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Frankowski Firm Investigating UDF REITs

The Frankowski Firm is continuing its investigation into United Development Funding III and IV (UDF) on behalf of investors in the company's real estate investment trusts (REITs). The FBI recently raided the company's offices in Texas, and immediately afterward UDF IV's price dropped to $3.20 per share, more than 81% lower than its December 2015 price of $17.20. Investors have lost about $1 billion in UDF investments and shareholder class action lawsuits have been filed. The investment fraud attorneys at The Frankowski Firm believe that they can help investors recover their losses, including investors who invested in UDF products prior to June 2014. Richard Frankowski, owner of The Frankowski Firm said, "Investment advisers, brokers and their firms have a legal duty to understand and communicate to investors all the material facts about an investment, including the risks, before the investment is made. In other words, they have a duty not to misrepresent or fail to disclose any important facts before [...]

By |March 2nd, 2016|Legal Matters, FINRA, Fraud, Press Releases & News|
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Ex-MetLife, Pruco Broker Accused Of Deceptive Variable Annuity Sales Practices

FINRA has accused a former MetLife Securities Inc. and Pruco Securities Inc. broker, Winston Wade Turner, of harmful and deceptive variable annuity sales practices. According to FINRA's complaint, Turner allegedly "engaged in a course of deception and other misconduct in connection with sales and exchanges of variable annuities involving numerous customers." Turner also allegedly induced some clients to exchange their variable annuities and other investments, whereby they surrendered existing contracts to fund purchases of new variable annuities, sometimes incurring surrender charges for the investor and generating additional commissions for Turner. He concealed the unsuitability of these transactions by falsifying documents and misrepresenting the way some income features on the annuity contracts worked, according to the complaint. More specifically, Turner allegedly hid the nature of the variable annuity transactions by circumventing the “additional supervisory scrutiny and documentation” required for these exchanges, the complaint says. In some cases, Turner hid his actions by recommending clients deposit proceeds from the surrender of the variable [...]

By |March 2nd, 2016|Broker Check, FINRA, Fraud, Press Releases & News|
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Frankowski Firm Investigating UBS Broker

The Frankowski Firm is currently investigating the possible wrongdoing of current UBS Financial Services broker Bradley Ross of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to FINRA's BrokerCheck, Ross has been the subject of a number of customer complaints. In 2015, a customer alleged Ross, while employed at UBS, recommended investments not consistent with their risk tolerance. The customer claimed Ross's recommendation was made with total disregard for their risk tolerance and was a radically unsuitable recommendation based on both their risk tolerance and investment history. Again in 2015, a customer alleged Ross, while employed at UBS, refused to follow the customer's directives to sell, violated multiple fiduciary obligations including the buying of unsuitable investments and making unauthorized trading. The customer requested $94,862 in damages. Also in 2015, a customer alleged Ross, while employed at UBS, recommended unsuitable investments and over-concentrated their account. The customer sought $400,000 in damages in the complaint. In 2014, a customer alleged Bradley Ross, while employed at UBS Financial [...]

By |February 5th, 2016|Broker Check, FINRA, Press Releases & News, SEC|
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Risks Associated With Investing In Master Limited Partnerships

Master limited partnerships ("MLPs") are complex investment vehicles that have become massively popular in the past few years during the low interest rate environment. A MLP is a publicly traded limited partnership with two types of partners: the general partner, who is responsible for managing the MLP and is compensated for performance, and the limited partner, the investor who provides the capital to the MLP and receives periodic income distributions. Unlike most partnerships, shares of MLPs can be bought or sold on a stock exchange. Just like any partnership, the problem with being a limited partner is that such a partner has no role in the management of MLP. Unfortunately, MLPs can be very risky investments, as they fluctuate greatly with the price of oil and gas. Usually reserved for sophisticated and high-net-worth investors, these investments are not suitable for the average investor. However, a number of financial advisors sell them to their clients anyway, without fully disclosing the potentially catastrophic [...]

By |January 25th, 2016|FINRA, Press Releases & News|
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