Brokers sold GPB private placements using the worst tactics in Wall Street’s playbook
Client appreciation dinners are all well and good, but private suites at Madison Square Garden are clearly beyond the pale.
February 17, 2021
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Promises of IPO riches tied to a legendary Wall Street bank. Fancy client appreciation dinners and a posh box at Madison Square Garden.
Those are just some of the tactics that brokers and financial advisers used to promote and sell $1.8 billion in private placements managed by GPB Capital Holdings, which the Justice Department this month claimed has been running a Ponzi-like scheme for years.