Michael Fasciglione of Mineola New York a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 15, 2020 in which the customer requested $123,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been placed into a unsuitable real estate investments by Fasciglione during…
David Michael Murray of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $174,991.00 in damages founded on accusations of (1) omissions and misrepresentations (2) breach of contract (3) breach of fiduciary duty (4) suitability (5)…
Timothy Brent Hetrick of Boise Idaho a stockbroker formerly registered with US Brokerage Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that the stockbroker failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the period that he was under investigation for forging customers’…
Peter David Maller of Hunt Valley Maryland a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages based upon accusations that the customer fell victim to deceptive and unsuitable practices by Maller as the customer’s life savings had been placed…
Alan Harold New of Fort Wayne Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that New neglected to provide information and documentation to the regulator during an investigation into allegations of New’s sale…
Gregory Alan Ricker of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker registered with WestPark Capital Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on September 17, 2019 for $22,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that transactions were unsuitable for the customer and that the customer’s equity portfolio had been churned by…
Bryce Patrick Jenney of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Default Decision issued by FINRA Office of Hearing Officers containing findings that Jenney failed to comply with FINRA’s requests during the period…
Kenneth Alan Balser of Colorado Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by Cetera Advisors LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $103,664.82 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the stockbroker’s negligence resulted in the customer’s losses (2) a fiduciary duty was breached by Balser (3)…
Mack Leon Miller (also known as Mark Miller) of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected excessive trades or churned a customer’s account causing the customer…
Larry Glenn Boggs of Birmingham Alabama a stockbroker formerly employed by First Allied Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of (1) the violation of Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act (2) breach of a contract pertaining…
Peter Orlando of Warwick Rhode Island a stockbroker formerly registered with MetLife Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA National Adjudicatory Council Decision containing findings that (1) a senior customer had been exploited by Orlando for financial purposes (2) bad…
Eric Daniel Silvestre of Santa Monica California a stockbroker formerly associated with JP Morgan Securities LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on December 5, 2019 for $47,217.54 in damages supported by allegations that between March 14, 2018 and June 27, 2019, options transactions were facilitated in the…
Scott Blake Mintz of Hartford Connecticut a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a Consent Order issued by the Massachusetts Securities Division in which the stockbroker has been sanctioned based upon allegations of his exercise of discretion in the accounts of UBS Financial Services customers without advanced written permission…
Mark Joseph Boucher of Carlsbad California a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on January 24, 2020 for $542,444.83 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s signature had been forged by Boucher and (2) the customer’s…
Jennifer Lillian Basey (also known as Jennifer Lillian Hilliard) of Fort Myers Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she forged customers’ signatures to effect fund…
Christopher Thomas Tolmacs (also known as Chris Tolmacs) of Portage Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Triad Advisors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was placed in bad alternative investments including business development company (BDC)…
Dennis James Murphy of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Woodstock Financial Group has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $21,982.00 in damages founded on accusations of the customer being defrauded on over-the-counter equities trades effected by Murphy when he was associated with Woodstock…
James Andrew Geake (also known as Jim Geake) of Skokie Illinois a stockbroker employed by Madison Avenue Securities LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $17,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations were made to the Madison Avenue Securities customer concerning real estate securities…
Charles Henry Postel (also known as Chuck Postel) of Westlake Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker effected unauthorized transactions in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Bryon Edwin Martinsen of Kings Park New York a stockbroker associated with Centaurus Financial Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the stockbroker’s investment recommendations failed to be suitable for the Centaurus Financial customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Jingbo Pan of Wilmington Delaware a stockbroker registered with Coastal Equities Inc. has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on February 13, 2020 based upon allegations that Pan neglected to abide by its procedures and policies. According to Coastal Equities, Pan failed to obtain authorization from the securities principal before he submitted an order…
Robert Douglas Armstrong of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker registered with Dawson James Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $96,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) promissory statements and misrepresentations were made to the customer by Armstrong regarding direct participation programs and limited…
Coleman Joseph Devlin of Baltimore Maryland a stockbroker registered with Stifel Nicolaus Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $11,500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of the customer being defrauded and incurring losses because of investments including options and over-the-counter equities sold by Devlin during…
Dana Bruce Vietor of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with CFD Investments Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Vietor sold unregistered securities away from his securities broker dealer employers including CFD Investments as well as Cape Securities and Oakbridge…
Jose Angel Arizmendi of Encino California a stockbroker associated with Silber Bennett Financial Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to the regulator’s request for information about his activities. FINRA Case No. 2018057324301 (Dec….
Glen Derek Delaney of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that the stockbroker failed to respond to FINRA’s request for information about his activities. FINRA Case No. 2017054192101 (Feb. 11,…
Vincent Charles Meleco of Albany New York a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on September 24, 2019 in which the customer requested $123,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that omissions were made to the customer by the stockbroker and that the customer had…
Billy Hai Zhang of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Zhang was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which he settled away from AXA…
Arnold Mariampolski of Woodbury New York a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to its request for information about his activities. Case No. 2018061016801 (June 11, 2019)….
Mark Angelo Senofonte of Toms River New Jersey a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on September 6, 2019 in which the customer requested $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer’s fixed annuity had been liquidated without the customer’s consent and that the…
Pratol Victor Agnihotri of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with SW Financial has been referenced in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on October 18, 2019 in which he may face disciplinary action for possibly converting funds belonging to investors and for engaging in undisclosed outside business activities. FINRA Investigation No….
Anthony Sica of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Joseph Gunnar Co. LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $750,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that private placements were sold by Sica without reasonable supervision from Joseph Gunnar and that those investments failed…
Bryan Gabriel Mazliach of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker associated with Laidlaw Company and Westpark Capital has been referenced in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on September 27, 2019 in which the regulator recommended that the stockbroker be disciplined for allegedly making unsuitable and unauthorized trades in investor accounts. Wells Notice…
Steven Dale Rodemer of Pueblo Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA while he was the subject of an investigation into allegations of his…
Carl George Antaki of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly employed by First Standard Financial Company LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of bad stock trades being executed in the customer’s account during the time that Antaki was employed…
Geraldine Gordon of Lexington Kentucky a stockbroker currently associated with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on December 10, 2018 in which the customer requested $149,980.77 in damages supported by allegations that closed end mutual fund recommendations made by Gordon failed to be suitable for the Ameriprise…
Norman Gary Price of Gig Harbor Washington a stockbroker formerly associated with RP Capital LLC, Genesis Capital LLC and Aequitas Commercial Finance LLC has been fined $75,000.00 and barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealer or investment adviser according…
Demaurio Cortez Clark of Acworth Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he converted an elderly Wells Fargo customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019064268201 (Mar. 27, 2020)….
Brian Joseph Lockett of Lynnwood Washington a stockbroker formerly employed by Geneos Wealth Management Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for forty-five days from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity founded on Lockett taking part in unpermitted private securities transactions during the time that he was associated with Geneos Wealth Management. Letter…
Dustin Michael Blount of Vicksburg Mississippi a stockbroker formerly associated with MML Investors Services LLC has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information. Case No. 2019061481901 (Mar. 9, 2020). According to FINRA Public Disclosure, Blount was not…
William James Hite of Stratford Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he forged a customer’s signature to effect an annuity exchange. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
John Charles Wyshak of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to provide information to FINRA after it was requested of him. Case No. 2018057445601 (Feb. 3, 2020)….
Cory Ryan Burnell of Valley Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC and Blueprint Wealth Partners LLC has been ordered by California Department of Business Oversight to cease and desist violating securities laws or regulations and has been suspended for twelve months from engaging in investment advisory business in the State of…
Derek Michael Nierman of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $98,750.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer was steered by Nierman towards investing in a real estate investment but the customer’s funds had…
Ashley K. Martin (also known as Ashley Heather Krueger) of Leawood Kansas a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she neglected to furnish documents and information to the regulator when she was under…
James Thomas Booth of Norwalk Connecticut a stockbroker employed by Invest Financial Corporation and LPL Financial LLC is the subject of an Order to Cease and Desist by the Banking Commissioner of the State of Connecticut based upon allegations that Booth engaged in fraudulent activities and had misappropriated funds belonging to customers of Invest Financial…
Robert John Murray (also known as Bob Murray) of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with SW Financial has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to the regulator’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2019061942401…
Anil Ishwar Jethmal of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $14,999.00 in damages based upon accusations of (1) negligence concerning stock trades effected in the customer’s Newbridge Securities Corporation account (2) breach of a fiduciary duty…
Gerald Roger Dewes of East Amherst New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cadaret Grant Co. Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings of Dewes’ failure to comply with the regulator during an investigation into his possible outside business activities and private…
Scott Allen Damico of Irving Texas a stockbroker registered with Capital One Investing LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on January 30, 2019 where the customer sought no less than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was steered by Damico towards purchasing an investment that failed to…
Mark Thomas Lamkin of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he borrowed funds from a customer of LPL Financial without authorization and had…
Leonard Joseph Marzocco (also known as Lenny Marzocco) of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Spartan Capital Securities has been referenced in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on October 14, 2019 which has led to FINRA’s preliminary determination to recommend that Marzocco face disciplinary action for possibly making…
Michael Edward Fitzgerald of Cincinnati Ohio a stockbroker associated with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $68,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that stock trades that were facilitated in the customer’s account by Fitzgerald failed to be suitable for the Morgan Stanley…
William Christian Gennity (also known as Billy Gennity) of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that the stockbroker failed to comply with a FINRA Arbitration Award in which…
Steven Harris of Burr Ridge Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is the subject of a Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Complaint alleging that (1) Harris engaged in outside business activities and (2) Harris falsified documents and testimony while he was investigated by FINRA personnel for his outside activities. Department of…
David Lance Hall of Bakersfield California a stockbroker formerly registered with State Farm VP Management Corp. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Hall avoided cooperating with FINRA during the time that he was investigated for failing to comply with State Farm’s…
Christopher David Sinkula of Stuart Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Janney Montgomery Scott LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $132,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that common or preferred stock transactions were unsuitable for the customer when the stockbroker was employed by Janney Montgomery…
Jaime Michael Westenbarger of Grand Rapids Michigan a stockbroker formerly associated with First Allied Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on January 21, 2020 in which the customer requested $30,636.16 in damages based upon allegations of the stockbroker misrepresenting an annuity sold to the First Allied Securities customer. Westenbarger…
Brenda Ann Smith (also known as Brenda Smith Peterman) of West Conshohocken Pennsylvania a stockbroker and investment advisor formerly associated with CV Brokerage Inc., Broad Reach Capital LP and Bristol Advisors LLC is named in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Complaint alleging that Smith and the companies she controlled had defrauded investors who purchased…
Frederic Thomas O’Hara (also known as Ted O’Hara) of Burnt Hills New York a stockbroker formerly registered with SagePoint Financial Inc. has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) O’Hara engaged in undisclosed outside business activities…
David Martin Martirosian of New York New York a stockbroker currently associated with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on December 14, 2018 for $39,077.15 in damages supported by allegations of the customer being misled with regard to Fat Brands Inc. stock purchases effected…
William Nicholas Athas of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with KC Ward Financial is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $95,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was defrauded. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 17-00213 (Feb. 22, 2018). According to the…
Michael Allan Bressman of Chatham New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with FCG Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2019061168201 (Jan 13, 2020). According to FINRA Public Disclosure, Bressman was…
James Blake Daughtry of Dothan Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his possible unauthorized transactions and fraudulent activities in…
Jeffrey Raymond Dixson of Vancouver Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Madison Avenue Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) due diligence was not adequately performed on alternative investments including GPB that had been sold to the…
Ricky Alan Mantei of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker and branch manager of Centaurus Financial Inc. (also known as JP Turner Company) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had…
Kevin Richard Graetz of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Paulson Investment Company LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $225,000.00 damages founded on accusations that the customer was placed into unregistered and fraudulent investments during the time that Graetz was employed by Paulson…
Andrew Montgomery Costa of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $90,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of the customer sustaining losses from Madison Avenue Securities’ failure to supervise the sale of Woodbridge Notes…..
Lyle Jude Boudreaux of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly associated with Independent Financial Group LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $384,732.00 in damages supported by allegations that the stockbroker’s exchange traded fund transactions failed to be suitable for the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
George Craig Merhoff Jr. of Klamath Falls Oregon a stockbroker associated with Cetera Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $43,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of Merhoff’s unsuitable stock trading. FINRA Arbitration No. 20-00551. According to the claim, transactions were negligent and violative…
Scott Patrick Kozak of Highlands Ranch Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for two years from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in undisclosed private securities transactions and outside business activities. Letter…
Jonathan Eric Ellefson (also known as Jon Ellefson) of Harker Heights Texas a stockbroker registered with Intervest International Equities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified compensatory damages based upon accusations that the customer was sold inappropriate real estate security, mutual fund and equipment leasing…
Christopher Joseph Marnelego of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to the regulator’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2016047624301 (Mar. 1,…
Halil Kozi (also known as Hal Kozi) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. has been suspended for two years from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the…
Samuel Izaguirre of Miami Lakes Florida a stockbroker currently employed by LPL Financial LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $93,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) Izaguirre lacked appropriate supervision from the securities broker dealer concerning his real estate securities transactions (2) information relating…
Brian David Schwartz of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on July 30, 2019 for $11,105.25 in damages based upon allegations that the amount of stock Schwartz purchased in an initial public offering failed to…
Quincy DeEarl Caldwell of Katy Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with PlanMember Securities Corporation has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker gave customers bad investment advice concerning mutual funds and had caused them to…
Tamara Rae Steele (also known as Tammie Steele) of Pendleton Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with APW Capital Inc. (now known as Comprehensive Asset Management and Servicing Inc.) has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $353,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was sold…
Edward Anthony Torres of Anaheim California a stockbroker currently employed by Ameriprise Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 6, 2019 in which the customer requested $22,169.16 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was provided with poor investment advice by Torres in regards to the…
Neil Vinod Mehta of Pompano Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly associated with JP Morgan Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $40,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was poorly advised by Mehta regarding mutual funds held in the customer’s account during the period…
Danilo Dereck Fuentes of Dayton Maryland a stockbroker employed by Dawson James Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,377,280.02 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions were effected by Fuentes without authorization and without Dawson James’ supervision (2) misrepresentations had been made to…
Charles Henry Frieda, Jr. of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on February 28, 2019 for $20,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of unsuitable energy securities recommended by the stockbroker between 2014 and 2018 while associated with…
Christopher Stephen Jorgensen of Setauket New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Summit Brokerage Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $70,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of unauthorized trading and overconcentration of the customer’s assets in investments including (1) exchange traded funds (2)…
Kurt Louis Hoffer of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker associated with Summit Brokerage Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $45,366.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer sustained unwarranted losses from being placed into unsuitable investments including VXX Fund between 2015 and…
Terrence Edward Bonk of Inver Grove Heights Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Feltl Company has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Bonk borrowed money from a customer of Feltl Company without the securities broker…
Jordan John Boyle of Saratoga Springs Utah a stockbroker currently registered with LPL Financial is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been poorly advised as it pertained to real estate securities sold by Boyle between 2014…
Jill Marie Cody (also known as Jill Marie Tramontano) of Spring Lake New Jersey a stockbroker associated with Westminster Financial Securities Inc. and Concorde Investment Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $125,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations were made to…
Joseph Morris Thurnherr of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wynston Hill Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Thurnherr failed to furnish information to FINRA personnel when a customer’s complaint alleging Thurnherr’s misconduct was…
Scott Douglas Williams of Franklin Tennessee a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $61,050.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s account had been churned and that unsuitable penny stocks and equities were traded in the customer’s LPL…
Noel Ray Vincent of Southfield Michigan a stockbroker registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of bad investment advice and misrepresentations being made to the customer in reference to mutual funds and equipment leasing securities…
Paul Anthony Falcon of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for thirty days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker used secretive and unapproved communication channels to correspond with customers of Aegis…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York New York a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer in regards to an options overlay strategy implemented…
William Mark Heiden of Newport Beach California a stockbroker registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $475,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) unauthorized trades were effected in the customer’s account (2) the customer was defrauded through misrepresentations (3) a fiduciary…
Gustavo Trujillo Franco of Old Bridge New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Global Strategic Investments LLC (now known as Gentem Capital LLC and LevelX Capital LLC) has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he neglected to provide recorded testimony to the regulator during the time that it…
Edward Earl Matthes (also known as Ed Matthes) of Oconomowoc Wisconsin a stockbroker associated with Mutual of Omaha Investor Services Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order based on allegations of…
David Roger Hirons of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $712,080.00 in compensatory damages and $1,000,000.00 in punitive damages based upon allegations of unauthorized options trades that had been effected by Hirons in the…
Bruce Albert Slater of Northville Michigan a stockbroker associated with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer had been advised to allocate an excessive portion of funds in risky limited partnerships which failed…
James Gregory McKinney (also known as Greg McKinney) of Tulsa Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Default Decision containing findings that the stockbroker neglected to testify or produce documentation for FINRA personnel while…
Thomas Cameron Oakes of Grand Rapids Michigan a stockbroker associated with Royal Securities Company has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any member in any capacity supported by allegations of Oakes’ failure to confirm with the regulator whether he complied with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award. FINRA Case…
Alan Harold New of Fort Wayne Indiana a stockbroker registered with NYLife Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $110,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of misleading statements or omissions being made by New concerning the risks of Woodbridge Promissory Notes which he sold…
Marc Frederick Korsch of Sarasota Florida a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 5, 2019 where the customer sought $53,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that misleading or false information had been provided to the customer between 2014 and 2019 in regard to…
Jody Ethan Thompson of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Alexander Capital L.P. has been suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Thompson provided unsuitable investment recommendations to customers concerning promissory notes and Regulation D offerings and…
Hector Anthony May of New City New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Securities America Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $18,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s funds were converted and misappropriated (2) a fiduciary duty which was owed to…
Rick Douglas Konecny of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly associated with JP Morgan Securities LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of an overconcentration of the customer’s assets in high-risk investments which led the customer to experience losses. Financial Industry…
Louis Cook (also known as Lou Cook) of Knoxville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with National Planning Corporation and Securities Service Network LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that customer funds were improperly used by Cook and that misrepresentations were made…
Mirsad A. Muharemovic (also known as Mirso Muharemovic) of Brooklyn New York a stockbroker currently registered with Arive Capital Markets is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $307,042.00 in damages based upon accusations that stock trades effected by Muharemovic were not suitable for the customer and that…
Steven S. Maher Sr.of Oradell New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of Maher causing customers to provide him with signed but otherwise incomplete disclosure forms relating…
Andre Pierre Davis of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA during an investigation in which the regulator sought to…
Floyd Earl Powell of Albertville Alabama a stockbroker formerly employed by MSI Financial Services Inc. and MML Investors Services LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $1,075,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) investment information was falsified or concealed by the stockbroker in regard to…
Douglas Anthony Leone of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with SW Financial has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) transactions effected in the customer’s account were not suitable (2) contractual and fiduciary obligations were violated (3) misleading…
Imran N. Razvi (also known as Raz Razvi) of Frederick Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Razvi engaged in outside business activities which involved the…
Steven Robert Luftschein (also known as Steven Lerner) of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with Aegis Capital Corp has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that misleading and false statements had been made to the customer and that trades…
David Jonathan Bolton of Bowling Green Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Thurston Springer Financial is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 9, 2019 where the customer sought $24,770.00 in damages based upon accusations of negligence with respect to mutual funds and annuities purchased and sold by the customer when…
Luke Michael Johnson of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by Coastal Equities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $509,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that investment recommendations made by Johnson between June of 2017 and June of 2018 failed to be suitable for…
Eric Patrick Pica of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers’ Default Decision containing findings that Pica misused and converted an investor’s funds. Department of…
Brandon Curt Stimpson of North Logan Utah a stockbroker associated with Allegis Investment Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,481,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of (1) breach of a fiduciary duty by Stimpson (2) unauthorized and unsupervised options trades in the customer’s…
Bradley Leo Renberg of West Des Moines Iowa a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $380,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of speculative and unsuitable energy sector equities held in the customer’s account at Ameriprise Financial Services. Financial Industry…
Michael Barry Carter (also known as Mike Carter) of McLean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on October 18, 2019 for $3,193,500.00 in damages based upon accusations of unauthorized withdrawals being effected from the customer’s account when Carter…
Raymond Alexander Thomas (also known as Ray Thomas) of Brooklyn New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement Complaint alleging that he engaged in unauthorized outside business activities and that he lied to FINRA personnel to conceal his…
Charles Lewis Bender III (also known as Chip Bender) of Coral Cables Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that Bender did not provide a response to the regulator’s request for information. Case No. 2019062079801 (Aug. 12,…
John Robert Morris of Warren New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $25,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning investments in oil and gas securities and Puerto…
Vincent James Mazza of Jersey City New Jersey a stockbroker employed by National Securities Corporation has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any member in any capacity founded on accusations of the stockbroker’s failure to comply with the regulator’s request for information. Case No. 2018060932001 (Oct. 28, 2019). FINRA Public…
Andrew Stephen Vitek Jr. of Jenkintown Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought at least $152,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) mutual funds and structured products were not suitable for the customer given their…
Karen McKinley (also known as Karen Ann Boggess) of Manchester New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of administrative proceedings initiated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which the regulator is determining whether to bar McKinley from being a stockbroker or investment advisor based on McKinley pleading guilty to…
Andrew Owen Brown of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp and Worden Capital Management LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon accusations that Brown did not pay an Arbitration Award in which he was found liable…
Ronald Walter Hannes (also known as Ron Hannes) of Spokane Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon his consent to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel’s request for his information and…
Jason R. Watson of Philadelphia Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly associated with Voya Financial has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 13, 2019 where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that the customer was defrauded and exposed to phony sales practices relating to the customer’s purchase of a universal…
Wayne Ivan Miller of Scottsdale Arizona the former President of Accelerated Capital Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages based upon accusations of (1) a fiduciary duty to the customer being breached (2) negligence with regard to private placement transactions and (3) an…
Michael Kenneth DePasquale (also known as Mikey DePasquale) of Cranford New Jersey a stockbroker associated with M Holdings Securities Inc. and 1717 Capital Management Company has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action which was settled for $7,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that misrepresentations were made by the stockbroker pertaining to…
Martin David Batstone (also known as Marty David Batstone) of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Batstone…
Stuart L. Pearl (also known as Stu Pearl) of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by David A. Noyes Company has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on July 1, 2019 for $42,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) a hedge fund position had been executed in…
Marcus Duane Parker of Santa Fe New Mexico a stockbroker associated with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that transactions were facilitated in the customer’s account by the stockbroker without authorization in 2017 when Parker…
Mark Joseph Sachse of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker failed to respond to the regulator’s request for information about his activities. FINRA Case No. 2018057939001…
Dean Robert Nowak of Winter Park Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with TCM Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 22, 2019 where the customer sought $66,666.67 in damages based upon accusations of misrepresentations and omissions of investment information being made by the stockbroker when advising the customer…
William Martin Ornstein of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently associated with The GMS Group LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of negligence and the breach of a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer in regard…
Richard French Judd (also known as Rick Judd) of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker employed by CIBC World Markets Corp. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded compensatory damages founded on Judd being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that investments had been liquidated from…
James William Flower (also known as Jim Flower) of Garden City New York a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities is the subject of an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on October 15, 2019. According to Public Disclosure, the investigation concerns allegations that the stockbroker recommended excessive trades to a customer….
