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Erez Law is currently investigating recommendations from brokerage firms across the country who recommended overconcentrated investments in Breitburn Energy Partners LP, an independent oil and gas master limited partnership focused on the development and production of oil and gas properties … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating K.C. Ward Financial financial advisor Carlos Nestor Evertsz-Seda (CRD# 4757897). Erez Law represents a client who alleges that Evertsz-Seda recommended a reckless and unsuitable investment strategy dangerously concentrated in speculative and high risk stocks. Erez … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating K.C. Ward Financial financial advisor Craig David Dima (CRD# 2314389) regarding unsuitable trading. Dima was registered with K.C. Ward Financial in Ronkonkoma, New York from 2009 to 2017. He was permanently barred by FINRA from … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating claims related to RBC Capital Markets, LLC broker Samuel Kluft Koltun (CRD# 1739664) regarding numerous customer complaints alleging that he recommended an overconcentrated portfolio of unsuitable Puerto Rico bonds. Koltun has been in the financial … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Wells Fargo financial advisor Jeffrey Alan Hill (CRD# 2204945) regarding initiating trades of municipal and corporate bonds for customers without their consent and recommending transactions that were not suitable for his customers. Hill was … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Tom Abel Puentes (CRD# 1713812) regarding time and price discretion in customer accounts to purchase municipal bonds. Puentes was registered with Morgan Stanley in Langley Washington from 2009 to 2014 … Continue reading
In the securities industry, churning occurs when an advisor excessively trades in a client’s account for the purpose of earning commissions. The practice is illegal in the United States under SEC rules. While the practice may benefit the advisor, it … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Morgan Stanley financial advisor Barry Franklin Connell (CRD# 3070984) regarding fraud charges in which he is alleged to have misappropriated $5 million from his clients and have made more than 100 unauthorized transactions. Connell was … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating WFG Investments, Inc. financial advisor Stuart Graham Dickinson (CRD# 1047824) regarding unsuitability of investment recommendations and lack of due diligence. Dickinson was registered with WFG Investments in Highland Park, Texas from 2005 to 2013. WFG … Continue reading
When you are taking steps to recover fraudulent investment losses from a broker or firm, you have three major options for action: mediation, arbitration, and litigation. All three options have advantages and disadvantages, though one may be better than the … Continue reading