Donna Lynn Barnard of Kilgore Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with HD Vest Investment Services has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $234,780.90 in damages founded on accusations that Barnard made misrepresentations to the customer concerning Woodbridge Mortgage Investment Fund and neglected to undertake adequate due diligence…
Ron Jason Ison of Little Silver New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Buckman Buckman and Reid Inc. was barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of Ison effecting unsuitable and unauthorized trades in customer…
David Kyle Ridenour of Edmond Oklahoma a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Ridenour effected speculative bond and stock transactions in the customer’s account between 2015 and 2016 that…
Walter M. Stucker of Forth Worth Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint in which the customer requested $632,907.00 in damages supported by accusations that between July 27, 2011 and December 18, 2017, oil and gas limited partnership transactions were placed…
Steven Pagartanis of Setauket New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Lombard Securities Incorporated who is barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that he misappropriated customer funds and made fraudulent misrepresentations. Letter of Acceptance…
Dallas York of Scottsdale Arizona 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 according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that York failed to provide documents and information to FINRA…
John S. Galinksy of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with FinTegra 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 disseminated unfair and unbalanced communications to investors concerning a private securities offering. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Aaron Paul Brodt of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Accelerated Capital Group is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $340,000.00 in damages supported by allegations including (1) omissions and misrepresentations (2) breach of contract (3) breach of fiduciary duty (4) negligence and (5) over-concentration of…
Walter Warren Parker of Rowlett Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Titan Securities of Addison Texas (CRD No. 131392) 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 made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Arthur Robert Meunier (also known as Arthur Robert Breitman) a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $20,000.00 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 outside business activities while registered with the…
William Cranston Fenwick Jr 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 sought $20,351,400.00 in damages founded on allegations that unsuitable master limited partnership investments were executed with the customer’s funds between 2015 and 2016. Financial Industry…
Hector Anthony May of New City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America Inc. has been terminated on March 9, 2018 based upon allegations that May misappropriated assets belonging to one of the firm’s customers. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure further confirms that on March 8, 2018, May became subject of…
William Stoddard Valentine of Philadelphia Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which settled on December 19, 2016 for $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s assets were not diversified (2) the customer’s assets were over-concentrated in master limited partnerships…
Thomas Tirrell Riquier of Danvers Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with United Planners Financial Services of America is the subject of an Administrative Complaint brought by the Enforcement Section of the Massachusetts Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in which Riquier is alleged to have engaged in fraudulent business practices….
Meaghan Marie Johnson of McLean Virginia is a former Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC registered representative who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 28, 2017 in which the customer requested $46,808.90 in damages founded on allegations that Johnson forged the customer’s signatures on life insurance policy documentation and…
Malcolm Lynn Norris of South Carolina is a former Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. registered representative who is the subject of customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 7, 2016 where the customer sought $143,220.62 in damages supported by accusations that (1) an unsuitable business development company purchase had been effected in the customer’s account…
Jeffrey Allen Fanning of West Palm Beach Florida is a former owner and chief executive officer of Liberty Partners Financial Services LLC who has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer…
Brian Joseph Panfil of New Woodstock New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Ridgeway & Conger 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 Default Decision containing findings that Panfil executed unauthorized trades in the customer’s account and placed…
Michael Harvey Siva of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley was terminated on August 18, 2017 based upon accusations that he committed securities fraud. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Siva has been identified in four customer initiated investment related disputes containing allegations of Siva’s improper conduct since…
John Michael Lopinto of New York New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Worden Capital Management LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 18, 2017 where the customer sought $8,878.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s equity investment account was churned. Financial Industry Regulatory…
William George Brunner of Huntington New York is a stockbroker and securities principal formerly registered with Investment Planners Inc. who 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 in a FINRA investigation into allegations that he traded…
James Gerard Sparacino of Woodbury New Jersey is a stockbroker currently registered with Trident Partners Ltd. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $40,489.00 in damages supported by accusations that stock transactions were placed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer. Financial…
Michael Fisher of Melville New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $324,165.01 in damages based upon allegations that Fisher effected unit investment trust transactions in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the…
Domingo Gonzalez of Chesapeake Virginia is a stockbroker formerly registered with OneAmerica Securities Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he converted a customer’s investment funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017056563301 (Apr. 9, 2018). According…
Norman Gary Price of Gig Harbor Washington is a member of RP Capital LLC who is the subject of customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $700,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of (1) suitability (2) conflict of interest (3) misrepresentation and (4) supervisory failures concerning the use of the customer’s…
Robert Edward DeForest of West Palm Beach Florida is a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that DeForest recommended trigger yield optimization notes between June of 2014 and September of 2015…
Scott William Palmer of Hackensack New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC who 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 make an appearance before FINRA personnel and testify in regard to allegations…
Robert Paul Furrevig of Lanoka Harbor New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer requested $55,577.27 in damages based upon allegations that Furrevig had misrepresented the terms and conditions of a variable annuity. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Herbert Lee Weith IV of Annapolis Maryland is a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on August 4, 2017 for $20,000.00 based upon accusations of negligence relating to the use of the customer’s 401(k) proceeds for the purchase…