Gale Ann Brodie (also known as Gale Ann Jenckes) of Sacramento California a stockbroker registered with Waddell Reed Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 1, 2018 in which the customer requested $57,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was placed into unit investment trust products containing…
Steven John Meyer of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Legend Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $110,622.95 in compensatory damages supported by Meyer and Legend Securities being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that (1) transactions…
Kimberly Ann Springsteen-Abbott (also known as Kimberly Ann Borham and as Kimberly Ann Crain) a former Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Capital Securities Corp has been issued an Opinion by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which sustained Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council’s Decision to bar the stockbroker based on findings of her…
John Greg Schmidt of Dayton Ohio a stockbroker formerly associated with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings based upon allegations of Schmidt…
Frank Roland Dietrich of Laguna Hills California a stockbroker formerly employed by Quest Capital Strategies Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $271,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Woodbridge notes were negligently sold to the customer (2) a fiduciary duty was breached (3) transactions…
Rocco Roveccio of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly associated with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award or otherwise confirm…
William David Lancaster of Wagoner Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones has been barred by the Administrator of the Oklahoma Department of Securities from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative for twenty-four months founded on accusations that the stockbroker engaged in dishonest or unethical business practices when he was employed by…
Steven Farr Davis (also known as Steve Davis) of Wakefield Massachusetts a stockbroker registered with Royal Alliance Associates Inc. has been ordered to (1) cease and desist from violating securities laws or regulations (2) pay a $20,000.00 fine (3) disgorge ill-gotten gains and (4) refrain from seeking registration as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative…
Michael Christopher Venturino of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with Aegis Capital Corp. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that high pressure sales tactics had been used on the customer by Venturino which resulted in the customer being…
David Wayne Kraft of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been suspended indefinitely by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with an arbitration award against him by his former employer for $1.2…
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Tara Lueddeke is a retail investor. National Securities Corp. is a FINRA registered broker-dealer in New York. According to securities regulators, National Securities has more than 577 registered representatives operating from more than 84 geographically dispersed or branch offices across the United States. National has been subject to numerous regulatory actions for the failure to…
Peter Douglas Monson (also known as Pete Monson) of Minneapolis Minnesota a stockbroker currently registered with Van Clemens Co. Incorporated has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker effected unauthorized and inappropriate transactions in Van…
Sonya D. Camarco (also known as Sonia D. Fatchett and as Sonya D. Fatchett-Camarco) of Colorado Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $4,200,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s funds were misappropriated or…
Douglas Keith Hyer (also known as Doug Hyer) of Great Neck New York a stockbroker currently associated with First Allied Securities Inc. and NEXT Financial Group Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $15,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) purchases of real estate…
Paulson Investment Company LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Chicago Illinois has been censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer engaged in the unregistered offer and sale of private placements. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018056269003 (Jan. 31, 2020). According to…
Jeffrey Scott Nimmow of Hillside Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Forest Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Nimmow sold at least $3,000,000.00 worth of Woodbridge Group of Companies promissory notes to investors without the securities broker dealer’s…
James F. Anderson of Dakota Dunes South Dakota a stockbroker formerly associated with Ameritas Investment Corp. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,423,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer had been inappropriately sold promissory notes as they were neither registered nor exempt…
Gregory John Lane of Belleville Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity founded on accusations of the stockbroker neglecting to provide recorded testimony or documentation to FINRA personnel during the time that he was…
Mark Lewton Hopkins of Grand Blanc Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with American Portfolios Financial Services Inc. is the subject of an enforcement action initiated by Michigan Corporations Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau in which the regulator is seeking sanctions against Hopkins based upon allegations that he violated Michigan Securities Act by omitting to a…
Daniel Joseph Arcuri Jr. of Greensburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Decision containing findings that he neglected to respond to a FINRA Department of Enforcement Complaint…
Andrew Charles Berleth of Walnut Creek California a stockbroker currently employed by MML Investors Services has been identified in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 11, 2018 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that Berleth made misrepresentations about an annuity that he sold to the customer….
Kirk J. Gill of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that common or preferred stocks were unsuitable for the customer in view of the customer’s objectives for investing and…
Mitchell Louis Silverman of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was defrauded by making purported stock purchases through Silverman (2) an investment contract was…
Ziv Ohel (also known as Zir Ohel) of Long Grove Illinois a stockbroker formerly associated with CFD Investments Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2016051838401…
Jason Andrew Wilk (also known as Jason A. Wilks) of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity founded on accusations that the stockbroker failed to respond to the regulator’s request for information…
Patrick Nicholas Teutonico of Seaford New York a stockbroker registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $125,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) private placements lacked appropriate supervision from the securities broker dealerand (2) and that Teutonico breached his…
Martin Joseph Hare of Oakbrook Illinois a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $70,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2017 and 2018: (1) UBS failed to supervise Hare’s transactions (2) the customer’s account had been imprudently…
Edward Barnett Woll of Atlanta Georgia the former Chief Compliance Officer of JP Turner Company has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,750,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Woll did not supervise the stockbroker who effected inappropriate trades in the customer’s account (2) the customer…
Michael John Isaac of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with Innovation Partners LLC has been sanctioned by Massachusetts Securities Division based upon the stockbroker violating FINRA rules by using signed but otherwise blank or incomplete forms which falsely portrayed that documentation was reviewed by customers and that they approved of Issac’s transactions for…
Shawn Evan Burns of Farmingdale New York a stockbroker associated with SW Financial (also known as Salomon Whitney Financial) has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $12,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) stocks and over the counter equities were traded in the customer’s account by…
Robert Juan Escobio of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Southern Trust Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he neglected to cooperate with FINRA’s investigation into allegations of his potentially unlawful securities transactions or activities with…
Taek Man Chong of Mercer Island Washington a stockbroker associated with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. was the subject of a customer initiated investment related which was settled for $1,091,070.30 in damages based upon allegations that the stockbroker “misused” the customer’s funds. Chong has also been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on…
John William Cutshall of Woodsboro Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets and Lombard Securities has been fined $100,000.00 and barred from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative based upon accusations that Cutshall violated securities laws or regulations of the State of Maryland as withdrawals were effected from customers’ accounts by the…
Daniel R. Castoriano of New Orleans Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Century Securities Associates Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he effected unauthorized trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019062882001…
Robert Frank Spiegel of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that trades had been made by him on an excessive…
Mason Wayne Gann of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that defrauded an elder customer by engaging in unsuitable options trading. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Jonathan Douglas Freeze of Canonsburg Philadelphia a stockbroker formerly associated with Fortune Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $175,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of bad promissory notes transactions effected through Freeze during the time that he was registered with Fortune Financial….
Wesley Justin Foltz of Alexandria Louisiana a stockbroker formerly associated with Prospera Financial Services Inc. and LPL Financial LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 15, 2019 in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that direct investments including a real estate investment trust sold by…
Kerry Dean Wills of Manhattan Beach California a stockbroker currently associated with First Western Securities Inc. has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Wills borrowed from an elderly customer without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Orlando Cipriano Fernandez of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Sandlapper Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $11,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) due diligence was not adequately performed by the stockbroker prior to oil and gas investment recommendations…
Taj Zachary Rohr of Parkersburg West Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with BBT Investment Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on January 28, 2019 for $17,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was poorly advised concerning variable annuities transactions effected when Rohr was…
Kevin Kimball Meadows of Columbus Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Cape Securities Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Meadows executed unsuitable and excessively traded or churned the account of an elderly Cape Securities customer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Marc Salvatore Pico of Fort Lee New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to the regulator’s request for information about his activities. Case No. 2018059327101…
Hector J. Gonzalez (also known as Hector Gonzales Colon) of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $3,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) investment recommendations were unsuitable in view of the customer’s…
Antonio Gutierrez Puente (also known as Tony Puente) of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Valic Financial Advisors Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Puente failed to comply with FINRA’s requests during the time that the stockbroker was under…
Stephen Douglas Wood of Bedminster New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on April 2, 2019 into accusations that (1) Wood failed to comply with FINRA Rule 2010 and NASD Rule 2510(b) by effecting purchases or sales of…
Larry Don Graham Jr. (also known as Donny Graham) of Duncan Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly associated with Edward Jones has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $228,515.38 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary duties which had been owed to the customer were breached (2)…
Wells Fargo Advisors LLC (now known as Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC) a securities broker dealer headquartered in Saint Louis Missouri has been censured and fined $175,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that it failed to supervise a stockbroker who effected excessive trades in an elderly customer’s investment account….
“The investors’ funds were used by Francis on strip club bills, alcohol and cocaine. “ Oscar Francis of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly associated with MML Investors Services LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from associating with any securities broker dealer or investment adviser based upon the stockbroker being found…
Michael Brandon Stalcup of Little Rock Arkansas a stockbroker registered with Veritas Independent Partners is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into allegations of his termination from Veritas Independent Partners. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that Stalcup was discharged by the securities broker dealer on July 18, 2019 based upon allegations that…
Thomas S. Martin of Sante Fe New Mexico a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Martin effected unauthorized trades in the accounts of Edward Jones customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Ryan Owen Tarjanyi of Kettering Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Bankers Life Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on September 13, 2019 for $32,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer’s funds were misappropriated and (2) the customer’s signature had been forged…
Robert Francis Stefanelli of New York New York a stockbroker currently associated with Alexander Capital LP has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $14,900.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) common and preferred stock transactions that were facilitated in the customer’s account by the stockbroker…
Sean Joseph Kelly of Marietta Georgia a stockbroker currently registered with Center Street Securities Inc. is the subject of an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings initiated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which SEC is seeking sanctions against Kelly which potentially include a bar from the securities industry since the stockbroker was permanently enjoined from…
Randy T. Carpen (also known as Ramsey Carpen) of Saint Louis Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with Vestech Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings he failed to comply with FINRA during an investigation into allegations of his excessive…
Mark David Yadron (also known as Mark Lynn Yoder) of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker currently associated with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on September 24, 2019 in which the customer requested $129,584.00 in damages supported by allegations that in November of 2018, unsuitable investment…
Ron Jason Ison of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Buckman Buckman Reid Inc. has been stripped of his stockbroker license or investment adviser representative license founded on the stockbroker being expelled for obstructing a FINRA investigation. New Jersey Bureau of Securities Order No. 2017053698501 (Dec. 3, 2018). Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Paul William Murans (also known as Peace Murans) of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $300,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) securities transactions had been executed without the securities broker dealer’s permission…
Zachary Scott Wagner of Gilbert Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with OneAmerica Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Wagner failed to comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his (1) engagement in outside business activities…
Jack Howard Owens Jr. of Lady Lake Florida a stockbroker associated with Gradient Securities LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $65,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between December of 2017 and February of 2018, the customer was placed into bad variable annuities which…
Julian E. Munoz (also known as Julian Munoz Martinez) of Dorchester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker entered into a loan arrangement with a…
Brendan Patrick Shaw of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Thomson Financial Advisors LLC has been (1) barred from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative (2) ordered to cease and desist from violating securities laws or regulations and (3) fined $20,000.00 based upon allegations that highly risky and…
Charles Jonathan Evan of Wellesley Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with MML investors Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to comply with requests made by FINRA during the time that the regulator investigated him for…
Christopher Lee Hibbard (also known as Chris Hibbard) of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on October 24, 2019 for $175,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer was poorly advised (2)…
Donna Lynn Barnard (also known as Donna Lynn Stargell and as Donna Lynn Brooks) of Kilgore Texas a stockbroker registered with HD Vest Investment Services and Signal Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Woodbridge Mortgage Fund promissory…
Michael William Leahy (also known as Mike Leahy) of Red Bank New Jersey a former Chief Compliance Officer of First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Leahy neglected to supervise a stockbroker of First…
Charles Louis Laubach (also known as Chuck Laubach) of Timonium Maryland a stockbroker associated with Capital Portfolio Management Inc. has been barred from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative and has been stripped of his licenses supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with securities laws of the State of Maryland…
Suzanne Short of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker registered with Santander Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that transactions violated securities laws or rules (1) a contract and warranties were breached (2) transactions lacked…
Jimmy Oswald Moscoso of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker employed by Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 8, 2019 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that false or misleading statements had been made in regard to the terms and…
Steven Douglas Schisler of Grass Valley California a stockbroker formerly employed by IFS Securities has been referenced in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on June 13, 2019 into accusations that the stockbroker failed to comply with FINRA Rules 2010 and 8210 by (1) attempting to condition a settlement of a customer…
Andrew Scott Corbman of Lansdowne Virginia a stockbroker employed by Kovack Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $80,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) common or preferred equity stock transactions failed to be adequately supervised by the securities broker dealer (2) transactions…
Christopher Richard Barone of Cleveland Ohio the former president and Chief Compliance Officer of America Northcoast Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he doctored documents which he provided to FINRA personnel in regard to his supervision of…
Heath Shayne Bowen of Idaho Falls Idaho stockbroker formerly associated with Allegis Investment Services has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award or settlement agreement or otherwise confirm…
Jason Eric Zwibel (also known as Jay Bell Zwibel) of Wellington Florida stockbroker currently employed by Garden State Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that (1) a fiduciary duty was breached and (2) common or preferred stocks and mutual…
Kari Marlin Bracy (also known as Kari Marlin Farwell) of Jacksonville Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she failed to comply with FINRA personnel when it investigated her for…
Jeffrey Alan Fladell of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly associated with RBC Capital Markets LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) municipal bonds transactions effected when Fladell was employed by RBC Capital Markets failed to…
Thomas H. Laws of Silver City New Mexico a stockbroker formerly associated with HD Vest Investment Services and Santa Fe Gold Corporation has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from associating with any securities broker dealer or investment adviser founded on accusations against the stockbroker of misappropriation and forgery. In the Matter of…
Jon Richard Pariser of Pacific Grove California a stockbroker formerly employed by Independent Financial Group LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,268,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of unsuitable promissory notes transactions which caused the customer to incur investment losses. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Joseph Augustien Lianzo of Farmingdale New York stockbroker currently associated with Salomon Whitney Financial has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $14,999.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) contractual obligations were not complied with in regard to the customer’s investments (2) transactions facilitated by the…
Todd Joseph Henrich of Iselin New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon accusations that the stockbroker failed to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award or settlement agreement or otherwise…
Vaughn Lee Andrews-McKay of Shelton Connecticut a stockbroker formerly employed by Pruco Securities has been barred from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative founded on accusations that (1) funds had been misappropriated or stolen by the stockbroker from two customers (2) the stockbroker was sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for his…
Raymond John Pirrello Jr. of Hackensack New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Garden State Securities Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealer or investment adviser based upon a judgment rendered against the stockbroker permanently enjoining him…
Royal Alliance Associates a securities broker dealer headquartered in Jersey City New Jersey has been censured and fined $400,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the securities broker dealer neglected to supervise its business practices to protect against theft of customer assets. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Luis Currais Lopez of Dorchester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly employed by Santander Securities LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $12,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions failed to be adequately supervised by the securities broker dealer (2) false or misleading statements had…
Paul William Petrillo of Volo Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that (1) Petrillo effected securities transactions without having disclosed them to the securities broker dealer and procured authorization and (2) Petrillo lied…
James Edward Lyons of Shreveport Louisiana a stockbroker employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer had been awarded $2,986,708.96 in compensatory damages supported by Raymond James Associates being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that (1) mutual funds, stocks…
Murray Bee Roark (also known as Pap Roark) of Dallas Texas a stockbroker currently employed by B. Riley Wealth Management (formerly known as Wunderlich Securities) has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer was inappropriately advised to purchase…
William Bryson Baum of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker currently registered with Great American Investors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $52,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that stock and options trades that were facilitated in the customer’s account by Baum failed to be…
Andrew Justin Grant of Melville New York a stockbroker currently registered with Laidlaw Company (UK) Ltd. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected trades in the accounts of Laidlaw Company customers without authorization. Letter of…
Michael Alejandro Castillero of New York New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Alexander Capital LP has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary obligations were not complied with (2) the elderly customer had been exploited or otherwise…
Steven Paul Reznik of Tallahassee Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $20,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) fiduciary obligations were breached (2) transactions lacked appropriate supervision from the securities broker dealer (3)…
Richard Foerster Reynolds of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $14,999.99 in damages founded on accusations that (1) a fiduciary duty was breached (2) a contract pertaining to the customer’s investments was not…
John Cochran Maccoll of Birmingham Michigan a stockbroker registered with UBS has been stripped of his stockbroker license or investment adviser representative license based upon accusations that (1) the stockbroker violated securities laws or regulations and (2) the stockbroker was expelled by a securities regulator based upon accusations of his misconduct in the securities industry….
Albert Foronda of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected transactions in the accounts of Worden Capital Management customers without their consent….
