Category: Energy Sector Losses
In November 2017, a former client of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC settled a FINRA arbitration for losses sustained from investments in Arch Coal, Inc. and Cliffs Natural Resources. The investors were clients of financial … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former UBS Financial Services, Inc. financial advisor Erik Littlejohn (CRD# 1910841) regarding energy sector losses. Littlejohn has been registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in Houston, Texas since 2015. Previously, he was … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Janney Montgomery Scott LLC financial advisor Jack Griffith Jr. (CRD# 1446978) regarding energy sector losses. Griffith has been registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Columbia, South Carolina since 2014. Previously, he was registered with … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Dawson James Securities, Inc. financial advisor Pranav Patel (CRD# 5391213) regarding a cash kickback scheme regarding recommendations in the penny stock ForceField Energy, Inc. ForceField Energy was a worldwide distributor and provider of LED … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Timothy Gibbons (CRD# 219872) regarding over concentrated investment recommendations in the high risk energy sector. Gibbons was registered with Morgan Stanley in New Orleans, Louisiana from 2009 to 2015. It … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Janney Montgomery Scott LLC financial advisor Richard Baum (CRD# 15065) regarding unsuitable over concentration in the high risk energy sector. Baum has been registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in Boston, Massachusetts since 2014. Previously, … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. broker David Krumrey (CRD# 4121845) regarding exchange-traded notes (ETNs), oil and gas securities, and VXX investment losses. Krumrey was registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in The Woodlands, Texas from … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating brothers Matthew C. Griffin and William D. Griffin (CRD# 4208630), who are alleged to make numerous misrepresentations to investors in connection with the oil and gas well project for their company Payson Petroleum, Inc. Payson … Continue reading
Erez Law recently filed a $400,000 FINRA arbitration against RBC Capital Markets, LLC. The former RBC Capital Markets, LLC customer, an 81-year-old widow, alleges that Paul Blum (CRD# 735003), who was a registered representative of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, overconcentrated … Continue reading
In November 2017, a former client of Morgan Stanley won an award in a FINRA arbitration for $50,000 in compensatory damages for alleged unsuitability with respect to equity investments oil and gas master-limited partnerships (MLPs) in an account from 2012 … Continue reading