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Erez Law is currently investigating former UBS Financial Services financial advisor Gerardo Barrera Jr. (CRD# 856204) regarding losses sustained from investments in Puerto Rico bonds. Barrera was registered with UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Raymond James & Associates, Inc. financial advisor James Edward Lyons (Eddie Lyons) (CRD# 1020397) regarding unauthorized trading and unsuitable investments in high risk Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). Lyons was registered with Raymond James & … Continue reading
Erez Law recently filed a $573,000 FINRA arbitration against RBC Capital Markets, LLC. Their former customers allege that Robert Tansey (CRD# 1222751), who has been a registered representative of RBC Capital Markets, LLC in New York, New York since 2002, … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated financial advisor Coleman Devlin (CRD# 2317635) regarding discretionary trades in customer accounts, among other securities violations. Devlin was registered with IFS Securities in Atlanta, Georgia from July 2016 to … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Morgan Stanley financial advisor Guillermo Valladolid (CRD# 4553357) regarding selling away. When a financial advisor sells an investment to a client without his brokerage firm’s permission, the broker is selling investments away from the … Continue reading
In January 2018, a former client of Madison Avenue Securities, LLC won a FINRA arbitration for $2,186,492.30 in damages for losses sustained due to excessive trading, unauthorized trading, unsuitable trading, breach of fiduciary duty and failure to supervise. The customer’s … Continue reading
In January 2018, a former client of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC broker John Yeoman (CRD #867840) settled a FINRA arbitration case for wherein he sought compensatory damages for losses sustained from unsuitability of stock positions in Energy Transfer Equity; … Continue reading
Former clients of UBS Financial Services, Inc. settled three FINRA arbitrations for losses sustained from investments in high risk oil and gas stocks. The investors were clients of financial advisors John Carolyn (CRD# 4485799) and Alfred Kovacs (CRD# 1338713). In … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating Wunderlich Securities, Inc. financial advisor Jack McBride (CRD# 2517946) regarding unsuitable investments and other securities violations. McBride has been registered with Wunderlich Securities, Inc. in Birmingham, Michigan since 2014. Previously, he was registered with Ameriprise … Continue reading
Erez Law is currently investigating former Legend Equities Corporation financial advisor Walter Marino (CRD# 2121623) regarding unsuitable recommendations and excessive commissions in customer accounts. Marino was registered with Marino was registered with Benjamin Securities, Inc. in Hauppauge, New York from … Continue reading