Wall Street trader William Tyler Allen, 27, died by suicide after becoming distraught over massive financial losses. His family say his brain injury means the stock brokers used should have stepped in.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/HandoutA cognitively impaired Connecticut man who died by suicide in 2021 after losing $700,000 trading stocks online never should have been allowed to make the highly risky investments, his family says.William Tyler Allen’s traumatic brain injury made him “quite impulsive, which often led him to act without fully considering the consequences of his actions,” according to a lawsuit filed by Allen’s mom and obtained by The Daily Beast. Bu
William Tyler Allen’s parents say the 27-year-old should never have been allowed to make risky trades, as he was “quite impulsive” after suffering a traumatic brain injury.