JP Morgan Securities

Another Mexican Investor Pursues JP Morgan Securities Over Omnia/Old Mutual (Bermuda) Losses

Published on: April 1, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Senior Investor’s Funds Were 100% Concentrated in Risky Offshore Investment

Our Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) investment lawyers have filed yet another FINRA arbitration claim against J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC (JPMS) over losses suffered by a foreign national. The claimant is a nun and elderly investor from Mexico who entrusted her inheritance to the firm.

Instead, her J.P. Morgan Securities broker unsuitably recommended the now-defunct Omnia Ltd., previously called Old Mutual (Bermuda)/Beechwood.

J.P. Morgan Fined $200M by SEC & CFTC Over Messaging and Communications Violations

Published on: December 22, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

J.P. Morgan Securities Will Pay $125M to the Commission

J.P. Morgan has arrived at two settlements over recordkeeping and communication violations. These violations included using unapproved channels, such as WhatsApp and personal texts messages. One settlement is with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the other with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The firm has admitted to the violations.

The settlement with the SEC is with J.P. Morgan brokerage firm subsidiary, J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC for failures by the company and its employees to maintain and preserve written communications. In addition, the broker-dealer will pay a $125M penalty and enhance its compliance policies and procedures to resolve the issue.

SSEK Law Firm Client of Fired J.P. Morgan Securities Broker Ed Turley Wins $4 Million FINRA Arbitration Award

Published on: December 13, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

SSEK Law Firm Represented Client of Fired J.P. Morgan Securities Broker, Ed Turley, and Wins $4 Million FINRA Arbitration Award

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel in Houston, Texas has awarded a client of Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) $4 million in compensatory damages over losses she sustained while working with ex-J.P. Morgan Securities stockbroker, Edward Turley.

Not only did this ex-San Francisco-based financial advisor unsuitably invest her in products that were too risky, but he and the firm also used a complex strategy that involved borrowing on margin without her knowledge. Tragically, the client lost millions of dollars while Ed Turley and J.P. Morgan profited significantly from her account.

SSEK Law Firm Files FINRA Arbitration Claims Against J.P. Morgan For Customers of Fired Broker Ed Turley

Published on: September 28, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Former San Francisco Financial Advisor Costs Investors Over $62 million

Our FINRA arbitration lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) are continuing to investigate investors’ claims of losses sustained while working with ex-J.P. Morgan Securities LLC broker, Edward Lawrence Turley.

Already, SSEK Law Firm has filed a number of FINRA arbitration cases on behalf of customers requesting damages from Turley’s former broker-dealer. To date, investors who worked with Turley have filed FINRA claims alleging more than $62 million in losses.

SSEK Law Firm Continues to Investigate Former J.P. Morgan Broker Ed Turley

Published on: August 30, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Customers of San Francisco Financial Advisor Seek More Than $62 Million in Damages

Our broker misconduct attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) are continuing to investigate claims of losses involving ex-J.P. Morgan Securities stockbroker, Edward L. Turley.

Although Turley’s BrokerCheck record notes that he is still registered with the brokerage firm, reports indicate that the San Francisco-based financial advisor is no longer with J.P. Morgan. AdvisorHub reports that according to sources, he either left the broker-dealer or was fired.

Inappropriate COVID-19 Loan Applications Led To FINRA Sanctions for Brokers From Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Merrill Lynch

Published on: August 9, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

COVID Relief Loans Involved Undisclosed Business Outside Their Brokerage Firms

According to InvestmentNews, ex-J.P. Morgan Securities broker Gloria Willis, former Merrill Lynch stockbroker Evelyn Batista, and ex-Wells Fargo financial advisor Kenric Sexton have either been barred or suspended from the securities industry.

These Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sanctions were imposed after the self-regulatory organization (SRO) found that all three of them either inappropriately or incorrectly applied for federal COVID-relief loan programs geared towards small businesses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

J.P. Morgan Securities’ Recommendation of Old Mutual Bermuda Causes Mexican Investor To Suffer Six-Figure Loss

Published on: July 14, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Old Mutual Investor Seeks Up To $500K in Damages

An investor from Mexico has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration case against J.P. Morgan Securities over the losses she suffered in Old Mutual (Bermuda). The off-shore entity is owned by Greg Lindberg’s Global Bankers, which also owns Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda).

The latter is already the subject of many FINRA arbitration claims against the broker-dealers and their registered representatives that unsuitably recommended products from that off-shore entity to its customers.

JP Morgan Securities & Two Former Brokers Ordered to Pay $19M, Found Liable for Elder Financial Abuse

Published on: February 17, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Unauthorized Trading and Abuse of Fiduciary Duty By Older Investor’s Grandsons

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ruled that JP Morgan Securities (JPM) and its ex-brokers, Avi Elliot Schottenstein and Evan A. Schottenstein, must pay a senior investor $19M in her investment fraud claim over losses sustained from the unauthorized trading of complex products in her brokerage account.

The claimant is Beverley Schottenstein of Bal Harbour, Florida, of the family that owns holding company Schottenstein Stores Corp. The two former JP Morgan registered representatives are her grandsons.