Wolf Alexander Popper of New York New York is a registered representative of J.H. Darbie and Co. Inc. and president of Wolf A. Popper Inc. who 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 made misleading statements…
Jonathan D. Bao of Tarzana California a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates Inc. is the subject of customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $700,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of (1) breach of contract (2) breach of fiduciary duty and (3) negligence relating to the customer’s investments in exchange traded…
Chyrl Larbes of Bethel Ohio is a registered representative with Key Investment Services LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $13,135.52 in damages on January 18, 2017 based upon accusations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer by Larbes concerning a fixed annuity issued by…
Gary Craig Crenshaw of Raleigh North Carolina is a stockbroker currently registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint where the customer sought $15,067.00 in damages based upon accusations that a variable annuity was inappropriately sold to the customer during the time that the customer had…
Scott Richard Edgemont of Rye New York a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York which has been settled to resolve accusations that Edgemont placed transactions in the customer’s account that…
Kevin James Lee of Lake Oswego Oregon is a stockbroker formerly registered with Martin Nelson and Co. Inc. who 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’s investigation into allegations of his undisclosed outside business…
David Jonathan Bolton of Bowling Green Kentucky is a stockbroker formerly registered with Signator Investors Inc. who is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Complaint alleging that Bolton executed unsuitable transactions in customer accounts and mismarked customer order tickets. Department of Enforcement v. David JC Bolton Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2016049775701 (Apr. 12,…
Stephen Nelson Conrad of Boston Massachusetts is a stockbroker formerly registered with Winslow Evans and Crocker Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $20,353.46 in damages on December 5, 2016 based upon accusations that unit investment trust and equity transactions had been placed in the…
Marc S. Steinberg of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Dawson James Securities, Inc. who is the subject of customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer sought $16,833.18 in damages supported by accusations that unsuitable equity transactions had been effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Jonathan R. Belden of Oakland California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith Inc. who has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for sixty days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he mismarked customer order tickets and exercised…
Park Avenue Securities is a brokerage firm headquartered in New York New York which has been censured and fined $300,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent to findings that it failed to supervise its annuities operations to ensure that registered representatives made recommendations of annuities in compliance with securities laws…
Jimmy Yang Driggers of Sarasota Florida is a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 22, 2016 in which the customer requested $64,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2014 and 2016, purchases of corporate bonds had been executed in the…
Brian Thomas Perry of Orange Park Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on consenting to findings that he neglected to provide FINRA with a response to its request for information from Perry….
Robert Spencer Cavanagh of Syosset New York is a stockbroker currently registered with David Lerner Associates, Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $160,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) omissions and misrepresentations had been made to the customer and (2) municipal debt transactions…
Woong Seong Hwang of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch who has been fired on July 11, 2017 based upon allegations that Hwang failed to furnish information about a customer that was accurate during the period in which the customer’s account had been established with Merrill Lynch. Financial Industry…
Chuck Correal of Upper Saint Clair Pennsylvania is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer alleged that equity transactions were effected in the customer’s account between 2009 and 2016 that were not suitable for the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Winston Wade Turner of Sarasota Florida is a former Pruco Securities LLC stockbroker who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $111,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Turner (1) effected transactions in the customer’s account which were not suitable (2) converted the customer’s funds (3)…
David Warren Olson of Saint Petersburg Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of Olson engaging in an unpermitted customer loan…
James Paul Laughlin is a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $6,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was assessed excessive fees for the management of the customer’s management account between December 2, 2014 and…
Clifford Dexter Marks is a former registered representative of NYLife Securities LLC who has been terminated on June 17, 2016 amid an internal investigation into allegations of Marks placing transactions in customer accounts that were not suitable and executing an unapproved customer loan transaction and withdrawal from a customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
John Joseph Raleigh Jr. of Minneapolis Minnesota is a stockbroker currently registered with Summit Brokerage Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 7, 2017 where the customer sought $600,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitability relating to the customer’s investment in real estate security and…
Mark Allen Barrand of Lone Tree Colorado is a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 11, 2018 in which the customer requested $138,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that Barrand made misrepresentations to the customer concerning the terms of…
Ami Kathryn Forte of Palm Harbor Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Wells Notice in which FINRA has determined that disciplinary action should be brought against Forte for possibly committing violations of FINRA Rules 2010 and National Association of Securities Dealers…
David Hugh Bindelglass of Paramus New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who has been fired on December 20, 2017 founded on accusations that Bindelglass executed unauthorized transactions in customer accounts and made unsuitable investment recommendations to a customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Bindelglass has been referenced…
Gary Arthur Forrest of Flint Michigan is a stockbroker formerly registered with American Portfolios Financial Services Inc. who 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 Licensing and Securities Bureau supported by accusations that Forrest offered or effected…
Vincente Davila of Houston Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who has been fired on February 1, 2018 founded on allegations that he executed unapproved customer loan arrangements in which he placed unauthorized transfers of assets into Davila’s banking account from the customer’s investment account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure…
