Articles Tagged with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Brittany Halpern (Halpern), currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Halpern recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $784,000.00 on August 06, 2025.

Clients allege advisors and Summit were negligent, made misrepresentations and omissions, and breached their fiduciary duties and contractual obligations by referring the clients to a third-party captive insurance company that allegedly committed fraud and lost the clients’ investment.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Salvadore Salvo (Salvo), currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Salvo recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $784,000.00 on August 06, 2025.

Clients allege advisors and Summit were negligent, made misrepresentations and omissions, and breached their fiduciary duties and contractual obligations by referring the clients to a third-party captive insurance company that allegedly committed fraud and lost the clients’ investment.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Michael Lickiss (Lickiss), previously associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Lickiss recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $11,000,000.00 on August 25, 2025.

Fraud, sold fictious notes unrelated to Arkadios Capital

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Joseph Eschleman (Eschleman), currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Eschleman recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $1,175,140.23 on September 02, 2025.

Client alleges the recomenedation to effect a 1031 exchange into two DSTs:  Campus Walk DST and 4th & J DST were unsuitable.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Peter Mersberger (Mersberger), currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mersberger recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on August 29, 2025.

Claimants alleged that the Representative recommended multiple alternative investment products that resulted in substantial losses. Claimants further alleged that Representative misrepresented the risks and potential for future income and growth of the product(s).

The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that Broker Eric Ruthman (Ruthman), currently employed by Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Ruthman’s most recent customer complaint alleges that Ruthman recommended unsuitable investments in structured products and makes allegations concerning misconduct relating to the handling of the customer’s accounts.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $326,341.61 on July 22, 2025.

Client claims rep invested her money in structured notes that were unsuitable

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Salvadore Salvo (Salvo), currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Salvo recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $508,000.00 on July 02, 2025.

Client alleges that the custodian should have transferred all his existing positions in-kind to his new account and that he should have been notified of the positions that did not transfer in-kind sooner. Client alleges that as a result, the advisor team failed their fiduciary responsibilities by not knowing that all of his existing positions May not have been able to be transferred in kind.

The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that Broker Eric Ruthman (Ruthman), currently employed by Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Ruthman’s most recent customer complaint alleges that Ruthman recommended unsuitable investments in structured products and makes allegations concerning misconduct relating to the handling of the customer’s accounts.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on April 23, 2025.

Claimants allege that during the time period December 2020 to November 2021, representative recommended unsuitable investments in structured products and breach of fiduciary duty.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Robert Obraitis (Obraitis), currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Obraitis recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $50,000.00 on April 27, 2025.

Client alleges RR mismanaged their account and participated in market manipulation.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Robert Loeb (Loeb), currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Loeb recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $1,030,000.00 on April 24, 2025.

Client alleges that the rep breached his fiduciary duty by failing to protect her from being scammed by a third party. The client initiated transactions to sell stock with the rep.  \, The client in turn used the proceeds to purchase gold that she then delivered to the 3rd party that was scamming her

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