Law and legal issues

Collusion and corruption allegedly prevented Wells Fargo whistleblowers, and a former JPMorgan advisor, from obtaining justice.

The No. 1 IBD cleared him of any wrongdoing then said he still faced the probe after leaving the firm months later, according to the lawsuit.

The firm allegedly hired and promoted fewer women than men and paid them less than their male counterparts.

Scott Wolas assumed other people’s names to pose as a real estate agent, bartender, retired paleontologist and a registered rep, investigators say.

Joe Voboril claims he was wrongfully terminated after an investigation into another banker’s alleged inappropriate sexual conduct, according to his lawyer.

The decision, involving advisors who jumped to Morgan Stanley from an RIA, holds that those who agree to give their employers advance notice before quitting aren’t absolved of that duty by the terms of the protocol.

The SEC claims Schwab failed to file reports on suspicious transactions by independent advisors.

Company policies were not reasonably designed to detect and prevent misconduct, the SEC claims after one advisor allegedly misappropriated more than $5 million from client accounts.

DaRayl Davis spent client funds on a luxury mansion, theater tickets and car rentals, federal prosecutors say.

“Our whistle-blower program is a critical component in our investor-protection toolbox,” SEC Chairman Jay Clayton says.

The former Oppenheimer client was allowed to invest in a new fund started by Carter Worth, a well-respected technical analyst who the client believed “walked on water,” his lawyer claimed.

Former San Diego Chargers guard Kris Dielman says the independent broker dealer failed to supervise his former advisor.

A FINRA arbitration claim followed an asset freeze and the launch of a federal investigation into the fired advisor’s RIA.

The lawsuit follows a complaint by the SEC alleging that five men and three companies defrauded more than 600 investors.

Can an RIA take the first bite of the apple when it comes to a dually registered rep’s brokerage commissions?

Brian McIntyre said the regulator mostly sought to terminate older workers in a September wave of firings after FINRA lost a regulatory contract with the New York Stock Exchange in 2016.

Her fresh criticism comes after FINRA barred her former Morgan Stanley branch manager this week.

Some of the proceeds went to commission a song with the lyrics: “Pop champagne in L.A., New York to Florida; buy another bottle just to spray it all over ya,” says the SEC.

The client, who was the co-founder of the HSN, suffered from dementia and was declared legally incompetent, according to a FINRA letter of acceptance, waiver and consent.

One JPMorgan client thought it was “odd and weird” that the advisor called during the Memorial Day holiday, on behalf of Merrill Lynch.