Erin A. Daniels of Scottsdale Arizona is a stockbroker formerly registered with BMO Harris Financial Advisors, Inc. who was fired on March 1, 2018 founded on allegations that Daniels mishandled information from customers and conducted herself in a manner which was not consistent with industry rules or the firm’s policies and procedures. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Jason Chi-Wei Fu of Flushing New York is a stockbroker currently registered with AXA Advisors, LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 19, 2018 where the customer alleged that Fu (1) failed to inform the customer about the terms and conditions of investing in variable annuities and…
Brandon Curt Stimpson of North Logan Utah is a stockbroker formerly registered with Allegis Investment Services, LLC and advisor with Allegis Investment Advisors LLC who was fired on December 13, 2017, supported by allegations that he failed to conform to Allegis Investment Services’ code of ethics as well as other firm policies. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Stephen Allen Kelbick of Villanova Pennsylvania is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC who has been fired on August 16, 2017, based upon allegations that Kelbick effected trades in customers’ investment accounts without ever having spoken to them before the transactions were entered. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms…
Philip Peter Parziale of Boston Massachusetts is a stockbroker currently registered with Citizens Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled on October 12, 2017 for $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Parziale made misrepresentations to the customer concerning mutual funds transactions executed in the customer’s…
William Patrick Slattery of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Lampert Capital Markets Inc. who has been fined $12,500.00 and suspended for five 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 that…
Mary Janice Stockinger of Lenoir North Carolina is a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $20,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Stockinger made misrepresentations to the customer concerning a fixed annuity by claiming that it would provide…
Brian John Bogart of McLean Virginia is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $25,711.11 in damages supported by accusations that unsuitable transactions were placed in the customer’s in-house money manager account between 2015 and 2016. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Richard Gomez of New York New York is a former Legend Securities Inc. stockbroker who is subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Decision which contained findings that Gomez (1) made fraudulent misrepresentations to customers (2) recommended securities that were not suitable for customers and (3) sold investments away from Legend…
Hemant Kathuria of Manhattan Beach California is a stockbroker and securities principal currently registered with Euro Pacific Capital Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $791,607.53 in damages founded on allegations including (1) breach of contract (2) violation of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
David John Stull of Stockton California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Hornor Townsend and Kent Inc. who has been fired on October 31, 2016 based upon accusations that he (1) improperly handled checks from customers (2) failed to abide by the firm’s financial planning procedures (3) failed to disclose an outside business activity and…
Frederick David Holloway of Easton Maryland is the president and chief compliance officer of Holloway & Associates Inc. who has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers concerning variable annuities. Department of Enforcement v. Frederick David Holloway No. 2016050025401 (Apr. 2, 2018)….
Philip Anthony Marchetti of Pompton Plains New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with PNC Investments who has been fired on August 5, 2016 supported by allegations that he failed to be forthcoming with supervisory personnel at PNC in an investigation into whether Marchetti executed unauthorized trades in an account owned by a firm customer….
Malcolm Douglas MacLennan of Los Angeles California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer and Co. Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 12, 2016 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s assets were invested in unsuitable equity…
Laura Ortega Shean of Medford Oregon is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that she converted a customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent, No. 2017056236901 (Apr. 3, 2018). According to…
Carl Damien Gill of Troy Michigan is a stockbroker formerly registered with United Planners’ Financial Services of America who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled on December 21, 2017 for $40,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that unauthorized exchange traded funds trades had been placed in the customer’s…
Richard Hunt Crockett of New York New York is a former chief compliance officer of Osprey Partners LLC who 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 failed to supervise Osprey stockbrokers’ private securities transactions. Letter of…
Darrell Walter Rideaux of Los Angeles California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who 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 testify before FINRA personnel in an investigation into allegations of Rideaux selling away from…
Joshua D. Bradley of Columbia South Carolina is a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. who has been fined $15,000.00 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 effected discretionary trades in customer accounts when he…
Brian Joseph Hagerman of New York New York the former president and chief compliance officer of Global Arena Capital Corp has been suspended on May 5, 2017 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to inform FINRA about whether he complied with a…
John Gunther Hoagland of Troy Michigan is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled on February 15, 2018 for $17,044.19 in damages supported by allegations that unauthorized equity transactions were effected in the customer’s investment account between September and October of…
David Paul Eck of Moses Lake Washington is a stockbroker formerly registered with CCF Investments Inc. who has been fired on March 14, 2017 based upon allegations that he violated the policies and procedures of the firm. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Eck has been identified in two customer initiated investment…
Alfred Gary Kovacs of Houston Texas is a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $34,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Kovacs over-concentrated the customer’s assets in oil and gas stocks between 2014 and 2016. Financial Industry…
German Ricardo Mora of San Antonio Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch who has been fired on November 11, 2016 based upon allegations that he executed transactions in customers’ accounts on a discretionary basis and marked order tickets as having been unsolicited when they were actually solicited. On November 29, 2016, Mora…
Ernest James Cox of La Quinta California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Commonwealth Financial Network who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled on November 28, 2016 for $15,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s funds according to an options and equities strategy that was not…
Mitchell Dean Simkins of Salt Lake City Utah is a stockbroker currently registered with Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action which settled for $370,000.00 in damages based upon accusations including (1) the offer and sale of unregistered securities through an entity which was not registered…
Brian Michael Weinstein of Lawrenceville New Jersey 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 he converted funds and furnished false documentation to Morgan Stanley. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 20140438633-01 (Nov….