Victor A. Rigoni III of Lake Forrest Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Summit Brokerage Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $13,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) fiduciary duties which were owed to the customer had been breached by the stockbroker (2) misrepresentations…
Johnathan Rankin of Dallas Texas a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on September 18, 2019 based upon allegations that the stockbroker violated the securities broker dealer’s policies and procedures because he solicited investments without authorization and had failed to comply with Merrill Lynch’s…
Thomas H Lawrence III of Chapel Hill Tennessee a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameritas Investment Corp has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $150,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made in regard to the terms and conditions of alternative…
Tom Abel Puentes of Camarillo California a stockbroker formerly associated with Kestra Investment Services LLC has been fined $12,500.00 supported by allegations that (1) the stockbroker failed to comply with a heightened supervision plan implemented because of his misconduct in the securities industry and (2) Puentes failed to report customer complaints concerning transactions he effected…
Thomas Whitmeyer O’Brien of Shreveport Louisiana a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $2,986,708.96 in compensatory damages based on Raymond James Associates being found liable on the customers’ claims which included that Raymond James failed to supervise…
Jason C. Labelle of Pittsfield Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that the stockbroker engaged in an outside business activity without disclosing it to LPL Financial. Letter of…
Robert Spencer Cavanagh (also known as Bob Holt) of Syosset New York a stockbroker currently registered with David Lerner Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $38,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was defrauded by making investments through the stockbroker (2)…
Michael Giokas of Clarence New York a stockbroker employed by Fortune Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $22,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) a fiduciary duty was breached (2) transactions failed to be adequately supervised by the securities broker dealer…
Cabot Lodge Securities LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint containing allegations that (1) Cabot Lodge failed to supervise a non-traded real estate investment trust initial public offering and (2) the securities broker dealer poorly advised…
Christopher Todd Wendel of Celina Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. has been ordered to cease and desist from violating securities laws or regulations by Ohio Division of Securities supported by allegations that (1) the stockbroker offered or sold securities without having been registered as a stockbroker in the State…
Stephen Corley Carver of Peoria Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with LifeMark Securities Corp. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Carver failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the time that he was investigated for a customer initiated investment…
William Dean Byrd of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) trades were made solely to generate commissions from the customer (2) the customer’s account was over concentrated by…
Michael Fisher of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $50,000.00 in compensatory damages based upon Wells Fargo Advisors being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that (1) the customer’s account…
John Joseph Cahill of Upper Saddle River New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to furnish information and documentation to FINRA during the time that he was…
Fadi Sami Soliman of Liverpool New York a stockbroker formerly registered with IBN Financial Services Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information about his activities. FINRA Case No. 2018057407901…
Dario Alberto Ochoa of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $210,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) investment recommendations made by the stockbroker were unsuitable for the customer in view of the customer’s…
Matthew Angelo Siliato of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by accusations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with an award or settlement agreement or otherwise confirm his compliance with the…
Dana Bruce Vietor of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with CFD Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $75,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) a contract was breached by the stockbroker or the securities broker dealer (2) fiduciary duties had been breached…
Ernest Julius Romer III of Sterling Heights Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by CoreCap Investments Inc. is the subject of an enforcement action initiated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where the regulator is seeking sanctions against Romer based upon accusations that the stockbroker has been convicted of embezzlement. Regulatory Action No. 3-19006 (Feb. 22,…
John A. Chrysadakisof Norwalk Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he neglected to cooperate with FINRA while he was investigated for engaging in fraudulent conduct. Letter of Acceptance…
Lance Jeffrey Ziesemer of Wayzata Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Feltl Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $44,972.00 in compensatory damages based upon Feltl Company being found liable on the customer’s claims which included (1) fraud (2) breach of fiduciary duty (3) breach…
Leonard Charles Kinsman of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested at least $591,866.69 in damages founded on accusations that (1) customer account documentation contained unauthorized alterations or forged customer signatures (2) investment…
Shlomo Strugano (also known as Shlomy Strugano) of Reseda California a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he declined to testify in a FINRA investigation concerning allegations of forgery. Letter of…
William David Utanski of Fort Lauderdale a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer was poorly advised on common or preferred stocks and (2) transactions failed to be suitable…
Ronald Dean Clark of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with ProEquities Inc. and Summit Brokerage Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $99,990.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker in regard to real estate securities (2) the…
John Joseph Stapleton of Garden City New York a stockbroker currently employed by Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of inappropriate common or preferred stocks Stapleton sold or recommended while the stockbroker was associated with Spartan Capital…
Raymond Arthur Montchal of Camp Hill Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon accusations or findings that the stockbroker failed to respond to FINRA’s request for information about his activities while employed by Morgan…
John William Carroll of Maumee Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer regarding the terms and conditions…
Richard Lyndon Brown of Farmingdale New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Arive Capital Markets has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint in which the regulator is seeking sanctions against Brown based upon allegations that the stockbroker engaged in a fraudulent bribery scheme violative of federal securities laws. Securities and…
David Oscar Braeger of Milwaukee Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly employed by Newport Coast Securities Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Decision which affirmed a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision barring Braeger from associating with any member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Braeger made misrepresentations…
Lawrence Marc Lowe (also known as Larry Lowe) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Laidlaw Company (UK) Ltd. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer’s investment instructions had been disregarded by Lowe as…
Walter Roland Valenzuela of Del Mar California a stockbroker currently registered with Hilltop Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on November 1, 2018 for $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unit investment trust trades were made in the customer’s account on an excessive basis (2)…
Francisco Javier Valenzuela of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for eight months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based in part on allegations that Valenzuela failed to timely cooperate with FINRA personnel while he was investigated for the…
Anthony Edward Locascio (also known as Tony Locascio) of Clinton New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by Kovack Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on August 23, 2018 to resolve allegations that the customer had been sold a variable annuity which failed to be appropriate and which…
Jason Lyn Figueroa of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with GMS Group LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested 1,000,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account had been negligently administered (2) municipal debt investment recommendations failed to be suitable…
Jorge A. Reyes (also known as Jorge Quiroz and as George Reyes) of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with CP Capital Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that (1) Reyes made investment recommendations…
Ezri Shechter (also known as Eddie Shechter) of Jersey City New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Spencer Winston Securities Corporation has been fined $12,500.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that (1) Shechter executed unauthorized transactions in customer accounts…
Peter George Ruggiere of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Dawson James Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $80,013.13 in damages supported by accusations that (1) excessive stock trades were effected in the customer’s account (2) risks or other details of Ruggiere’s…
Meaghan Marie Johnson of Mc Lean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Johnson failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into accusations of her involvement in forging documents relating to customer…
Ramon Esparza of Edinburg Texas a stockbroker employed by Mutual of Omaha Investor Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the period in which he was investigated for engaging in…
Patricia Ellen Del Bene (also known as Patricia Ellen Comeau, Patricia Ellen Delbene and Patricia Ellen Ross) of Oviedo Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Edward Jones is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 30, 2018 where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer…
Gregory Walter McCloskey (also known as Gregory Walter Meier) of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with WestPark Capital Inc. has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on October 7, 2019 founded on accusations that McCloskey failed to comply with a heightened supervision plan that was implemented because of his misconduct in the…
Michael Frank Vetere of Bayside New York a stockbroker formerly registered with TFS Securities Inc. and Ameritas Investment Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer’s mutual fund holdings were churned by the stockbroker (2) life…
Glen Joseph Webster of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Webster’s consent to findings that he engaged in a prohibited borrowing arrangement with a customer of Wells Fargo….
James Henry Duffy of Riverhead New York a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between March 2006 and July 2017, unsuitable investment recommendations were made about Puerto Rico municipal bonds sold to the…
James Robert Schaedler Jr. of Anaheim California a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $964,872.23 in damages based upon accusations that funds provided to Schaedler for the customer’s mutual fund…
Timary Ann Delorme (also known as Timary Ann Koller) of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) a written investment contract had been breached (2) fraudulent misrepresentations were…
Robert Russel Tweed (also known as Rusty Tweed) of San Marino California a stockbroker formerly employed by CapWest is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) Decision which affirmed an Extended Hearing Panel Decision in which Tweed was barred from associating with any FINRA member based upon findings of…
Timothy Allen Thelen of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Aeon Capital Inc. and Accelerated Capital Group is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $620,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) private placement offerings were negligently recommended or sold by the stockbroker and (2) Thelen breached…
Cecil Allen Ross of Orlando Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Ross made unsuitable recommendations of unit investment trust transactions in customer accounts. Letter…
Robert Charles Wynn of Glendale California a stockbroker formerly employed by Park Avenue Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer was placed into an unsuitable fixed indexed annuity during the time that he was associated with Park Avenue…
Lek Securities Corporation a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York and Samuel Frederik Lek (its former Chief Executive Officer) have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement based in part on findings that Lek Securities Corporation and Samuel…
Tom Gilliam Parks Jr. (also known as Gil Parks) of Stephenville Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between August of 2014 and January of 2018, the customer had been…
Ramon Esparza of Edinburg Texas a stockbroker employed by Mutual of Omaha Investor Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the period in which he was investigated for partaking in…
Mercer Hicks III (also known as Toby Hicks) of Pinehurst North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Investment Group Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that his advice to customers regarding non-traded business development companies and non-traded real estate investment trust products was…
Samuel Kluft Koltun of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $180,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was placed into unsuitable investments including Puerto Rico bonds between December of 2009 and May…
Robert Charles Fairchild of Kerrville Texas a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 9, 2019 in which the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) commissions were excessive and (2) trades were effected by the stockbroker on an excessive basis…
David Robert Feigelman of Stowe Vermont a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 16, 2018 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that unauthorized exchange traded fund trades were effected in the customer’s Merrill Lynch…
Bruno Henrique Silva (also known as Harvey Silva) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for sixteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based in part on findings that Silva falsified the securities broker dealer’s…
Michael Douglas Brocker of Woodbury Minnesota a stockbroker currently registered with M. Holdings Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 30, 2018 where the customer sought $25,851.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer’s instructions had been disregarded by Brocker as it pertained to the rebalancing of stock…
Anthony Vultaggio Jr. of East Meadow New York a stockbroker formerly employed by American Capital Partners LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $700,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been sold a bad private placement offering through Vultaggio during the time…
Cambridge Investment Research a securities broker dealer headquartered in Fairfield Iowa has been censured and fined $150,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Cambridge failed to adequately supervise mutual fund and unit investment trust (UIT) trades (2) Cambridge neglected to create an adequate supervision system to identify and prevent its…
Christopher James Butler of Woodland Hills California a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $395,579.00 in damages supported by allegations that corporate bonds held in the customer’s account were unsuitable. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 17-01267 (May 16,…
Peyton Nelson Jackson of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Alexander Capital is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $280,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unsuitable recommendations or trades had been made by the stockbroker (2) fiduciary obligations were violated concerning restricted…
Frank Howard Zito of Ridgeland Mississippi a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been sanctioned by the Office of the Mississippi Secretary of State Securities Division according to a Consent Order containing findings that (1) Zito engaged in private securities transactions during the time that he was associated with Merrill…
Steven Joseph Case (also known as Steve Case) of National Planning Corporation a stockbroker formerly registered with National Planning Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 24, 2019 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that the National Planning Corporation customer had…
William Wesley Marshall of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $399,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was advised by Marshall to purchase fraudulent Colorado Rare Earths and BioChemics Inc. stocks that caused the customer…
Yanique Elaine Lawrence of Charlotte North Carolina a former Chief Executive Officer and President of Innovation Partners LLC agreed to sanctions imposed by the Maryland Securities Division which involve her not engaging in securities business in Maryland based on her being permanently barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in all principal capacities and suspended…
Michael Anthony Lipscomb of Orlando Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $40,000.00 in compensatory damages based upon Ameriprise being found liable on the customer’s claims including that (1) fiduciary duties were violated (2) contractual obligations had…
Michael Joseph David Kane of Virginia Beach Virginia a stockbroker currently registered with Davenport Company LLC has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in unauthorized trading during the period in which he was associated with…
Douglas L. Goss of Tulsa Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 10, 2019 where the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations that between June 14, 2013 and July 10, 2019, trades were effected in the customer’s…
Byron Del Piro of Bellevue Washington a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 31, 2018 where the customer sought $73,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between September of 2013 and January of 2018: (1) exchange traded fund recommendations…
David Cohen Drees of Sandy Utah a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Drees neglected to cooperate with a FINRA inquiry that had been made after Drees was terminated from Ameriprise. Case No….
Craig Allen Leppien of Traverse City Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 16, 2019 where the customer requested $41,338.86 in damages based upon accusations that unauthorized transactions were executed by the stockbroker when he was associated with Cetera Investment…
Oppenheimer Co. Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $800,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer neglected to adequately supervise its stockbrokers’ unit investment trust trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2016050948101 (Dec….
Joe Tom King Jr. of Panama City Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on December 6, 2018 founded on accusations that the stockbroker engaged in inappropriate unit investment trust transactions. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that King is referenced in…
Mark Emerson Despelder of GrossePointe Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Citizens Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 4, 2018 where the customer sought $31,440.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer had been placed in preferred stocks that failed to be appropriate and (2)…
Christopher Michael Zelesnick of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly employed by Impactive Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action in which the customer sought $7,250,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between 2013 and 2017: (1) the customer had been defrauded and (2) the customer’s funds had been misappropriated…
Matthew Earl Peregoy of Brick New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Investors Capital Corp. has been assessed a $39,000.00 civil monetary penalty by New Jersey Securities Bureau according to a Consent Order containing findings that (1) Peregoy engaged in unethical and dishonest practices in the securities business (2) Peregoy is the subject of an…
Christopher R. Bice (also known as Cubby Bice) of Greensboro North Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with SagePoint Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made by the stockbroker (2) the…
Peter Richard Erhart of Roanoke Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that he neglected to provide information to FINRA personnel that was requested of him during a pre-investigation inquiry. Case No. 2018058452701…
David Hugh Bindelglass of Paramus New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $100,000.00 in damages on January 10, 2019 founded on accusations that unsuitable municipal debt trades had been effected in the customer’s account during the time that Bindelglass…
Graham Charles Green of San Francisco California a stockbroker currently registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 18, 2018 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that investment recommendations failed to be suitable and the customer sustained losses on…
Omar K. Henry of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that he failed to comply with FINRA during a time that he was probed or examined for possible violations of…
Juergen Weber of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Benjamin Jerold Brokerage I LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Weber neglected to cooperate with FINRA when he was investigated for effecting transactions in customer accounts without their…
Laurence Charles Greene of Ellijay Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Herbert J. Sims Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $65,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made in regard to investments Greene sold to the customer (2)…
Michael Radford Severance of Edina Minnesota a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Severance failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of him engaging in undisclosed outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance…
John Stephen Pronovost of Watertown Connecticut a stockbroker currently employed by Cambridge Investment Research Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled for $218,295.00 in damages on October 2, 2019 supported by allegations that mutual fund transactions executed by the stockbroker failed to be suitable. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Walter Warren Parker of Rowlett Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Titan Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $10,000.00 in damages on September 20, 2019 supported by accusations that the customer had been inappropriately sold real estate security products and at least four of the customer’s…
Key Investment Services LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Brooklyn Ohio has been censured and fined $425,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer: (1) failed to supervise unit investment trust transactions executed in customer accounts by its stockbrokers (2) neglected to enforce procedures relating to the…
Jeffrey Allen Baber of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) trades were executed by the stockbroker without the customer’s knowledge or consent and…
Robert Henderson of Miami Lakes Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with IFS Securities has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint which alleged that Henderson engaged in unpermitted outside business activities during the period in which he was associated with IFS Securities. Department of Enforcement v. Robert Henderson Disciplinary Proceeding No….
Regan Allen Rohl of Fargo North Dakota a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) direct participation program interests or limited partnership interests recommendations were not suitable given the customer’s…
Joseph Harold Sterling of Apple Valley Minnesota a stockbroker currently registered with Geneos Wealth Management Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $177,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that stock trades recommended by Sterling failed to be suitable given the customer’s investor profile and (2) the…
Bryce Patrick Jenney of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that (1) Jenney neglected to furnish documentation and information to FINRA when he was under investigation and (2) Jenney failed to testify in response to allegations of…
Marc Francis Rogers (also known as Buck Rogers) of East Palo Alto California a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,300,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer was placed into investments and insurance products which…
Louis Ward of Ronkonkoma New York a former owner and Chief Executive Officer of KC Ward Financial has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Ward neglected to adequately supervise three KC Ward stockbrokers who gave customers…
Christopher Anthony Fernan of Melville New York, a barred stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 27, 2018 where the customer requested $46,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that false or misleading statements had been made by the stockbroker concerning the risks of…
Jeffrey Lamar Burton of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved on November 5, 2019 for $1,550,00.00 on November 5, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) the customer was charged excessive commissions on trades executed in…
Gerald Thomas Coyne (also known as JT Coyne) of Harrisburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by CUSO Financial Services L.P. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Coyne obstructed a FINRA investigation into accusations of (1) his misconduct pertaining to customer accounts…
Katherine Greer Nishnic of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker currently employed by Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2010 and 2018: (1) transactions executed by the stockbroker failed to be suitable for the customer…
Kerry Lee Hoffman of Mundelein Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint which alleged that Hoffman engaged in securities fraud through his offer and sale of unregistered GT Media Inc. securities. United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Kerry L. Hoffman…
Christopher Duke Bennett of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly employed by J.J.B. Hilliard W.L. Lyons LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $65,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account was churned (2) unauthorized trades were executed by the stockbroker (3) investment…
Robert P. Allen of Augusta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Country Capital Management Company has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he engaged in unapproved outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Joseph Lawrence Peggs of Seminole Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a civil action brought in the Circuit Court of Florida in which the plaintiff requested unspecified damages founded on allegations of the failure to execute distributions from the customer’s investment account in accordance with the customer’s…
Joshua Jon Beitel of Traverse City Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 16, 2019 where the customer sought $41,338.86 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s investments were modified without the customer’s knowledge or consent. Financial Industry…
Paul David Babaz of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on October 4, 2019 based upon allegations that (1) trades were effected in Morgan Stanley customer accounts without authorization and (2) trade adjustment forms had been improperly used by Babaz in reference to customers’…
Christopher Charles Hellman of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $187,672.90 on June 12, 2019 based upon accusations that between July 3, 2018 and September 19, 2018, misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker concerning the…
Melvin Pirchesky of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly employed by Boustead Securities LLC has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on April 12, 2019 during the period in which he was investigated for violating FINRA rules and Boustead’s procedures which pertained to private placement activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure additionally confirms…
Jorge Luis Alfonso of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer had been placed into speculative and inappropriate stocks given the customer’s objectives…
Steven Harris of Burr Ridge Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which the regulator advised its Department of Enforcement to pursue disciplinary action against Harris for failing to cooperate with FINRA during an inquiry into accusations of his outside business…
Steven Roland Knuttila of Perham Minnesota a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in estimated damages supported by accusations that (1) a contract had been violated (2) fiduciary obligations to the customer failed to be complied…
Charles Lawrence Doraine of Corpus Christi Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between 2012 to 2018: (1) the customer’s diminished capacity had been exploited by the stockbroker (2) mutual…
Joseph W. Rozof of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $14,500.00 in damages on October 8, 2019 founded on allegations that between February of 2019 and August of 2019, the customer received bad investment advice…
Robert Frederick Genito of Bonita Springs Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of the stockbroker failing to provide recorded testimony during FINRA’s investigation into allegations into his (1) outside business activities which failed…
John Tweardy Jr. of Canonsburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by H. Beck Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 16, 2019 where the customer requested $3,250,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between December 3, 2013 and May 24, 2019: false or misleading statements had been made by Tweardy…
Roy Joseph Failla of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $26,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) common and preferred stock trades effected by Failla failed to be suitable (2)…
Eugene Nathan Gordon (also known as Gene Gordon) of Palo Alto California a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Gordon executed trades without the consent of a customer of…
Gary Wayne Hammond of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with MSI Financial Services (MetLife Securities) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the North Carolina Superior Court in which the customer sought more than $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer had been provided…
Murry Meir Shapero of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Maxim Group LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he placed unauthorized trades in accounts of seventy-five Maxim Group customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018056487801…
Ace Diversified Capital Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in San Gabriel California has been censured and fined $20,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that (1) Ace failed to supervise exchange traded funds and exchange traded notes sold by its stockbroker (2) Ace failed to create and maintain a supervision system…
Joseph Patrick Roop (also known as Joepat Roop) of Belmont North Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by Kalos Capital Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $450,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between November of 2012 and May of 2017, the customer had been placed into…
James Royal Kirchner of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with David A. Noyes Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought more than $101,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the private placements Kirchner recommended or sold while employed by David A. Noyes were in…
International Assets Advisory LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Orlando Florida has been censured and fined $30,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on accusations that the securities broker dealer failed to create and implement a reasonable supervision system and written supervisory procedures for purposes of ensuring suitability or appropriateness of its stockbrokers’…
Mark Laing Lichtenfeld of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $850,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer had been provided bad advice from Lichtenfeld concerning an options overlay strategy and…
William Hamilton Lowell (also known as Bill Lowell) of Dallas Texas a stockbroker currently registered with Lowell Company Inc. and Crescent Securities Group Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that exchange traded fund transactions executed by the stockbroker were…
David Arthur Hicks of Baltimore Maryland a stockbroker currently registered with Triad Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer sought $13,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that misrepresentations had been made by Hicks concerning real estate investment trust products he sold to the customer when associated…
Anthony Pace of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Windsor Street Capital LP has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he neglected to supervise a stockbroker who executed trades in the accounts of…
Christopher Allan Swan of Marble Falls Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 30, 2019 where the customer requested $16,571.62 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s investment instructions failed to be followed as it pertained to…
Chelsea Financial Services a securities broker dealer headquartered in Staten Island New York, and Christopher Vetrano (a stockbroker and supervisor employed by Chelsea Financial Services), have been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Chelsea Financial neglected to create and implement an adequate supervision system to protect against unsuitable and…
John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC and Newport Coast Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that between February of 2013 and March of 2019: (1) fiduciary obligations were breached…
John Anthony Borsellino of Stamford Connecticut a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he gave customers bad investment advice while associated with Morgan Stanley. Letter of Acceptance…
Joseph Francis Comiskey Jr. of Ronkonkoma New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $30,313.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary duties owed to the customer had been violated (2) the customer’s account was handled…
Michael Allan Bressman of Chatham New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by FCG Advisors LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Bressman neglected to cooperate with FINRA’s request for his information. Case No. 2019061168201 (Nov. 4, 2019). According to FINRA Public…
Cindy Lucille Porto Chiellini of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a regulatory action initiated by the State of Colorado in which the regulator is seeking to bar Chiellini from engaging in securities business in the State of Colorado supported by allegations that Chiellini engaged in…
Guiliano Law Group, P.C. (Philadelphia) announced that is has filed investor claims against securities broker-dealers in connection the recommendation and sale of GPB Capital, and its related entities including GPB Automotive. The Statement of Claim filed before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or FINRA alleges the violation of the federal securities laws, the Pennsylvania Securities…
Clark Morris Nobil of Hallandale Florida a former stockbroker, sole proprietor and chief compliance officer of Clark Nobil Co. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Nobil failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into whether he engaged in undisclosed business activities…
Joel Vincent Flaningan of Fort Wayne Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by NYLife Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Superior Court of Indiana in which the customer requested $29,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made by the stockbroker concerning…
Alexander George Lycouris of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by MML Investors Services LLC has been suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Lycouris engaged in an outside business activity without having disclosed that information to MML when…
Baris Cabalar (also known as Barry Calabar) of Hauppauge New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by PHX Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $185,000.00 in damages on April 10, 2019 supported by allegations that between November 5, 2018 and February 27, 2019: (1)…
NYLife Securities LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the securities broker dealer’s consent to findings that it neglected to supervise mutual fund sales executed by its stockbrokers to ensure that those sales were suitable for customers….
