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DKR Files FINRA Arbitration Claim against Newbridge Securities
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President Trump Planning Imminent Dodd-Frank Reform
Making an Investment Fraud Recovery Plan
A Look at 2016 Securities Fraud by the Numbers
Part 3 | Protecting Your Money: Reacting to Investment Fraud Action
Part 2 | Protecting Your Money: Identifying and Avoiding Investment Fraud
Part 1 | Protecting Your Money: Explaining & Understanding Investment Fraud
How a Shareholder Derivative Lawsuit Works
Hiring a Securities Fraud Attorney Can Make a Difference
Preventing and Addressing Unauthorized Trading in Your Account
CFTC Tells 11th Circuit that Florida Company Defrauded Investors
FINRA Fines LPL Financial for Record-Keeping Problems
Morgan Stanley Settles Inverse ETF Charges with SEC
Resolving Securities Disputes through FINRA Arbitration
Investigation of Legend Stockbroker Walter Marino
Why Crowdfunding Investing Can Be Safe from Fraud
Managers Arrested in Platinum Partners Fraud Scheme
Five Years for LPL Broker Charles Frackell
Verdict for Supreme Court Insider Trading Case
Merrill Lynch to Pay for Leveraged Puerto Rico Bonds
FINRA Proposes Rules Against Financial Elder Abuse
FINRA Fines, Bans Etter Group Investment Broker
United Development Funding IV Hit With SEC Wells Notice
SEC Bars Former LPL Broker for Churning
UBS Seeking Dismissal of Breach of Duty Class Action
SEC Enforcement Hits Record Highs
SEC Fiduciary Rule On Hold for Now
Massachusetts Charges Morgan Stanley with Unethical Conduct
UBS Pays SEC $15M Over Sales Practices
CFTC Proposes Several Changes to Whistleblower Program
Investment Losses Resulting from Unauthorized Trading
SEC May Expand Definition of Investor as Related to Private Placements
Barclays Fined $1.3 Million Over Reporting Errors
False Claims Acts Penalties to Nearly Double by August
SEC Bans New Jersey-Based Debt Portfolio Scammer
Merrill Lynch to Pay $415 Million to Settle SEC Charges Over Misused Customer Funds
FINRA Accuses G.F. Investment Services Adviser of Losing Millions
Uber Text Messages May Violate Your Rights
Claims Made Against Wells Fargo Broker Charles Lynch
Morgan Stanley Florida Broker Connected to Elder Fraud
Wedbush Supervisory System Failed to Protect Customer Reserves
Morgan Stanley Broker Harvey Siegel facing FINRA Arbitration Claim
Investigating a FINRA Arbitration Claim against a Wells Fargo Broker
FINRA Files Complaint Against CEO for Fraud and Misuse of Customer Funds
Vanguard Natural Resources Investment Losses Due to Stockbroker Negligence
FINRA Claim Filed to Recover Breitburn Energy Investment Losses
Recover Your SandRidge Energy Investment Losses with a FINRA Arbitration Claim
UDF Fraud (United Development Funding) and Investment Losses
MetLife Pays $25 Million FINRA Sanction Over Variable Annuities
DKR Files FINRA Arbitration Claim Against JP Morgan Securities
Former RBC Capital Markets Broker Paul Blum Being Investigated
Scottsdale Capital Advisors Challenges FINRA Enforcement Powers
Department of Labor Relaxes Part of Final Fiduciary Rule
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Final Part | FINRA Arbitration Lawyer
SEC in California Freezes Ponzi Scheme Adviser’s Accounts
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Part 7 of 8 | FINRA Arbitration Lawyer
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Part 6 of 8 | FINRA Arbitration Lawyer
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Part 5 of 8 | FINRA Arbitration Lawyer
SEC Sues Oregon Investment Co. $350M for Ponzi Scheme
Recent SEC Awards Likely to Attract Outside Whistleblowers
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Part 4 of 8 | FINRA Arbitration Lawyers
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Part 3 of 8 | FINRA Arbitration Lawyer
Six Banks Pay $100 Million for Class Action Claims
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Part 2 of 8 | FINRA Arbitration Lawyer
FINRA Arbitration Primer – Part 1 of 8 | FINRA Arbitration Lawyer
FINRA Accuses VFG Securities of Improper Sales of REITs and Other Private Placements
Barclays Pays $50 Million to Settle NY Forex Rigging Claims
Three Brokerage Firms Hit with $1.2 Million in Fines and Restitution for UITs
Why All the Fuss About a Fiduciary Standard for Stockbrokers?
