Category: Puerto Rico Bonds
In February 2017, a former UBS Financial Services, Inc. client won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages in the amount of $7.98 million plus punitive damages in the amount of $1 million plus interest for losses sustained … Continue reading
On March 13, Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board released a 10-year fiscal plan which sets to manage the their financial overhaul thorough meaningful talks with creditors who hold more than $70 billion of defaulted debt. According to the … 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 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
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined Morgan Stanley $115,000 and ordered them to pay restitution to investors in the total amount of $55,284.28 plus interest over findings that the brokerage firm sold municipal securities, including Puerto Rico bonds, to its customers … Continue reading
In January 2017, former UBS Financial Services, Inc. and UBS Financial Services, Inc. of Puerto Rico clients won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages in the amount of $9,630,000 plus interest and $4,000,350 in punitive damages for … Continue reading
In December 2016, a former UBS Financial Services, Inc. and UBS Financial Services, Inc. of Puerto Rico client won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages in the amount of $18.6 million for losses sustained from investments in … Continue reading
Erez Law represents several investors that have filed claims against Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor Angel Edgardo Aquino-Velez (CRD #2687333). His former customers allege that he was dangerously concentrating their investment portfolio in high risk and unsuitable Puerto Rico bonds. The … Continue reading
In January 2017, Erez Law obtained an award against Oriental Financial Services Corp. (“Oriental Financial”) in a FINRA arbitration for over $1,046,556 for losses sustained in a brokerage account held with the firm. The investor was a client of Enrique … Continue reading
Erez Law and Aldarondo & Lopez Bras recently filed a claim against UBS Financial Services, Inc. and UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico (“UBS”) on behalf of a 63-year-old man and his 62-year-old wife for more than $850,000 in … Continue reading