For Investors Who May Have Losses With Beverly Hills Wealth Management and Broker Margaret Black

Stoltmann Law Offices is interested in speaking to those investors who may have suffered losses with Beverly Hills Wealth Management (BHWM) broker Margaret Mulligan Black (aka Margaret Mulligan Scott). Ms. Black recently entered into a cease-and-desist order with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The cease-and-desist order claims that Black withheld prepaid, unearned advisory fees totaling $131,000 from 63 departing clients who requested terminating their advisory relationship with BHWM despite representations made in its Form ADV brochures and advisory agreements. Specifically, Black and the firm refused to recognize clients’ e-mails and mailed requests as proper termination notices. They instead demanded that the clients send written requests with a “wet signature.” Between March 2013 and April 2018, BHWM and Black continually omitted material facts and made false and misleading statements regarding BHWM’s financial condition in its Firm Brochures. The firm failed to disclose that it was unable to repay its loans during this entire time. BHWM had borrowed $700,000 in order to keep the firm afloat. The firm also owes an additional $75,000 in unpaid interest. These are against securities laws.
Margaret Mulligan Black, according to publicly available records with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is not currently registered as a broker. She was previously registered with Calton & Associates, Mutual Securities, Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Morgan Stanley from 1979 until 2008, all in Beverly Hills, California. Beverly Hills Wealth Management may be liable for any losses sustained, because the firm had a duty to reasonably supervise Ms. Black while she was registered there. We take cases on a contingency fee basis only.