Investors Win $825,000 in FINRA Arbitration Against Morgan Stanley
JP Morgan to Pay $1.42 Billion to End Most Lehman Claims
Crowdfunding Growth Poses Challenges
SEC Plans to Investigate ETFs
Puerto Rico Defaults on Bond Payment
SEC Seeking Private Investor Standard Updates
Massachusetts Securities Regulators Investigating Third Avenue Junk Bond Fund
Energy Stocks and Oil and Gas Investment Losses
Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund Collapse May Create Bond ETF Problems
JP Morgan Settles SEC & CFTC Probes for $307 Million
New Jersey Broker-Dealer Fined $475,000 Over Annuity Allegations
Newport Coast Securities Fined for to Elder Financial Fraud
Lincoln Financial Advisors Fined $150,000 Relating to Hedge Fund Investments
FINRA Fines Arkansas Brokerage Firm R.M. Duncan Securities Inc.
Brokerage Firm Sterne Agee Financial Services Fined as a Result of Leveraged ETF Sales
Wedbush Securities’ Regulatory Troubles Continue
Barclays Bank Fined Another $150 Million in NY Forex Matter
Realty Capital Securities Charged with Fraud in Massachusetts
FINRA to Seek “Significant Fine” From MetLife Over Variable Annuity Sales
Ex-JP Morgan Banker Charged with Stealing $20 Million from Clients
SEC Passes Long Awaited Crowdfunding Rules
Massachusetts Blames Fidelity Investments of Failing to Block Unregistered Advisers
Five Brokerage Firms Ordered to Pay $18 Million for Mutual Fund Overcharges
FINRA’s New Proposal to Stop Elder Fraud Abuse
FINRA Bans Firm and CEO Over Drug Kickback Scheme
UBS Fined $17.5M For Investment Strategy Switch
UBS Settles With SEC for $20M Over Structured Note Disclosures
FINRA Fines 6 Brokerage Firms for Improper REIT Sales
FINRA Sanctions UBS Puerto Rico $18.5 Million
SEC Proposes Modernizing In-House Court
UBS Will Pay $34 Million Over Puerto Rico Bond Funds
Brokerage Firm LPL Financial Agrees to $1.8 Million Penalty Over Sales of Leveraged ETF Investments
SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Arizona Residents for Stealing $18 Million
LPL Financial and Top Broker Part Ways Amid Regulatory Investigation
Understanding the Various Types of Annuities
Securities Employee Bonus Plan Disputes
What is Investment Fraud?
Evaluating Your Stock Risk Tolerance
The Puerto Rican Debt Crisis Continues
Planning for Retirement and Protecting Your Investments from Mismanagement
Massachusetts Fines LPL Financial $250,000 for Misleading Broker Titles
FINRA Orders $30 Million in Restitution from Wells Fargo, Raymond James & LPL Financial
How to Handle Unsuitable Investments
How to Avoid Investment Misrepresentation & Fraud
FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Scottrade Inc.