Elliot Hough Sherer of Melville New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $8,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer’s margin account was excessively utilized (2) unsuitable investment recommendations were made to the customer…
Gautam B. Bose of Bethesda Maryland is a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitraton claim that settled for $44,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Bose omitted information concerning the risks and features of a variable annuity and real estate investment trust…
Audie Gean Rea of Ridgeland Missouri is a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus and Company who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $90,000.00 in damages founded on Rea having been found liable for breaching his fiduciary duties, effecting unsuitable transactions, churning the customer’s…
Frank Bazan of Houston Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with BBVA Securities Inc. who has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he entered into an unapproved customer loan arrangement and outside business activity…
Gil Sharon of New York New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Maxim Group LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) unauthorized options and equity trades had been executed in the customer’s account (2) the…
Duane J. Haley of Indianapolis Indiana is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that mutual fund transactions were executed in the customer’s account on an unauthorized and unsuitable basis. Haley’s registration…
Dennis Ernest Beeby of San Diego California is a stockbroker formerly registered with EDI Financial Inc. who 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 upon consenting to findings that he sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Sanders Lane Spangler of San Antonio Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC who 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 in a FINRA investigation into accusations of his unauthorized trading in customer…
Alison Mills Gardner of Sarasota Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled on June 8, 2017 for $12,196.89 in damages supported by accusations that the customers investment instructions concerning closed-end funds and stock transactions had not been followed between…
Lawrence John Fawcett Jr. of Los Angeles California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Westpark Capital Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of Fawcett’s unapproved outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance…
David Henry Niswonger of South Bend Indiana is a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James and Associates who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $52,000.00 in damages founded on accusations including (1) violation of federal securities laws (2) violation of National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and…
Matthew Singer of Aventura Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who 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 testify in a FINRA investigation into allegations of his unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of…
Mark Jude Ketner of New York New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Maxim Group LLC who 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 made unsuitable investment trust recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Michael Giokas of Clarence New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Fortune Financial Services, Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his fraudulent conduct. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Peter David Schiff of Dorado Puerto Rico is the president and chief executor officer of Euro Pacific Capital Inc. who is subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $791,607.53 in damages based upon allegations including (1) breach of contract (2) violation of FINRA Rules (3) violation of California Securities…
Michael Vetere of Tarrytown, New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Hornor Townsend and Kent Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to provide FINRA with information that had been requested of him concerning his business activities….
Michael Barry Stern of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Herbert J. Sims and Co. Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $4,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of failure to supervise, breach of contract, misrepresentation, and fraud pertaining to the customer’s structured…
Samuel David Campos of Dallas Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that Campos neglected to respond to FINRA personnel’s request for Campos’ information. FINRA Case No. 2016050778401 (Aug. 25, 2016)….
Isidro Z. Miramontes of Brea California is a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 9, 2016 where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was placed into variable annuities that were not…
Peter Brian Voldness of Bloomington Minnesota is a stockbroker formerly registered with Emergent Financial Group Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer’s assets were inappropriately concentrated in private placement securities issued by Cryoport. Financial Industry…
Niaz Elmazi of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Global Arena Capital Corp who has been sanctioned on May 5, 2017 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that Elmazi failed to confirm with FINRA whether he complied with FINRA Arbitration No. 16-00350 (Feb. 24, 2017) in which he…
Michael Patrick Spolar of Orlando Florida is a stockbroker registered with International Assets Advisory LLC who has been fired on October 9, 2017 supported by accusations that he engaged in customer communications during a time that he was suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Particularly, on June 19, 2017, Spolar was suspended from associating…
Chun Mei Zhu of Bellingham Washington is a stockbroker currently registered with Waddell & Reed who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Zhu made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning the use of the customer’s 401(k) funds to…
Patrick Hugh Dowd of Jacksonville Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that he failed to provide FINRA with information about Dowd’s business activities. FINRA Case No. 2016050861701 (Mar. 27, 2017). FINRA…
Lisa Kristine Rodriguez of Oroville California is a stockbroker currently registered with Edward Jones who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 31, 2017 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Rodriguez made misrepresentations to the customer concerning an AIG Polaris Platinum…
David Jeremy Welty of Norristown Pennsylvania is a former Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC stockbroker who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he converted customer funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2016052638401 (Jan. 19, 2017). According to…
Michael Starr of New York New York is a stockbroker currently registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 29, 2016 where the customer sought $38,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer was not apprised of the risks of investing in…
Kyle Gene Edsall of Phoenix Arizona is a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 27, 2016 in which the customer requested $20,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Edsall made misrepresentations to the customer concerning fixed and variable annuity products….
