Financial crimes

The former broker bilked more than a dozen former clients over an eight-year period, prosecutors said.

Clients have received a combined $3.7 million in settlements involving two barred former reps of the IBD set to be acquired by Atria Wealth Solutions.

Royal Alliance must pay more than $2.5 million to one ex-client while dealing with charges against the firm and a former rep by William Galvin’s office.

Investigators say the onetime FiNet branch manager preyed on “particularly vulnerable” clients, including several with dementia.

The IBD network’s parent repurchased the majority of Dr. Phillip Frost’s shares just before the SEC filed proposed settlements of its pump-and-dump case.

The clients say their advisor improperly invested their funds in a Miami Beach nightclub that failed.

The alleged supervisory lapses occurred over a five-year period, according to the regulator.

Former Securities America rep Hector May carried out a 20-year scam through his outside RIA, according to prosecutors

James Polese and another advisor used the funds to pay bills and cover kids’ college tuition, according to the Department of Justice.

Scammers can learn quite a bit of information from social media so don’t think that just because they know a couple pieces of information about you and your family that they are legit.

Richard G. Cody, formerly of Boston Investment Partners, allowed his clients’ accounts to dwindle to almost nothing, according to the Justice Department.

The cases are among a series of such obstacles UBS has faced since the start of the financial crisis, including a $1.5 billion fine in 2012 for rigging the Libor benchmark.

The midterm elections virtually eliminate the chance that progress will be made on financial services legislation.

The focus since the 2016 election on easing rules, tax cuts and expanding access to credit is about to be turned on its head.

Douglas P. Simanski allegedly told clients he would invest their money in a “tax-free,” fixed-rate investment, a rental car company and a coal mining firm.

Ex-advisor Dawn Bennett, who allegedly dabbled in voodoo-type witchcraft, was found guilty by a federal jury of defrauding investors.

Edward Lee Moody used the stolen proceeds to buy a home and travel to Las Vegas among other destinations.

Darrell Smith stole $2.4 million from his clients to fund bio-energy companies.

Love or hate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Ric Edelman says advisors still must prepare to help clients invest in a "cashless future."

The scheme involved paying cash kickbacks to a former Barclays and Stifel advisor who worked on the wealth syndicate desk.