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Ex-Kestra Broker Chadwick Collins’ Customers Seek Over $3.3M in Damages

Published on: March 23, 2022 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Stone Beacon Capital CEO Faces Unsuitability and Negligence Allegations

If you suffered investment losses while working with financial advisor Chadwick Charles Collins, please contact our California broker misconduct attorneys at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) today at (619) 550-4847.

Collins, who was a Kestra Investment Services stockbroker and Kestra Private Wealth investment advisor from January 2017 to February 2022, is now with Wedbush Securities. He is also the CEO of Stone Beacon Capital. According to Chadwick Collins’ BrokerCheck record, he is currently named in two pending customer disputes in which the claimants are collectively requesting more than $3.3M in damages.

Retiree Who Worked With Ex-Kestra Investment Services Broker James Daughtry Seeks Up To $500K in Damages

Published on: May 4, 2021 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Alabama Investor Contends The Daughtry Group Owner Unsuitably Invested His Retirement Funds

Another investor has stepped forward to file a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Kestra Investment Services over financial losses sustained while working with the firm’s former broker, James Blake Daughtry. The latter ran a local office in Dothan, Alabama known as The Daughtry Group. FINRA barred Daughtry and Kestra fired him last year.

The claimant, a senior investor, contends that Kestra failed to properly supervise Daughtry, whom he accuses of making fraudulent and unauthorized transactions in his account. As a result, this retiree lost $232K. He is seeking up to $500K in damages.

Walter Valenzuela Is Another Kestra Investment Services Broker Facing Fraud Allegations

Published on: August 24, 2020 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Pending Customer Complaints Seek $250K and $1M, Respectively

If you or someone you love lost money while working with stockbroker Walter Roland Valenzuela, our investor attorneys want to speak with you.

Valenzuela, who became a Kestra Investment Services broker this year, has been the subject of 10 customer complaints during his 27 years in the industry. The latest claim, brought in June, alleges elder abuse, misrepresentation, excessive trading, and unsuitable investment recommendations. The customer is seeking $250K in damages.

Investor Accuses Kestra Broker Stephen Curry in $7.7M FINRA Complaint

Published on: August 19, 2020 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Breach of Fiduciary Duty Involving Retirement Fund Alleged

Stephen Fergus Curry, a longtime Kestra Advisory Services registered representative, is named in a nearly $7.8M Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) complaint accusing him of breach of fiduciary duty over services performed related to a retirement fund.

Curry has been with Kestra for 13 years. First, he was with Kestra Investment Services and now he’s with Kestra Advisory Services. He also is a registered investment adviser. Before he joined Kestra, Curry was a Waterstone Financial Group broker from 2006 to 2007. He also worked as an investment advisor with NFP Advisor Services from 2007 to 2016.

Investor Sues Kestra Investment Services For IRA Losses Involving Barred Broker James Daughtry

Published on: May 29, 2020 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Alabama Retiree Lost Retirement Savings To Broker Fraud and Negligence

An investor in Alabama has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration complaint against Kestra Investment Services, Inc. for retirement losses that she suffered while working with the now-former broker, James Daughtry.

The firm fired Daughtry earlier this year around the same time that FINRA barred him indefinitely after he refused to testify in the self-regulatory (SRO)’s probe into allegations that he engaged in potentially fraudulent and unauthorized transactions in customers’ accounts.

Ex-Kestra Financial Broker Involved in Investor Fraud Claims and Accused of Unauthorized Trading

Published on: March 25, 2020 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Barred Kestra Investment Services Stockbroker Accused of Unauthorized Trading

Our investor fraud lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm) are currently speaking with former customers of ex-Kestra Investment Services broker, James Blake Daughtry. He was recently barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

The self-regulatory organization (SRO) issued the ban after Daughtry refused to testify during its investigation into allegations that he may have engaged in transactions that were potentially “fraudulent and unauthorized” in a number of customers’ accounts. Also, in the wake of FINRA’s order, Kestra fired him this month.

Financial Firms: UBS Settles with Virginia’s Regulator over Broker’s Unsuitable Recommendations, FINRA Fines Texas Broker-Dealer $225K for Mutual Fund Sales Violations, and an Ex-Client Seeks $500K from Carson Wealth while Alleging Excessive Fees

Published on: February 19, 2019 | by Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP

Virginia Regulator Fines UBS Financial After Its Broker Makes Unsuitable Recommendations

To settle charges brought by Virginia’s State Corporate Commission accusing a UBS (UBS) broker of making unsuitable recommendations involving gold and precious metals securities to 18 clients, UBS Financial Services will pay $319K—$289K to the clients and $30K to the state.

Virginia’s regulator contends that unsuitable recommendations were made in 2013 and 2014 and caused UBS clients to hold an overconcentration of these securities, which were not even suitable for some of them. The state said that this violated its securities rules.