If you suffered investment losses at Merrill Lynch, you may have legal options to recover your money. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (CRD# 7691) has accumulated 1,477 regulatory disclosures according to FINRA BrokerCheck, including 598 regulatory events and over 870 arbitration claims from investors who experienced losses due
Edward Jones is one of the largest brokerage firms in North America, serving over 8 million clients with $1.6 trillion in assets under management. Despite its size and reputation, the firm has accumulated a troubling regulatory record that includes 288 FINRA disclosures, 136 regulatory actions, and more than 150 arbitrations.
If you invested with UBS Financial Services and suffered significant losses due to broker misconduct, unsuitable investment recommendations, or supervisory failures, you may have legal options to recover your money. UBS is one of the largest wealth management firms in the United States, yet its extensive history of regulatory violations
Decentralized finance promised to revolutionize investing by removing traditional intermediaries. Instead, it created new opportunities for sophisticated fraud that has cost investors billions. In 2025 alone, cryptocurrency scams stole an estimated $17 billion, with DeFi fraud representing a rapidly growing portion of these losses. The average scam payment increased from
Initial public offerings represent a company’s transition from private ownership to public trading, often accompanied by significant investor interest and substantial capital raising. However, this process also creates opportunities for fraud when companies or underwriters misrepresent material facts or omit critical information that would influence investment decisions. If you suffered
Key Takeaways Consumers lost $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, with AI investment scams growing rapidly Scammers exploit ChatGPT and generative AI credibility to promote fake trading platforms Deepfake technology enables voice cloning and fake CEO videos to deceive investors The SEC recently charged fraudsters with a $14 million AI-themed
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized financial markets, powering everything from robo-advisors managing retirement accounts to high-frequency trading algorithms executing millions of transactions per second. But this technological advancement has also opened the door to a new category of investment fraud that is costing investors billions of dollars. In March 2024, the
Artificial intelligence investment fraud represents one of the fastest-growing threats to investors in 2026. Scammers exploit public fascination with AI technology—from ChatGPT to automated trading systems—to perpetrate sophisticated securities fraud schemes that can devastate investors’ portfolios. As an AI investment scams attorney, Gary Varnavides brings a unique perspective from 10
EB-5 investment fraud is a securities violation in which promoters, regional centers, or other parties deceive foreign investors participating in the Immigrant Investor Program. The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program was designed to create economic opportunity for the United States. Instead, it has become a target-rich environment for fraudsters who exploit
The NFT market collapse has exposed widespread fraud that cost investors billions. What were once million-dollar digital assets are now worthless, and many victims are discovering their losses resulted from deliberate scams rather than legitimate market forces. If you lost money in an NFT rug pull, pump and dump scheme,
Pig butchering scams have emerged as one of the most devastating cryptocurrency fraud schemes of 2024 and 2025, costing Americans at least $10 billion in losses—a 66% increase from the prior year, according to U.S. government estimates. These elaborate schemes combine romance fraud with fake cryptocurrency investment platforms, leaving victims
Provident Royalties LLC defrauded more than 7,700 investors out of approximately $485 million through a sophisticated oil and gas Ponzi scheme that operated from 2006 to 2009. If you lost money in Provident Royalties, related entities like Provident Energy, Provident Resources, or Shale Royalties investments, you may still have options