Thomas George Sandkamp of Ontario California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC who was fired on May 12, 2016 supported by allegations that he altered customer account documentation after the document had already been executed by the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Sandkamp has been referenced…
Heath Geoffrey Grossman of Wethersfield Connecticut is a stockbroker formerly registered with Silver Oak Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 28, 2016 where the customer alleged that Grossman (1) failed to disclose investment advisory account fees to the customer in April of 2016 (2) recommended…
Joseph Edward Pastore of El Segundo, California is a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $975,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that unsuitable securities purchases were effected in the customer’s managed account between 2013 and 2015….
Steven Michael Wisniewski of Phoenixville Pennsylvania is a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. whose securities registration has been revoked by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by allegations that Wisniewski failed to pay a fine to FINRA in connection with a disciplinary action in which he was found to have committed conduct…
John Joseph Pearce of Cincinnati Ohio is a stockbroker formerly employed by Fifth Third Securities who was terminated from employment on December 16, 2016 supported by accusations that the firm was not confident in Pearce’s ability to comply with the firm’s policies and procedures. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that this is…
Minish Joe Hede of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that he failed to provide a response to FINRA’s request for information pertaining to Hede’s activities. FINRA…
Steven Carroll Wall of New Brighton Minnesota is a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint November 20, 2017 in which the customer sought $48,515.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) unsuitable investment recommendations were made to the customer concerning exchange…
Leland Roy Heathershaw of Aurora Colorado is a stockbroker formerly registered with Sterne Agee Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint filed on March 13, 2015 in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of poor investment performance and excessive commissions having…
Michael Douglas Hanke of Lutz Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. who has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he exercised discretion in a customer’s account without authorization and mismarked the customer’s order…
Peter M. Torabkhan of New York New York is a stockbroker currently registered with EJ Sterling Inc. who has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Mitchell Steven Morrison of Westlake Village, California is a former principal of Financial West Group who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,937,365.00 in damages founded on accusations that Morrison failed to supervise a registered representative who made misrepresentations to the customer and placed unsuitable oil…
Michael Anthony McGregor of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Blackbook Capital LLC who has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Kevin Michael McCluskey of Palm Beach Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $25,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning a certificate of deposit sale and fixed annuity…
Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC is a broker-dealer headquartered in Irvine California who has been censured and fined $60,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the firm (1) engaged in securities fraud, (2) charged prices that were excessive and unreasonable,…
Stephen John Woods of Hauppauge New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his trading in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Martin Earl Brooks of Belton Missouri is a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC who has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected trades in customer accounts without their written authorization and mismarked order tickets as…
Arlo Jean Stoll of Salem Oregon is a stockbroker currently registered with Cetera Advisors LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 28, 2016 in which the customer requested $76,778.00 in damages founded on allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and suitability relating to the customer’s direct…
Thomas Alan Meier of Miami Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected unauthorized and discretionary trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2016049628301 (Mar. 19,…
Louise Marie Cole of Toms River New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action that settled on October 19, 2016 for $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Cole made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning an international…
Eric Anthony Dupre of San Antonio Texas is a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James and Associates Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $90,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of (1) breach of fiduciary duty (2) negligence and (3) suitability pertaining to over-the-counter equities transactions…
Michael Scott Androulakis of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities Inc. who 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 consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers concerning non-traditional…
Antoine Nabih Souma of Los Angeles California is a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $20,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of (1) unauthorized transactions (2) suitability and (3) misrepresentation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
Craig Dean Blattner of Longwood Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp who has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he settled an Investors Capital Corp customer’s complaint away from the firm. Letter of Acceptance…
Gary John Basralian of Maplewood New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of Basralian having committed securities fraud….