John Gerard Forrester Jr. of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $55,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner (2) contractual obligations had been breached and…
Marshall Owen Isaacson of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation and Newbridge Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages based upon accusations that (1) contractual obligations had not been complied with by the stockbroker (2) fiduciary duties were…
Joseph Viet Duy Phan of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Phan failed to comply with FINRA when he was investigated for (1) borrowing customers’ funds without authorization from…
Eugene Lee Webb (also known as Gene Webb) of Lake Oswego Oregon a stockbroker currently registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $47,597.23 on May 3, 2019 based upon accusations that the customer’s instructions of liquidating Biotricity penny stock positions had…
David Quentin Kendrick of Shreveport Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been fined $30,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) Kendrick took part in outside business activities without having informed his securities broker dealer…
William S. Fedor Jr. of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker currently registered with Robert W. Baird Co. Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on January 22, 2019 which was resolved for more than $10,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of Fedor failing to provide the customer with adequate information regarding the…
Carl John Grilli of Monrovia California a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Superior Court of California in which the customer sought $89,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) information about investments had…
Gerald Allan Eaton of Action Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly employed by Commonwealth Financial Network has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Eaton obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his “unauthorized distributions” from accounts owned by customers of Commonwealth Financial Network. Letter…
Christopher Robert Hickman of Delray Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) fiduciary duties were breached (2) misrepresentations had been negligently made by the stockbroker in regard to…
Carmelo Arce Alvarez of Hato Hey Puerto Rico a stockbroker currently registered with Nationwide Planning Associates Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Alvarez engaged in unauthorized trades in the accounts of Nationwide…
Robert C. David Jr. of Farmington Hills Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on March 5, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) David used false information about customers to effect bond transactions in their Morgan Stanley accounts and (2) trades were effected by…
Jordan David Cooper of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Andrew Garrett Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled to resolve allegations that between November 1, 2018 and January 31, 2019, unauthorized over-the-counter equities trades were executed in the customer’s Andrew Garrett Inc. account…
Dennis Masaaki Nakamura of Moraga California a stockbroker formerly registered with McNally Financial Services Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Nakamura neglected to follow FINRA’s instructions while he was under investigation for providing bad investment advice to customers of the…
Arthur Lee Boyd III of Lauderdale Lakes Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $10,000.00 on June 13, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) Boyd made misrepresentations concerning the risks of the bonds that he sold while employed…
Matthew Leon White of Little Rock Arkanas a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services LLC (also known as MassMutual) has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that White neglected to comply with FINRA’s instructions during the period in which he was being…
James Edward Knee (also known as Jim Knee) of Concord New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 26, 2019 in which the customer requested $20,615.79 in damages based upon allegations that unfounded statements had been made concerning an…
James S. Polese of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order founded on findings of Polese pleading guilty to fraud. In the Matter…
Angelo Talebi of Sherman Oaks California a stockbroker formerly employed by Independent Financial Group LLC and Royal Alliance Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made by…
Arturo Rexach Mundo of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $7,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made concerning government debt investments and (2) investment recommendations made by the…
Zachary Samuel Berkey of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Four Points Capital Partners LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an SEC Order supported by allegations that Berkey: (1) executed…
Gregory Roy Tucker of Des Moines Iowa a stockbroker currently employed by DA Davidson Co. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $10,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2009 and 2018: (1) the customer was charged excessive commissions (2) important information about the customer’s corporate and…
Wessam Baiz (also known as Wes Baiz) of Perrysburg Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Huntington Investment Company has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Baiz failed to cooperate with an investigation into accusations of (1) Baiz’s undisclosed outside business activities and…
Ian M. Deliz Morales of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $750,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from August of 2014 to September of 2019, the customer had been placed into closed end fund and…
Neil Kevin Klein of White Plans New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested between $200,000 and $500,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that trades placed by the stockbroker were unsuitable which resulted in unwarranted losses and…
Richard William Rokala Jr. of Minneapolis Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Dougherty Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $45,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) unauthorized trades were executed by the stockbroker (3) stock and…
Jason Andrew Taub of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 10, 2019 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that (1) unauthorized common and preferred stock trades and corporate…
Jefferey William Dyra of Naperville Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Bankers Life Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Dyra refused to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of his misappropriation of customer funds. Letter of Acceptance…
Minish Joe Hede (also known as Minish Mohan Hede) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Paulson Investment Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into unregistered and fraudulent securities…
Douglas P. Simanski of Altoona Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Next Financial Group Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order containing findings that Simanski engaged in securities fraud. In the…
Issac Preston Onu (also known as Ajah Onu) of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Onu neglected to provide a response to FINRA personnel after information had been formally requested of…
Barry Steven Synder of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that during the period in which Synder was employed by J.P. Morgan Securities (1) unauthorized over-the-counter equities…
Donald Joseph Fowler of Rockville Center New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Worden Capital Management LLC and J.D. Nicholas Associates Inc. was found liable by a jury for engaging in a fraudulent investment scheme which involved Fowler’s excessive trading of customer accounts causing catastrophic losses for his customers. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Donald…
Donald Joseph Fowler of Rockville Center New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Worden Capital Management LLC and J.D. Nicholas Associates Inc. was found liable by a jury for engaging in a fraudulent investment scheme which involved Fowler’s excessive trading of customer accounts causing catastrophic losses for his customers. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Donald…
Michael Frank Greenstone of Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $5,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2013 and 2019, the customer had been placed into unit investment trust and equity products which…
Timothy Roger Atyeo of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,100,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer (2) fiduciary obligations were breached (3) the customer’s account was…
Christopher Kozak of Highland Ranch Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he took part in outside business activities without providing required notice to Cetera…
Robert N. Newman of Los Angeles California a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 20, 2019 where the customer sought $89,400.00 in damages founded on accusations that exchange traded funds and stocks had been traded by the stockbroker between 2005 and July…
Christopher Todd Wendel of Celina Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. is referenced in a Cease and Desist Order issued by Ohio Division of Securities founded on allegations of Wendel having sold unregistered securities to residents in Ohio during a time that he was not licensed as a stockbroker. Case…
Dustin Paul Shafer of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 30, 2019 where the customer requested $90,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer was placed into an unsuitable real estate investment trust product by…
Jerry P. Michna of Louisville Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $270,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of unsuitable energy sector stock and over-the-counter equities being sold to the customer by Michna during the period in which…
Timothy Robert Millis of Okemos Michigan a stockbroker registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on April 1, 2019 supported by accusations that Millis effected inappropriate and unsuitable switches of mutual funds in the accounts of NYLife Securities LLC customers. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that…
Debra Collura Bourne (also known as Debra Ann Bourne and as Debra Anne Bourne) a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $2,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) trades were executed by the stockbroker in an excessive manner during…
David Alan Tucker of Daytona Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities Inc. has been charged by Florida Office of Financial Regulation in an Administrative Complaint containing allegations that (1) Tucker engaged in outside business activities which were not disclosed to Center Street Securities and (2) Tucker sold exchange traded funds or…
Nancy Dawn Glassman (also known as Nancy Glassman-Pascual) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that transactions executed in the customer’s in-house money manager account failed to be…
Howard Joseph Allen III of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Portfolio Advisors Alliance LLC is the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 15(b) regarding sanctions SEC may impose based upon Allen committing securities fraud. In the Matter…
Peter Charlton Budd Jr. of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Benjamin F. Edwards Company Inc. has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on July 15, 2019 founded on allegations that (1) he effected unauthorized trades in the accounts of Benjamin F. Edwards customers and (2) he engaged in securities business without…
Jerry Davis Raines of Kilgore Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with HD Vest Investment Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $2,250,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of Raines misrepresenting risks which pertained to Woodbridge Group of Companies investments sold to the customer during the time that…
Elizabeth Ann Guarino of Woodbury New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for fifteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Guarino executed unauthorized trades in a customer’s account and (2) Guarino gave…
Aaron Phillip Tellez of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker currently employed by Raymond James Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 1, 2019 where the customer requested $123,670.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) Tellez provided the customer bad advice concerning a variable annuity and (2)…
Robert Steven Weissbein (also known as Bob Weissbein) of Davie Florida a stockbroker currently registered with First Allied Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently during the period in which Weissbein…
Gregory Charles Voetsch of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cowen Execution Services LLC (formerly known as Convergex Execution Solutions LLC) has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Voetsch neglected to comply with a FINRA investigation concerning a customer…
Gary Lyle Pevey of Sacramento California a stockbroker formerly registered with Mutual Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 29, 2019 where the customer requested $134,009.35 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer had been sold speculative and fraudulent investments which led the customer to experience…
Robert Scott Ginsberg (also known as Bob Scott Ginsberg) of Wallingford Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable business development companies (BDC)…
Timothy Robert Millis of Okemos Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by NYLife Securities LLC has been suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Millis poorly advised customers of NYLife Securities LLC in regard to a short-term mutual fund trading…
Thomas John Briguccia Jr. of Ronkonkoma New York a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $1,911,616.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) transactions executed by the stockbroker failed to be suitable for the customer and (2) Spartan Capital…
Philip Joseph Sparacino of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he neglected to comply with FINRA’s requests when under the regulator’s investigation for (1) effecting unauthorized trades…
David Francis Faline of St. Augustine Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Newbridge Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s investments were overconcentrated in alternative investments and common and preferred stocks and…
Cody Hawkins Fitzgerald (also known as Cody Doyle Hawkins) of Maitland Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Waddell Reed has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he borrowed a customer’s funds in contravention of the policies…
Michael Joseph Kane III of Allen Texas a stockbroker currently registered with BBVA Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 7, 2018 where the customer sought $235,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker concerning certificate of deposits and (2) the…
Matthew Thomas Cochran of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that from 2015 to 2018: (1) the customer had been provided bad investment recommendations in regard…
Fredrick Martin Randhahn (also known as Frederick Randhahn and as Fred Randhahn) of Ogden Utah a stockbroker formerly employed by Sigma Financial Corporation has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Randhahn engaged in undisclosed and unapproved…
Elaine Diones Lacerte of Colorado Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $9,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that unit investment trust transactions effected by the stockbroker were unsuitable for the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
James Joseph Kearney of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Kearney executed more than two-hundred unauthorized trades in the accounts of Raymond James customers. Letter…
Paul Vincent Blum of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $70,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) transactions executed by the stockbroker were unsuitable and (2) the customer’s energy-sector corporate bond transactions…
William Herman Dixon of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker registered with Securities America Inc. has been discharged on September 16, 2019 supported by allegations of Dixon causing customer signatures to be forged on documents to effect transactions for customer accounts in violation of the procedures or policies enforced by the securities broker dealer. Financial Industry…
Paul Michael Mallory of Livonia Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Concorde Investment Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity founded on findings that (1) Mallory neglected to adequately supervise the recommendations of a stockbroker to ensure that those recommendations…
Eric Dean Rolshoven of Florence Montana a stockbroker formerly registered with FSC Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled to resolve accusations that Rolshoven failed to supervise a stockbroker’s activities which led to inappropriate transactions being effected by the stockbroker. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
David Gene Menashe of Mineola New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Joseph Stone Capital LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) fiduciary duties were breached (2) the customer’s account was administered negligently (3) misrepresentations had been made…
Prentice Valiant Chevalier Jr. (also known as Val Chevalier) of Wall Township New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with MetLife Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 9, 2019 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unfounded statements had been made by…
Mark Thomas Lamkin of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is referenced in a disciplinary action brought by the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Department of Financial Institutions in which the regulator is seeking revocation of Lamkin’s stockbroker or advisory licensure in the state founded on allegations of Lamkin engaging in unauthorized activities…
Eric Brian Rosenberg of Parsippany New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $157,466.25 in damages supported by accusations that (1) unfounded statements were made by the stockbroker concerning investments and (2) investment recommendations made to the customer were…
Timothy Revell Roberson of Brentwood Tennessee a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 14, 2019 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that unfounded statements had been made by Roberson in December of 2018 with…
Jeffrey Alan Eiler of Fort Lauderdale a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $135,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of the customer’s investment account being overconcentrated by Eiler in unsuitable mutual funds which led the customer to experience investment…
Michael Jason Collins of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Robert W. Baird Co. Incorporated has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Collins sold away from his securities broker dealer employer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Chad Daniel Hornaday of Carlsbad California a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 7, 2019 in which the customer requested unspecified damages founded on allegations that the customer was placed into a real estate investment trust product that failed to be suitable….
David Lowell Knutson of Southfield Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with CoreCap Investments Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into whether Knutson violated federal securities laws or FINRA rules by engaging in outside business activities that failed to be disclosed by him to his securities broker dealer employer and…
James Michael Casey of Palm Desert California a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 20, 2019 in which the customer sought $2,300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments failed to supervise Casey’s activities which resulted in the…
Lance Roman Armstrong of Columbia New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Armstrong neglected to comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his outside business activities and…
John Michael Krohn (also known as John Micheal Krohn) of West Des Moines Iowa a stockbroker formerly registered with Principal Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $28,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that large investments in companies that Krohn owned or controlled had been solicited…
James Willard Clark of Dallas Texas a stockbroker currently registered with Worth Financial Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on July 15, 2019 for $38,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that recommendations of exchange traded fund transactions made by the stockbroker were not suitable and…
Clint Harley Keener of Powell Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital City Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Keener failed to comply with an investigation into accusations of customers receiving bad investment advice from Keener. Letter of Acceptance…
The Guiliano Law Group, P.C. is pleased to announce that Sara J. Saba, Esquire, of Miami, Florida, has become associated with the firm in an “of-counsel” position in connection with claims against stockbrokers and securities broker-dealers on behalf of investors in Florida and throughout Central and South America, and Puerto Rico. Ms. Saba is fluent…
The Guiliano Law Group, P.C. is pleased to announce that Seth M. Friedman, Esquire, of Beverly Hills, California, has become associated with the firm in an “of-counsel” position. For more than twenty years, Mr. Friedman has served as California local counsel for Nicholas J. Guiliano, and the Guiliano Law Group, in connection with the representation…
Jeffrey Travis King of Kansas City Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $40,818.00 in damages on August 28, 2019 supported by accusations that unfounded statements had been made by the stockbroker in regards to the customer’s Edward Jones Advisory…
Harold Mandell (also known as Hal Mandell) of San Antonio Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $17,500.00 on June 20, 2019 based upon allegations that (1) Mandell executed speculative and aggressive trades in the customer’s account…
Justine Zhou (also known as Jun Zhou) of Littleton Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with The Leaders Group Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Zhou engaged in private securities transactions which included the sale of private real estate fund membership…
Sharon Lee Hyer of Omaha Nebraska a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 17, 2019 in which the customer sought $13,100.00 in damages based upon accusations that false or misleading statements had been made to the customer in regard to…
Christopher Neil Watkins of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on November 30, 2018 founded on accusations that Watkins provided compensation to an unauthorized, unregistered person who may have facilitated a securities transaction with an LPL Financial customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
John Gunther Hoagland of Troy Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected trades in the accounts of Morgan Stanley customers without authorization. Letter of…
Donald Anthony DeVito II of Albany New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $47,000.00 in damages on December 14, 2018 based upon allegations of DeVito having mismanaged the customer’s equity portfolio during the time that he was associated with…
Scott Vincent Kaup of Stuart Nebraska a stockbroker formerly employed by VSR Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $42,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unfounded statements and omissions had been made to the customer concerning real estate securities and direct investments (2)…
Richard Scott Laskin of East Brunswick New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with SII Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on September 17, 2019 where the customer requested $57,527.00 in damages founded on accusations that unsuitable stock transactions had been executed in the customer’s investment account while Laskin was…
Adam David Kaplan of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker currently employed by Voya Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 13, 2019 in which the customer sought $69,275.00 in damages supported by accusations that unfounded statements had been made to the customer concerning the terms and conditions of…
James Gregory McKinney (also known as Greg McKinney) a stockbroker formerly employed by Cetera Advisors LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of him engaging in trading or other activities in violation of FINRA rules. Department of…
Michael Richard Mackay of Cincinnati Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $620,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that customers had been placed into inappropriate promissory notes which Mackay effected outside the auspices of the securities broker…
Ma Rosa Linan Abrego (also known as Marosa Linan) of McAllen Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Abrego refused to comply with FINRA’s requests while being investigated for allegedly…
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $400,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made concerning the terms and conditions of an options overlay strategy…
Eric Peter Weschke of Setauket New York a stockbroker currently employed by Kalos Capital is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $127,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer’s assets were inappropriately invested by Weschke in private equity products including GPB when he was…
Dennis Albert Mehringer Jr. of Pasadena California a stockbroker formerly registered with Western International Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that Mehringer refused to comply with FINRA’s investigation into whether he effected trades that were unsuitable for customers of Western…
Fredrika Nadja Sidoroff of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 6, 2019 in which the customer sought unspecified damages supported by allegations that exchanged traded funds had been purchased in the accounts of a Morgan Stanley customer…
Leon Michael Almeida of Paramus New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with MML Investors Services (also known as MetLife) is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on August 16, 2019 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that false or misleading statements had been made in regard…
Amy Kathryn Forte and Charles Joseph Lawrence both of Palm Harbor Florida and stockbrokers formerly employed by Morgan Stanley have been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) a customer’s account had been traded excessively and churned by Lawrence while at Morgan Stanley…
Gregory Scott Kinkead of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker currently registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on August 12, 2019 where the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon accusations that between November of 2018 and August of 2019, the customer was provided bad investment…
Steven Tarasius Yellen of El Paso Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings which included that (1) unauthorized trades were executed in a customer’s investment account by…
Miaojun Yuan of City of Industry California a stockbroker formerly employed by Questar Capital Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 15, 2019 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that from 2014 to 2016, the customer had been placed into real estate securities…
Paul Wescoe Smith of Wayne Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Bolton Global Capital has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings containing findings of Smith committing securities fraud. In…
Roxann Geraldine Romano (also known as Roxann Geraldine Davanzo) of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,755,896.00 in damages based upon accusations that Romano gave the customer bad investment advice concerning the purchase of variable…
Walter Dale Crossley Jr. of Merritt Island Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,519,773.22 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s account was administered negligently; fiduciary duties had been violated; and the customer’s funds had…
Daniel Joseph Arcuri Jr. of Greensburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he neglected to provide recorded testimony to FINRA personnel for its investigation into allegations that (1) Arcuri misappropriated a customer’s funds and (2) Arcuri engaged…
Thomas Duggan of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $80,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made about investments by the stockbroker (2) contractual obligations were not complied with and…
Harold Alan Schwartz of Lutz Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Royal Alliance Associates Inc. has been terminated from the securities broker dealer on February 1, 2019 based upon allegations that Schwartz violated its procedures or policies through his unauthorized transactions pertaining to a customer’s investment account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms…
Mercer Hicks III (also known as Toby Hicks) of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with Southeast Investments N.C. Inc. is the subject of an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in which FINRA recommended that Department of Enforcement sanction or take disciplinary action against Hicks for making unsuitable investment recommendations or…
Robert David Meyers of Columbus Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Meyers recommended and facilitated securities transactions for customers of Wells Fargo without having…
Marcus Christian Decker of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 23, 2019 in which the customer sought more than $10,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unauthorized transactions were effected by Decker after the customer…
Stuart Blake Nichols of Birmingham Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Nichols failed to make an appearance before FINRA personnel and testify regarding accusations of his excessive trading in…
Galen Kyle Kopman of Vancouver Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $160,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unfounded statements and omissions had been made by Kopman in regards to risks of direct investments including business…
Steven Eric Erickson of Vancouver Washington a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been discharged by the firm on December 31, 2018 founded on accusations that (1) Erickson failed to comply with the policies and procedures of the firm by soliciting customers’ investments in unlisted and low-priced securities and (2) Erickson placed trades…
Kevin Thomas Doyle of Bayside New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 3, 2019 where the customer requested $17,231.00 in damages founded on accusations that investment recommendations made between February 15, 2018 and August 23, 2019 were inappropriate given…
Erik Patrick Pica (also known as Eric Patrick Pica) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. has been charged in a Complaint brought by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority which alleged that Pica converted funds from a customer during the period in which he was associated with Joseph Stone…
Roger Dale Davis of Ooltewah Tennessee a stockbroker currently employed by ProEquities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 27, 2019 in which the customer sought $180,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer had been misled by Davis as it concerned the nature of unit investment…
Lary Douglas Bloom of Woodland Hills California a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 23, 2019 in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer had been inappropriately advised by Bloom in regard to an…
Stephen John Klinger (also known as Steve Klinger) of Asheville North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Klinger failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during its investigation into Klingler’s options…
Kristian M. Gaudet of Cut Off Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $538,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) Ameritas Investment Corp. failed to supervise Gaudet’s activities and (3) private…
Sam Azizieh (also known as Sam Aziz and as Sam Yehya) a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 27, 2019 where the customer sought $447,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that during the period in which Azizieh was…
Maureen Ann Scalzo (also known as Maureen Ann Hunt) of Danbury Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Benjamin F. Edwards Company Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Scalzo refused to make an appearance and provide recorded testimony before FINRA personnel…
Andre Pierre Davis of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $350,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions were not authorized (2) investments were neither appropriate nor suitable for the…
Jeffrey Paul Davis of Bristol Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Kovack Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 10, 2019 in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer was placed into inappropriate investments including mutual funds and…
John Joseph Labarca of Edison New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $80,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made about investments (2) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner…
Daniel Gordon Maughan (also known as Dan G. Maughan) of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Financial West Group has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement that contained findings of Maughan having…
Gregory Jon Williams (also known as Greg Williams) of Greenwood Village Colorado a stockbroker currently registered with Presidential Brokerage Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $578,821.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary obligations failed to be complied with by Williams (2) fraudulent transactions…
Dale Edward Wright of Henrico Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research has been fined $50,000.00 by the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance according to an Order based upon findings that Wright inappropriately recommended that customers purchase insurance policies and use them as investment vehicles; conduct violative of Code…
Todd Joseph Thompson of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker currently registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 27, 2019 where the customer requested $19,367.00 in damages founded on allegations that false or misleading statements were made about terms of an equity indexed annuity that…
Louis Mark Miller of Jericho New York a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of Miller having failed to comply with FINRA personnel during the period in which he was investigated for effecting discretionary trades…
Tamara Ann Dawson (also known as Tamara Gallegos and as Tamara Haselby) of Boynton Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Infinex Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled to resolve allegations that she made unsuitable real estate investment trust recommendations to her customers during the…
Harold Weber of Airmont New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unfounded statements had been made about investments sold to the customer during the period in which Weber was…
Mark Andrew Cramer of LaRue Ohio a stockbroker currently registered with MML Investors Services LLC (formerly known as MSI Financial Services LLC) has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of customer’s signatures having been forged by Cramer…
Michael Robert Greenfield of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $200,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary duties owed by the stockbroker were breached (2) contractual obligations had not been complied with (3)…
Satya Brata Shaw (also known as Satyabrata Shaw) of Wesley Chapel Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities has been issued an Order by Florida Office of Financial Regulation in which he was fined and required to cease and desist from engaging in conduct violative of Florida securities laws and administrative rules supported…
Mitchell Allen Kurtz (also known as Mitch Allen Kurtz) of Roslyn Heights New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Henley Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $691,367.14 in damages based upon accusations that Henley Company LLC failed to supervise Kurtz’s activities or trades…
Robert Thomas Steck of Great Neck New York a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $160,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that fees relating to over-the-counter equities transactions had not been disclosed (2) misrepresentations were made…
Charles Harper Bridgers of Wilson North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) trades were executed by Bridgers in the account of a Wells Fargo customer…
Adam Michael Lopez of Springfield Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Country Capital Management Company is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $359,846.25 on June 11, 2019 founded on accusations that Lopez embezzled nearly all of the customer’s assets during the period in which he was employed by…
Joseph Patrick Fuller of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $6,645,956.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) fiduciary duties owed to the customer had been breached (2) misrepresentations were made by the…
Jeffrey Lawrence Vasiloff of Vermilion Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that trades were executed by Vasiloff on a discretionary basis and without the stockbroker receiving written permission from customers…
James Joseph Beaupre (also known as Jim Beaupre) of Longmont Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with BancWest Investment Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on September 21, 2017 to resolve allegations that the customer had been inappropriately placed in annuity policies issued through Principal, Jackson and…
Michael Barry Carter of McLean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Carter failed to comply with FINRA personnel when an investigation was commenced by the regulator into allegations of Carter’s misappropriation…
Brian D. Addis of Vandalia Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 27, 2017 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Addis provided the customer with bad advice in regard to the transition of the…
Jack David Stone of Hillside Illinois a stockbroker and securities principal formerly registered with Forest Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Stone neglected to provide recorded testimony before FINRA personnel when he was investigated by the regulator…
Clay Gavin Erickson of Salt Lake City Utah a stockbroker formerly employed by Hornor Townsend Kent Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Erickson effected transactions in Hornor Townsend customers’ accounts without any permission from…
Ace Diversified Capital Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in San Gabriel California has been censured and fined $20,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Ace failed to supervise recommendations of non-traditional exchange traded notes and exchange traded funds recommended by one of its stockbrokers (2) Ace neglected to supervise…
Elvin J. Lopez of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Lopez failed to confirm with FINRA whether he met his obligation to pay compensatory damages to a customer…
David Michael Levy of Wellington Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Titus Rockefeller LLC (also known as TR Capital Group LLC) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $1,554,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) fiduciary duties were not complied with (2) the extension of margin…
Christopher Russell McNamee (also known as Christian Russell McNamee) of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Dakota Securities International Inc. has been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on August 17, 2017 supported by allegations of McNamee’s failure to inform the regulator about whether he complied with his obligations to pay a customer…
Elaine Marie Zito of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $87,397.47 in damages founded on accusations of the customer being placed into investments including fixed and variable annuities which were not appropriate for the customer during…
Christopher Lee Goslin of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Harbor Lights Securities LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Goslin failed to comply with his obligation to pay a FINRA Arbitration Award to two customers who suffered losses because…
Maroof Miyana of Pompano Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by IAA Financial LLC has been suspended on March 26, 2018 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Miyana neglected to furnish information to FINRA personnel in regard to his compliance with a customer initiated…
Michael Scott Lavolpe of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Meyers Associates L.P. has been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on July 25, 2019 founded on accusations of Lavolpe’s failure to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award. #deadbeat In particular, Lavolpe was subject of a customer initiated…
Abraham Heimann of Alpharetta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that was resolved for $42,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that fiduciary obligations to the customer were breached and the customer’s account had been negligently administered. FINRA Arbitration No. 17-02785 (Dec. 26,…
William Christian Gennity of Staten Island New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with investment advisories or securities broker dealers according to an SEC Order containing findings that Gennity defrauded investors. In the Matter of William C. Gennity…
Kevin Scott Gunnip of Southlake Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Gunnip neglected to provide testimony before FINRA personnel when the stockbroker was investigated for allegedly effecting unsuitable trades in customer…
Aaron Chaim Lupuloff of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $3,200,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer had been placed into corporate bonds through a private placement executed by Lupuloff and (2) fraudulent…
Michael Gary Solomon of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Maxim Group LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) commissions or fees charged to the customer for stock trades had not been disclosed by Solomon…
Halil Kozi (also known as Hal Kozi) of New York New York a stockbroker, options trader and supervisor formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that (1) Kozi recommended bad trades to a customer of PHX and (2) Kozi churned…
Michael Andrew Norman of Reno Nevada a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 18, 2019 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that the customer was placed into a variable annuity by Norman that failed to…
Charles Ernest Kenahan of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on July 9, 2019 supported by accusations that (1) unauthorized trades were executed in a customer’s account by Kenahan (2) investment recommendations made by the stockbroker failed to be suitable…
Glen Joseph Webster of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 25, 2019 where the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that (1) the customer was provided false information about investments and (2) there…
Donald Edward Teboe of Clinton Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Cantella Co. Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Teboe refused to cooperate with FINRA personnel during a time that he was under investigation for effecting unsuitable trades in accounts…
James Robert Pecoraro of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by SW Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $36,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pecoraro (1) misrepresented information concerning the customer’s equity transactions (2) effected unauthorized trades (3) breached his fiduciary duty to the…
Randolph Lee Eddlemon III (also known as Randy Eddlemon) of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Geneos Wealth Management Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Eddlemon neglected to cooperate with FINRA’s information request. Case No. 2017055260401 (Mar. 22, 2018)….
