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Erez Law is currently investigating National Securities Corporation broker Christopher Ortiz (CRD# 2858626) regarding the suitability of private placements. Ortiz has been registered with National Securities Corporation in Melville, New York since 2004. Private placements are stocks, bonds, or securities … Continue reading
Arbitrage Funds suffered significant declines when the market crashed due to the COVID-19 pandemic (the coronavirus of the winter and spring of 2020) and have now temporarily shut down. Some Arbitrage Funds were forced to temporarily close due to the … Continue reading
Were you the victim of former Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. broker Stephen Fry (CRD# 2928258)? Fry was registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. in Germantown, Tennessee from 2011 to 2019. In December 2019, FINRA barred Fry after he failed to … Continue reading
Former LPL Financial LLC broker Jason Labelle (CRD# 5654529) was suspended by FINRA for selling away from his member firm. Jason Labelle has been registered with LPL Financial LLC in Pittsfield, Massachusetts from 2015 to 2019. In January 2020, Labelle … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating National Securities Corporation broker Michael Burkoff (CRD# 2751980) regarding unsuitable investment recommendations. Burkoff has been registered with National Securities Corporation in New York, New York since 2001. Burkoff has been the subject of four customer … Continue reading
Barred former Securities America, Inc. and First Allied Securities, Inc. broker Jaime Westenbarger (CRD# 4625703) faces multiple customer complaints for investment losses. Westenbarger was registered with Securities America, Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 2016 to 2019, when he was … Continue reading
There are options for investors who suffered investment losses due to recommendations by former Ameritas Investment Corp. broker Robert Gianchiglia (CRD# 2117250). Gianchiglia has been registered with USA Financial Securities Corporation in Worcester, Massachusetts since 2017. Previously, Gianchiglia was registered … Continue reading
Did you suffer REIT investment losses due to investments with Ameritas Investment Company, LLC broker Gary Barth (CRD# 2466996)? Barth has been registered with Ameritas Investment Company, LLC in Kearney, Nebraska since 1994. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are companies … Continue reading
In February 2020, a former client of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. won an award in a FINRA arbitration for compensatory damages for $500,000 for investment losses. The investors were clients of broker John Lisowski (CRD# 1011572). The causes of … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. broker Timothy Atyeo (CRD# 1544728) regarding energy sector losses. Atyeo has been registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida since 2003. Over the past few years, oil prices … Continue reading