Recover Investment Losses: Customers of Dawn Bennett & Bradley Mascho

Attorney Sean Sweeney with the Securities Lawyers is looking into potential claims regarding Dawn J. Bennett, Bradley Mascho and Western International Securities based out of Pasedena California. According to public records Ms. Bennett and Mr. Bradley Mascho were both charged by the SEC regarding a scheme allegedly involving the sale of more than $20 million in convertible and promissory note from December 2014 to July 2017. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Ms. Bennett lied ot regulators and repaid investors with fraudulently obtained loan proceeds. The complaint also alleges that Mr. Mascho aided and abetted Ms. Bennett’s fraud by preparing false financial statements, facilitating her efforts to target customers, an disguising certain note sales by creating new backdated notes. There are several customer complaints against Ms. Bennett still pending. 

If you were a client of Ms. Bennett or Mr. Mascho and Western International Securities, and lost money in your account, we interested in discussing a potential claim with you. Regardless of Ms. Bennett’s or Mr. Mascho’s current situation or financial wherewithal, Western International Securities is both responsible for the acts of its agents, and had an independent duty to supervise its brokers. Attorney Sweeney and the other Securities Lawyers at Halling & Cayo have recovered millions of dollars for investors and will look at your case for no charge, we only get paid if we recover for you.

The market has gained an average of more than 7% returns over the last 5 years and yet some investors, put into overly risky trading strategies or products, despite promises of guaranteed returns, have lost significant sums. Halling & Cayo S.C. is researching bringing claims on behalf of individual(s) and/or a group of investors for recovery of their funds. Most customers will have signed a FINRA arbitration agreement to resolve disputes, including claims for reimbursement of these types of investment losses. As the SEC reminds investors, it can be important to find an attorney that “specializes in resolving securities complaints.”


Sean M. Sweeney is a shareholder at Halling and Cayo, a full service law firm in Milwaukee, WI and the head of its Securities Litigation team.

He represents individual and institutional investors in FINRA arbitration and court nationwide. He recovers investment losses from fraud or breach of duty from their broker-dealer.

Contact him at (414) 755-5020 or via e-mail at SMS@hallingcayo.com to see if he can help recover your funds.