Lloyd Mark Johnston of Spokane Washington a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 22, 2018 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations that the customer had been sold an unsuitable alternative investment while Johnston was associated with…
Shirley Anne Weston (also known as Shirley Craft and as Shirley Schaeffer) of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Weston impermissibly borrowed money from a customer while she was employed with…
Paul William Lascelle of Flemington New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $45,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that unit investment trust, stock and mutual fund trades had been executed in the customer’s account in excessive…
Jeffrey Sean Crystal of Paramus New Jersey a former stockbroker and branch manager of Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $2,193,015.00 in damages founded on allegations that the financial advisor mismanaged the customer’s account; and trades executed in the customer’s account were not supervised by…
Robert Patrick Pachciarz of Naperville Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Pachciarz took part in undisclosed private securities transactions involving the sale of a $500,000.00…
Michael Alexander Hanson of La Mirada California a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $400,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been placed into leveraged exchange traded funds which failed to align with the customer’s objectives for…
Andrew Bruce Elsoffer of Pepper Pike Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Inc. has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on October 16, 2018 based upon accusations that Elsoffer failed to comply with rules or procedures regarding the handling of customer funds and (2) Stifel Nicolaus lost confidence in Elsoffer because…
David Wilson Williams of Dallas Texas a stockbroker and supervisor formerly registered with WFG Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $50,000.00 in compensatory damages based upon Williams being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that (1) contractual obligations to the customer…
Thomas Stappas of Parsippany New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Summit Equities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Stappas failed to comply with FINRA staff during an investigation into accusations of (1) undisclosed private securities transactions being…
Wilfredo Felix Jr. of New York New York the President and Chief Executive Officer of Primex is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that the customer had been placed into UpREIT – a real estate security which was not appropriate or suitable….
Herbert H. Hafen (also known as Elias Herbert Hafen and as E. Herbert Niggebrugge) of New York New York a stockbroker and investment adviser representative formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC and Morgan Stanley has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that Hafen engaged in a fraudulent…
William Charles Sines (also known as Bill Sines) of Seminole Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 23, 2019 in which the customer sought $38,651.89 in damages founded on allegations that unsuitable investment recommendations and high pressure sales…
Shimshon Plotkin (also known as Shim Plotkin) of Chevy Chase Maryland a stockbroker currently registered with Independent Financial Group is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought as much as $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed in alternative investments including real…
Newbridge Securities Corporation a securities broker dealer headquartered in Boca Raton Florida, and Bruce H. Jordan (Director of Investment Banking), have been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Newbridge failed to supervise structured products sold to customers of the firm (2) Newbridge failed to supervise non-traditional exchange traded fund…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York New York and Stamford Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $600,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unsuitable recommendations had been made by Buchsbaum concerning the purchase and retention of…
Martin David Batstone (also known as Marty Batstone) of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Batstone converted a customer’s funds and engaged in securities transactions away from the securities broker dealer. Department of…
Ryan Michael Murnane of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Alexander Capital L.P. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $1,800,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) recommendations of leveraged exchange traded funds and oil and gas investments were in no way suitable for…
Joseph Hersey Pratt II (also known as Joseph Hersey Butcher) of Conshohocken Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based in part on findings that Pratt executed private securities transactions during the time that he was employed by…
Richard Bruce Sladek (also known as Dick Sladek) of Coeur D’Alene Idaho a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations of false or misleading statements in regard to real estate securities or investments…
Larry Charles Wolfe of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Herbert J. Sims Co. Inc. (also known as HJ Simms) was named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which he was ordered by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration Panel to pay $480,000.00 in compensatory damages to a customer…
Keith Wakefield of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by IFS Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Wakefield’s consent to findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of him effecting fraudulent trades while associated with IFS Securities….
James J. Mariani of Mineola New York a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $467,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) fiduciary duties failed to be complied with and (2) real estate security transactions executed in the customer’s…
Joseph John Weinrich Sr. of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker formerly registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Circuit Court of Jackson County Missouri where the customer sought $225,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of (1) nondisclosures concerning the risks of venture capital…
Bradley Carl Mascho of Frederick Maryland a stockbroker formerly employed by Western International Securities Inc. and former Chief Financial Officer of DJB Holdings was sentenced on August 28, 2019 to thirty months in prison for (1) conspiracy to commit securities fraud in reference to his alleged solicitation and receipt of funds from investors for purchases…
Patrick John McLaughlin of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) stock trades were executed on an excessive basis and (2) unauthorized over-the-counter equities transactions were effected…
Jody Bryant Bowers of Abilene Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Lowell Company Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) exchanged traded funds had been misrepresented and (2) the customer was provided with bad investment recommendations…
Brian Daniel Parker of Covington Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with USA Financial Securities Corporation has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Parker caused USA Financial Securities Corporation customer account documentation to be falsified…
Todd Joseph Henrich of Iselin New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by National Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $14,441.79 in compensatory damages based upon Henrich being found liable on the customer’s claims of (1) misrepresentations concerning the terms or risks of investments…
James Thomas Booth of Norwalk Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with both LPL Financial LLC and Invest Financial Corporation and the founder of Booth Financial Associates has been charged by Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that Booth engaged in a Ponzi scheme in which forty investors were defrauded. SEC v. James T….
James Travis Flynn of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on August 26, 2019 in which the customers requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations that (1) real estate security and direct investments failed to comport with…
Gregory Scott Young of Columbia South Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by Voya Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $50,000.00 and $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been placed into structured steepener notes and alternative investment products that failed…
Thomas Joseph Logue Jr. of Hinsdale Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with American Independent Securities Group LLC is the subject of a regulatory action initiated by the Illinois Securities Department in reference to allegations of Logue’s failure to provide documentation to the regulator after he was subpoenaed during an investigation into his potentially unsuitable and…
Dimitrios Aivaliotis (also known as Jim Aivaliotis and as Jimmy Aivaliotis) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with SW Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $14,999.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) trades were effected without authorization (2) contractual obligations had been violated…
Benjamin Benoit Lowder Jr. of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with MSI Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Lowder failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of his potentially fraudulent trading practices. Letter of…
Brian John Bogart of McClean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments has been terminated from the securities broker dealer on February 4, 2019 during the time that he was under investigation by both Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments for possibly selling away from the securities broker…
Richard Paul Martin of Wappinger Falls New York a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 29, 2019 where the customer requested $13,763.63 in damages based upon allegations of the customer being poorly advised by Martin in regard to the purchase of…
James Marten Lamont of San Francisco California a stockbroker currently employed by Whitehall-Parker Securities Inc. has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Lamont sold promissory notes investments in Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC outside the auspices…
Timothy Brian Kenyon of Somerville New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Triad Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 30, 2019 where the customer requested $70,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer was placed into an investment strategy which failed to be suitable for the…
Andre Kapulenui Kaluna of Avondale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been terminated from the securities broker dealer on February 8, 2019 based upon accusations that Kaluna engaged in outside business activities which had not been disclosed to LPL Financial LLC. FINRA Public Disclosure confirms that Kaluna is referenced in three…
Randy T. Carpen of Saint Louis Missouri a stockbroker formerly employed by Vestech Securities Inc. and Freedom Investors Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) trades were executed on an excessive basis (2) transactions lacked authorization and (2) stocks…
Christina Sabengsy (also known as Christina Ioana Colwell) of Deerfield Iowa a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the signatures of NYLife Securities LLC customers had been forged by her on documentation to effect…
William Cranston Fenwick Jr. (also known as Bill Fenwick) of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker currently registered with First Kentucky Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) contractual obligations had been breached…
Daniel John Dunn a stockbroker currently employed by Woodbury Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 29, 2019 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was provided poor investment advice concerning real estate security and equipment leasing interests sold by…
John Kirkland Moy of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by National Securities Corporation has been terminated from the securities broker dealer on April 5, 2019 based upon allegations of Moy giving bad advice to customers concerning the liquidation of their accounts. This is not the first time that Moy has been terminated from…
Jaime Michael Westenbarger of Grand Rapids Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Westenbarger failed to comply with FINRA during an investigation into accusations of him borrowing funds from customers of Securities America….
Steve Jeffrey Cummings of Fort Deposit Alabama a stockbroker formerly employed by Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 30, 2019 where the customers requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made by the…
Stephen Giannantonio (also known as Steve Gannantaonio) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $304,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer’s account was churned (2) contractual obligations had been breached (3)…
William George Davis of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that (1) Davis solicited investments that were not authorized by Ameriprise to be solicited and (2) Davis mismarked…
Alex Gerardo Herrera of Coral Gables Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled for $137,500.00 on August 19, 2019 supported by allegations that between 2013 and 2016, the customer’s funds had been relocated by Herrera without the customer’s permission….
John Bradford Leonard of Toledo Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $265,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of unsuitable stock recommendations having been made during the time that Leonard was employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC….
Andrew Caputo Spaventa of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial has been suspended on September 6, 2019 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations of Spaventa’s failure to comply with a customer initiated investment related settlement agreement. FINRA Public Disclosure confirms…
Ronald Harris Rothchild of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $50,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer’s account was overconcentrated in bad investments (2) fiduciary duties had been breached (3) the…
Martin David Batstone (also known as Marty David Batstone) of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly employed by Independent Financial Group is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investigation in which the regulator determined that disciplinary action should be taken by FINRA Department of Enforcement against the stockbroker founded on allegations of…
Gerald John Cocuzzo (also known as Gerry Cocuzzo and as Jerry Cocuzzo) of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Newbridge Securities Corporation has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment advisor representative or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing…
James Cornelius Bylenga of Portage Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a Notice and Order to Cease and Desist issued by the State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs’ Corporations, Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau based upon findings that Bylenga defrauded Michigan residents. In the Matter…
Michael Patrick Nixon has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Nixon executed trades in accounts of Paulson Investment Company customers without written authorization from either customers or the securities broker dealer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018056269002…
Bobby Wayne Coburn of Fort Meade Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Coburn failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of him selling away from Securities America and (2)…
Christopher David Sadaka of Jupiter Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages supported by accusations that between May of 2014 and March of 2017: (1) false or misleading statements had been made concerning oil…
Robert Andrew Kahn of Creve Coeur Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 10, 2018 in which the customer sought $104,133.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) unsuitable trades were executed in the customer’s account (2) trades had been made…
Patrick Emanuel Sutherland of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by Innovation Partners LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Sutherland controlled or managed Innovation Partners LP when he was disqualified from…
Carmine Claudio Capone of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker and supervisor currently registered with The GMS Group LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Capone failed to supervise a stockbroker who (1) made investment recommendations that failed to be suitable…
Jesse Gil III of Corpus Christi Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Allstate Financial Services LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint containing accusations that (1) Gil converted funds belonging to an elderly widow whom Gil advised outside Allstate Financial Services’ auspices (2) Gil failed to…
Shawn Bruce Davis of Auburn California a stockbroker formerly employed by Independent Financial Group LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Superior Court of the State of California in which the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made…
Matthew Donald Kerby of Paoli Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones has been permanently barred by the Indiana Securities Division from engaging in securities business in the State of Indiana according to an Order containing allegations of Kerby’s violation of the Indiana Uniform Securities because of being barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Donald Stephen Woods of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 3, 2019 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that (1) bad recommendations of alternative investments including business development companies had been made to the…
Kari Ann Buckles of Olean New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Allstate Financial Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) Buckles converted a customer’s funds and (2) Buckles failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of…
Wesley Owen Clinton of Seaford New York a stockbroker currently registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $145,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was placed in private placements and over-the-counter equities which were inappropriate given the customer’s…
Betty Rodriguez of Weston Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $23,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s account had been over-concentrated in mutual fund products which resulted in losses and (2) the…
Michael James Resciniti of Spartan Capital Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that Resciniti was unresponsive to a FINRA inquiry. Case No. 2018058707101 (Nov. 19, 2018). According to FINRA Public Disclosure, Resciniti’s non-cooperation had been met with a suspension by…
Marc Ang of Sherman Oaks California a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 20, 2018 in which the customer requested unspecified damages founded on allegations of non-disclosures by Ang as it concerned the risks and guarantees of a variable annuity that had…
Craig Anthony Zabala of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by John W. Loofbourrow Associates Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Zabala hindered a FINRA investigation into allegations of him engaging in private securities transactions and outside business…
Timothy Thomas Gibbons of New Orleans Louisiana a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $225,708.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) energy-sector over-the-counter equities transactions executed in the customer’s account were unsuitable for the customer and (2) false or…
Vitthal Mathurbmas Patel of Denville New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Patel forged customer account documents. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Michael Patrick McMahon of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $280,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) improper or misleading statements had been made concerning investments (2) the customer’s account was handled in…
Jeffrey Evan Sigman of Greenwood Village Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Neidiger Tucker Bruner Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Sigman engaged in undisclosed outside business activities while associated with the securities broker dealer. FINRA Arbitration…
Lawrence James Rizer of Boardman Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings of his conversion of funds while engaging in an outside business activity. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017054157401…
Michael John Wood of Lake Tapps Washington a stockbroker currently employed by Independent Financial Group LLC is the subject of sanctions issued by the State of Michigan according to a Stipulation and Order founded on allegations that Wood engaged in unethical or dishonest practices while in the securities industry. Case No. 337031 (Mar. 6, 2019)….
William Andrew Hightower of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Legacy Asset Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s account had been liquidated by Hightower without the customer’s authorization and (2) funds were improperly used to…
Rita Marie Dulya (also known as Rita Marie Masluk) of Port St. Lucie Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations of Dulya failing to cooperate with a FINRA inquiry. Case No. 2017055835001 (Nov. 19,…
Scott Allen Sibley of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Moors Cabot Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on allegations that (1) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner (2) contractual obligations had been breached…
Kalos Capital, a securities broker dealer headquartered in Alpharetta Georgia, and Darren Michael Kubiak of Lawrenceville Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kalos Capital, have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) leveraged inverse exchange traded funds (LIETFs) had been recommended to the firm’s customers without Kalos Capital or…
David Joseph Escarcega of Phoenix Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by Center Street Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $20,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that CNL Lifestyle Real Estate Investment Trust and other mutual fund trades executed in customers’ accounts failed to be suitable…
Melissa Ann Strouse of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with First Financial Equity Corporation is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which FINRA indicated that its Department of Enforcement should pursue disciplinary action against the stockbroker for possible supervisory failures and other violations of FINRA and National Association of…
James Paul Kolf of Madison Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly registered with MetLife Securities Inc. has been barred from being a stockbroker or an investment adviser or associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings, Making Findings and Imposing Remedial Sanctions issued by Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) based upon…
Stefan Anton Pastor of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with an investigation into allegations of him: (1) effecting trades in a…
Gerald Lee Brodsky of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Dinosaur Financial Group L.L.C. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Brodsky failed to cooperate with an investigation concerning his outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent…
Thomas H. Lawrence III of Chapel Hill Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp. is the subject of an Order issued by Tennessee Securities Division which barred him from being a stockbroker or an investment advisor in the State of Tennessee based on accusations that he borrowed money from an Ameritas Investment Corp….