Roderick Yzaguirre Former Merrill Lynch Broker Under Investigation
Virtus AlphaSector Funds and F-Squared Investments
The Puerto Rico Financial Crisis Close to a “Death Spiral”
Ex-NFL Player Charged with Securities Fraud in $32M Ponzi Scheme
U.S. Supreme Court Revives Deutsche Bank Class Action Lawsuit
SEC Charges New York Lawyer and Promoters with Market Manipulation
Carlsbad, California Stockbroker Pleads Guilty to $6 Million Investment Fraud
Citigroup Is One of Five Banks that Collectively Will Pay $5.6 Billion to Settle Criminal Charges
Newport Beach Resident Pleads Guilty to Investment Fraud
Justice Department Declines to Prosecute Citigroup on LIBOR Rigging Charges
Goldman Sachs Ordered to Pay $100 Million to FINRA Arbitration Award
FINRA Expels Broker and Fines Brokerage Firm
FINRA Sanctions LPL Financial $11.7 Million for Supervisory Failures
Deutsche Bank to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Libor Rigging Charges
FINRA Rule Would Protect Military Personnel
S&P Downgrades Puerto Rico Bonds Again
FINRA Kicks Wells Fargo Broker Out of Securities Industry
FINRA Fines and Suspends Boca Raton Stockbroker
FBI Charges Syracuse Man with Investment Fraud
Class Action Over UBS Puerto Rico Bond Funds Moved From Puerto Rico to New York
Oil and Gas Limited Partnership Losses
SEC Investigating JP Morgan Asset-Management Conflicts
SEC To Crack Down On Retail Sale of Complex Securities
Ex-JPMorgan Broker Charged With Stealing $20 Million
Former New York Powerbroker Charged with Fraud
LPL Faces $3.6 Penalty Relating to Non -Traded REIT Sales
UBS Agrees to $135 Million Forex Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Says Mandatory Arbitration is Bad for Consumers
Two Men Sentenced to Prison for $21M in Los Angeles Investment Fraud Scheme
Former California Stockbroker Charged in “Pump-and-Dump” Scheme
Federal Government Poised to Impose Investment Advisor Fiduciary Rule
Additional Puerto Rico Firms Fined Over Trade Supervision Failure
S&P Cuts Puerto Rico Credit Rating Further into Junk Status
REIT Investors May Suffer Significant Investment Losses
USDOJ Launches Probe of Moody’s Investors Service’s “Optimistic” Risk Assessments
UBS Apparently Pressured Brokers to Sell Risky Puerto Rico Funds?
Class Certification Denied Against MetLife Involving $216 Million Ponzi Scheme
Oppenheimer fined $20 Million Over Penny Stock Trades
S&P to Pay Nearly $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuits Over Faulty Bond Ratings in Securities Fraud
SEC Fines and Suspends Standard & Poor’s
FINRA Expels John Carris Investments
FINRA Expels Brokerage Firm and CEO for Trading Ahead
FINRA Fines Dallas Brokerage Firm WFG Investments $700,000
Wells Fargo fined $1.5 million for Anti-Money Laundering
Regulators To Close Insurance License Loophole
FINRA Kicks Broker Out of Industry for Stealing from Elderly Client
How Can I Avoid Being the Victim of Investment Fraud?
Wedbush Securities Founder Edward Wedbush Loses Appeal
Brokerage firms’ Loans Are an Increasing Risk to Investors
Fight Investment Fraud
LPL Investment Loss (REITs)
Investment Broker Michael Frew Barred by FINRA and the State of California from Securities Practice
SEC Receives $2.4 Million from Wedbush Securities Fraud
Citigroup Investment Loss from Analyst Fraud
UBS Puerto Rico Supervisors Lack Required Supervisory Licenses?
Stock Broker Fraud Case: Ex-Ameriprise Broker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $1 Million
Regulators Team Up to Fight Investment Fraud
The Latest in the UBS Puerto Rico Securities Fraud Saga
Securities Fraud at Issue in Complaint by SEC Against BBX Capital
SEC Sanciones 13 Firmas de Corretaje Para Ventas Impropias de Bonos Basura de Puerto Rico
SEC Sanctions 13 Brokerage Firms for Improper Sales of Puerto Rico Junk Bonds
Terminated LPL Financial Broker James “Jeb” Bashaw Finds New Home
LPL Financial Broker James “Jeb” Bashaw Fired for Selling Unapproved Securities
SEC Considering Changing Accredited Investor Standard
LPL Financial Terminates Houston Branch Manager James “Jeb” Bashaw
Barclays to Pay $20 Million to Settle LIBOR Rigging Lawsuit
Wedbush Securities Sued for Naked Short Sale Scheme
SEC Verdict for$40.7 Million for Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
Wells Fargo Penalized $5 million for Broker’s Insider Trading
Morgan Stanley Fined for Failures Relating to Ponzi Scheme
FINRA Files Complaint Against Los Angeles-Area Brokerage Firm Newport Coast Securities
Merrill Lynch Shows the Door to a Team of High-Net-Worth Stockbrokers
Wall Street Needs More Transparency, Not Less
SEC Charges Minneapolis Hedge Fund Manager With Securities Fraud
SEC Charges Wedbush Securities and Two Officials With Securities Violations
FINRA Accuses Wedbush Securities of Regulatory Violations . . . AGAIN!
