Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog

Pursuant to a civil action brought by an aggrieved investor against OM Investment Management (“OMIM”), an investment adviser, and its managing member Gignesh Movalia (“Movalia”) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the Court appointed a Corporate Monitor to “discover, marshal and preserve funds and assets derived from investors.”  In turn, the Corporate…

Ensure your parents are properly educated when it comes to fraudulent investments. As your parents age, there are many things to think about and consider. Their health, their living situation, and their financial situation are generally at the top of the list. You realize too that your relationship with your…

While it has been argued by investor advocates for a long time that a fiduciary duty applies to those individuals that give investment advice to others, the Department of Labor (DOL) finally put the issue to rest with respect to retirement accounts.  After six years in the making, the DOL…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for April 2016, the following individuals were barred from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Thomas Edward…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for April 2016, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA for failing to comply with a FINRA arbitration award or settlement agreement pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Russell Andrew Carbonara   Pinebridge Securities, LLC   Aria Capital Advisors, LLC   Roger Briggs…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for April 2016, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Jonathan Arroyo…

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (the “FINRA”) awarded more than $34 million on March 18, 2016 to the estate of former Home Shopping Network chief Roy M. Speer in its claim against Morgan Stanley for churning the late Mr. Speer’s account. The all-public arbitration panel ruled that Morgan Stanley, broker…

Aequitas Capital Management investors filed a class action lawsuit on April 4, 2016 against Portland law firms Tonkon Torp and Sidley Austin and the accounting firms Deloitte & Touche and EisnerAmper, claiming the firms enabled the massive Ponzi scheme. The April complaint (the “Complaint”) has been brought on the heels…

Silver Law Group is investigating numerous registered investment advisors (“RIAs”) connected to Oregon-based Aequitas Management, LLC’s (“Aequitas”) “Ponzi-like” scheme and $350 million of investor losses. On March 10, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint against Aequitas and its various subsidiaries, which Silver Law Group recently released…

A California judge ordered the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. (“Corinthian”), business partner of Aequitas Capital Management (“Aequitas”), to pay $1 billion over claims the company misled students and investors on March 25, 2016. This comes two weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Oregon-based Aequitas with operating a…