Investment Fraud Lawyers File FINRA Claim Against Ausdal Financial Partners

Haselkorn & Thibaut files a FINRA arbitration claim Murrow v. Ausdal, FINRA Case No. 26-02240, for investors allegedly harmed by non-traded REITs and GWG bonds.

JUNO BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Investors who purchased non-traded securities, including Moody's REIT and speculative GWG bonds, through registered FINRA broker-dealer Ausdal Financial Partners may have a path to recover losses. Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A., operating as Investment Fraud Lawyers, has filed a FINRA arbitration claim on behalf of an investor alleging (among other claims) negligent supervision, due diligence failures, unsuitable recommendations, and misrepresentations tied to these complex and non-traditional investment products.

The claim, Murrow v. Ausdal Financial Partners et al., FINRA Case No. 26-02240, names Ausdal Financial Partners and seeks damages related to investments in non-traded real estate investment trusts and GWG Holdings bonds.

What the claim alleges

The FINRA arbitration alleges that Ausdal Financial Partners failed to adequately conduct due diligence, failed to adequately supervise the recommendation and sales of illiquid, high-risk investment products. Specifically, the claim alleges that the firm allowed misrepresentations and ongoing misrepresentations about the risks and liquidity of these investment products.

Non-traded REITs, such as Moody's REIT, and speculative unrated bonds such as GWG Holdings bonds are sometimes marketed with promises of reliable streams of income. Investors at or near retirement may view the income stream as an attractive feature, and a financial advisor or FINRA broker-dealer may not always fully or properly disclose the material risks (or uncertainties) that come along with the promised income stream. In practice, they can be long-term, illiquid, risky investments that lock investor capital into opaque structures with limited or no secondary market. When the underlying issuer faces distress, and the income stream is reduced or eliminated, investors may face steep losses with few exit options.

"Broker-dealers have a duty to understand what they sell and to whom they sell it. When that duty is ignored, investors absorb the loss, and these issues can be amplified when they involve complex investment products" said Matthew Thibaut, securities arbitration attorney and one of the founding partners at the firm.

Who may be affected

The firm is reviewing claims from investors who purchased Moody's REIT or similar non-traded REITs through Ausdal Financial Partners. The review also covers investors who were sold GWG Holdings bonds or GWG L-bonds, those who were told these investments were safe, low-risk, or comparable to traditional fixed income products, and those who were not adequately informed about illiquidity, issuer risk, or fee structures as well as retirees, conservative investors, and others for whom higher-risk non-traditional complex alternative investments may not be suitable or in their best interest may now find themselves looking at losses or damages.

Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. offers confidential, no-obligation consultations to investors who believe they lost money due to broker negligence or unsuitable recommendations. The firm works on a contingency-fee basis and clients pay nothing unless the firm obtains a recovery for the client.

Investors can call 1-888-885-7162 or visit www.InvestmentFraudLawyers.com to request a review.

The firm's track record

Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. has been involved in over $520 million of securities cases, with a 98% success rate. Some lawyers in the firm are ranked in the Top 2% of attorneys nationwide by Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent, a peer-reviewed rating system, and all partners have been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers. Jason S. Haselkorn and Matthew R. Thibaut are both former Wall Street defense attorneys who spent years representing large financial institutions before shifting their practice to advocate for individual investors.

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About Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. / Investment Fraud Lawyers

Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A., operating as Investment Fraud Lawyers, is a law firm devoted to representing victims of securities fraud, investment misconduct, broker negligence, and financial elder abuse. Founded by former Wall Street defense attorneys Jason S. Haselkorn and Matthew R. Thibaut, the firm uses their knowledge, experience and familiarity with the financial services industry to aggressively pursue recovery for individual investors. The firm works on a contingency basis, and clients owe nothing unless a recovery is obtained. With offices in Florida, New York, Arizona, Texas, and North Carolina, the firm has been involved in over $520 million of securities cases and maintains a 98% success rate.

Legal notice

The sole purpose of this press release is to investigate how other similarly situated investors experienced any recommendations or sales of similar products from the same or similar FINRA broker-dealer firms that may have negligently or improperly researched, investigated, marketed, and sold investment products to investor clients. This includes but is not limited to the experience of such investors in terms of what they may have been advised, recommended and investment strategies implemented that included these or similar investment products. This investigation also includes, but is not limited to, investigating supervisory issues including any approvals with such firms for sales of these investments to investor clients, as well as how these investments were presented to investor clients.

Matthew Thibaut
Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A.
+1 888-885-7162