Tez Romero

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Mary Tez Romero-Maquipotin

Senior Legal Researcher

3 years experience11,797 Total views on InvestmentNews in 2025

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Tez Romero is a Senior Legal Researcher at Key Media. Since joining the company in 2023, she has covered legal and regulatory developments across a range of industries and jurisdictions. For InvestmentNews, she reports on litigation, regulatory enforcement, compliance matters, and other legal developments affecting financial advisors, RIAs, and wealth management firms.

Her work focuses on helping industry professionals understand the legal and regulatory issues shaping the wealth management landscape.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Covering litigation and regulation has shown me how quickly the wealth management industry can change. Court cases and regulatory actions often reveal the pressures, expectations, and emerging issues shaping the profession, and I enjoy helping readers make sense of those developments.”

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Investors sue Oracle, allege executives dumped $1.87B amid AI hype SEC accuses 777 Partners of deceiving investors in $237 million scheme Investors sue Babcock & Wilcox over allegedly inflated $2.4B AI deal

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Legal Researcher

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Holy Name University
  • B.S. in Business Administration Major in Marketing Management, Holy Name University

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Investors accuse California lender of $8.5M document fraud scheme
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 13, 2026
Investors accuse California lender of $8.5M document fraud scheme

Plaintiffs allege a years-long scheme left them without promised security.

SEC accuses investment banker of feeding $41M healthcare insider trading ring
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 08, 2026
SEC accuses investment banker of feeding $41M healthcare insider trading ring

The alleged scheme involved fake press releases and doctors impersonated via spoofed emails.

Florida retirees accuse RIA of funneling savings into single penny stock
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 07, 2026
Florida retirees accuse RIA of funneling savings into single penny stock

Lawsuit alleges some accounts hit up to 100% concentration in a volatile microcap.

Investor sues self-styled power broker, alleges $1.6M blockchain fraud
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE JAN 06, 2026
Investor sues self-styled power broker, alleges $1.6M blockchain fraud

He claimed to invest $3M—wire records allegedly showed less than a third.

Court sanctions Envestnet, Yodlee for destroying evidence in trade secret case
FINTECH JAN 05, 2026
Court sanctions Envestnet, Yodlee for destroying evidence in trade secret case

The logs were deleted just six days after the lawsuit—cost to preserve was negligible.

SEC alleges VBit crypto boss diverted $48.5 million from investors
RIA NEWS DEC 19, 2025
SEC alleges VBit crypto boss diverted $48.5 million from investors

SEC alleges VBit bitcoin hosting deals tied to $48.5 million misuse.

Banker says JP Morgan fired her after reporting boss to HR
WIREHOUSES DEC 12, 2025
Banker says JP Morgan fired her after reporting boss to HR

She says she filed her complaint on July 16 and was terminated two weeks later

SEC accuses unregistered adviser of stealing $6.3 million from Discord investors
RIA NEWS DEC 11, 2025
SEC accuses unregistered adviser of stealing $6.3 million from Discord investors

Regulator says Nathan Gauvin fabricated credentials and doctored statements for 40+ investors

Blue Owl faces investor suit over BDC redemptions, liquidity, merger
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2025
Blue Owl faces investor suit over BDC redemptions, liquidity, merger

A New York filing claims Blue Owl downplayed BDC redemptions, liquidity and a merger’s risks

Disney investors allege Disney+ hype misled market, drove stock losses
RIA NEWS DEC 10, 2025
Disney investors allege Disney+ hype misled market, drove stock losses

Two asset managers allege Disney misled Wall Street on Disney+ metrics