Financial Fraud

St. Charles Financial and Investment Fraud Attorneys

There are hundreds of thousands of investment brokers, investment advisers, financial planners, broker-dealers, and other professionals and paraprofessionals who assist people in managing their money. Unfortunately, financial and investment fraud occurs, despite strict regulation from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), formerly known as NASD Inc. (National Association of Securities Dealers), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory authorities.

If you suspect that you are the victim of financial or investment fraud, insurance fraud or securities fraud, contact the law firm of Higgins & Burke, P.C. We have helped countless individual and institutional investors recover their funds and damages. Attorney John Burke has worked in securities and investments for over 25 years, both as a stockbroker, insurance agent and as a securities fraud lawyer. Our firm understands 1) investment firm practices, 2) complex investment transactions and 3) securities law. We are skilled at developing winning legal strategies to recover assets.

We will try to recover damages for financial and securities matters, including stockbroker fraud, insurance fraud, consumer fraud, securities litigation, breach of fiduciary duty and other matters involving financial fraud including:

Stockbroker churning/excessive activity
Unauthorized trading/unregistered agents
Failure to execute
Sale of unsuitable annuities, such as variable annuities and index annuities, and unregistered securities
Failure to supervise
Mutual fund, margin account and variable annuity, mail, wire and consumer fraud
Professional malpractice
Breach of fiduciary duty
Fraud regarding investment contracts and vertical settlements
Security, stock and insurance sales under the guise of financial planning

If you have lost money in a transaction involving stockbroker or advisor, an unregistered salesperson or an unregistered security or any other issue regarding financial fraud, we are prepared to help you. We’ve recovered losses for clients through mediation, arbitration and litigation in state and federal courts.

Contact Us

If you have questions regarding financial or investment fraud, call us. We offer free initial consultations. We accept evening and weekend appointments and are conveniently located in downtown St. Charles. Free parking is available and plentiful. To contact us, call 630.762.9081.