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Erez Law is currently investigating Merrill Lynch financial advisors across the country who recommended that United Parcel Service (UPS) employee clients invest in UPS stocks in the company’s Rampart Options Management Services Program. In June 2017, a former UPS employee reportedly filed a FINRA complaint alleging $500,000 in damages as a result of Merrill Lynch’s […]

Erez Law is currently investigating UBS Financial Services financial advisors across the country who recommended investments in UBS Reverse Convertible Notes linked to the volatile energy sector. UBS recently settled a claim with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to its sale of structured notes such as UBS Trigger Yield Optimization Notes. In the […]

Erez Law is currently investigating former Ameritas Investment Corp. financial advisor Sheik Firdosh Khan (CRD# 2448117) regarding securities and investment fraud. Khan has been registered with Ameritas Investment Corp. in Murrieta, California from 2002 to 2013. In June 2017, the SEC barred Khan alleging that he is guilty of securities and investment adviser fraud by, […]

Erez Law is currently investigating former FSC Securities Corporation financial advisor Justin Zegalia (CRD# 4133578) regarding bank fraud and a fraudulent investment fund. Zegalia was employed with Roosevelt Equity in Charlotte, North Carolina from September 2011 to August 2012. Previously, he was registered with FSC Securities Corporation in McDonough, Georgia from 2007 to 2010. In […]

Erez Law is currently investigating First Standard Financial Company LLC financial advisor Gabriel Block (CRD# 2103543) regarding churning in customer accounts, excessive trading, unsuitable recommendations and other securities fraud violations. Block has been registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC in Red Bank, New Jersey since March 2016. Previously, he was registered with National Securities […]

Erez Law is currently investigating Centaurus Financial, Inc. financial advisor David Bruce White (CRD# 1382131) regarding unsuitable investment recommendations concentrated in the high risk oil and gas sector. White has been registered with Centaurus Financial, Inc. in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan since 2005. Many oil and gas companies have experienced price fluctuations over the past few […]

Erez Law is currently investigating former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Rick Alan Davidson (CRD# 1315998) regarding unauthorized and unsuitable trading in customer accounts. Davidson has been registered National Securities Corporation in New York, New York since June 2017 and and Jefferies LLC in New York, New York since May 2016. Previously, Davidson was registered with […]

Erez Law is currently investigating Janney Montgomery Scott LLC financial advisor Charles James Euler Jr. (CRD# 202696) regarding overconcentration in investments in the high risk oil and gas sector. Euler has been registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Radnor, Pennsylvania since 1984. Many oil and gas companies have experienced price fluctuations over the past […]

Erez Law is currently investigating Wells Fargo financial advisor Keith Alva Fontenot (CRD# 2296303) regarding overconcentration in oil and gas stocks. Fontenot has been registered with Wells Fargo in Lafayette, Louisiana since 2003. In one example of broker misconduct, a former customer and moderate risk investor turned to Fontenot to invest and maintain his irreplaceable […]

Erez Law is currently investigating former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Anthony Joseph Verzi (CRD# 1186572) related to the improper excessive trading in Unit Investment Trusts (UITs). Verzi was registered with Morgan Stanley in Melbourne, Florida since 1983. UITs are exchange-traded mutual funds with an unmanaged portfolio of securities having a definite life. They are managed […]