Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses in ATP Oil and Gas 11.875 Percent Senior Second Lien Exchange Notes. The investigation is regarding whether customers received unsuitable recommendations of the ATP Notes from their full service brokerage firm or advisor. Reportedly, a…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of Wells Fargo Advisors LLC customers in light of a recent arbitration award regarding the firm’s alleged failure to detect theft and fraudulent transactions in a customer’s account. On July 3, 2013, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel ordered Wells…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of doing business with Rocky Mountain Financial LLC, FSC Securities Corporation and Barry George Hartman. Some of Hartman’s clients have alleged that he made unsuitable recommendations of high-risk securities, such as AIG…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as a result of doing business with Matthew Becker and Merrill Lynch. Consent orders against Becker and Merrill Lynch were recently announced by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation. According to the orders, Matthew…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of the customers of Wendy J. Worchester and TNP Securities LLC. According to a recent article in InvestmentNews, Tony Thompson’s non-traded REIT, or real estate investment trust, was suspended by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for five months because of a…
Securities fraud attorneys are currently investigating claims on behalf of investors who suffered significant losses as the result of an unsuitable recommendation of floating-rate bank loan funds. Earlier this month, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that it ordered Banc of America and Wells Fargo to pay a fine and…
On May 22, 2013, secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Galvin announced settlements with five major independent broker-dealers. According to the settlements, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. will pay $2.6 million in restitution to investors and a $400,000 fine, Commonwealth Financial Network will pay restitution of $2.1 million and a…
Earlier this month, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a notice to broker-dealers stating that in some cases, they have not provided adequate service to investors in several areas, including the distribution of materials containing inaccurate and misleading statements related to non-traded real estate investment trusts, or REITs. Many…
Securities fraud attorneys are cautioning retirees regarding two potential threats to their retirement investments. Many retirees have suffered significant losses as a result of unsuitable recommendations of risky, illiquid investments. In other cases, losses have resulted from excessive trading in customer accounts. Reportedly, many seniors are being persuaded to invest…
Investors are disappointed, to say the least, that a federal judge recently dismissed an investor class action lawsuit related to the sale of Apple REITs by David Lerner Associates Inc. However, stock fraud lawyers say that this decision will have absolutely no impact on arbitration cases filed against Lerner with…