Category: Oil and Gas
In October 2017, a former client of RBC Capital Markets, LLC won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages for $688,079 for losses sustained from losses suffered due to investments in oil and gas securities. The investors were … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Fulcrum Securities, LLC financial advisor Athanasios Tomaras (CRD# 2722538) regarding unsuitable recommendations in oil and gas investments. Tomaras has been registered with R. F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. in Oldsmar, Florida since 2015. Previously, … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Janney Montgomery Scott LLC financial advisor Christopher Sinkula (CRD# 2001512) regarding overconcentration of investments in the high risk energy sector. Sinkula has been registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Stuart, Florida since 2008. Sinkula … Continue reading
Erez Law continues to investigate former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Edward Barger (CRD# 1360282) regarding a reckless and unsuitable concentration in speculative energy sector investments (see previous post on Barger from February 2017 here). Barger was registered with Morgan Stanley … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating recommendations from 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 over the past few … Continue reading
In September 2017, a former client of J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages for $450,000 and $94,150 in punitive damages and $18,399 in costs for losses sustained from over the concentration … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating PTX Securities, LLC financial advisor Terry Harvey (CRD# 2364966) regarding losses in the oil and gas sector. Harvey has been registered with PTX Securities, LLC in Plano, Texas since 2012. Many oil and gas companies … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating financial advisors across the country who recommended investments in Chimera Energy Corp., a former Houston, Texas-based company that supplied equipment and components that used in the exploration and production of oil and gas. In August … 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 former UBS Financial Services Inc. financial advisor William Paynter Jr. (CRD# 2835535) regarding unsuitable and overconcentrated investments in the high risk oil and gas sector. Paynter has been registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC … Continue reading