Bankoh Investment Services Customers File 7-Figure Northstar (Bermuda) Claim

More Claimants Accuse Broker Yoko Farias of Overconcentration In Obscure, Offshore Investment

一对来自日本的较大夫妇已提交了一名金融业监管机构（FINRA）仲裁索赔，要求在Northstar Financial Services（Bermuda）遭受的损失中进行50万至100万美元的财务回收率。受访者是Bankoh投资服务及其注册代表Yoko K. Farias在夏威夷。

投资者认为，据称BankOH和Farias通过过度估计其资产过多而滥用了他们的信任北星（百慕大），现在已停产和清算程序。Shepherd Smith Edwards和Kantas（Investorlawyers.com的SSBOB体育EK律师事务所）代表这些索赔人在美国的FINRA仲裁中。

Couple Were Inexperienced Investors Who Sought Low Risk, Safe Haven For Assets

来自日本并居住的投资者在夏威夷银行开设了一个总部位于美国的帐户，旨在确保其资产安全。通过这家银行，他们被介绍给法利亚斯和会员经纪交易商Bankoh Investment Services。The couple entrusted their savings to them.

据称，尤科·法里亚斯（Yoko Farias）说服他们将资金投资于北极星金融服务（Bermuda），尽管这两位投资者正在寻找资本保存，投资知识有限，并且拥有低风险的容忍度。Bankoh甚至保证了这对夫妇的安全回报，并将为保证的本金保护设置其帐户。相反，他们遭受了巨大的损失。

同样，每当索赔人的两份合同到期时，法里亚斯据称会建议一个新任期。这些合同在五年期间每年支付约2％的费用。（最新条款是2016年12月的2.3万美元和2017年3月，价格为34万美元。）这是很多钱专注于一个晦涩的，离岸实体，该实体既没有且缺乏基于美国的投资都缺乏各种保护。

据称Bankoh投资服务经纪人从未通知索赔人起诉书，监管困境

2018年，全球银行家收购了Northstar（百慕大）。2019年，亿万富翁的老板格雷格·林德伯格（Greg Lindberg）因犯罪被起诉。2020年，他因电汇欺诈和贿赂而被定罪。

Lindberg allegedly used his different insurance and annuity companies to funnel money to his other entities, including US-based special purpose vehicles under his control. After his criminal indictment, Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) investors tried to get their investments liquidated.

不幸的是，该公司无法再偿还赎回或清算请求。据报道，它的赤字超过2.6亿美元，在2020年9月，只能报告800万美元的资产。那年晚些时候，这家离岸公司及其相关实体申请了破产保护。

Meanwhile, Yoko Farias allegedly never bothered to keep these two Japanese investors abreast of these developments. In their FINRA arbitration claim, the claimants allege虚假陈述和遗漏，，，，unsuitability, negligence, gross lack of supervision, and other claims.

It is important to note that this is not a hindsight case. Bankoh Investment Services and Farias, who has worked with the brokerage firm for two decades, had fair warning as far back as 2011 when Moody’s gave an extremely negative outlook for Bermuda as a place for investments.

到2018年和2019年底，北极星金融服务（Bermuda）尚未提交重要文件，包括法定财务报表和收益，资本和偿付能力申报表，合规声明和合规性证书。

There is no reason these two investors should have been exposed to, let alone overconcentrated in, Northstar (Bermuda). Bankoh should have reviewed these customers’ accounts and products for compliance and removed them from this investment long ago.

Seasoned Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Attorneys

我们的Northstar（Bermuda）投资律师事务所代表数十名投资者，包括来自世界各地的外国国民，在FINRA仲裁中针对出售Northstar Financial Services（Bermuda）产品的经纪公司。这些公司似乎优先考虑获得高级佣金，而不是推荐和销售符合客户最大利益的产品。该投资者案件是我们已经针对Bankoh投资服务和经纪人Yokofarias提出的几项案件之一。

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