Daniel Joe Wilson of Columbus Junction Iowa a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services has been terminated on February 5, 2018 based upon allegations of (1) Wilson engaging in unauthorized activities in a customer’s account and (2) Wilson engaging in unapproved activities during a time that he was suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory…
Edward Louis Barger of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $92,500.00 in damages based upon accusations of the customer being sold bad over-the-counter equities, closed-end funds and common and preferred stocks. FINRA Arbitration No. 17-02301 (Oct. 23,…
John Randall Gladden of El Cajon California a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities Equity Group is the subject of an Idaho Department of Insurance Investigation that commenced on February 27, 2018 into Gladden’s activities following the Department’s receipt of a customer complaint where the customer alleged that the negative effect of management fees on the…
Lorenzo C. Esteva of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $225,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) omissions and unfounded statements had been made to the customer concerning the terms and conditions…
Robert Hayes Hoffman of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services has been barred from being a stockbroker in the State of Indiana according to an Indiana Securities Division Order based upon findings of Hoffman being expelled from a self-regulatory organization for misconduct in the securities industry. Case No. 18-0001 SB (Jan….
Marc Augustus Reda of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $15,381.00 in damages based upon Spartan Capital Securities being found liable on the customer’s claims including churning of the customer’s account by…
Joseph Alan Likens of Des Peres Missouri a stockbroker employed by LPL Financial LLC has been barred from being a stockbroker or an investment adviser representative in the State of Missouri according to a Consent Order issued by the State of Missouri Office of Secretary of State containing findings that Likens engaged in unethical and…
Jason Harris Klabal of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Legend Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Klabal neglected to cooperate with a FINRA inquiry which may have concerned customer disputes that were filed by customers…
Robert John Murray of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which ten customers collectively requested $6,645,956.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) fiduciary duties owed to customers had been violated (2) misrepresentations had been made concerning…
Kevin Richard Graetz of Portland Oregon a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Graetz neglected to respond to FINRA’s information request potentially relating to his disclosures of customer initiated investment related disputes or his…
Mark Kaplan of Woodbury New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Vanderbilt Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $55,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer’s common and preferred stock and over-the-counter equities holdings were inappropriate for the customer and had poorly performed. Financial…
Michael Eric Johnson of Medford Oregon a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Johnson failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of his improper acquisition of customer accounts and designation as beneficiary…
David Lloyd Barber of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on August 1, 2018 for $22,500.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) trades were executed in the customer’s account in an excessive manner and (2)…
Scott Richard Riley of Hooksett New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) Riley exercised discretion in customer accounts without having any written authorization (2) Riley executed trades without customers’ consent….
John Scott Simpson of Hunt Valley Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $27,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that between 2012 and 2016: (1) false or misleading statements had been made concerning the performance of the customer’s…
Van Clemens Co. Inc. of Minneapolis Minnesota has been censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon accusations that the firm failed to supervise its business practices with a view towards protecting against excessive trading by Van Clemens stockbrokers in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017053162101 (Aug….
Laurence Michael Braunstein of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for at least $14,999.00 in damages based upon accusations that when Braunstein was associated with Morgan Stanley, First Allied Securities and Janney Montgomery Scott: (1)…
Arlyn Roy Stokesbary of Slayton Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Stokesbary executed unauthorized trades in customer accounts during the period in which he was associated with the…
James Ernest Joly (also known as Jim Joly) of East Greenwich Rhode Island a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. has been discharged on July 10, 2018 founded on accusations that (1) Joly preserved Voya Financial Advisors customer account documents that were signed but otherwise blank so that he could effect transactions in…
Jeannette Ann Adcock a stockbroker formerly registered with Wayne Hummer Investments is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 9, 2019 in which the customer sought $11,335.29 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made to the customer concerning the purchase of structured notes and structured certificate…
Michael Christopher Venturino of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $300,668.16 in damages based upon accusations that (1) investment recommendations made to the customer failed to be suitable (2) unauthorized trades were effected in…
James Marc Unger of Cleveland Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Financial America Securities has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment advisor representative or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an SEC Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings based in part on Unger misappropriating funds belonging to one of his…
Robert Abramowitz of Jericho New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for more than $50,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) fiduciary duties had been violated (2) the customer’s investment account was handled in a negligent manner…
Peter Michael Riley of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $20,000.00 on July 19, 2018 based upon accusations that unauthorized stock trades were executed in the customer’s account by Riley between March of 2013 and May of 2018….
Ronald Dale Broadstone of New Albany Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a Division Order in which he was ordered to cease and desist from engaging in conduct violative of Ohio Securities Act based on the Division’s findings that (1) Broadstone engaged in manipulative and deceptive acts…
Robert Daniel Witt of Libertyville Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that Witt failed to provide FINRA with information that was requested of him and then failed to seek termination of his…
Gary John Basralian of Maplewood New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Royal Alliance Associates Inc. has been suspended on April 23, 2019 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that Basralian failed to comply with a FINRA Arbitration Award in which he was ordered to…
Louis Anthony Telerico of Dayton Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Westminster Financial Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $468,249.17 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unfounded statements and omissions had been made by Telerico concerning investments (2) trades failed to be suitable…
Stephen Joe Williams of Madison Alabama a stockbroker currently registered with Next Financial Group is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $24,000.00 on November 2, 2018 supported by accusations that the customer was sold illiquid and inappropriate real estate securities that have since become worthless. Financial Industry…
Stephen Carey Hamilton of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Laidlaw Company (UK) Ltd. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s instructions had been disregarded by Hamilton as it related to common or preferred stock and…
Michael Patrick Nixon of Tampa Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Nixon executed trades in accounts of Paulson Investment Company customers without written authorization from either customers or…
Gregory Thomas Dean of Rockville Centre New York a stockbroker employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) Dean churned a customer’s investment account and (2) Dean made unsuitable and excessive trades in customer accounts. Letter…
Partho Sarathi Ghosh of New York New York a stockbroker registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Ghosh engaged in undisclosed outside business activities. Department…
David Wayne Krumrey of The Woodlands Texas a stockbroker employed by Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought unspecified damages based upon allegations that between 2010 and 2018: (1) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner (2) contractual obligations had been violated…
Bryan Joseph Clark of Atascadero California a stockbroker employed by Madison Avenue Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Clark failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during an investigation into accusations of (1) Clark engaging in outside business activities that…
Leonard John Kuczynski of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker registered with Innovation Partners LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Kuczynski engaged in outside business activities without disclosing them to the securities broker…
Stephen Allen Kelbick of Villanova Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Kelbick effected unauthorized trades in customer accounts while registered with Wells Fargo. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Michael John Kurka of Alexandria Virginia a stockbroker employed by Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 5, 2018 where the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that bad penny stock and equity trades had been effected in the customer’s account evidencing an abuse of Kurka’s…
Roger Lee Owens of Elkton Maryland a stockbroker employed by Cetera Advisors LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings of Owens engaging in private securities transactions in which he sold Cetera customers promissory notes in Woodbridge Group of Companies…
Timothy John Beall of Eau Claire Michigan a stockbroker registered with National Planning Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $700,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) Beall executed the customer’s purchase of GrowCo Inc. away from National Planning Corporation without the securities broker dealer’s…
Daniel Gordon Maughan of Los Angeles California a stockbroker registered with Financial West Group has been charged in a Complaint brought by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement alleging that (1) Maughan churned a customer’s investment account and (2) Maughan made unsuitable trades while he was employed by Financial West Group. Department of…
William Roy Kimberlin of Dallas Texas a stockbroker registered with MetLife Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $15,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that securities laws had been violated by way of false and misleading statements being made to the customer about an…
Shannon Christopher Taylor of Roxboro North Carolina a stockbroker registered with BBT Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $36,308.87 in damages on October 31, 2018 based upon allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning the terms and conditions of investments and…
Rocco Roveccio of Staten Island New York a stockbroker registered with Alexander Capital L.P. has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment adviser or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings supported by allegations that (1) Roveccio effected unauthorized…
John Douglas Wade of Fullerton California a stockbroker employed by U.S. Bancorp Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $58,566.91 on June 19, 2018 founded on allegations that the customer’s funds had been improperly removed from a money market account and relocated to a mortgage…
Philip Andrew Johnson of Kingwood Texas a stockbroker registered with D.H. Hill Securities LLP has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that Johnson failed to cooperate with FINRA’s request for his information. Case No. 2018056846001 (Sept. 24, 2018). According to FINRA Public Disclosure,…
William August Glaser (also known as Bill August Glaser) of Saint Albans Missouri a stockbroker registered with National Planning Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $600,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made to the customer concerning promissory note…
Craig Alan Sutherland of Columbus Ohio a stockbroker registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which an Arbitration Panel ordered Money Concepts Capital Corp to pay the customer $698,979.00 in compensatory damages based on finding the firm liable on the customer’s claims including (1)…
Scott Lindsay Reed of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker registered with David A. Noyes Company is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $395,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) false or misleading statements and omissions had been made to the customers concerning the terms of non-traded real estate…
Yousuf Saljooki (also known as Joe Saljooki) of Melville New York a stockbroker employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based in part on findings that (1) Saljooki gave customers investment advice and sold…
Andrew Caspersen of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Park Hill Group LLC is the subject of a civil action brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York where the customer sought $16,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) Caspersen fraudulently solicited a foundation’s securities transactions and (2) Caspersen…
Timothy David Ballard (also known as Tim Ballard) of Danville California a stockbroker employed by National Planning Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought more than $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner (2) fiduciary obligations were…
David John Volpe of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker registered with First Financial Equity Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Volpe neglected to cooperate with FINRA personnel when he was being investigated for selling away or otherwise borrowing funds from customers…
Mason Wayne Gann of Dallas Texas a stockbroker employed by Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $40,000.00 in damages on January 22, 2019 supported by accusations that (1) Gann churned the customer’s investment portfolio (2) Gann executed unauthorized trades in the…
George Anthony Nikolakakos of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Four Points Capital Partners LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $87,500.00 in damages founded on allegations that common and preferred stock trades were effected in violation of FINRA rules and securities laws while Nikolakakos…
Ken Kavanagh (also known as Kenneth Joseph Kavanagh and as Kenneth Kavanaugh) of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Kavanagh engaged in undisclosed outside business…
Joseph Michael Fedorko Jr. of Greenwich Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Laidlaw Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $342,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2012 and 2017: (1) unauthorized common and preferred stock and over-the-counter equities trades were executed in the customer’s…
Eldridge Foster Parks of Saginaw Michigan a stockbroker employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Parks failed to testify before FINRA personnel during an investigation into allegations of Parks making bad investment recommendations to customers of…
Darrell Walter Rideaux of Los Angeles California a stockbroker employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $130,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that an unauthorized investment solicited by Rideaux when he was employed by Morgan Stanley caused the customer to incur unwarranted losses….
Michael Lee Child of Draper Utah a stockbroker registered with H. Beck Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 24, 2018 in which the customer requested $20,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Child advised the customer to purchase investments which failed to be appropriate for the customer. Financial…
Stephen James Sullivan of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Newbridge Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $540,618.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) trades had been executed in the customer’s account in excessive amounts (2) transactions were not suitable for…
Jerry Lou Guttman of Phoenix Arizona a stockbroker employed by United Planners’ Financial Services of America is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,700,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) false or misleading statements were made to the customer by Guttman in regards to LLC membership interests…
Lisa Acca of Bay Ridge New York a stockbroker registered with Arive Capital Markets has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Acca failed to submit documentation to FINRA and provide testimony in the course of a FINRA investigation into allegations of her…
Edward Allen Davig of Holmen Wisconsin a stockbroker currently registered with Packerland Brokerage Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action which was settled for $32,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that Davig gave customers bad investment advice about illiquid alternative investments including oil and gas master limited purchases which declined…
Marc Scott Steinberg of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker registered with Dawson James Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 26, 2018 in which the customer requested $39,796.42 in damages supported by accusations that stock trades effected in the customer’s account failed to be suitable for the customer….
Richard James Coleman (also known as Rich Coleman and as Rick Coleman) a stockbroker registered with SW Financial has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for two years from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) Coleman traded in customer accounts in excessive amounts and (2)…
Keith Matthew Smith of Mountain Top Pennsylvania a stockbroker employed by Signator Investors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 26, 2018 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations of Smith having misrepresented the terms and premiums on life insurance policies sold to…
Jon Timothy Vanslooten of Toledo Ohio a stockbroker registered with Edward Jones is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on September 10, 2018 to resolve allegations that Vanslooten placed the customer in Energy Transfer Partners LP – a direct investment which was unsuitable for the customer. FINRA Public…
Steve Baptist of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Joseph Gunnar Co. LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) Baptist executed unauthorized trades in customers’ accounts and (2) Baptist exercised discretion in customer…
Alexander Kibrik of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Garden State Securities Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations of Kibrik failing to comply with the terms of a FINRA Arbitration Award. Case No. 16-03304 (June 12, 2018). FINRA Public…
John Sebastian Cangialosi of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Worden Capital Management LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $37,399.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) false or misleading statements and omissions had…
Michael Patrick Spolar of Orlando Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with International Assets Advisory LLC has been suspended for fifteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) Spolar effected trades in the investment accounts of International Assets Advisory customers without authorization from either…
Michael Thomas Lee of Darien Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services LLC has been fined $12,500.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Lee participated in the Origin Fund as an outside business activity without disclosing…
Luigi Edward Mancusi (also known as Lou Mancusi) of Lake Forrest Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $25,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) Mancusi churned the customer’s account (2) Mancusi executed unauthorized trades and (3)…
Fortino Rene Rivera of Anaheim California a stockbroker formerly employed by Centaurus Financial Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Rivera lied to FINRA personnel when he had been investigated for having a joint account with an elderly customer…
Diane Qun Zhu of San Francisco California a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Zhu obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of her potential outside activities referenced by PFS Investments Inc. when Zhu had…
Matthew Lee Geiser of Grand Island Nebraska a stockbroker formerly registered with Principal Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been settled for $63,653.28 in damages on January 22, 2018 founded on accusations that Geiser falsified information concerning the guaranteed returns of an annuity he sold to the…
James Hal Heafner of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Taylor Capital Management Inc. (now known as TCM Securities Inc.) has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Heafner neglected to cooperate with FINRA during the time in which he was…
Robert Anthony Guidicipietro (also known as Robert A. Peters) of Holmdel New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $36,272.00 on September 6, 2018 founded on allegations that the customer’s stop loss order had been disregarded by Guidicipietro during…
Eric Nichols of Rolling Hills California a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Nichols resolved a customer’s investment related dispute outside the firm’s auspices. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…
Matthew David Albers of Vienna Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that trades were placed by Albers in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Joseph Francis Valdini of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Valdini failed to respond to a request FINRA made regarding Valdini’s activities which possibly related to his disclosures…
Brent Stephen Spicuzza of Chesterfield Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $1,100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the investment strategy Spicuzza used for the customer’s retirement accounts and brokerage accounts was unsuitable given the customer’s…
Daniel Terry Fischer of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Four Points Capital Partners has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment adviser as well as associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings pursuant to Securities Exchange Act…
Li-Lin Hsu (also known as Yilin Hsu) of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Hsu failed to comply with paying a customer $675,000.00 in damages after being found liable…
Christopher John Calandrino (also known as Chris Calandrino) of Coram New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cape Securities Inc. has been suspended on March 19, 2018 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Calandrino failed to comply with his obligations to pay a customer…
Jonathan Spencer Williams of Timonium Maryland a stockbroker formerly employed by NYLife Securities pled guilty to one count of felony wire fraud (18. U.S.C. § 1343) as part of a scheme which caused customers of NYLife Securities to incur approximately $2,800,000.00 in losses. Criminal Action No. 1:18cr183 (D. Md. Apr. 29, 2019). Evidently, customers were…
Nicholas Harris Shermeta (also known as Nick Shermeta) of Minneapolis Minnesota a stockbroker formerly employed by Northland Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $409,949.79 in damages supported by allegations that (1) transactions had been effected by Shermeta in violation of Minnesota Securities Act…
Ricky Alan Mantei (also known as Ricky Alan Mantel) of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker and branch office manager formerly employed by J.P. Turner Company LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Mantei engaged in unauthorized prearranged trading involving customer accounts while employed by J.P….
Louis Mark Miller of Jericho New York a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that Miller failed to testify before FINRA personnel during an investigation into accusations of Miller’s unauthorized trading in customers’ brokerage accounts when he was employed by LPL…
Merrimac Corporate Securities and Robert G. Nash (Chief Compliance Officer) of Altamonte Springs Florida are subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order which sustained in part Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council’s sanctions against Merrimac and Nash based on findings of (1) Merrimac offering and selling securities that were neither registered…
Michael Salvatore Stanton of New York New York a former Director of Capital Markets for Legend Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $15,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) contractual obligations to the customer had been breached (2) the customer’s account was administered…
Wilson Davis Co. Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Salt Lake City Utah as well as James C. Snow (President and Chief Compliance Officer) Lyle Wesley Davis (Chief Executive Officer) Byron Bert Barkley (Head of Trading) and Craig Stanton Norton (stockbroker) have been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in…
Richard William Lunn Martin of Penang a stockbroker formerly employed by G.F. Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $117,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) fiduciary duties owed to the customer had been breached (2) due diligence was not properly executed on investments…
Michael David Garris of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Garris effected trades in the account of a Wells Fargo customer who…
Lance R. Shaw of Wynnewood Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $65,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unauthorized trades were executed in the customer’s account (2) trades were effected in an excessive manner (3) misrepresentations had…
Thomas Alan Braley of Saginaw Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages supported by accusations that between 2013 and 2016, the customer was provided bad investment recommendations concerning common and preferred stocks while…
Joseph Scott Eckhoff of Lakewood Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by Farmers Financial Solutions LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Eckhoff failed to cooperate with FINRA during its investigation into accusations of Eckhoff’s possible violations of FINRA rules. Letter of…
Joel Eric Breiter of Westhampton New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $112,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Breiter’s investment recommendations failed to be suitable given the customer’s risk tolerance and (2) misrepresentations had been made…
Brian Gregory DiJulio of Bellevue Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with NBC Securities Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) DiJulio executed unauthorized trades in customer accounts while employed by NBC Securities Inc. and (2)…
Ronald G. Richer of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by Garden State Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $16,300.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary obligations to the customer were violated and (2) Theravance Inc. put options and stocks executed in…
Robert Frederico Montes of Palm Harbor Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Montes failed to comply with FINRA’s investigation into allegations of him misappropriating funds belong to an elderly customer of Morgan Stanley….
Timothy Francis Dufresne of Bamberg South Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by SagePoint Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Bamberg County South Carolina Court of Common Pleas in which the customer sought unspecified damages based upon accusations of the embezzlement of the customer’s funds by Dufresne…
Noel Ray Vincent of Southfield Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s assets were handled in a negligent manner (2) fiduciary duties were breached…
Alpine Securities Corporation a securities broker dealer headquartered in Salt Lake City Utah has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that (1) Alpine charged unfair commissions and prices to customers who held investment accounts with the firm (2) Alpine misused securities and converted customers’ assets and (3) Alpine effected…
William Francis Gillis of Seattle Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $514,600.00 in damages based upon accusations that Gillis gave the customer bad investment recommendations particularly concerning the common or preferred stocks held in the customer’s account while Gillis…
Lawrence James Rizer of Boardman Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Jefferson County Ohio State Court which was resolved for $65,000.00 based upon accusations that (1) the customers had been sold life insurance policies which lapsed despite the…
Andre Vincent LaBarbera of Dix Hills New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Titus Rockefeller LLC has been barred by Florida Office of Financial Regulation based upon findings that (1) LaBarbera churned customer accounts to generate commissions (2) LaBarbera effected trades that failed to be suitable for customers given their investment profiles (3) LaBarbera utilized…
Dean John Kajouras of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a Consent Order issued by the State of Massachusetts Securities Division which required Kajouras to cease and desist from making unsuitable recommendations or engaging in other conduct violative of Massachusetts Securities Laws and required Kajouras…
Ahmad Wares (also known as Kevin Wares) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $195,132.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) Wares breached his contractual obligations to the customer (2) Wares executed unauthorized…
Park Avenue Securities LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that (1) customers were excessively charged by the firm on mutual fund transactions and (2) the firm failed to adequately supervise its sales charges waivers to ensure that they…
Robert Owen Klein of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that inappropriate securities transactions were executed in the customer’s managed account while Klein was employed by J.P. Morgan Securities…
Teresa Marie O’Clair of Bismarck North Dakota a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 1, 2017 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon accusations that false or misleading statements had been made to the customer concerning the…
Thomas John Marino of Delray Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with R.M. Stark Co. Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Marino neglected to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his misappropriation of funds belonging to a customer…
Tomas Juhan Velken of Lafayette California a stockbroker currently employed by Sigma Financial Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $28,195.50 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was placed into tenant in common investments which had not been adequately investigated by Sigma Financial Corporation or…
Robert Scott Davis (also known as Robert Scott David) a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Davis engaged in unauthorized trades in the accounts of LPL Financial customers and (2)…
Joseph Christopher Alexander of Birmingham Alabama a stockbroker currently registered with SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $75,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that mutual fund trades effected in the customer’s account failed to be suitable for the customer. FINRA Arbitration No. 16-02680…
Joel David Davidman of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations that the customer was provided poor investment advice by Davidman concerning the stock and corporate debt investment…
Western International Securities a securities broker deal headquartered in Pasadena California has been censured and fined $75,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the firm overcharged customers on mutual fund transactions placed in customers’ accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017056440501 (July 16, 2019). According to the AWC, a…
James Brian Moran of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by Capitol Securities Management Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $110,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was placed in unsuitable oil and gas and stock investments in addition to inappropriate mutual fund…
Robert Estevez of Greenwich Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $400,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer by Estevez concerning the customer’s equity investments (2) stock trades placed by Estevez…
David Wilson Fleming Jr. of White Plains New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Fleming inappropriately borrowed money from a Stifel Nicolaus customer…
Michael Frank Paesano of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $145,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) government debt trades were effected in the customer’s managed account in excessive amounts and (2) some of the customer’s…
Robert Juan Escobio of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Southern Trust Securities Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Escobio failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations that Escobio associated with a FINRA member securities broker dealer during a period…
Richard Edwin Seidel of Wyomissing Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $118,.734.65 in damages on March 29, 2017 founded on allegations that $55,000.00 in total loans had been improperly taken from the customer’s insurance policy when Seidel was…
Eric Jason Savell of Roseville California a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Savell engaged in outside business activities without disclosing them to LPL Financial and (2)…
Donald Shelby Toomer of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $75,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) transactions executed in the customer’s account failed to be suitable for the customer and…
Antonio Costanzo of Chesapeake Virginia a stockbroker formerly employed by Titus Rockefeller LLC (also known as TR Capital Group LLC) has been fined $10,000.00 and barred by Florida Office of Financial Regulation according to an Order founded on accusations that (1) Costanzo engaged in fraudulent investment transactions (2) Costanzo executed trades on margin without having…
Manuel Francisco Porrata Monserrate (also known as Manuel F. Porrata) of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly registered with Oriental Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint where the customer sought $210,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) investment recommendations failed to…
Joseph Henry Murphy III of Madison Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for more than $5,000.00 in damages on August 11, 2017 based upon allegations that (1) trades were executed in the customer’s accounts on an excessive basis…
Nick Eugene Son of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $224,968.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) investment recommendations made to the customer were not suitable and (2) unauthorized trades had been executed in…
CV Brokerage Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in West Conshohocken Pennsylvania has been censured and fined $100,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon accusations that the firm neglected to supervise its stockbrokers’ private securities transactions to ensure compliance with FINRA rules. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017052325902 (July 2, 2019)….
