Erez Law is currently investigating former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Anthony Ferrone (CRD# 1192506) regarding unsuitable trading of unit investment trusts (UITs). Ferrone has been registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. in Paramus, New Jersey from September 2016 to April … 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
Erez Law is currently investigating Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. financial advisor Paul Colchamiro (CRD# 2039083) regarding investments in equities and closed-end funds. Colchamiro has been registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Melville, New York since 1998. Colchamiro has been the … Continue reading
According to a new story in Investment News, former Morgan Stanley broker Angel Aquino-Velez, sold his clients on the sales tax revenue-based Puerto Rico Cofina bonds. The bonds were sold to investors as attractive options with triple tax-free status but … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Wells Fargo financial advisor Richard Lucker (CRD# 2285760) regarding failure to supervise of a customer’s investment account. Lucker has been registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC in El Paso, Texas since 2014. Previously, Lucker … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Herbert J. Sims & Co. Inc. financial advisor Larry Wolfe (CRD# 502361) regarding use of discretion in customer accounts. Wolfe has been registered with Stoever, Glass & Company Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida from … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former UBS Financial Services Inc. financial advisor Lorena Esteva (CRD# 2170595) regarding unauthorized trading, an unapproved customer credit line, and misrepresentation. Esteva was registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. in Miami, Florida from November 2015 … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. financial advisor Frederick Monroe Jr. (CRD# 2457010) regarding misappropriation of funds in customer accounts. Monroe has been registered with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. in Albany, New York from 2006 to … 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 SII Investments financial advisors who overconcentrated customer accounts in non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). In September 2017, the Enforcement Section of the Massachusetts Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth … Continue reading