The IRS has issued new guidance clarifying when victims of financial scams can claim theft loss deductions on their taxes. According to Financial Planning, the guidance offers much-needed direction amid increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes targeting consumers.
Investing in private companies is becoming more accessible—but whether that is a good thing remains up for debate.
A California federal jury has convicted Rowland Marcus Andrade, the founder of AML Bitcoin, on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
FINRA has suspended a former Raymond James advisor for three months and ordered him to pay over $23,000 in fines and disgorgement for executing unauthorized trades in an elderly client’s account.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has charged Ramil Palafox for orchestrating a massive securities fraud scheme through his now-defunct company, PGI Global (Praetorian Group International Corporation).
At Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank, alternative investments have become a core focus of portfolio construction, according to Financial Planning.
FINRA released a statement this week addressing misconceptions surrounding its proposed updates to the rules governing outside business activities by associated persons of broker-dealers.
FINRA has fined and suspended former Wells Fargo financial advisor Jarrett Thomas after he executed a $50,000 transaction for an elderly client despite being informed that she was no longer capable of managing her finances.
The annuity industry officially has secured uniformity in sales regulations across all 50 states.
A federal jury in Massachusetts has found investment adviser Jeffrey Cutter and his firm, Cutter Financial Group, liable for violating federal securities law by failing to disclose significant upfront commissions and conflicts of interest related to an annuity replacement scheme.
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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.
