Biased Advice

Jul 5th, 2017

SPECIAL REPORT: FSC Securities fined for role in Investment Fraud

Following on the heels of a 2016 settlement with the SEC for “willful” violations of the Investment Advisers Act for overcharging clients, FSC Securities recently received […]
Feb 9th, 2017

Dougherty & Company Censured for Unauthorized, Unsuitable Trades in Elderly Investors’ Accounts

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) censured and fined Dougherty & Company after one of its “top producers” allegedly ripped off elderly investors by executing hundreds […]
Feb 8th, 2017

Vanclef Financial Group in Hot Water for Misleading Marketing of Alternative Investments like Non-Traded REITs.

Clients of Vanclef Financial Group might be finding out the hard way that you can lose a lot of money in alternative investments. The Financial Industry […]
Oct 11th, 2016

SEC Sides with NBA Star Tim Duncan of San Antonio Spurs Against Financial Advisor Charles A. Banks, IV

The SEC has accused a long time financial advisor to pro athletes, Charles A. Banks, IV, with securities fraud. While the SEC’s complaint doesn’t name the […]
Mar 10th, 2016

Aequitas Lawsuit Offers Clues to What Caused Investment Losses: Should Financial Advisors Have Foreseen the Aequitas Implosion in 2012?

Due diligence. It’s what financial advisors should do before they recommend an investment to their clients, and it’s what they should keep doing when their clients […]
Feb 26th, 2016

SPECIAL REPORT: Aequitas Capital Will Cause Widespread Investor Losses Due to Devious Use of TAMPS; Investment Advisors Like Private Advisory Group & Strategic Capital Alternatives Had Perverse Incentives to Invest in Aequitas Capital Opportunities Fund

From left to right: Bob Jesenik, CEO & CIO, Scott Gillis, COO, Craig Froude, EVP, Brian Rice, EVP, Andy MacRitchie, CCO, and Brian Oliver, EVP INVESTOR […]
Nov 11th, 2015

Lonny Bernath of Headline Capital Management LLC Targeted By The SEC

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Lonny Bernath established several investment funds, but misled investors as to how their funds would be invested, and failed […]
Oct 9th, 2015

Lee D. Weiss of MIP Global and Family Endowment Partners Sued By SEC

The Securities & Exchange Commission has filed charges against Lee Weiss for what is, frankly, an impressive series of investment schemes and scams for a licensed […]
Sep 4th, 2015

High Markup Corporate Bonds Make Big Money for Source Capital Group, but Not Clients

Source Capital Group, Inc. was recently fined and censured by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, for selling corporate bonds to customers at an unfair, […]
Jun 27th, 2015

Interinvest Corp Fraudulently Funnels $17 Million Earmarked for “Conservative Investing” into Sketchy Canadian Penny Stocks.

Hans P. Black and his investment advisory firm, Interinvest, are targets of an SEC complaint alleging a $17 million fraud. According to the SEC, Mr. Black’s […]