GPB Investors Have Won Monetary Awards in 10 of 11 Arbitration Cases This Past Year

Over the past calendar year, GPB Capital investors have won over $2.4 million in monetary awards in 10 out of 11 (nearly 91%) arbitration claims that have proceeded to a final hearing. According to public records, many other claims filed against broker-dealers who sold the private placements offered by GPB Capital have been settled for monetary compensation.

The judgments and awards come after years of filing lawsuits and arbitration claims by GPB Capital investors.

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Earlier this year, the SEC has charged GPB Capital, Ascendant Capital, and Ascendant Alternative Strategies with running a Ponzi-like scheme that raised roughly $1.8 billion from securities issued by GPB Capital. The SEC believes that as many as 17,000 retail investors nationwide have been defrauded.

GPB Capital had four flagship funds, which were sold as private placement offerings:

GPB Holdings, LP / GPB Holdings Qualified, LP.
GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP.
GPB Holdings II, LP.
GPB Waste Management, LP.

GPB Capital, an alternative asset management firm, sold unregistered and high commission limited partnership interests through independent broker-dealers and investment advisers who would, in turn, sell the GPB Funds to their retail investors. There are serious concerns that broker-dealers may have failed to conduct reasonable due diligence about the GPB Funds and GPB Capital.

Brokers and brokerage firms are obligated to make suitable recommendations in their customers’ best interests. Among other things, the broker must have a reasonable basis to believe that a recommendation is suitable for a customer based on the particular customer’s investment profile. In addition, the broker and firm must have a reasonable basis to believe, based on reasonable diligence, that the recommendation is suitable for at least some investors. FINRA has stated that “reasonable diligence” means that the firm’s and/or broker’s due diligence “must provide the firm or associated person with an understanding of the potential risks and rewards of the recommended security or strategy.”

Brokerage firms may have failed to conduct reasonable diligence into the GPB funds before selling the private placement offerings to their customers. The firms’ compliance departments likely ignored or missed many red flags such as inflated revenue reports, fabricated profits, kickbacks, and investor funds being funneled into the pockets of GPB’s principals.

Iorio Altamirano LLP is investigating claims on behalf of defrauded investors who were victims in the GPB funds scheme. The GPB funds were marketed to independent broker-dealers and investment advisers who would, in turn, sell the GPB funds to their retail investors.

Investors that have purchased any of the following private placement investments issued by GPB Capital should contact securities arbitration law firm Iorio Altamirano LLP for a free and confidential consultation and review of their legal rights:

GPB Holdings, LP / GPB Holdings Qualified, LP.
GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP.
GPB Holdings II, LP.
GPB Waste Management, LP.

If you lost money in the GPB funds, you might have a claim.

A Year of Awards for GPB Capital Investors

Below is a summary of cases that have been identified from publicly available records where investors filed securities arbitration claims seeking to recover investment losses due to, in part, private placement offerings of GPB Capital. The list includes only cases that have proceeded to a hearing. It does not include numerous cases that were settled.

Date	Case Number	Hearing Site	Respondent(s)	Award
11/16/2021	20-01124	Boca Raton, FL	Sandlapper Securities, LLC	$155,188 + $50,000 attorney’s fees
11/1/2021	20-00604	Atlanta, GA	Capital Financial Services, Inc.	$88,760 + $16,000 attorney’s fees and costs
10/12/2021	19-00440	Cleveland, OH	McDonald Partners, LLC and Thomas M. McDonald	$160,000
8/13/2021	19-03721	New York, NY	Hightower Securities, LLC	$163,201
8/11/2021	20-1967	Tampa, FL	Berkely Creighton Badger	$126,734
7/16/2021	20-01385	New York, NY	Hightower Securities, LLC	Denied
5/10/2021	20-04209	St. Louis, MO	Moloney Securities Co. Inc.	$1,750
4/21/2021	20-00687	Boca Raton, FL	Sandlapper Securities, LLC, Concorde Investment Services, LLC, and Fortitude Investment Group, LLC	$100,000
4/20/2021	20-01415	Denver, CO	Triad Advisors, LLC	$55,000
1/28/2021	19-01143	Detroit, MI	Arete Wealth Management LLC	$186,639
11/11/2020	19-02820	Boca Raton, FL	Crystal Bay Securities, Inc.	$1,300,803

How to Recover GBP Investment Losses

GPB Capital investors should immediately contact a securities arbitration law firm to review their legal rights.

Investors who have purchased GPB Automotive, GPB Holdings, GPB Holdings II, or GPB Waste Management through a broker or brokerage firm have successfully recovered investment losses by filing securities arbitration claims.

Iorio Altamirano LLP is a national securities arbitration law firm based in New York, NY. The law firm pursues FINRA arbitration claims nationwide on behalf of investors to recover financial losses arising out of wrongful conduct by financial advisors and brokerage firms.

We have nearly 20 years of combined experience as securities arbitration lawyers and have helped investors recover investment losses in over 1,000 cases. Our firm will file a FINRA securities arbitration claim on your behalf to recover your losses. We generally represent clients on a contingency fee basis. If we do not obtain a recovery, you do not owe us a legal fee.

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Iorio Altamirano LLP is investigating claims on behalf of GPB investors who purchased the security through a broker-dealer or registered investment advisor, including, but not limited to the following firms: