Losses From VII Peaks Co-Optivist Income BDC II? Did you invest in VII Peaks Co-Optivist BDC II because of your broker or financial advisor? Apparently, this non-diversified closed-end company, which elects to be treated as a business development company (“BDC”), invests in equity-linked debt securities and discounted corporate debt securities of private and public companies, […]

Soreide Law Group has filed a FINRA arbitration on behalf of their client (Claimant) against: INDIANA SECURITIES, LLC, & their registered representative, FRANK NEESE (Respondents).  The Claimant is a 79 year-old retiree from Indiana currently living in Florida. The lawsuit alleges that the Claimant was looking for a moderate to low risk investment strategy to […]

Did Your Broker Or Advisor Sell You SMARTSTOP SELF STORAGE REIT? Soreide Law Group is reviewing possible investor claims against brokers or financial advisors who may have inappropriately recommended SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc. (f/k/a Strategic Storage Trust II). Evidently, the board of directors of this non-traded REIT, which focuses on “stabilized self-storage facilities and […]

DARIO SUAREZ Losses? Soreide Law Group is investigating possible investor claims against UBS Financial Services securities representative and sales supervisor Dario Suarez (CRD#: 1143417, Ponce, PR). Alarmingly, FINRA BrokerCheck reports 72 investor claims regarding Suarez’s sales practice violations. Investors brought a steadily increasing amount of disputes against Suarez since 2014 regarding unsuitable Puerto Rico bonds. […]

LEGEND SECURITIES' STEVEN MEYER Allegedly Churns Investors' Accounts The New Jersey Bureau of Securities announced on July 20, 2018 that it revoked the broker-dealer agent registration of Legend Securities broker Steven Meyer (CRD#: 4798400, Staten Island, New Jersey). The Order revoking Meyer’s licensure comes as a result of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) barring […]

MARCUS E BOGGS (Marcus Boggs) (CRD#: 5055667), a 49 years-old former senior financial advisor with Merrill Lynch, was charged on August 27, 2019, with defrauding clients out of approximately $3 million. According to news reports one of the clients had received a $5 million payout for a wrongful conviction of murder and rape. Known as […]

Soreide Law Group has filed a FINRA arbitration on behalf of their client (Claimant) against, CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS, LLC (Respondent). Their former registered representative, David Rockwell, is not named in this lawsuit. The Claimant has been retired since 2013. He is a conservative investor who relied upon the financial guidance of his former financial advisor, […]

Losses From Robert Rotunno? The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) BrokerCheck discloses alarming allegations of sales practices violations committed by securities broker Robert Rotunno (CRD#: 4025263, New York, NY). Notably, 11 disclosures about him concern disputes from clients of Laidlaw and Company (UK) Ltd. (“Laidlaw”), where Rotunno worked from 2004 to 2016, and 1 concerns […]

Losses From MICHAEL FISHER, WELLS FARGO? Soreide Law Group is investigating possible claims on behalf of investors against prior Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC representative Michael Fisher (CRD#: 4056114, Melville, New York). Fisher, who worked for Wells Fargo from 2012 to 2016 and who since affiliated with Ameriprise Financial Services, discloses through FINRA BrokerCheck that four […]