Author: Jeff Erez
Erez Law is currently investigating former WFG Investments, Inc. financial advisor Tim Couch (CRD# 4073942) regarding unsuitable recommendations, misrepresentations and high frequency trading in customer accounts. Couch has been registered with Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC in Dawsonville, Georgia since August … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Axa Advisors, LLC financial advisor Chad Hornaday (CRD# 2776038) regarding selling unregistered securities and embezzling money. Hornaday was registered with Axa Advisors, LLC in Carlsbad, California from 2013 to 2016 when he was terminated … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Arizona-based Stephen Hatch (CRD# 239625) who recently pled guilty to a $70 million real-estate Ponzi scheme that preyed on 110 investors. Hatch has a limited CRD report on the FINRA website that does not list … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Prospera Financial Services, Inc. financial advisor John Crook (CRD# 2715424) regarding unauthorized and unsuitable trades, churning and excessive commissions and negligence. Crook has been registered with Prospera Financial Services, Inc. in Macon, Georgia since 2015. … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Metlife Securities Inc. financial advisor Bryan Anderson (CRD# 3116269), who is currently serving seven years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme. Anderson was registered with Pruco Securities, LLC in Birmingham, Alabama from … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Cetera Advisor Networks LLC financial advisor Mark Koehler (CRD# 2873947) regarding unsuitable trades in senior customer accounts. Koehler was registered with Kovack Securities Inc.in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania from March 2015 to June 2017. Previously, … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. financial advisor Robert Dagosta (CRD# 1903105) regarding unsuitable investment recommendations. Dagosta has been registered with Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. in Center Valley, Pennsylvania from 2004. … Continue reading
Erez Law continues to investigate claims against former RBC Capital Markets, LLC financial advisor Paul Blum (CRD# 735003) regarding recommending speculative and unsuitable investment strategies concentrated in high risk “junk” oil and gas bonds tied to the energy sector. Blum … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating brokers across the country in connection with losses sustained from participation in a $15 million oil and gas investment Ponzi scheme involving TexStar Energy Corp., Southern Energy Group Inc. and TennStar Energy Inc. In August … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Newbridge Securities Corporation financial advisor Gerald Cocuzzo (CRD# 4047511) regarding securities fraud in relation to a $131 million stock manipulation scheme of ForceField Energy. Cocuzzo was registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation in Boca Raton, … Continue reading