Puerto Rico Electronic Power Authority Escapes Financial Ruin
Recuperar Pérdidas por Inversión en Glanmore Property Fund
UBS Puerto Rico Under Investigation for Criminal Fraud
Puerto Rico Bonds – Rating Agency Issues Third Vote of No Confidence
Dodd-Frank Act Amendments to Investment Advisers Act
Could FINRA’s Debt Research Rule Prevent Next Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis?
Clawback Lawsuits on Rise in Aftermath of Ponzi Schemes
Rebaja de los bonos de Puerto Rico a la categoría “basura”: se espera que los inversores sufran más pérdidas
SEC Charges Legg Mason Affiliate With Defrauding Clients
Beverly Hills Stockbroker Bambi Holzer Kicked Out of Brokerage Industry
FINRA Seeks Greater Transparency in Non-Traded REIT Statements
Puerto Rico Bonds Now Junk – Investors Expected to Suffer More Losses
Florida advisor sentenced to 9 years for securities fraud scheme
Stockbroker linked to multi-million fraud agrees to settlement
Florida men charged for cheating investors in fraud scheme
Implications from recent insider trading enforcement efforts
New Hollywood biopic dramatizes real-life security fraud
Do firms misrepresent the risk factor in structured products?
Former politician convicted of $13 million securities fraud
Broker cooperation may be possible in securities fraud lawsuits
U.S. Supreme Court may revisit fraud on the market doctrine
Florida man faces securities fraud charges for SEC filings
Hedge fund enters guilty plea in securities fraud lawsuit
Mortgage lender implicated in churning lawsuit
Hedge Fund SAC Capital May Pay Record Insider-Trading Fine
Company defends against securitized subprime loan scandal
Beverly Hills Stockbroker Bambi Holzer Sued by FINRA
Massachusetts Regulator Investigates Puerto Rico Bond Investments
U.S. Treasury Has No Plans to Prevent Puerto Rico Bond Losses
UBS Demands Repayment of Loans Used to Buy UBS Bond Funds
UBS exige reembolso de préstamos usados para comprar los fondos de bonos de UBS
Trial begins against co-conspirators in Madoff Ponzi scheme
Puerto Rico Bond Investment Losses
Puerto Rico Bond Pérdidas de Inversión
Former Merrill Lynch and Waddell & Reed Stockbroker Fined and Suspended
UBS Bond Fund Investment Loss Claims
Corredores y casas de bolsa evitan los bonos municipales de Puerto Rico
Brokers and Brokerage Firms Avoid Puerto Rico Municipal Bonds
FINRA Reminds Investors to Be Careful Investing in Private Placements
UBS Puerto Rico Fined for Bond Fund Misconduct
Former Securities Professional Sentenced for Hedge Fund Fraud
ING Stockbroker Barred from Securities Industry
FINRA Fines and Suspends Former Wells Fargo Stockbroker
Law Firm Settles Claims Related to its Representation of Ponzi Schemer
Stockbroker Misconduct Results in Retirees’ Lost Savings
FINRA Slaps Morgan Stanley with $1 Million Fine
Florida Brokerage Firm Hunter Scott Financial Fined for Excessive Charges
Wells Fargo and Banc of America/Merrill Lynch Ordered to Pay Customers More Than $3 Million
Wedbush Securities’ Regulatory Troubles Continue
Hedge-Fund Manager Philip Falcone Admits Wrongdoing to SEC
Securities Regulators Concerned About Alternative Investment Sales
Edward D. Jones & Co. Fined for Excessive Bond Charges
FINRA Fines Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities – AGAIN!!
Fraudulent Mortgage-Backed Securities Remain a Problem
FINRA Investigating Former Wedbush Securities Stockbroker Bambi Holzer
Securities Fraud Lawsuits Against Bank of America
Market Recovery Coincides with Fewer Securities Fraud Filings
Survey Casts Doubt Upon Ethics of Securities Advisors
RBC Capital Markets Fined for Bond Fraud
Raymond James Fined TWICE for Bond Fraud
Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles, California Fined AGAIN!
