Peregrine Private Capital’s Robert Smith Accused Of GPB Investment Fraud

据称，前协商投资服务经纪人提出了过失建议

Robert Scott Smith, the President of Peregrine Private Capital in Newberg, Oregon, and a former Concorde Investment Services, is named in multiple Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claims by former customers that invested in GPB private placement funds at his recommendation.

GPB资本Holdings被指控运行$ 1.8B的庞氏骗局。史密斯（Smith）是许多协和投资服务经纪人之一，他们将这家替代资产公司的私人展示出售给客户。

罗伯特·史密斯left Concorde Investment Services earlier this year. He is now an Emerson Equity stockbroker.

At Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm), our GPB investment fraud attorneys are speaking with current and ex-customers of Robert Scott Smith and other Concorde Investment Services brokers over losses sustained in any of the many GPB private placement funds.接触ustoday.

Investors Say They Were Misled About GPB Private Placement Funds by Peregrine Private Capital Broker

According to Robert Smith’sBrokerCheck record, there are eight customer disputes naming him, at least three of which involve GPB investment losses including:

1/2020: The claimant is requesting $200K in damages related to having invested in GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, which is GPB Capital Holding’s second-largest private placement fund. Allegations in this securities arbitration case include negligence, misrepresentation, unsuitability, breach of fiduciary duty, vicarious liability, and violations of a FINRA rule related to commissions and markups, as well as the内布拉斯加州证券法bob200体育. Brokers and their broker-dealers that sold GPB investments have earned over $165M in commissions and fees, even as thousands of these private placements’ investors have suffered huge losses.
1/2020: This GPB investor fraud case is seeking $647,500 in damages and makes similar allegations. The claimant invested in various GPB funds between 2015 and 2018.
2/2019：该客户因GPB汽车和VII峰值的损失而获得了9万美元的和解，这似乎是一家业务发展公司。除了不适合，欺诈和疏忽大意之外，索赔人还指控未能监督。
7/2019: The claimant in this GPB Automotive fraud claim received a $280K settlement.

The most recent customer dispute involving the Peregrine Private Capital broker was filed in April. The claimant had also filed a private placement claim, although BrokerCheck doesn’t state whether it involved GPB investments, specifically. The FINRA arbitration case was settled for $265K.

An earlier customer dispute naming Smith in 2013 alleging unsuitability, breach of fiduciary duty, and unsuitability was settled for $27K. Two earlier claims from 2011 and 2010 were closed due to a lack of action.

罗伯特·史密斯（Robert Smith）在该行业工作了33年。他以前被注册的其他公司包括Pacific West Securities，Brookstreet证券，Toluca Pacific Sebob200体育curities，Allamerica Investments，Ag Edwards和Sons以及Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner和Smith。

GPB投资欺诈索赔

SSEK Law Firm represents investors nationwide against the many broker-dealers and their registered representatives that marketed and sold GPB investments to customers. Many of these brokers also run their own firms locally so you may know them by that affiliation. For example, investors in the Portland, Oregon area may know Robert Smith throughPeregrine Private Capital.

我们精明的投资欺诈律师的一些经纪交易商已代表我们的客户提出了GPB私人安置欺诈索赔，包括Kalos Capital，Ameriprise，International Assets Advisory等。

Unfortunately, many brokerage firms and their registered representatives failed to conduct the proper due diligence into these investments and were lured by the high commissions and fees offered. As a result, thousands of investors have been left with GPB private placements that are likely worthless and are grappling with huge losses.

接触我们的SSEK律师事务所的GPB投资欺诈律师今天要求您免费的无义务案件咨询。