Frank Hamrak of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Beech Hill Securities Inc. and Beech Hill Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $195,271.67 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary duties owed to the customer had been breached (2) contract obligations…
Joe Don Treece of Bentonville Arkansas a stockbroker formerly employed by Arvest Wealth Management has been barred from being a stockbroker in the state of Oklahoma according to an Order issued by the Oklahoma Department of Securities containing accusations that (1) Treece borrowed funds from a customer in an unethical and dishonest fashion (2) Treece…
Tina Marie Martinez of Yakima Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Farmers Financial Solutions LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Martinez failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during an investigation into her life insurance business. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Charles John Ehnot of Dunmore Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with L.H. Kohn Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled for $20,000.00 in damages on April 5, 2017 based upon accusations that unauthorized real estate security transactions were effected in the customer’s account during the time that Ehnot…
Summit Brokerage Services Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Boca Raton Florida has been censured and fined $325,000.00 by Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Summit Brokerage Services neglected to supervise its stockbrokers’ recommendations for purposes of ensuring that the stockbrokers’ trades were suitable for customers of the firm and…
Philip Earl Brunson (also known as Phil Brunson) a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $28,929.99 in damages on August 24, 2018 based upon accusations that the customer’s funds had been misappropriated by Brunson during the time that he was…
Robert Lansing Hicks (also known as Lance Hicks) of Irvine California a stockbroker and former owner of Finance 500 Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $45,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) contractual obligations to the customer had been breached (2) the customer’s account had…
James Christopher Hayne of Mansfield Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $325,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Texas Securities Act and California Corporate Securities Law had been violated; contractual obligations to the customer were breached; the customer’s…
Andrew James Pravlik of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Prospera Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Pennsylvania where the customer sought $175,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that while Pravlik was registered with Prospera Financial…
Brenda Ann Smith (also known as Brenda Smith Peterman) of West Conshohocken Pennsylvania a stockbroker and principal formerly registered with CV Brokerage Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Smith neglected to cooperate with FINRA personnel during an investigation…
Jonathan Douglas Freeze (also known as Jon Freeze) of Canonsburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Fortune Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $330,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Freeze solicited and obtained the customer’s funds for purposes of a direct investment in…
Brad William McDowell of Niles Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $44,098.67 on July 17, 2017 founded on accusations that the customer was placed into an annuity that failed to be suitable for the customer during the…
James Thomas Booth of Norwalk Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Booth converted funds belonging to customers of the securities broker dealer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019062787101…
Fred Shlesinger of Addison Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Principal Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 14, 2018 regarding Shlesinger’s conduct where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon accusations that misrepresentations were made to the customer concerning the funding of a variable…
Terry Joe Bagwell of Birmingham Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $120,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Bagwell failed to supervise a stockbroker who sold away from the firm by placing customers into fraudulent unregistered securities…
Cary Edward Scheer of Southlake Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Securities America Inc. has been discharged by the firm on January 18, 2018 founded on allegations that (1) the firm received no cooperation from Scheer during the time he was probed internally by Securities America Inc. for potential infractions of company policies or industry…
Brian Lamont Royster of Ann Arbor Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with HD Vest Investment Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $295,936.76 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fraudulent misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning the terms and fees relating to City Financial…
Michael Alan Siegel of Edison New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation is the subject of a Summary Penalty and Revocation Order in which Siegel has been fined $100,000.00 and his stockbroker registration in the State of New Jersey was revoked based upon the New Jersey Bureau of Securities Bureau Chief’s findings…
John Rothrock McKinstry Jr. of St. Louis Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary obligations to the customer were violated (2) false or misleading statements had been made…
Jeffrey Alan Blutstein of Holbrook New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Kestra Investment Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Blutstein neglected to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of Blutstein engaging in outside business activities that he…
Michael Jay Sharenow of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $150,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Sharenow placed the customer in bad municipal debt investments including municipal bonds. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Benjamin Glasser Aibel of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Wunderlich Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Aibel failed to cooperate with a request from FINRA for his information. Case No. 2016052510801 (Mar. 15, 2018). According…
Sof New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 2, 2018 where the customer sought $97,140.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was placed into unsuitable annuity products between 2012 and 2016. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Marco Fragnito of Laguna Hills California a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC has been discharged by the firm on February 2, 2018 founded on allegations that Fragnito executed trades in the accounts of Wells Fargo customers on a discretionary basis when this type of trading was not authorized by the…
Planmember Securities Corporation a securities broker dealer with main offices in Carpinteria California has been censured and fined $90,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based in part upon findings that (1) Planmember Securities Corporation failed to supervise the execution of variable annuity exchanges to determine if they were appropriate for customers and (2) Planmember…
Jesse Starr of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has been discharged by the firm on December 13, 2018 based upon allegations that Starr informed a customer of the firm that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC was liable to the customer for the failure of required distributions from being executed…
Scott Mason of Lakewood Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that a customer’s funds had been borrowed by Mason in violation of the policies of LPL Financial…
Lisa Jacqueline Lowi (also known as Lisa Jacqueline Vineberg) of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was placed into inappropriate and speculative municipal debt…
Michael Richard Mackay of Cincinnati Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Mackay failed to comply with a FINRA investigation concerning allegations of Mackay having referred customers of Transamerica Financial…
Jonathan Edward Rago of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $74,787.96 in damages supported by allegations that (1) investment recommendations made to the customer were not suitable and (2) unauthorized trades were executed in the…
Matthew Christopher Maczko of Oak Brook Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Maczko gave the customer bad investment recommendations concerning the securities held in the…
Richard Earl Cagle of Corpus Christi Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Hilltop Securities Independent Network Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Cagle hindered a FINRA investigation concerning (1) Cagle possibly making bad investment recommendations to customers of Hilltop Securities…
William David Utanski of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on August 7, 2017 to resolve accusations that the customer was inappropriately placed into speculative over-the-counter equities by Utanski during the time he was associated with Ameriprise…
William Mark Heiden of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Heiden executed unauthorized trades in accounts…
Jason M. Santini of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Spartan Capital Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $655,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) Santini violated his fiduciary duties to the customer (2) Santini effected transactions in the customer’s…
Linda Sue Zara of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Zara borrowed a customer’s funds in violation of the firm’s policies. Letter…
Jacob Glick of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and investment adviser representative of Advanced Practice Advisors has been discharged by the advisory on June 12, 2017 based upon allegations that Glick engaged in reckless behavior when determining the suitability of investments for customers of the advisory (2) Glick placed…
Matthew DiGregorio of Syosset New York a stockbroker formerly employed by J.D. Nicholas Associates Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations of DiGregorio’s failure to comply with paying compensatory damages to a customer after DiGregorio was found liable by a FINRA Arbitrator…
Jason Vincent Mediate of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Alexander Capital L.P. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on November 15, 2017 in which the customer requested $38,800.00 in damages supported by accusations that the stock and over-the-counter equities transactions effected in the customer’s account during the…
Carlos Nestor Evertsz-Seda of Ronkonkoma New York a stockbroker formerly registered with K.C. Ward Financial has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that Evertsz-Seda disregarded a FINRA inquiry possibly concerning Evertsz-Seda being subject of customer initiated investment related disputes. Case No. 2016052401401 (Mar….
Frank John Capuano of Holyoake Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been placed into unauthorized investments which were part of a Ponzi Scheme. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Joseph Louis Derrico of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Woodstock Financial Group has been fined $5,000.00 and required to pay $101,324.39 in restitution according to a State of Montana Securities Division Order based on accusations of (1) excessive and unauthorized equity trades being effected by Derrico in accounts of Woodstock Financial…
Carlos Antonio Rodriguez of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought more than $3,600,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer had been placed into oil and gas master limited partnerships and mutual funds…
David Richard Geake of Northbrook Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Ausdal Financial Partners has been discharged by the firm on September 14, 2018 supported by allegations that Geake engaged in private securities transactions or selling away without disclosing them to the firm and obtaining the firm’s permission beforehand. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Theodore Hendrickus Franse of Fair Oaks California a stockbroker formerly employed by Independent Financial Group LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on August 9, 2018 to resolve accusations of the customer being sold unsuitable real estate investment trust products while Franse was associated with Independent Financial Group…
Axos Clearing LLC a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Omaha Nebraska has been censured and fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that the firm failed to make disclosures to customers regarding margin interest charges which prevented customers from both ascertaining the terms and conditions relating to their margin accounts and…
Jeffrey Alan Fladell of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the Puerto Rico bond transactions effected in the customer’s investment account during the time Fladell…
Jonathan Todd Pyne (also known as Jon Pyne) of Minneapolis Minnesota a stockbroker currently registered with Berthel Fischer Company Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $9,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2007 and 2015: (1) false or misleading statements had been made…
Mark Gregory Raezer of Aurora Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by Taylor Capital Management Inc. has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for ten months from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by accusations that Raezer engaged in private securities transactions during the time he was employed by the firm. Letter of Acceptance,…
Mary Ann Wise (also known as Mary Ann Bugliaro and as Mary Ann Ricker) of Hackensack New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Garden State Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $20,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) unauthorized options and equities trades were…
Terry Parker Rider of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $160,000.00 on February 14, 2018 founded on accusations that false or misleading statements had been made to the customer about the sustainability of the customer’s investment….
Fred Ronald Brown Jr. of Montgomery Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. has been fined $12,500.00 and suspended for ten months from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that (1) Brown took possession of customers’ funds through an unapproved customer loan arrangement and (2)…
Margaret Mary Lech-Loubet of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $20,000.00 on May 22, 2018 based upon accusations that the risks and illiquidity of the customer’s structured products holdings were not disclosed to the customer…
David Lee Reynolds of Modesto California a stockbroker formerly registered with Principal Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 6, 2019 where the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Reynolds committed elder abuse (2) Reynolds placed the customer in investments including private placements…
Daniel M. Soliman of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Morgan Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Soliman failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into whether FINRA Rules and federal securities laws had been violated…
Edward Barnett Woll (also known as Ed Woll) of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker and chief compliance officer formerly registered with J.P. Turner Company LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $200,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between January of 2013 and March 2016: (1) misleading…
Jeffrey Paul Schwebach of Dell Rapids South Dakota a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group LLC has been suspended for eight months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings of Schwebach selling Woodbridge promissory notes away from Independent Financial Group LLC. Letter of…
Bernard Thomas Weber of Minnetonka Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Feltl Company is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $120,000.00 on November 21, 2017 based upon allegations that in connection with the customer’s purchase and holding of over-the-counter equities including penny stocks: (1) misrepresentations had been made by…
Larry Michael Crabtree (also known as Mike Crabtree) of Edmond Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly registered with Wilbanks Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Crabtree neglected to comply with FINRA through its investigation into allegations of Crabtree’s possible…
Michael Roy Blueweiss of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $600,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2014 and 2017: (1) the customer’s funds had been stolen or otherwise misappropriated by Blueweiss (2)…
Zvi Ben-Zvi of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Ben-Zvi engaged in unapproved private securities transactions during the time he was associated with…
Michael Anthony Valdini of Garden City New York a stockbroker currently registered with Worden Capital Management LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,115,095.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) unauthorized transactions were effected in the customer’s account (2) transactions executed in the customer’s…
Gregory John Lane of Belleville Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Lane declined to comply with requests made by FINRA as part of its investigation into Lane’s possible mishandling of trust…
Michael Scott Lincoln of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $275,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) trades placed in the customer’s investment account were unsuitable for the customer (2) the customer’s investment affairs were…
Clement Lancelot Chichester (also known as Clement Ignatius Chichester) of Westlake Village California a stockbroker formerly registered with Western International Securities Inc is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations and omissions were made to the customer concerning the terms…
Clifford C. Vatter III of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. is the subject of an Order issued by the Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Financial Institution in which Vatter’s application to employed by International Assets Management LLC was retracted and Vatter consented to not registering as…
George Craig Merhoff Jr. of Klamath Falls Oregon a stockbroker formerly employed by Cetera Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Merhoff failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of (1) Merhoff disseminating consolidated reports to customers and…
Matthew Angelo Siliato of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Meyers Associates LP (a firm later known as Windsor Street Capital) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $14,999.00 in damages based upon accusations that while Siliato was employed by Meyers Associates LP, bad…
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $200,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that (1) Citigroup overcharged its customers in regard to their purchases of unit investment trusts and (2) Citigroup failed to supervise the unit investment trust transactions…
Robert Thomas Tuffy of East Brunswick New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $27,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) Tuffy effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s brokerage account (2) Tuffy disregarded the customer’s objectives for…
Rand Alan Heckler of Glen Cove New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Benjamin Jerold Brokerage I LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Heckler failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of (1) Heckler misappropriating funds…
William Gregory Barker of Tallahassee Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which had been resolved for $46,000.00 on May 23, 2019 supported by accusations that: (1) unit investment trust and equity transactions executed in the customer’s account were inappropriate for the…
Patrick Neal Foley of Ontario California a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Foley failed to cooperate with FINRA during an investigation into accusations of Foley taking possession of…
James Coleman McCormick Jr. of Harrisonburg Virginia a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which had been resolved for $15,000.00 on December 5, 2016 based upon accusations that (1) foreign preferred stock and mutual fund trades were effected in the customer’s account in an…
Fred Ronald Brown Jr. of Montgomery Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which had been resolved for $55,000.00 on January 8, 2018 founded on allegations that the customer was solicited for purposes of a loan where the customer’s…
Brian Colin Doherty of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with BGC Financial L.P. has been suspended for two years from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Doherty engaged in a fraudulent trading…
Claus Christoph Foerster of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $27,500.00 on May 18, 2017 supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s signature had been forged on documentation to effect investment transactions and (2) the…
Brittney Jade Sias (also known as Rosalie P. Sias) of Westlake Village California a stockbroker formerly registered with Western International Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements and omissions had been made by Sias…
Michael Allen Kamperman of Waco Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by HD Vest Investment Services has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Kamperman poorly advised customers of HD Vest Investment Services in regard to energy sector…
Crown Capital Securities L.P a securities broker dealer and investment advisory headquartered in Orange California has been censured and fined $75,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent to findings that it neglected to supervise its business practices to adequately monitor the stockbrokers’ trading of mutual fund shares to determine if…
Steven Michael Roffman of Jacksonville Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Roffman effected transactions in a customer’s account without the customer’s permission and (2) Roffman solicited customer…
Rick Esparza of Rancho Murrieta California a stockbroker formerly employed by Princor Financial Services Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which had been resolved for $19,500.00 on June 24, 2016 supported by accusations that false or misleading statements were made to the customer in regard to the customer’s provision of…
Charles Louis Laubach (also known as Chuck Laubach) of Baltimore Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Portfolio Management Inc. has been fined 5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Laubach executed transactions in the accounts of Capital Portfolio Management…
Edward Jones Co. L.P. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Saint Louis Missouri has been censured and fined $40,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the firm lied about the amount of compensatory damages sought by customers who brought investment related disputes against the firm. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…
Mark Andrew Stanczyk of Cazenovia New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Leigh Baldwin Co. LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $266,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2010 and 2016, the customer received bad investment advice from Stanczyk concerning the common or preferred…
Steven Rocco Colli of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $230,000.00 in damages based in part upon accusations that the customer was placed into options and equities that failed to be suitable for the customer while Colli…
Giustino DeStefano (also known as Justin DeStefano) of Williamsville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of (1) violation of FINRA Rules and federal securities laws (2) overconcentration of the customer’s…
James “Jim” Booth of LPL Financial and Booth Financial in Norwalk Connecticut has been named in a customer initiated, investment related claims filed before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that Booth stole or misappropriated funds from his customers. According to FINRA Public Disclosure, Booth appears to have been terminated by LPL on June 26, 2019….
Michael James Hebner of Flint Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Wunderlich Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $15,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) Wunderlich Securities failed to supervise Hebner’s trading in the customer’s account (2) misrepresentations had been made to the customer…
Thomas Edmund Connors of Toms River New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by International Assets Advisory LLC has been discharged by the firm on November 6, 2017 supported by accusations that Connors spoke with customers of the firm during the time that he was suspended by FINRA for engaging in outside business activities. Specifically, Financial…
Spencer Edwards Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Colorado has been fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based in part on findings that the firm overcharged customers on transactions that the firm’s stockbrokers effected in the customers’ accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2016051209102 (June 11, 2019). According to the…
Amr Mostafa Amboulmagd of Horsham Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by NYLife Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $15,834.58 in damages on May 30, 2017 founded on accusations that Amboulmagd made misrepresentations to the customer with respect to the fees and guarantees on a variable…
Ross Sinclaire Associates LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio has been censured and fined $200,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Ross Sinclaire did not make required disclosures to investors concerning its municipal offering and (2) Ross Sinclaire failed to supervise activities relating to stockbrokers’ direct market…
Dean Thomas Nicholson of Summerfield Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with SagePoint Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) SagePoint Financial failed to supervise the transactions placed in the customer’s account (2) the customer’s investment related contract had…
Darrin Barton Farrow of Rocky River Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Royal Alliance Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was sold unregistered securities during the time Farrow was associated with Royal Alliance Associates…
Kyung Soo Kim of Katy Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Kim engaged in outside business activities without having notified Merrill Lynch during the…
Charles Chester Kulch of Nashua New Hampshire a stockbroker currently employed by Next Financial Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 11, 2017 in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was inappropriately advised by Kulch in regard to real estate…
John Michael Tinnelly of Hawthorne New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodstock Financial Group is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) over-the-counter equities trades executed in the customer’s account were not suitable for the customer given the customer’s investment…
U.S. Boston Capital Corporation a securities broker dealer headquartered in Lincoln Massachusetts has been censured and fined $125,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent that it failed to supervise its business practices concerning the dissemination of consolidated reports which resulted in the firm disseminating inaccurate investment information to investors. Letter…
Matthew J. Giannone of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $45,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer (2) the customer’s account was mishandled (3) contractual obligations to…
Nina Sue Jessee (also known as Nina Campbell Jessee) of Abington Virginia a stockbroker formerly employed by Cetera Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Jessee neglected to comply with FINRA during its investigation into accusations of (1)…
Sumitro Pal of Bethesda Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought unspecified damages supported by accusations that the customer’s funds had been misappropriated through an investment held by the customer outside the firm’s auspices between 2013…
Christopher Michael Cervino (Christopher Michael Smith) a stockbroker formerly registered with Prime Capital LLC and COR Clearing LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Cervino neglected to pay a customer $595,000.00 compensatory damages and $250,000.00 in punitive damages as provided in…
Jason N. Anderson of Beaumont Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been suspended for three months from being an investment adviser representative in the State of Texas according to a Disciplinary Order issued by the Texas State Securities Board Order containing findings that Andersons provided investors with investment recommendations that were…
John William Hoekman of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $390,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) omissions had been made to the customer during a time that the customer was steered by…
Rick John Sande of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $12,334.53 in damages founded on allegations that (1) investment recommendations which had been made to the customer failed to be suitable given the customer’s objectives…
Jovannie Aquino (also known as John Aquino) a stockbroker formerly registered with Meyers Associates LP (also known as Windsor Street Capital LP) has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a securities broker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting…
Nicolas Jesus Barrios of Winter Haven Florida a stockbroker and Production Branch Manager formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Barrios failed to cooperate with FINRA during an investigation into accusations of (1)…
Michael Ross Highfill of Ridgeland Mississippi a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on June 22, 2016 for $215,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) Highfill inappropriately steered the customer towards loaning Highfill funds in connection with an…
James F. Anderson of Dakota Dunes South Dakota a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameritas Investment Corp. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Anderson’s consent to findings that he failed to cooperate with an investigation launched by FINRA in regard to allegations of Anderson…
Anthony Diaz of Scotrun Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with IBN Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable investments including (1) real estate security (2) promissory note (3) oil and gas…
Curtis Roy Ile of Mt. Carmel Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by Sigma Financial Corporation has been suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Ile’s consent to findings that (1) Ile exercised discretion in customer accounts without having written authorization from either the…
Francesco Puccio of Pittsford New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Cambridge Investment Research Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $130,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) Puccio placed the customer in annuities and life insurance products that were not suitable for the customer…
Christopher Frederic Veale (also known as Chris Veale) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $150,000.00 in compensatory and punitive damages supported by accusations that (1) Veale churned the customer’s investment account (2) Veale charged…
David John Strnad of Franklin Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Strnad effected unauthorized sales and purchases of certificate of deposits in an account owned by a customer of Morgan…
Liam Gerard O’Keeffe of Danbury Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Triad Advisors is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $65,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between 2001 and 2016: (1) bad investment recommendations were made to the customer and (2) misrepresentations had been made concerning the…
Alberto Sanchez of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Sagepoint Financial Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Sanchez’s consent to findings that Sanchez obstructed a FINRA investigation into accusations of Sanchez having engaged in outside business activities that were seemingly…
Charles Caleb Fackrell of Yadkinville North Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought compensatory damages founded on accusations that (1) penny stock and equities trades were placed in the customer’s account by Fackrell even though Fackrell lacked…
Gregory Alan Levine (also known as Greg Alan Levine) of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by First Allied Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Levine neglected to respond to an inquiry that FINRA made regarding his activities possibly…
Jason Reed Nelson of Tremonton Utah a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Nelson’s consent to findings that Nelson hindered a FINRA investigation concerning Nelson’s alleged misrepresentation of LPL Financial LLC customers’ financial information relating to…
Thomas G. Gresham (also known as Tom Gresham) of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker currently registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $495,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Moloney Securities Co. and UBS Financial Services Inc. collectively failed to…
Ibrahim Ethem Kurtulus of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Windsor Street Capital LP is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $14,999.99 in damages based upon allegations that Kurtulus gave the customer bad advice concerning stocks that were placed in the customer’s investment account while…
Ronald Ray Willoughby Jr. (also known as Ron Willoughby) of Tempe Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations of Willoughby making bad short-term unit investment trades in accounts of…
Charles John Obryant III of Raleigh North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicholas Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $330,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) stock trades effected in the customer’s account failed to be suitable for the customer given…
Christopher David Sinkula of Stuart Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $40,000.00 based upon allegations that the customer was placed in common or preferred stock by Sinkula when those investments were inappropriate for the customer given the…
Frank H. Kelly of New Cumberland Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by HD Vest investment Services has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Kelly’s consent to findings that (1) Kelly exercised discretion in customer accounts without obtaining written authorization and (2)…
David Michael Apted of Saint Louis Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with Forest Securities Inc. has been discharged by the firm on February 28, 2018 based upon its accusations that (1) Apted engaged in an outside business activity without either disclosing it to the firm or obtaining its approval (2) Apted submitted fraudulent documentation to…
Jeffrey Michael Johnson (also known as Jeff Michael Johnson) of Birmingham Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Johnson failed to comply with the terms of a FINRA Arbitration Award. Case No….
