The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently fined Investors Capital Corporation $250,000 over the sale of unit investment trusts (UITs). Investors Capital did not admit or deny the allegations leading to the fine, but also agreed to pay $841,500 in restitution to customers, bringing its total payment to over $1 million. FINRA alleged that certain…
Continue reading ›According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Cambria Capital, LLC. (Cambria Capital) broker Robert Potter (Potter) was barred from the securities industry over failure to respond to regulatory requests concerning his alleged comingling of funds. FINRA sent Potter a letter requesting him to send documents and information regarding the comingling allegations by August 17,…
Continue reading ›Securities Litigation Consulting Group of Fairfax, Virginia has estimated that shareholders of non-traded REITs are about $50 billion worse off for having put money into non-traded REITs rather than exchange-traded REITs. The estimate is based on the difference between the performance of more than 80 non-traded REITs and the performance of a diversified portfolio of…
Continue reading ›Douglas William Finlay, Jr., a stockbroker formerly associated with Cadaret, Grant & Co., has entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to settle a case in which FINRA alleged that Finlay over-concentrated a customer’s assets in an unsuitable illiquid real estate investment trust (REIT). In…
Continue reading ›The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently fined LPL Financial $10 million fine and ordered it to pay $1.7 million in restitution to investors who lost money with LPL brokers. The charges levied by FINRA alleged widespread supervisory failures involving securities such as nontraditional exchange-traded funds, variable annuities and non-traded real estate investment trusts (or…
Continue reading ›Oil prices have rapidly tumbled to under $50 a barrel, from well over $100 a barrel, leaving prices at their lowest level since 2009. As a result of the plummet in oil prices, some investors whose portfolios were concentrated in investments whose value is linked to the price of oil or other energy products have…
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Continue reading ›Law Office of Christopher J. Gray, P.C. won an appeal to Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals in West Palm Beach concerning a client’s entitlement to attorneys’ fees under Florida’s Blue Sky law, Fla. Stat. § 517.301. The attorneys’ fees sought arise from a $765,000 arbitration award that the Gray firm won in Raubvogel v.…
Continue reading ›Attorney Christopher J. Gray of Law Office of Christopher J. Gray, P.C. was recently interviewed by a reporter from legal news website Lawyersandsettlements.com concerning investor claims arising out of unsuitable recommendations of non-traded REITs by stockbrokers. The interview is accessible via the link below. www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/securities/interview-securities-fraud-lawsuit-stock-2-18372.html?opt=b&utm_expid=3607522-0&ref=newsletter_pcf#.UPhW5WceeM8
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