Tez Romero

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Mary Tez Romero-Maquipotin

Senior Legal Researcher

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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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Lawsuit says Blockware Solutions sold investors unregistered Bitcoin mining securities
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 08, 2026
Lawsuit says Blockware Solutions sold investors unregistered Bitcoin mining securities

Investor claims $1.39M loss from mining deals with inflated ROI projections.

Investors sue Coastal Financial after one fintech partner erases $470M
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 05, 2026
Investors sue Coastal Financial after one fintech partner erases $470M

A single fintech partner triggered a $68.8M credit hit.

SEC accuses CEO of secretly funneling stock to family
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 05, 2026
SEC accuses CEO of secretly funneling stock to family

His daughter allegedly got 9 million shares "for services" she never performed.

Fake signals, frozen accounts: SEC sues crypto AI platform over $12.5M
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 01, 2026
Fake signals, frozen accounts: SEC sues crypto AI platform over $12.5M

Bogus SEC filings, WhatsApp groups, and AI trading signals that never existed

$4.5M raised on trust alone: SEC alleges affinity fraud in merchant lending
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 29, 2026
$4.5M raised on trust alone: SEC alleges affinity fraud in merchant lending

Investors got projected returns dressed up as real ones, SEC says

Never a losing day: CFTC alleges $950 million forex Ponzi scheme
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 25, 2026
Never a losing day: CFTC alleges $950 million forex Ponzi scheme

Less than 1% of pool funds went to actual trading, CFTC says

Workers allege Principal Financial ran $4.59B 401(k) as a fee machine
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 23, 2026
Workers allege Principal Financial ran $4.59B 401(k) as a fee machine

Overpriced in-house funds allegedly cost participants millions in lost returns

Investor says pre-IPO fund hid markups on SpaceX, Stripe stakes
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 03, 2026
Investor says pre-IPO fund hid markups on SpaceX, Stripe stakes

He says the account portal went dark just as he tried to check what he owned.

ADMA stockholder suit alleges channel-stuffing and a hidden distributor deal
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 03, 2026
ADMA stockholder suit alleges channel-stuffing and a hidden distributor deal

Six insiders sold more than $30 million in stock before shares fell about 45%.

SEC alleges California fund managers ran $80 million 'Ponzi-like' scheme
REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 02, 2026
SEC alleges California fund managers ran $80 million 'Ponzi-like' scheme

They settled the same day the SEC sued - but the penalty is still unset.