Steven Eugene Love of Terre Haute Indiana, a stockbroker currently registered with Parkland Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim seeking between $300,000 and $500,000 in in damages supported by allegations that he failed top invest her retirement funds in safe, suitable investments, but instead sold her non-traded Real Estate…
John Charles Campeau Jr of New Haven Connecticut is a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $102,204.00 in damages based upon allegations that Campeau charged the customer with excessive fees for advisory services and made unsuitable investment…
Michael Bingham Ballard of Birmingham Alabama is a stockbroker formerly employed by Madison Avenue Securities LLC who has been terminated on February 13, 2017 supported by allegations that he neglected to disclose to the firm that he was subject of a customer complaint. It was not Mr. Ballard’s first rodeo. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Jill Marie Cody (also known as Jill Marie Tramontano) of Neptune New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Concorde Investment Services LLC and investment advisor representative of Concorde Asset Management whose investment advisor representative and agent registration were revoked by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities according to a Summary Revocation Order containing findings…
Amadou Bah of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly employed by Maxim Group LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that he failed to provide FINRA with a response to FINRA’s request for information relating to Bah’s business activities….
Robert MacDonald Abee of Raleigh North Carolina is a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $250,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Abee (1) made misrepresentations to the customer concerning the terms and fees relating to the customer’s…
Jason Eric Zwibel of Wellington Florida is a stockbroker currently employed by Garden State Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $2,670,750.00 in damages based upon allegations of (1) breach of fiduciary responsibility (2) negligence and (3) suitability relating to over-the-counter equities and stock…
Kenneth Peter Krueger of Newport Beach California is a former Canterbury Consulting Inc. stockbroker who has been fined $80,000.00 and barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from acting as an investment adviser or broker or associating with brokerage firms or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative and Cease and Desist Proceedings containing…
Vincent James Mazza of Iselin New Jersey is a stockbroker currently employed by National Securities Corp who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of (1) breach of contract (2) breach of fiduciary duty and (3) negligence relating to over-the-counter…
Kevin Lawrence Barbalace of Columbia Maryland is a stockbroker formerly registered with Dawson James Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 30, 2017 where the customer sought $4,952,610.00 in damages supported by accusations that Barbalace made misrepresentations to the customer and placed unsuitable private placement, promissory…
Michael Fitzgerald Dunne of Chicago Illinois is the president of Forest Securities Inc. who is subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation based upon accusations of Dunne’s involvement in private securities transactions and use of unauthorized communication channels relating to a Regulation D offering. FINRA Case No. 20160495874 (Aug. 2, 2017). FINRA Public…
Dallas Dan George of New York New York is a broker currently employed by AXA Advisors LLC whose sales practices are subject of a Tennessee Department of Insurance investigation launched on June 26, 2017. The Tennessee Department is coincidentally located in the Davy Crockett Tower, however, the Director is not, at last as of this writing,…
George Frederick Dance Jr of Daphne Alabama, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 25, 2017, where the customer seeks more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that an unsuitable investment allocation had been effectuated for the customer’s managed account between…
John Kirkland Moy of West Palm Beach Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch who is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $65,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unsuitable investment recommendations had been made to the customer in 2015 concerning over-the-counter equities transactions. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Alexi Nahun Bustamante of Miami Lakes Florida is a registered representative formerly employed with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that she failed to comply with FINRA’s request for her information. FINRA Case No. 2017052961501 (July 14,…
Andrew Michael May of State College Pennsylvania is a stockbroker currently employed by Edward Jones who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on May 22, 2017 for $7,257.38 in damages founded on accusations that May made misrepresentations to the customer concerning the tax liability pertaining to the customer’s…
Gregg Z. Schonhorn of Short Hills New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with FTN Financial Securities Corp who has been charged by SEC in a Complaint alleging that he engaged in a fraudulent investment scheme. United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gregg Z. Schonhorn et al. Civil Action No. 16-cv-9829 (Dec. 21, 2016)….
Eric Lee Sullivan of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Dinosaur Financial Group LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled on March 23, 2017 for $12,500.00 in damages founded on allegations that options trades had been placed in the customer’s investment portfolio without…
Andrew John Costanzo Junior of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is a stockbroker currently registered with Cetera Advisors LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $279,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer’s investment accounts had been negligently established and administered. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
Timothy John Beall of Eau Claire Michigan is a stockbroker formerly registered with National Planning Corporation who 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 consenting to findings that he engaged in private securities transactions and unapproved outside business…
David Michael Pintaric of Youngstown Ohio is a stockbroker formerly employed by WRP Investments Inc. who is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 18, 2017 where the customer requested $828,583.00 in damages founded on accusations that inappropriate promissory notes transactions had been effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Anthony Ryan Morris (also known as Tony Morris) is a stockbroker formerly registered with Anthony Ryan Morris who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 27, 2016 where the customer requested $147,536.35 in damages supported by accusations that omissions and misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning a…
Christopher Charles Degroat of Portland Oregon is a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC who has been fired on July 26, 2017 founded on accusations that he made an investment recommendation that was not suitable for the customer and furnished fake subscription documentation to Paulson Investment Company to effect transactions. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Fred Charles Ostrove of New York New York is a stockbroker currently employed by Jeffries LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action on October 26, 2016 in which the customer sought $200,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that misrepresentations had been made concerning direct investment programs. Civil Action No….
