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As Creditors GWG Holdings of Running A $1.6B Ponzi Scam, Investors Continue To File Broker Fraud Lawsuits

Our Trusted Bond Loss Attorneys Are Helping Retirees, Older Investors, and Others Pursue Financial Recovery

Nearly one year after GWG Holdings, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the allegations that the company was running an alleged $1.6B Ponzi scam continue. The latest accusations come from creditors in the bankruptcy case. In a court document, they accuse GWG chairman and The Beneficient Company Group founder Brad Heppner of orchestrating a multi-year fraud to enrich his corporate entities and himself while purportedly causing financial harm to about 27,000 investors.

Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Annuity Investors May Be Able To File Broker Fraud Lawsuits

Owner Greg Lindberg Faces More Criminal Charges

Our annuity investment loss lawyers are continuing to help investors pursue damages from the brokerage firms that allegedly unsuitably recommended and sold them annuities issued by Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Company. The insurer, which entered into liquidation in late 2022, is owned by billionaire Greg Lindberg.

GWG L Bond Investors Still Have Time To Sue Their Brokers Over Their Losses

Our Knowledgeable GWG Investment Loss Attorneys Can Help You Explore Your Legal Options

Nearly one year after GWG Holdings, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, L Bond investors who were sold $1.6B of these high-yield junk bonds are still waiting to recover their losses. If you are someone who purchased GWG L Bonds at the recommendation of your financial advisor, you should know that waiting for your money through these proceedings could be a very long and potentially disappointing process. What you can do, however, is explore your other legal options and see if you have grounds for suing your broker-dealer or investment adviser that sold you these alternative investments. Visit GWG Holdings for more information.

Are You a Latin America Retiree Who Suffered Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Investor Losses?

Our Northstar (Bermuda) Lawyers Represent International Investors Against US-Based Brokerage Firms

Whether you are a Latin American investor who is a US resident or one who lives abroad if your brokerage firm unsuitably recommended and sold you Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) products, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) may be able to help. For over two years, we have been going after the broker-dealers and their registered representatives that marketed and sold Northstar (Bermuda) annuities and annuity-like investments to foreign nationals.

An Update for Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Investors

Our Trusted Annuity Fraud Lawyers Continue to Pursue Brokerage Firms Over Investment Losses

In a February 3 letter, Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd. (in Liquidation) notified shareholders that the substantive hearing of the Segregation Application will occur from April 24 to May 2, 2023, at the Supreme Court of Bermuda. It will be attended by attorneys for the joint provisional liquidators (JPLs), the Class Representatives, and the Amicus Curae. The letter also stated that the JPLs have filed a lawsuit in US Bankruptcy Court against Northstar (Bermuda) owner Greg Lindberg, his Global Growth Holdings, its affiliates, and others. Lindberg, who is currently out of prison, is awaiting a retrial and is also facing other criminal and regulatory charges.

Our Skilled Annuity Fraud Lawyers Represent Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Investors

Mexico Investors File FINRA Lawsuit Accusing Truist Investment Services of Overconcentration

Once again, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) have filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Truist Investment Services over losses suffered by investors in Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) products. These claimants, two Mexican investors, are an older couple who entrusted the US-based brokerage firm to keep their savings secure. Instead, their Truist Investment Services broker allegedly 100% concentrated their funds in Northstar (Bermuda) while reassuring them, time and again, that all was well. Now, they are suing Truist and seeking up to six figures in damages.

Our GWG Investor Loss Attorneys May Be Able To Help You

Investors File FINRA Lawsuit Seeking Up to $5M from NI Advisors

Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (investorlawyers.com) is continuing to sue the brokerage firms that sold GWG L Bonds to investors. Most recently, this involved two securities fraud claims submitted in Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration on behalf of:

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What Should You Do If You Suffered Losses in This Alleged $110M Investment Fraud?

More than 400 investors have suffered losses in the alleged Horizon Private Equity Ponzi Scam involving ex-Oppenheimer & Co. broker John Woods. A few months ago, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority panel ordered the broker-dealer to pay a number of investors $36.7M for allegedly failing to properly supervise Woods and for other, purported related broker-dealer negligence.

Are You An Investor Who Suffered Losses While Working With a Western International Securities Financial Advisor?

Our FINRA Lawyers Are Investigating Ex-Western International Securities Broker Daniel Beech

Over the past year, Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas, a Broker-dealer Arbitration Law Firm, (investorlawyers.com) have filed FINRA lawsuits on behalf of investors seeking to recover financial losses allegedly caused by the allegedly negligent actions of Western International Securities and a number of its financial advisors. We are also continuing to investigate the brokerage firm and its registered representatives for allegedly unsuitably recommending GWG Holdings L Bonds and other high-risk investments to retail customers and retirees.

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