Author: Jeff Erez
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, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Morgan Stanley broker Rick Davidson (CRD# 1315998) regarding unauthorized and unsuitable trading in customer accounts. Davidson has been registered with National Securities Corporation in New York, New York since June 2017 and Jefferies LLC … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
In April 2017, a former client of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. and Raymond, James & Associates, Inc. won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages in the amount of $81,000 for losses sustained from investments into junk bonds … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating recommendations from Morgan Stanley and other brokerage firms across the country who recommended their clients invest in Seadrill Ltd., an offshore deepwater drilling contractor. Seadrill and other oil and gas companies have experienced price fluctuations … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating financial advisors across the country who recommended investments in Credit Suisse Securities USA X-Links and Velocity Shares Exchanged Traded Notes (ETNs). In December 2016, the VelocityShares 3x Long Crude ETN linked to the S&P GSCI … Continue reading
In May 2017, Barclays Capital agreed to a $97 million settlement alleging that its Wealth and Investment Management Americas units sold to Stifel Financial overcharged more than 24,000 clients by $50 million in advisory fees between September 2010 and December … Continue reading