Michael Todd Glucksman of Ocala Florida is a former registered representative of MetLife Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 11, 2016 in which the customer alleged that Glucksman induced the customer’s variable annuity purchase by making misrepresentations. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals…
Raymond Joseph Berg of Mound Minnesota is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial and owner of Omega Wealth Management Group Inc. who is the subject of a Consent Order issued by Minnesota Commission of Commerce in which a $3,000.00 fine was assessed based upon findings of omissions or representations relating to Berg’s qualifications. Case No….
Yevgeniy G. Akilov of Staten Island New York is a stockbroker formerly employed by Legend Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 1, 2016 in which the customer requested $15,165.90 in damages founded on allegations that unsuitable exchange traded fund and over-the-counter equities transactions were placed…
Williard Lee Golightly of Fresno California is a stockbroker formerly registered with SCF Securities Inc. and advisor employed by Alamo Asset Advisors who has been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on December 14, 2016 based upon accusations that he failed to cooperate with his obligations to pay $155,000.00 in compensatory damages to a…
Jonathan Steven Harris of Palm Beach Florida is a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus and Company Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,550,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Harris (1) omitted information from the customer regarding the risks of investing in…
Mark Kaplan of Woodbury New York is a stockbroker formerly employed by Vanderbilt Securities, LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by consenting to findings that he churned and excessively traded customers’ investment portfolios. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2015045984001 (Mar….
Omer Ozeren of Los Angeles California is a stockbroker formerly employed by Ace Diversified Capital Inc. who has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers regarding non-traditional exchange traded…
Michael M. Hurtgen of Greenwood Village Colorado is a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. who 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 consenting to findings that he sold away from the firm. Letter of…
William Bernard Lyons of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly employed by ACGM, Inc. who has been fined $10,000.00 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 failed to supervise a firm stockbroker’s private securities transactions…
In July 2014, we wrote about the dismantling of the Pennsylvania Securities Commissioner, which was seen as an impediement to “capital formation” in the Keystone State. We called it: Securities Fraudsters: You have a friend in Pennsylvania. Each year in Pennsylvania investors conservatively lose $3 billion as the result of securities fraud, Ponzi schemes and…
Western International Securities Inc. is a brokerage firm headquartered in Pasadena California who has been censured and fined one hundred twenty five thousand dollars by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon accusations that it failed to create and implement adequate supervisory procedures and systems for purposes of making sure that non-traditional exchange traded fund…
Christopher Duke Bennett of Louisville Kentucky is a stockbroker currently registered with J.J.B. Hilliard W.L. Lyons LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested five million dollars in damages based upon allegations of (1) suitability (2) misrepresentation and (3) breach of fiduciary duty pertaining to…
James Bernis Lunsford of Sonoma California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation who has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought five hundred thousand dollars in damages supported by allegations that Lunsford sold the customer an unsuitable private placement investment. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Alan Louis Shankman of Salt Lake City Utah is a stockbroker currently registered with Wilson-Davis and Co. Inc. who is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into allegations of Shankman’s potential FINRA Rule 2010 violations. FINRA Investigation No. 20150433566; 20160512091 (Dec. 1 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure confirms that a customer initiated…
Jeffrey Marc Grayson of Florham Park New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested thirty-eight thousand one hundred seventeen dollars in damages founded on allegations that Grayson concentrated the customer’s assets in investments that were…
Donnell Noah Bowen of Washington DC is a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services who has been terminated from employment on January 13 2017 based upon allegations that Bowen left the firm during a time that it investigated him for forging a customer’s signature on account documentation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Harry Francis Couglar of San Diego California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Montage Securities LLC who is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Wells Notice where FINRA recommended that disciplinary action be pursued against Couglar for his unauthorized trading in customer accounts and for Couglar’s failure to report his activities to…
Philip Martin Hanover of Melville New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer and Co. Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought one million one hundred eight thousand one hundred fifty-six dollars in damages based upon allegations of (1) churning (2) suitability and (3)…
Paul Mark Zoch of Fort Lauderdale Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors who was fired on August 29 2017 based upon allegations that Zoch engaged in improper activities affecting a customer account relationship which ultimately caused the firm to no longer maintain confidence in Zoch’s abilities to comply with the firm’s…
Rita Marie Dulya of Port St. Lucie Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities Inc. who was fired on October 9 2017 based upon accusations that she inappropriately received funds from a customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Dulya has been identified in two customer initiated investment related disputes…
Choosri Lao of Tinley Park Illinois is a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisor Networks LLC who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Choosri made investment recommendations and facilitated customers’ alternative investment transactions despite…
David J Harrison of Allison Park Pennsylvania is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 5 2017 where the customer requested an estimated five thousand dollars in damages supported by accusations of misrepresentation relating to a variable annuity that the…
Michael David Mathias of Mount Kisco New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Summit Brokerage Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested four hundred thirty-three thousand six hundred eight-seven dollars in damages founded on accusations of suitability relating to the customer’s variable annuity…
