Securities fraud

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.

The firm’s use of third-party compliance vendors came under scrutiny after an ex-rep pleaded guilty to bilking clients out of $5 million.

Fake name, phony credentials, Ponzi-like payments but real victims — this is what authorities are saying about this business.

James Booth’s seven-year fraud bilked investors out of nearly $5 million.

The advisor allegedly carried out a 20-year scheme defrauding at least 15 clients through forgery and misrepresentations.

The advisor allegedly used an omnibus trading account to help himself and hurt his clients to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, according to the regulator.

The Justice Department filed two counts of wire fraud against the firm but agreed to defer prosecution under a three-year deal that requires the bank to report its remediation and compliance efforts to the government.

Actions hit a nine-year high and restitution climbed to the highest total since 2013 — even before the rule’s heightened scrutiny.

The broker hasn't been registered in over a decade, and was using clients’ usernames and passwords to make trades in their self-directed brokerage accounts, according to the regulator.

The former broker allegedly also used his client’s money to pay bills at gas stations, grocery and hardware stores, according to the regulator.

The advisor sold securities out of one account to buy a Camaro ZL1 — then resold the car to the same victim, the regulator alleges.

The firm will also pay a penalty and offer to buy back variable annuities the former broker sold to 21 other investors.

During rapid growth, the firm allegedly failed to detect a cascade of red flags.

To thwart a multifactor verification system, he once used a victim’s home phone to authorize transactions.

After the client died at age 98, the advisor allegedly moved on to bilk another elderly investor, authorities say.

After serving 18 months in jail, Craig Rothfeld knew “other people would need help too.”

Five years of alleged promises, checks that never arrived, and a mysterious employee named “Tryg Nederloe” add up to a bizarre saga with wide ramifications.

The major custodian lost its second arbitration case — with even more filings likely — over the services it provided to a brokerage later proved to be engaged in massive fraud.

The former investment advisor, convicted of running one of the biggest Ponzi schemes ever, says he suffers from terminal kidney failure and other ailments.