The investment attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating the potential unsuitable sales of securities sponsored by Ridgewood Energy Corporation (Ridgewood Energy). Ridgewood Energy is a private upstream oil and gas investment company based in Houston, Texas and Montvale, New Jersey and sponsors several oil and gas private placements and…
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Investors File Churning Complaints Against Broker Joel Benanti
The securities fraud lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) against broker Joel Benanti (Benanti). According to BrokerCheck records Benanti has been the subject of at least eight customer complaints. The customer complaints against Benanti allege a number of securities…
SEC Accuses American Growth Funding II and Brokerage Firm Portfolio Advisors Alliance of Securities Fraud
The securities fraud attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating fraud charges by The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against American Growth Funding II, LLC, Portfolio Advisors Alliance, Inc., Ralph C. Johnson (Johnson), Howard J. Allen III (Allen) and Kerri L. Wasserman (Wasserman) accusing the defendants of repeatedly lying to…
Credit Suisse X-Links and Velocity Shares ETN Investor Recovery Options
The investment attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating investor claims of unsuitable investments in oil and gas related products such as exchange traded notes (ETNs), structured notes, MLPs, and leveraged ETFs. Some of the ETNs, leveraged ETNs, and structured products underwritten by Credit Suisse in the X-Links and Velocity…
SandRidge Permian Trust (PER) Mississippian Trust I (SDT) and II (SDR) Investor Loss Recovery
The investment attorneys with Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating and representing investors who were inappropriately recommended oil and gas and commodities related investments. Investors may have potential legal remedies due to unsuitable recommendations by their broker to invest in this speculative and volatile area. Several royalty trusts linked to SandRidge…
Broker Investigation: Gerald “Jerry” Tagge Promissory Note Sales
The investment lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating a customer complaint brought before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against Gerald “Jerry” Tagge (Tagge) working out of Omaha, Nebraska alleging the sale of $125,000 in promissory notes. The providing of loans or selling of notes and other investments outside…
Bradford Energy Capital Oil and Gas Private Placements
The investment attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating the potential unsuitable sales of securities sponsored by Bradford Energy Capital (Bradford). Bradford claims on its website that the company was formed in 1994 to focus on creating investment opportunities in the the oil and natural gas industry. Bradford Exploration, Inc.,…
Andrew Yocum Customers Complaint About Unsuitable Oil and Gas Investments
The investment attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating investor claims of unsuitable investments in oil and gas related products. Our firm is currently representing a number of investors who lost substantial savings due to poor advice to concentrate holdings in speculative commodities investments like master limited partnerships (MLPs). According…
Recovery Options for VFG Securities Clients Invested in Non-Traded REITs, Equipment Leasing, Oil & Gas, and Other Alternative Investments
The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating a complaint filed by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against brokerage firm VFG Securities, Inc. (VFG) and its CEO Jason Vanclef (Vanclef) (FINRA No. 2013038283001). The complaint alleges that approximately 95 percent of VFG’s revenue was obtained from the sale…
FINRA Sanctions Ameriprise Financial Broker William Marshall and Supervisor John J. Kolinofsky, Jr. Over BioChemics Stock Sales
The investment lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating a regulatory action brought by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (Ameriprise) broker William Marshall (Marshall) (FINRA No. 2012033291204) and his supervisor John J. Kolinofsky, Jr. (Kolinofsky) working out of the firm’s Plano, Texas office. According…