This is a securities class action settlement against five audit and consulting firms (CohnReznick LLP, Crowe LLP, Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP, RSM US LLP, and WithumSmith+Brown, PC). The defendants have agreed to settle the lawsuit with final court approval granted on November 24, 2025.
- Claim deadline
- November 14, 2025
- Represents
- Arete Wealth Management, LLC, Great Point Capital LLC, Advisory Group Equity Services, Ltd., Aegis Capital Corp., Aeon Capital Inc., American Capital Partners, LLC, Arkadios Capital, Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc., BCG Securities Inc., Cabot Lodge Securities LLC, Calton & Associates, Inc., Capital Investment Group, Inc., Cascade Financial Management, Inc., Center Street Securities, Inc., Coastal Equities, Inc., Colorado Financial Service Corporation, Concorde Investment Services, LLC, Crown Capital Securities, LP, David A. Noyes & Company, Dawson James Securities, Inc., Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC, Detalus Securities, LLC, DFPG Investments, Inc., Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC, Emerson Equity LLC, FSC Securities Corporation, Geneos Wealth Management, Inc., HighTower Securities, LLC, IBN Financial Services, Inc., Innovation Partners LLC, International Assets Advisory, LLC, Kalos Capital, Inc., Kingsbury Capital, Inc., Landolt Securities, Inc., Lewis Financial Group n/k/a DAI Securities, LLC, Lion Street Financial LLC, Lowell & Company, Inc., Lucia Securities LLC, Madison Avenue Securities, LLC, McDonald Partners LLC, McNally Financial Services Corporation, Moloney Securities Co., Inc., Money Concepts Capital Corp., MSC-BD, LLC, Newbridge Securities Corporation, Orchard Securities, LLC, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Inc., Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., SagePoint Financial, Inc., SCF Securities, Inc., Sentinus Securities LLC n/k/a Sentinus-Halo Securities, LLC, Stephen A. Kohn & Associates, Ltd., Titan Securities, Triad Advisors, LLC, Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC, United Planners' Financial Services of America, LP, Vanderbilt Securities, LLC, Vestech Securities, Inc., Western International Securities, Inc., WestPark Capital Inc., Whitehall-Parker Securities, Inc., Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.