Citigroup Fined for Unfair Bond Pricing
Fidelity Fined for Excessive Bond Pricing
FINRA Fines Brokerage Firm Janney Montgomery Scott
Southwest Securities, Inc. Fined for Bond Fraud
SEC Charges Steven A. Cohen With Failing to Prevent Insider Trading
Galemmo Investment Group, Queen City Investment Funds, and Landmark Investment Group Investment Fraud Losses
J.P. Morgan May Be Fined Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for Energy Price Manipulation
Barclays Fined $435 Million for Manipulating Electricity Prices
SEC Obtains Judgments Relating to Capital Solutions
FINRA Fines StateTrust for Fraudulent Bond Trades
FINRA Fines VSR Financial Services $550,000
SEC Rule Regarding Hedge Fund Advertising Could Increase Investment Fraud
FINRA Kicks New York Broker Out of the Securities Industry
FINRA Kicks Sanford, Florida SunTrust Stockbroker Out of Securities Industry
Fifth Third Stockbroker Kicked Out of Securities Industry
FINRA Bars Oppenheimer Stockbroker from Securities Industry
LPL Financial Fined for Municipal Bond Fraud
New York Brokerage Firm Bishop, Rosen & Co. Fined for Municipal Bond Fraud
FINRA Accuses NFP Broker David Mickelson of Lying About Micro Pipe Fund Sales
StockCross Financial Services Fined for Bond Fraud
ASAM/Andrew Rosenberg and Stuart Horowitz Sales of Capital Solutions and Other Private Placements
FINRA Accuses Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Broker of Churning
Massachusetts Securities Regulators Concerned About Alternative Investments, Reits.
FINRA Warns Investors About Alternative Funds
SEC Seeks Admissions of Fault
Municipal Bond Investors: Victims of Securities Fraud?
UBS Willow Fund Brokers
Florida man guilty of $13.2 million securities fraud scheme
UBS Willow Fund Investment Losses
Subprime mortgage scandal continues to make Miami headlines
SEC penalties limited in fraud case
Securities arbitration may be subject to limitations period
Miami brokers implicated in kickback scheme
SEC accuses Miami officials of municipal bond fraud
SEC accuses municipal leaders of securities fraud
Goldman Sachs Ordered to Pay Investor $2.5 Million
Hennessey Financial n/k/a Capital Solutions Investment Fraud
Level Global Hedge Fund Co-Founder Sentenced to Prison
Washington Man Uses JOBS Act to Lure Investors into Fraud Scheme
Warning: Commercial Property Foreclosures May Be On the Horizon
SEC stalls in issuing new regulations for small investors
Florida man charged with penny stock scheme
False AP tweet impacts market, causes trading flurry
Florida investors lose lawsuit against SEC
John Thomas Financial and CEO Tommy Belesis Charged with Securities Fraud
Success Trade Securities and Fuad Ahmed Accused of Investment Fraud
DBSI Securities Fraud: Four DBSI Executives Charged with Securities Fraud
Investors show renewed interest in Chinese securities
LPL Financial Facing Customer Complaints over Non-Traded REITs
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Tracking Errors
SEC governance extends to social media
Stockton, California Municipal Bond Investment Losses
Another Ponzi scheme dupes a Florida investor
SEC Charges Man with Stealing Investor Funds Intended for Pre-IPO Facebook Shares
Fraud continues to plague Florida investors
NFL players deceived by adviser misrepresentations
Bond Investors Should Pay Attention to Interest Rates
Oppenheimer Fined for Misleading Investors
U.S. Supreme Court rules in securities class action lawsuit
Florida Securities Fraud Cases May Be on the Rise Due to REIT Investments
Unlicensed investment adviser receives sentence
Securities fraud allegedly committed by man at Florida firm
CFTC Fines Goldman Sachs $1.5 Million
Florida man accused of stockbroker fraud
Apple Equity-Linked Notes Cause Millions in Losses
Another person brought to justice after defrauding investors
Stockbroker defrauds client of 1 million dollars
Securities fraud lawsuit hits snag in US Supreme Court
‘Flipping’ scam reaches across country, costs investors $200 million
FINRA Reminds Brokerage Firms of Sales Practice Obligations Relating to Principal-Protected Notes
Former Florida portfolio manager indicted on securities fraud charges
UBS Admits Rigging LIBOR Rates, Agrees to $1.5 Billion Settlement
Banker arrested for insider trading in Florida
Hedge fund convicted of wire-fraud, insider trading
Michigan Stockbroker Engaged in Unauthorized Trading
Brokerage Firm Misrepresented Complex Securities to Elderly Couple
Wedbush Securities Fined $300,000 and its President Suspended
Prosecutors file charges for $2.7 million in investment fraud
Securities and Exchange chairwoman steps down
Two brothers allegedly involved in separate fraud schemes
Pérdidas de Inversión en el Glanmore Property Fund y el Glanmore Property Accumulation Fund Limited
Perdas de Investimento na Glanmore Property Fund e Glanmore Property Accumulation Fund
Florida graduate, experienced Ponzi schemer
JOBS Act requires Securities regulation before going into effect
Government aims to reduce investment fraud through education
Previously sanctioned Florida attorney suspected of securities fraud
Stockbroker arrested after defrauding Broadway production
FINRA Expels Brokerage Firm and CEO for Defying SEC
Florida man pleads guilty to massive investment fraud
Ponzi Schemes and How to Protect Yourself
SEC Charges Four Brokers With Defrauding Customers in $18.7 Million Scheme
Fraudsters Investment Scam Techniques Improve, Fool Professionals
Dodd-Frank Act Creates Uncertainty for Whistleblowers
Investment Firms and Advisor Slapped with $23.5M Settlement
Stockbrokers and Brokerage Firm Settle Churning Claims with SEC
Former Altera Executive Pleads Guilty to Giving Insider Tips
Citigroup Settles Shareholder Lawsuit for $590 Million
Merrill Lynch Agrees to pay $400,000 to Settle Fund-Churning Case
Filings of Securities Lawsuits Drop in First Six Months of 2012
Another Hedge Fund Founder Guilty Of Insider Trading
SEC Busts Alleged Puerto Rico Ponzi Scheme
Colorado Investment Fraud
SEC Charges New York-Based Firm and Owner in Penny Stock Scheme
Mortgage-Backed Securities Probe Promising Results
Ruling Increases SEC Authority to Prosecute Directors and Officers
The Flexible Definition of Insider Trading
Proposed Bill Would Help SEC Crack Down on Securities Fraud
ThinkStrategy’s Kapur Faces Indictment For Securities Fraud
SEC Charges Mizuho with Misleading Investors by With False Credit Ratings for CDO
Philip Falcone, Harbinger Capital Partners Charged with Securities Fraud
Pleading Guilty, Peter Madoff Claims No Knowledge of Fraud
SEC Freezes Assets of Missing Georgia-Based Investment Adviser
FBI Hunts Georgia Investment Advisor Accused of Stealing Millions
More than $200 Million Missing from Commodities Firm’s Customers’ Accounts
Goldman Sachs Back Under Microscope
Magnate Rajat Gupta Convicted of Hedge Fund Fraud
Misled Bond Fund Investors to Receive $35 Million from Oppenheimer
Feds Prosecuting Securities Fraud, Ponzi Schemes in South Florida
Citigroup Settles Misrepresentation Allegations for $3.5 Million
Two Florida Men Sued by SEC for Funding Ponzi Scheme
Fraud Suit Against Goldman Sachs Proceeds
Court Revives SEC Fraud Lawsuit Against Morgan Keegan
Sokol’s Shadow Continues to Hang Over Berkshire
FINRA Sanctions Brokerage Firms$9.1 Million For Leveraged ETF Sales
SEC Charges Former Morgan Stanley Executive with FCPA Violations and Investment Adviser Fraud
Morgan Keegan Fined for Pension Investment Kickbacks
Well Known Investment Advisor Indicted for Stealing from Pension Plans
Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. Wins Arbitration Award Against Wedbush Securities
ETN Investment Losses – Credit Suisse VIX Note Crashes
Barclays Gas ETN Plummets as Credit Suisse VIX Note Crashes
FINRA Expels Stockbroker Over Leveraged ETFs Sales
Former Edward Jones Administrator Permanently Barred for Stealing Money
Los Inversores de Lehman Brothers Todavía Tienen Tiempo para Presentar Reclamaciones FINRA
Investidores do Lehman Brothers ainda tem tempo para apresentar queixa com FINRA
FINRA Fines Have Increased, But Don’t Get Too Excited
Investors Should Pay Attention to Account Statements and Trade Confirmations
LPL Ordered to Pay 1.4M to Elderly Couple for Investment Losses of REITs
Behringer Harvard, Inland, Desert Capital, and Other REIT Investment Losses
Vanguard Founder is Critical of Exchange Traded Funds
Forbes Article About Our Recent Arbitration Award
Madoff Arbitration Award
CapWest Securities, Inc. Slammed with $9 Million-Plus FINRA Arbitration Award
Exchange-Traded Funds: Risks of the Popular Investment Vehicle
Corzine Admits That He Does Not Know Where Missing Money Is
How Should Regulators Handle Exchange Traded Funds?
