Previously financial advisor Vincent Bailey (Bailey), previously employed by brokerage firm Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, INC. has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to a BrokerCheck reports most of the recent customer complaints concern either corporate debt securities or alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs) like business development companies (BDCs), non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil & gas programs, annuities, and private placements. The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP have represented hundreds of investors who suffered losses caused by these types of high risk, low reward products.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $235,000.00 on July 02, 2024.
The claimants allege that the Firm and representative failed to make a suitable recommendation and over-concentrated claimants’ accounts in alternative investments and private placements from 2009 to 2019. Claimants further allege that the Firm and representative misrepresented the investments and induced the clients to retain the investment causing the clients to suffer a loss.