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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SEC charges hedge fund driver with posing as money manager
RIA NEWS DEC 08, 2025
SEC charges hedge fund driver with posing as money manager

Adviser’s driver posed as a money manager and left three investors with steep losses, SEC says

JPMorgan sues ex-advisor, claims he moved $12M in client assets to LPL
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 27, 2025
JPMorgan sues ex-advisor, claims he moved $12M in client assets to LPL

Wall Street firm alleges Matthew Madera violated agreements by calling clients on personal phones after departure.

SEC charges fintech founder with fabricating metrics in $60M SPAC fraud
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 27, 2025
SEC charges fintech founder with fabricating metrics in $60M SPAC fraud

The regulator alleges Srinivas Koneru fabricated performance metrics for his trade finance platform to secure approval for a merger that enriched him while investors lost nearly everything.

Pension funds sue Morgan Stanley, Goldman over misleading $5B Lineage IPO
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 27, 2025
Pension funds sue Morgan Stanley, Goldman over misleading $5B Lineage IPO

Lawsuit claims Wall Street banks misled investors as stock tumbles to half IPO price.

Investors sue SEC, Citadel, Jane Street over alleged market manipulation
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 27, 2025
Investors sue SEC, Citadel, Jane Street over alleged market manipulation

Investor lawsuit targets SEC and top market makers for alleged algorithmic price manipulation in U.S. securities markets.

Citadel and Virtu face claims they manipulated Genius Group stock prices
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 27, 2025
Citadel and Virtu face claims they manipulated Genius Group stock prices

Citadel and Virtu are accused of using rapid spoofing tactics to drive down Genius Group stock prices and profit from short trades.

Winklevoss twins pulled $282M before Gemini froze $900M, lawsuit claims
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 26, 2025
Winklevoss twins pulled $282M before Gemini froze $900M, lawsuit claims

Suit alleges founders withdrew millions while 340,000 investors lost access to crypto assets.

Investors accuse investment firm of hiding debt in $1.75M fraud case
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 26, 2025
Investors accuse investment firm of hiding debt in $1.75M fraud case

Lawsuit alleges Thomas McDonough and TJM Capital promised debt-free distributions, then secretly tied investor funds to loans for another business.

Investors Claim $550K Loss in Carbonatik Commodities Fraud Scheme
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 26, 2025
Investors Claim $550K Loss in Carbonatik Commodities Fraud Scheme

Mineral venture promised mining fortunes and 120% returns. Investors now allege nothing was real.

Operator allegedly ran $1M Ponzi while banned from industry
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE NOV 26, 2025
Operator allegedly ran $1M Ponzi while banned from industry

The CFTC alleges Brian Mitchell guaranteed investors 6-10% monthly returns while barred from the industry.