UBS’s Sales of SinoTech Energy Limited Shares
NEXT Financial Group Ordered to Pay $2 Million Due to Provident Royalties Sales
Improper Sales of Highland Floating Rate Advantage Fund
MF Global Customer Money Still Missing
FINRA Orders Chase to Reimburse Customers $1.9 Million and Fines Chase $1.7 Million
FINRA Fines Wells Investment Securities $300,000 for Sale of Misleading REIT
MF Global Senior Note Investment Losses
MF Global Admits Using Clients’ Money – Corzine’s Firm Admits Approximately $700 Million Missing
FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch $1 Million for Supervisory Failures That Allowed a Broker to Operate a Ponzi Scheme
Securities and Exchange Commission Sues James Risher and Daniel “DJ” Sebastian in Connection with the Jade Asset Ponzi Scheme
SEC Charges Former Goldman Sachs Employee and His Father with Insider Trading
Oppenheimer Loses $1.1M FINRA Arbitration in Denver, Colorado
Raymond James Ordered to Pay Investor More Than $1.5 Million
FINRA Fines Brokerage Firm for Due-Diligence Failures Related to Provident and Medical Capital
Wedbush Morgan Securities Gambles and Loses Another FINRA Arbitration
J.P. Morgan to Pay $153.6 Million for Misleading Investors
FINRA Imposes New Licensing Requirements
Goldman Sachs Contradicts Its Own Investment Recommendations
FINRA Charges David Lerner & Associates Unsuitable Recommendations and Misrepresentations and Omissions Regarding Apple REITs
Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund Investment Losses
FINRA Fines Santander Securities of Puerto Rico $2 Million
Goldman Sachs Cited for Misconduct in Selling Collateralized Debt Obligations
Miami, Florida Stockbroker Cynthia “Cinder” Franke Accused of Wrongdoing
FINRA Arbitration Panel Slams Securities America for Sale of Medical Capital Ponzi Scheme
UBS KEEPS LOSING LEGAL FIGHTS OVER SALES OF LEHMAN NOTES
Merrill Lynch Brokers Recover Deferred Compensation
SEC Charges Two Florida-Based Fund Managers with Facilitating Ponzi Scheme
FINRA Proposes Rule to Eliminate Securities Industry Arbitrator
Lydian Private Bank Cited for Inadequate Supervision
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Investors Unlikely to Recover Significant Money from Medical Capital Receivership
SEC Stops $34 Million Jacksonville, Florida Ponzi Scheme
SEC Charges Palm Beach County Investment Adviser With Running a Ponzi Scheme and Stealing Client Funds
Assets Recovered by SEC Receiver for Medical Capital Fall Far Short of Investor Losses
FINRA Fines Westpark Capital for Failing to Supervise Bad Brokers
Wells Fargo Ordered To Pay $30 Million in a Lawsuit Alleging Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Consumer Fraud
FINRA Fines Brokerage Firm Piper Jaffray $700,000 for Email Retention Violations
FINRA ARBITRATOR AWARDS $400,000 TO MEDICAL CAPITAL INVESTOR
Merrill Lynch Stockbroker Sentenced to Prison in New York
Wedbush Morgan Securities Fined by FINRA
Former Merrill Lynch and Wachovia Stockbroker Suspended from Securities Industry
Kentucky Stockbroker Kicked Out of Securities Industry
Massachusetts Stockbroker Barred from Securities Industry
FINRA Bars Minnesota Stockbroker from Securities Industry
FINRA Bars New Jersey Stockbroker from Securities Industry
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Fined $300,000
Medical Capital Investors Stand to Lose Approximately $1 Billion — FINRA Arbitration Claims May Be Best Chance to Recover Losses
SEC Charges Miami Beach, Florida Businessman in $900 Million Ponzi Scheme
FINRA Reminds Brokerage Firms of Their Obligations When Selling Regulation D Offerings & Private Placements
Securities and Exchange Commission Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud
FINRA Considers Removing Securities Industry Arbitrator
