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The judge declined the barred rep’s request for sentence reduction based on his “severe” bipolar disorder and restitution efforts.

The barred ex-rep funneled clients’ money into a shell company he falsely called a sub advisor, according to investigators.

The barred ex-Mutual of Omaha rep stole from 27 mostly older fellow members of his church, YMCA and local business organizations, investigators say.

Advisors with disciplinary histories who keep other registrations after leaving FINRA BrokerCheck are much more likely to commit infractions, researchers say.

FINRA arbitrators ordered the wealth manager and closed-end funds manager to pay damages as it resolves outstanding claims stemming from the island’s fiscal crisis.

After Brooklynn Chandler Willy recommended that the clients invest $100,000 into an LLC, its principals were arrested on federal fraud charges, the filing says.

The giant retirement plan recordkeeper’s BD didn’t adequately file suspicious activity reports for more than three years, according to investigators.

A barred broker’s alleged version of the “infinite banking” strategy recommended that clients liquidate their 401(k)s or IRAs to buy variable annuities.

Anthony Diaz began the sentence immediately after a hearing in which a victim said he should “rot in hell” for the felonies.

The wealth managers paid victims restitution prior to one barred rep’s guilty plea and another one’s sentencing.

The broker allegedly spent his client’s money on luxury items then pivoted to a Medicare fraud scam a couple of years later.

Three recent criminal cases raise concerns that wealth managers and regulators aren’t detecting alleged fraud quickly enough or disclosing basic information about crimes and disciplinary problems.

The rare move to set aside the regulator’s ruling came more than a decade after the rep ran into trouble by adding notes about his client into a software program.

The rep reeled in at least a dozen victims to the complex scam even though he was suspended from the industry for a different case, according to investigators.

The 33-year-old advisor allegedly spent clients’ money on luxury items and business expenses for his startup.

The troubled alts manager’s charges will trigger many more arbitration proceedings and potential regulatory cases, plaintiff attorneys say.

Wealth managers acting as “downstream broker-dealers” allegedly made $187 million in commissions and other selling fees on GPB Capital investments.

A dead client, an advisor accused of murder and fraud, and an industry that didn’t see it coming.

SA Stone Wealth Management representative Gregory Frank Estes had already registered as a sex offender after a 2002 conviction, records show.

The 25-year industry veteran of four wealth managers and a trust company faced a charge of unlawful entry on public property.