraud Attorneys

Published on: May 8, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Northstar (Bermuda) & Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Owner Sued For Allegedly Trying To Avoid Paying $580M Legal Debt. Annuity Holders Waiting For Payouts Should Explore Filing Broker Fraud Lawsuits

If you are an investor who suffered losses in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda), Colorado Bankers Life Insurance, or another insurer owned by billionaire Greg Lindberg, you may want to explore other legal options beyond waiting to get back your money from liquidation or bankruptcy proceedings. If you contact us today, the Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas Northstar Bermuda Annuity Fraud Attorneys (investorlawyers.com) can help you assess whether you have grounds for a claim against your broker-dealer for allegedly unsuitably recommending these troubled annuities.

While many investors may be wary of filing a broker negligence lawsuit, the truth is that recovering all, possibly even any of your funds, through those other avenues is unlikely. These insurers are already heavily in debt. Lindberg, who is awaiting two criminal fraud trials, is suspected of funneling money from them to his special-purpose vehicles. He also owes hundreds of millions of dollars in litigation and his legal woes are only worsening.

Northstar Bermuda Broker Fraud Attorney

Published on: May 8, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Our Northstar Bermuda Broker Fraud Attorney Represents South American Investors Over Northstar (Bermuda) Losses

Argentine Family Seeks Up To $1M in Damages from Truist Investment Services

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) represent clients throughout Latin America and South America who suffered losses because a US-based brokerage firm marketed and sold them Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) annuities. This includes a family in Buenos Aires—mostly of retirees—who entrusted Truist Investment Services (AKA SunTrust Investment Services) to keep their money secure. Now, they are suing the brokerage firm for up to $1,000,000 in damages.

Annuity Loss Recovery Attorney

Published on: March 4, 2024 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Florida Retiree Files 7-Figure Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Loss Lawsuit Against Citizens Securities. Our Annuity Loss Recovery Attorney Are Representing This Claimant

A senior investor who worked with former Citizens Securities broker David Paul Kopsak is suing the broker-dealer for up to $1,000,000 over losses that she sustained in Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Company. The brokerage firm is the one who approached her through Citizens Bank where she and her husband primarily had their money in CDs.

Promising to give her trustworthy financial advice, they then allegedly unsuitably recommended the couple place a substantial portion of their funds in a “very safe” CB Life annuity.