Seattle ING Broker Rhonda Breard Barred for Defrauding Clients and Stealing Clients’ Money
Medical Capital Investment Losses Remain Greater than $1 Billion — FINRA Arbitration Claims May Be Best Chance to Recover Losses
Colorado Broker Loses Securities License after Selling Medical Capital Holdings Inc. Private Placements
Securities Regulators Sue Morgan Keegan & Company and Seek to Revoke Securities Licenses
SEC Sues Morgan Keegan and Two Employees for Fraud Related to Regions Morgan Keegan Bond Mutual Funds
FINRA Files Complaint Against Morgan Keegan & Company for Misleading Customers Regarding Risks of Bond Funds and Other Violations – Seeks Fine, Disgorgement of Profits, Full Restitution to Customers
SEC Charges Ohio-Based Investment Adviser with Defrauding Clients in Several States
Medical Capital Criminal Investigation
Medical Capital Investors Unwittingly Invested in Pornography
Wedbush Morgan and Broker Bambi Holzer Sold Provident and Shale Royalties
SEC Charges South Carolina-Based Lawyer in Scheme Promising Investors Returns as High as 4,900 Percent
SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme Preying on Retirees Who Attended Estate Planning Seminars
SEC Charges San Diego Brokerage Firm with Failing to Supervise Broker Who Defrauded Two Florida Municipalities
SEC HALTS PONZI SCHEME TARGETING RETIRED BUS DRIVERS
Medical Capital Investors’ Best Hopes for Recovery of Investment Losses Appear to be Arbitration Claims Against Brokerage Firms that Sold the Investments
Massachusetts Securities Regulators Have Sued Securities America, Inc.
Medical Capital Investors Still Owed $1.7 Billion
FINRA Bars New York Broker
FINRA Bars Miami, Florida Broker
SEC Halts Fraudulent Scheme Targeting Iranian-American Community in Los Angeles
SEC Charges Houston-Based Broker With Defrauding Florida Municipalities
Colorado Stockbroker/Ex-Mormon Bishop Pleads Guilty
SEC Obtains Freeze of Provident Officer’s Assets
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission Bars Investment Advisor Charles B. Ganz
Medical Capital Receivership Continues to Leave Investors Shortchanged
Medical Capital Receiver Paints Grim Financial Picture
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze of North Carolina Couple Orchestrating $32.5 Million Investment Scheme
FINRA Fines NEXT Financial Group $1 Million for Supervisory Failures
SEC Sues Regions Bank
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission Accuses Medical Capital of Securities Fraud
Regulators Accuse DBSI of Securities Fraud
Securities and Exchange Commission Accuses Provident Royalties, LLC of Running $485 Million Ponzi Scheme
New Hampshire Securities Regulators Accuse UBS Financial Services, Inc. of Misleading Investors about Lehman Brothers Principal Protected Notes
Worldwide Financial Institutions, Charities, Foundations, Philanthropists, Politicians, and Others are Victims of Madoff Ponzi Scheme
Bernard L. Madoff Admits He Ran Massive Ponzi Scheme
Banks, Investment Advisors, and Accounting Firms Missed or Ignored Ponzi Scheme “Red Flags”
Lehman Brothers Investors Still Have Time to Pursue FINRA Claims
Lehman Brothers Structured Note Investors Should Take Action
Regions Bank Sued for Participating or Aiding in the Sale of Securities by an Unregistered Dealer
El Regions Bank Ha Sido Demandado por Participar e Incitar a la Venta de Valores por un Agente no Registrado
Lehman Brothers’ Bankruptcy Plan Would Leave Investors with Enormous Losses
Neuberger Berman Ordered to Pay More than $5 Million for Lehman Losses
FINRA Arbitration Panel Slams UBS for Lehman Note Sales
UBS Fined for Misleading Investors about Lehman Brothers 100% Principal-Protection Notes
FINRA Orders UBS to Pay for Lehman Investment Losses