David A. Basinger-Former VSR Financial Services Broker-Investigation Over Alternative Investments-Alexandria, VA

David A. Basinger-Former VSR Financial Services Broker-Investigation Over Alternative Investments-Alexandria, VA 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

Alexandria, Virginia

Rex Securities Law is investigating  broker David Alan Basinger  on behalf of a elderly, retired widow from Alexandria who was advised to purchase  limited partnerships, direct investments in oil & gas,  , real estate securities, and other investments which she believes were unsuitable, for her retirement accounts. Basinger was employed by VSR Financial Services during the relevant time period.

The investments include:

  • KBS REIT
  • NET REIT
  • Star Scientific stock

Basinger discloses one prior customer dispute and four outstanding liens to the Internal Revenue Service on his FINRA record.

According to public records, Basinger was employed by VSR Financial Services from 9/2003-6/2014. He is currently employed  by Ameriprise Financial Services.

VSR Financial Services was fined $550,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in May 2013 in connection with the sale of alternative investments. In their findings, FINRA criticised VSR Financial for recommending high concentration levels of alternative investments in customer accounts and for its lack of supervision over the use of consolidated reports prepared by brokers and provided to customers.

Alternative investments include non publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITS) , hedge funds, real estate, commodities and derivatives contracts and, managed futures. It may also include art, wine, antiques, coins or stamps. These investments tend to be complex, illiquid, nontransparent, hard to value and expensive. Many of the alternative investments sold over recent years are not traded on any public market making them difficult to value and even more difficult to liquidate if cash is needed.

Follow this link for additional information related to VSR Financial Service’s issues related to alternative investments.

VSR Financial closed down its operations in the fall of 2016, transferring most brokers and clients to Summit Brokerage Services, an affiliated entity.

If you have losses in an account in an account handled by David A. Basinger or another broker who was employed by VSR Financial Services , contact us to discuss how you may be able to recover damages for those losses through FINRA arbitration.

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