The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has charged Kenneth Mattson, former CEO of LeFever Mattson, with orchestrating a $46 million investment fraud scheme that targeted approximately 200 investors, many of them retired senior citizens
from his church community in California.
In a significant development in the GPB Capital fraud litigation, several audit firms have agreed to pay a combined $46 million to settle claims tied to their alleged involvement in the $1.8 billion scheme that impacted roughly 15,000 investors, as reported by DI Wire.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined and suspended former broker Thomas Vigil for making unsuitable variable annuity recommendations that resulted in customers paying higher fees.
Two former top executives at GPB Capital Holdings received prison sentences for their roles in a years-long investment fraud scheme.
New York’s Attorney General announced the arrest of Miles Burton Marshall, an upstate New York tax preparer and insurance agent accused of orchestrating a decades-long Ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly 1,000 investors out of more than $50 million.
Joseph A. Eisler has agreed to a permanent ban from the brokerage industry, according to a recent settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
The CFP Board of Directors has approved a $120 increase to the annual certification fee for CFP® professionals, raising the total to $575.
A retiree has filed a lawsuit accusing Charles Schwab & Co. and Hightower Advisors of financial elder abuse, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has suspended and fined a former advisor for what FINRA alleged were excessively risky investments that left clients exposed to significant losses.
UBS Wealth Management USA has filed a petition in federal court to vacate a nearly $95 million FINRA arbitration award, arguing the decision overstepped legal bounds and imposed punitive damages that defy Iowa law, as reported by AdvisorHub.
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FINRA has suspended a Centaurus Financial broker, William Burks, for four months after finding he placed as much as 91 percent of a client’s net worth into illiquid alternative investments.
Two former Morgan Stanley advisors in Hackensack, New Jersey have defeated Morgan Stanley’s initial effort to block them from soliciting clients, according to an August 15 order from New Jersey Superior Court.
Federal prosecutors have accused Mihir Deepak Sukthankar, a California resident once celebrated as a teenage trading “prodigy,” of orchestrating a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme.
