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Investor Lawyers BlogInvestor Fraud: Barred Michigan Investment Adviser is Accused of Defrauding Retirees of $2.7M and SEC Halts Alleged $345M Ponzi Scam That Bilked Seniors, Retail Investors, and Small Business Owners
Former Michigan Financial Adviser Faces SEC Charges in $2.7M Investment Scam that Defrauded Seniors
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against Ernest J. Romer III, a former Michigan-based financial adviser with 47 disclosures on his Broker-Check record and who was barred by FINRA last year. Romer also pleaded no contest to embezzlement in July and is awaiting his sentence. According to the regulator, between 2014 and 2016, the ex-financial adviser defrauded unsophisticated investors and older retirees of $2.7M.
The regulator contends that Romer convinced at least 30 clients to “sell securities in their brokerage accounts” and transfer their proceeds to the companies CoreCap Solutions or P & R Capital. He purportedly gave them the impression that these were affiliated brokerage firms when, in fact, they were businesses that Romer owned. Many of these investors entrusted him with their life savings.