Alejandro Ariel Torres of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Global Strategic Investments LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $32,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer by Torres in regard to the customer’s investments and (2) investments…
Marc Anthony Arena of Westbury Connecticut a stockbroker formerly employed by National Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $400,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) Arena breached his contractual obligations to the customer (2) Arena negligently transacted in the customer’s account (3) Arena breached…
Richard Eric Poston (Rick Eric Poston) of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by H. Beck Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that while Poston was associated with H. Beck Inc. (1) Poston gave the customer bad investment advice…
Richard Edward Bohack of Global Arena Capital Corp has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Bohack failed to comply with his obligation to pay compensatory damages to a customer who prevailed in a claim containing allegations that Bohack gave bad advice and…
Brian Carey Sak of Deerfield Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Sak failed to repay the customer funds that were due according to the terms of promissory notes executed by Sak and…
Michael Anthony Bastardi of Warwick New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Securities America Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that Bastardi failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations that Bastardi hindered a FINRA investigation concerning accusations that (1)…
David Bruce White of Bloomfield Hills Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Centaurus Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled to resolve the customer’s accusations that the customers were placed into an unsuitable oil and gas investment and had been induced to purchase the investment by way…
Charles Louis Laubach (also known as Chuck Laubach) is the subject of a Stipulation and Consent Order issued by the Colorado Division of Securities in which Laubach’s stockbroker licensure has been revoked based on allegations that Laubach engaged in business with customers in the State of Colorado in violation of Colorado’s licensing protocol during the…
William Jeffrey Carlton of Vienna Virginia a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $657,998.24 in damages on May 24, 2017 founded on allegations that between January 4, 2016 and February 23, 2017: (1) excessive exchange traded fund trades were executed…
John Sherman Jumper of Memphis Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Alluvion Securities LLC is the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 15(b) and Investment Advisers Act Section 203(f) in which SEC is considering barring Jumper from being a securities broker…
William Louis Baumner IV of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Buckman Buckman Reid Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was placed into an unsuitable private placement investment while Baumner was associated with the…
Thomas Leroy Studer of The Villages Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Thrivent Investment Management Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that Studer failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations that Studer violated the firm’s policies and caused unauthorized…
Benjamin Frank Bourgeois Jr. (also known as Ben Bourgeois) of Metairie Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Commonwealth Financial Network has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Bourgeois failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations that (1) Bourgeois converted funds…
Michael Lester Carter of Henderson Nevada a stockbroker formerly employed by Foresters Equity Services Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that Carter sold away from the securities broker dealer by selling promissory notes to an investor. Letter of…
Jeffrey Neil Cadan of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $1,200,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between 2011 and 2016, Cadan executed excessive government debt trades in the customer’s account causing the customers losses. Financial…
Michael Jeffrey Oppenheim of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisory firms according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings pursuant to Securities Exchange…
Mark Nelson Holloway of Edmond Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $10,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) Holloway made omissions and misrepresentations to the customer concerning oil and gas direct investments and mutual funds and (2)…
David K. Mallett of Conway Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Wunderlich Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Mallett disregarded a FINRA inquiry possibly concerning Mallett being discharged from Wunderlich Securities Inc. or Mallett being subject of customer initiated…
James Andrew Geake (also known as Jim Geake) of Skokie Illinois and Schaumburg Illinois a stockbroker currently employed by Madison Avenue Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $12,500.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer suffered unwarranted losses on alternative investments including real estate…
Gabriel Block (also known as Gabe Block) of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Block neglected to cooperate with an inquiry FINRA launched into Block’s activities. Case No. 2017052466301…
Windsor Street Capital L.P. (formerly known as Meyers Associates L.P.) has been expelled from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) membership, and Arthur Tacopino and Edwin Rodriguez (Windsor Street Capital’s associates) have been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity, all according to a Default Decision issued by FINRA’s Office of Hearing Officers…
Mark Lewton Hopkins of Grand Blanc Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with American Portfolios Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Hopkins failed to comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of (1) Hopkins taking possession of…
Donnie Eugene Ingram of Winter Haven Florida a stockbroker associated with Cetera Advisors LLC and Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $23,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Ingram executed unsuitable corporate debt and real estate investment trust trades in the customer’s account. Financial…
Philip John Nalesnik of Pottsville Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Nalesnik hindered a FINRA investigation into accusations of (1) Nalesnik engaging in outside business activities in violation of the…
Frederick Eugene Monroe Jr. (also known as Fred Monroe) of Albany New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York where the customer sought $665,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Monroe…
Arturo Alejandro Nunez of Miami Lakes Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Nunez failed to cooperate in FINRA’s investigation into allegations of his sales practice violations and unauthorized commission splitting arrangement. Letter…
Gregory Thormann Pease of Hoboken New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by International Assets Advisory LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 3, 2019 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer was not provided adequate information from Pease concerning the fees charged on…
Joseph Hersey Pratt (also known as Joseph Hershey Butcher and J.H. Pratt) of Conshohocken Pennsylvania a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company is referenced in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which FINRA conveyed that its Department of Enforcement should take disciplinary action against Pratt for allegedly (1) engaging in private securities…
Craig Daniel Price of Stuart Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $20,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations or omissions had been made to the customer by Price concerning Cardero Resources equities held in…
Stephen Skeffington Eubanks of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker formerly employed by Bright Trading LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Investment Advisers Act of 1940…
Ross Lionel Gordon of Raleigh North Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $10,000.00 on April 4, 2016 supported by accusations that between 2015 and 2016, the customer was placed into mutual fund investments that were inappropriate…
Jose R. Juanarena Ferrari of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly registered with Popular Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Ferrari made inappropriate investment recommendations to the customer concerning the purchases of closed end funds…
Tracy Neal Wengert of Mesa Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in an Order issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission which revoked Wengert’s securities registration and mandated Wengert pay a $25,000.00 fine and $1,522,400.00 in restitution based upon findings including Wengert’s trading of securities in customers’ accounts without written…
Eugene Henry Freund of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $157,500.00 in damages founded on allegations that bad municipal debt investment transactions were executed in the customer’s account during the time Freund was associated…
Hossein Amirriahei (also known as Amir Amirriahei and as Riahei Amirriahei) of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 30, 2017 in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that trades had been executed in…
William Joseph Kielczewski of Toledo Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with The Huntington Investment Company has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that (1) Kielczewski partook in private securities transactions without notifying the firm beforehand and (2) Kielczewski falsified information to the firm concerning the private…
Joshua David Arnold (also known as Josh Arnold) of Edina Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with TradingBlock (also known as AOS Inc. and MoneyBlock) is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $64,500.00 on October 17, 2017 founded on accusations that the customer suffered unwarranted losses on common or…
Michel Rene Lavelanet (also known as Michael Rene Lavelanet) of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Woodstock Financial Group Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $699,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer’s account was mishandled by Lavelanet (2) contractual obligations…
Phillip Andrew Johnson of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly employed by SunTrust Investment Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Johnson refused to respond to a FINRA information request. Case No. 2018056846001 (Sept. 24, 2018). According to FINRA Public Disclosure,…
J.W. Korth Company a securities broker dealer headquartered in Lansing Michigan has been censured by Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to a National Adjudicatory Council Decision affirming a Hearing Panel’s findings of the firm overcharging customers on municipal and corporate debt securities transactions effected in customers’ accounts. In the matter of Department of Enforcement…
Bryan Gabriel Mazliach of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Laidlaw Company UK Ltd. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $66,680.00 in damages founded on allegations that between 2015 and 2017: (1) transactions were executed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the…
Rodger Sprouse of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker currently employed by Titan Securities of Addison Texas (CRD No. 131392) of is the subject of an investment related civil action in the Circuit Court of Jackson County Missouri where the investor sought $210,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Sprouse sold the investor a structured cash…
Douglas Hart Birnie of Herndon Virginia a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 17, 2018 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that on January 24, 2018: (1) omissions had been made to the customer…
Dean Harrison Grant of Milledgeville Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with M Holdings Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Grant failed to cooperate with FINRA in an investigation concerning Grant’s conversion of funds from customers of the…
Wayne Douglas Rogers of Austin Texas a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $11,544.77 on March 8, 2018 based upon allegations that on January 2, 2018, the customer’s investment instructions were not followed concerning the liquidations of an…
Daniel J. Kempker of Holland Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with J.J.B. Hilliard W.L. Lyons LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $200,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that unsuitable direct participation program or limited partnership interest products had been sold to the customer which caused the…
Zachary Scott Wagner of Gilbert Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with OneAmerica Securities Inc. is referenced in a Arizona Securities Division investigation on March 26, 2019 founded on accusations that Wagner engaged in violations of the Arizona Investment Management Act and the Arizona Securities Act by (1) soliciting securities sales in the state without Wagner…
Jason Bradley Scarcella of Bartlesville Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly registered with SII Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $35,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Scarcella made false or misleading statements to the customer concerning the income and safety of real estate investment trust…
Steven Michael Richardson of Walnut Creek California a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 11, 2019 in which the customer requested unspecified damages based upon accusations that between January 1, 2018 and June 7, 2018, excessive exchange traded fund…
Jesse Gil III of Corpus Christi Texas a stockbroker currently registered with Allstate Financial Services LLC is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Wells Notice which indicated that FINRA Department of Enforcement should take disciplinary action against Gil supported by accusations that (1) Gil engaged in outside business activities without disclosing them…
Bryan Jeffrey Schon of Bloomfield Hills Michigan a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 11, 2017 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by accusations that between 2014 and 2016, energy bond transactions effected in the customer’s account were not suitable…
Woodbury Financial Services Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Oakdale Minnesota has been censured and fined $225,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent to findings that it failed to supervise the suitability of annuities transactions placed in customers’ accounts to ensure that the transactions were complaint with FINRA rules…
Larry Steven Werbel of Chagrin Falls Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Concorde Investment Services LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant To Investment Advisers Act…
Ken Alan Balser of Colorado Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by Cetera Advisors LLC is referenced in a Colorado Division of Securities Stipulation and Consent Order which revoked Balser’s sales representative licensure and investment adviser license based upon the Division’s findings that Balser sold investments to customers away from Cetera Advisors LLC. Case No….
Oscar Nunez of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by J.H. Darbie Co. Inc. is the subject of a FINRA Investigation in which FINRA determined that disciplinary action should be taken by FINRA Department of Enforcement against Nunez founded on accusations of (1) Nunez taking a loan from a customer (2) Nunez falsifying…
Paul Joseph Godlewski of Coatesville Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Allstate Financial Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $28,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) Godlewski solicited a customer’s private placement investment outside the firm’s auspices causing a customer losses and (2) Allstate…
Richard Alan Shotz of Daytona Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of an Order issued by the State of Maryland Securities Division revoking Shotz’s securities registration in the state based upon Shotz’s failure to respond to an Order To Show Cause relating to Shotz’s fine and…
Sampson Pearson Jr. of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Pearson declined to cooperate with a FINRA information request. Case No. 2017054269301 (Sept. 22, 2017). According to FINRA Public…
Tamara Rae Steele of Pendleton Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by Comprehensive Asset Management and Servicing (now known as APW Capital Inc.) and Chief Operating Officer of Steele Financial has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that Steele and Steele Financial made fraudulent investment recommendations to investors. Civil Action…
Wayne Fitzgerald Ford of Farmingdale New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $17,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) transactions effected in the customer’s account violated Louisiana Securities Act (2) fiduciary duties to the customer had been…
Jon Brett Schmidhammer of Dublin Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Stifel Nicolaus Company Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisors according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant To Securities Exchange Act of…
Anselmo Contreras Jr. of Angleton Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Cambridge Investment Research has been barred from associating with any Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Contreras converted a customer’s funds while he was associated with Cambridge Investment Research. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent No. 2018057254501…
Kery Shane Hutner of Chagrin Falls Ohio a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 11, 2018 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon accusations that between October 23, 2012 and May 24, 2018, the customer’s funds were…
James Henry Dresselaers of Bethesda Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with H. Beck Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $255,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) Dresselaers made omissions to the customer concerning the risks of exchange traded funds and (2) Dresselaers gave the customer…
Hortensia Llavat Tilen of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly employed by Santander Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $3,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the firm failed to supervise Tilen’s closed-end funds and municipal debt transactions in the customer’s account…
Perry De Leeuw of Duluth Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer sustained losses on money provided to Leeuw for an outside business investment that Leeuw supposedly concealed from…
Frank Corrado Trombatore of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Southern Trust Securities Inc. is the subject of a Notice and Order to Cease and Desist issued by the State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Corporations Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau based on allegations that Trombatore solicited a securities transaction from…
Judith Sally Levine of Adventura Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Lantern Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $32,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that between September of 2012 and November of 2016: (1) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner (2)…
Phillip Robert Cheney Jr. of Norwell Massachusetts a stockbroker currently registered with Moors Cabot Inc. has been sanctioned by the State of Massachusetts Securities Division based upon findings that Cheney has been subject of customer disputes and has been terminated from at least one securities broker dealer founded on accusations of Cheney’s unsuitable investment transactions…
Michael Milad Tanha (also known as Mikey Tanha) of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for ten months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) Tanha engaged in…
Ernesto David Ramirez of Coral Gables Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has been discharged on April 7, 2017 based upon accusations that (1) Ramirez violated the firm’s policy by mismarking trades in customers account to make them appear as though they were not solicited by customers and (2) Ramirez violated…
Francis Joseph Gendlek of East Brunswick New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by IFS Securities and TFS Securities has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Gendlek neglected to cooperate with the terms of a FINRA Arbitration Award. FINRA Arbitration No. 17-00637 (Apr….
Todd Bruning Osing of Peoria Illinois a stockbroker currently employed by Edward Jones is referenced in a customer initiated investment complaint which was settled on June 19, 2018 to resolve accusations that Osing gave the customer unsuitable investment recommendations concerning the sale of mutual funds held in the customer’s investment portfolio. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Gerald James O’Halloran of Punta Gorda Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Kovack Securities Inc. has been fined and ordered to cease and desist from engaging in violations of Florida Statutes according to an Order issued by Florida Office of Financial Regulations containing findings that (1) O’Halloran failed to inform his securities broker dealer about…
James Brian Cain of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 4, 2018 where the customer requested $45,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between July 18, 2014 and January 4, 2018: (1) the customer was placed…
AXA Advisors LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $600,000.00 by Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based on findings that (1) AXA Advisors made misrepresentations about the bonds sold to the firm’s retirement account customers and (2) AXA Advisors neglected to supervise its practices to ensure…
Ronald Richard Blasczyk of Green Bay Wisconsin a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Blasczyk gave bad investment advice to a customer of the firm. Letter of…
Kerri Lynn Wasserman of New York New York president of Portfolio Advisors Alliance LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought unspecified damages founded on allegations that between July of 2013 and August of 2017: (1) inappropriate stock and over-the-counter equities trades were effected in the customer’s…
Lorene Fairbanks (also known as Lori Miller) of Canfield Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameriprise Financial Services has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) Fairbanks entered into an unapproved customer loan arrangement in which Fairbanks…
Rick Alan Davidson of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on May 15, 2017 where the customer sought $21,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unauthorized corporate debt trades were executed in the customer’s account while Davidson was associated with…
Michael John Ahearn of Yardley Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Ahearn lied to FINRA during the course of a FINRA investigation…
Joshua Alexander Stephens-Anselm of Valley Stream New York a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Stephens-Anselm declined to respond to FINRA’s request for information possibly relating to Stephens-Anselm being terminated by J.P. Morgan…
James Edward Bashaw of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Bashaw engaged in impermissible customer loan arrangements while associated with LPL Financial. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Voya Financial Advisors Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Des Moines Iowa has been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) the firm overcharged customers on their purchases of mutual funds by failing to apply sales charge discounts and (2) the firm neglected to supervise its mutual fund sales…
Buckman Buckman Reid Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Little Silver New Jersey has been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Buckman Buckman Reid Inc. neglected to create and implement a supervision system and written supervisory procedures regarding the suitability of trades recommended by stockbrokers of the firm…
Debra Logan (also known as Debbie Bloustine) of Oklahoma City Oklahoma a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 3, 2018 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that between November 5, 2010 and July 16,…
Byron Bert Barkley of Salt Lake City Utah the Head of Trading for Wilson Davis Co. Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation which led FINRA to conclude that disciplinary action should be taken against Barkley for potentially failing to supervise stockbrokers of the firm who may have defrauded investors….
Felipe Nery Arrieta of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Revere Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $200,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unauthorized options and mutual fund trades were executed in the customer’s account (2) contractual obligations to the customer…
Corey Lee Mireau of Eden Prairie Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for two years from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) Mireau engaged in unapproved outside business activities (2) Mireau executed…
Arturo Colon of Mayaguez Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly employed by Santander Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer’s account transactions had been negligently administered (2) contractual obligations were breached (3) securities rules and…
Erin Lynn Verespy of Trumbull Connecticut a stockbroker formerly employed by HD Vest Investment Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Verespy neglected to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations that funds belonging to a customer had been…
Brandon Il Bay (also known as Young I. Bae) of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Los Angeles Superior Court in which the customer sought unspecified damages supported by allegations that misrepresentations had been made to…
James Bradley Schwartz (also known as Jim Schwartz) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Aegis Capital Corp has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that (1) Schwartz executed trades in the customer’s account…
Taylor Edward Browman of Newport Beach California a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 21, 2018 where the customer sought $23,792.80 in damages based upon allegations that between January 1, 2018 and July 21, 2018, the customer had been charged…
Jay Thompson Humphreys of Golden Valley Minnesota a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on May 1, 2018 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon accusations that between March of 2017 and April of 2017, unauthorized stock trades were effected in…
David Arthur Ellingwood of Leesburg Virginia a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that transactions were executed by Ellingwood in Edward Jones customer accounts without permission. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Patrick Jude Esparrago of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 17, 2017 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that between June of 2014 and December of 2015: (1) the customer…
Ralph Wilson Smith of Valdosta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $320,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s account transactions were negligently administered (2) contractual obligations were breached by the firm (3) fiduciary…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,000,00.00 in damages based upon accusations that between March of 2017 and March of 2019: (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer…
Brian Michael Berger of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisors according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Initial Decision of Default containing findings that Berger defrauded investors. In the…
Peter Frank Valdez of Junction New York a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 19, 2018 where the customer sought $17,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that while Valdez was associated with Wells Fargo, omissions had been made to…