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There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Craig Carson in Firm Intervest International Equities Corporation

November 6, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Craig Carson (Carson), previously associated with Intervest International Equities Corporation, has at least 5 disclosable events. These events include 5 customer complaints, alleging that Carson recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $922,349.00 on September 06, 2022.

Claimant alleges violations of state and federal securities acts, breach of fiduciary duties and negligence, constructive fraud, breach of contract and failure to supervise.

Broker Edward Hindman in Intervest International Equities Corporation Firm Has Customer Complaint

June 22, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Edward Hindman (Hindman), previously associated with Intervest International Equities Corporation, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Hindman recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $250,000.00 on December 08, 2023.

Claimant alleges Breach of Fiduciary duty and negligence, Failure to supervise, Material omissions, Breaches of contract and inadequate due diligence.

Jonathan Ellefson Sold GWG Bonds and Has Investor Complaints

October 6, 2022 | by Staff Attorney

Advisor Jonathan Ellefson (Ellefson), currently employed by brokerage firm Intervest International Equities Corporation (Intervest) has been subject to at least four disclosures and customer complaints. According to a BrokerCheck report the customer complaints concern 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. In Ellefson’s case at least one of the complaints occurred from the sale of GWG Holdings L-Bonds. GWG went into bankruptcy. The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP represented nearly 100 investors who suffered losses in GWG.

GWG’s business focused on the acquisition of life insurance policies in the secondary market. GWG was offered to investors even though the company had no significant operating history and no profits. Until 2018, GWG’s sole business was to borrow money to buy life insurance policies in the secondary market at prices that are less than the face value of the insurance benefits payable upon the death of the insureds. GWG would then hold the policies until maturity and collect the face value upon the insured’s death.

The contours of the GWG bonds are as follows: