Soreide Law Group brings you up to speed regarding securities broker Barry David Abrams (CRD#: 488, Marlton, New Jersey). Specifically, FINRA BrokerCheck shows that five investors brought disputes about Abrams, and a couple of those disputes concern Abrams’ actions at Ameriprise Financial Services. Also reported on Abrams’ BrokerCheck record is FINRA’s disciplinary action against him. Notably, FINRA sanctioned Abrams for making discretionary trades without having discretionary trading authorization. Here’s more on these disclosures.
Evidently, a client of Ameriprise Financial Services brought a dispute about Barry Abrams in December 2020. Specifically, the client claimed that Abrams provided an unsuitable investment recommendation regarding FS Energy and Power Fund. It appears that this real estate security did not produce a positive return for the client. However, Ameriprise Financial Services denied this dispute.
It appears that a second client of Ameriprise Financial Services took aim at Barry Abrams’ sales practices in June 2020. Similar to the first dispute, this client alleged unsuitable recommendations concerning FS Energy and Power Fund. Allegedly, Corporate Capital Trust was not an appropriate investment too. In connection with these investments, the client's causes of action include breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, misrepresentation, and the violation of FINRA rules. In addition, the client claimed that Ameriprise Financial Services failed to supervise Abrams. For this reason, in November 2020, Ameriprise Financial Services opted to settle this dispute by compensating the client.
In addition, FINRA reportedly suspended Barry Abrams and had him pay a $5,000 fine to resolve allegations that he made discretionary trades without authorization from both Securities Service Network LLC and the client. Evidently, Abrams served the suspension and paid the fine between 2015-2016.
Notably, the client claimed in this February 2014 dispute that Barry Abrams churned their account. Allegedly, Abrams made excessive stock trades. In addition, the client claimed that Abrams misrepresented information in connection with those transactions. Moreover, he is accused of mismanagement of the client’s account and unauthorized activities. It appears that the securities firm compensated this client to settle this matter.
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