In a class action lawsuit filed against Wells Fargo for its role in an alleged Ponzi scheme, a judge ruled that Plaintiffs had alleged sufficient facts to support two of their claims. Plaintiff’s claims that Wells Fargo aided and abetted fraud and also aided and abetted a breach of fiduciary duty will be allowed to proceed. A third claim alleging negligence by Wells Fargo was dismissed.
Financial advisors considering a transition may have put those plans on hold given the unprecedented disruption and market volatility caused by COVID-19. However, as Ryan Shanks discussed in a recent article for ThinkAdvisor, there may be some benefits for advisors who continue forward on their transition plans.
A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. ("FINRA") arbitration panel recently concluded an arbitration case involving a former Raymond James advisor with a promissory note balance. The case is unique because the arbitrators denied the rep an opportunity to present testimony, witnesses or evidence, as a sanction for failing to file his answer in a timely manner.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged a North Carolina financial adviser Stephen Brandon Anderson with defrauding his clients by overcharging asset-based advisory fees by at least $367,000 over two years. Mr. Anderson owned and operated River Source Wealth Management in Waynesville, N.C., between November 2010 and March 2017.
FINRA has ordered New Jersey-based broker-dealer Buckman, Buckman & Reid Inc. (BBR) to pay approximately $205,000 in restitution to seven customers for failing to reasonably supervise two former financial advisors who recommended excessive and unsuitable trades to their customers.
Edward D. Jones & Co. has filed a temporary restraining order (TRO) in the U.S. District Court in Omaha to prevent a Nebraska financial advisor from communicating with clients whose account and contact information he allegedly printed out a day before he was terminated by the firm.
Wells Fargo Advisors has announced that starting April 1st, the firm will provide incentives to young advisors to help them buy books of business from retiring colleagues under its new “Summit” program. As one incentive, Wells Fargo Advisors will offer financing in the amount of 100% of a retiring colleague’s T-12 revenue.
According to Wells Fargo Advisors, a Philadelphia-area advisor will be the first Wells Fargo private wealth employee to join the firm’s new registered investment advisor custody business.
Eccleston Law LLC is pleased to announce that its client’s Central Registration Depository (CRD) and BrokerCheck record will be expunged of references to a baseless customer complaint filed against him and his former firm.
Peggy Ann Fulford, 58, formerly of Houston and now residing in New Orleans, has been arrested and charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property and money laundering.
