DeVere has made a whopping settlement of $8m with the Securities and Exchanges Commission in the United States:
https://nypost.com/2018/06/04/broker...g-off-clients/
This settlement was related to QROPS business - the same type of business that DeVere does in the UAE:
https://www.devere-group.com/qrops/qrops-hmrc.aspx
If you have been sold a pension transfer scheme by deVere, or any of their ilk, you should read and research this story.