Jeffrey Alan Hill of Bemidji Minnesota is a stockbroker formerly registered with Dougherty and Company LLC whose securities registration has been revoked on March 17 2017 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that he failed to pay fifty thousand dollars in fines and disgorgement. Particularly, Hill was disgorged of $45,000.00, fined $5,000.00…
Sara Zhou of Oak Brook Illinois is a stockbroker formerly registered with Financial West Group who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought one million seven hundred eighty-one thousand one hundred fifteen dollars in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made regarding oil…
Andrew Jay Lowe of Centre Alabama is a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel Fisher and Company Financial Services who has been fired on November 1 2017 based upon allegations that he failed to timely make required disclosures to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) regarding his activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that…
Jeffrey Joseph McDonald of Palm Harbor Florida is a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested two hundred fifty thousand dollars in damages supported by allegations that unsuitable investment recommendations had been made to the customer relating to buying and…
First Kentucky Securities Corporation is a brokerage firm from Louisville Kentucky who has been censured and fined fifty thousand dollars by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that it overcharged customers by depriving them of sales charge waivers on eligible mutual fund purchases executed through the firm. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Robert Abramowitz of Garden City New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for forty thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations including (1) omissions and misrepresentations (2) breach of contract (3) breach of fiduciary duty…
Peter Robert Green of Berkeley California is a stockbroker currently registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 16 2016 in which the customer sought twenty-six thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that unsuitable investment recommendations had been made to the customer…
Mark Andrew Milligan of Blue Bell Pennsylvania is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested ninety-nine thousand two hundred eighty one dollars in damages founded on allegations that Milligan effected unsuitable mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account….
John N. Girgis of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for nearly ten thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that the customer was charged excessive commissions for over-the-counter equities transactions executed in the…
Charles Gilbert Kunzelman of Hamden Connecticut is a stockbroker currently registered with Citizens Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 12 2016 where the customer sought eighty-one thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that Kunzelman made misrepresentations to the customer concerning the costs and fees…
Michael Anthony Jump of Somonauk Illinois is a stockbroker formerly registered with Investment Planners Inc. who has been fined by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance based upon consenting to findings that he failed to make required disclosures to the Commissioner relating to an administrative action that Jump was the subject…
Jeffrey Donald Poosch of Fort Gratiot Michigan is a stockbroker currently registered with Summit Brokerage Services who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 12 2016 where the customer alleged that the penalties for cancelling a variable annuity had never been disclosed to the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
David Lloyd Barber of San Diego California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC who 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 provide documentation and information to FINRA in an investigation into allegations of…
Donald Edward Graves of Greenfield Massachusetts is a stockbroker currently registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for sixty-five thousand dollars in damages supported by allegations of inappropriate Aztec drilling program transactions having been effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Dallas York of Scottsdale Arizona is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC who has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that York failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of York’s “unauthorized withdrawals” from a customer’s account. Department of Enforcement…
Paidemoyo Brian Charasika of Louisville Kentucky is a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled on October 26 2015 for twelve thousand five hundred dollars in damages founded on allegations that unauthorized real estate investment trust and unit investment…
A stockbroker from Kingston Pennsylvania formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. was fined five thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in discretionary trading without having received customers’ written authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Austin R. Dutton, Jr., at least until August 2017, was a stockbroker or registered representative of Newbridge Securities Corporation allowed to conduct business under the name Bridge Valley Financial Services at 171 South Main Street in Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901. On August 10, 2017, Dutton and Newbridge Securities parted ways. Weeks earlier, on July 24, 2017, Dutton…
Gregory Benton Walsh of Tucson Arizona is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought more than fourteen million four hundred thousand dollars in damages supported by accusations that an unauthorized withdrawal was executed from the customer’s…
Robert Brian Lefkowitz of Miami Florida is the chief executor officer of Dakota Securities International Inc. who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he enabled an individual subject of FINRA disqualification to make investment…
Jason Hunter Likens of Orlando Florida is a stockbroker formerly employed with Oppenheimer who has been has been fined ten thousand dollars and suspended for fifteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he entered into unapproved loan arrangements with customers of…
Joshua Lee Bradley of Scranton Pennsylvania is a former stockbroker of LPL Financial LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which settled on September 21 2016 for twenty-three thousand one hundred fourteen dollars in damages founded on allegations that Bradley effected the purchase of a variable annuity that was not…
Scott David Shapiro of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly employed with Citigroup Global Markets who has been terminated on April 8 2016 supported by allegations that he was under internal investigation for his potential mishandling of customer account documentation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Shapiro has been referenced…
George Craig Merhoff Jr. of Klamath Falls Oregon is a stockbroker currently associated with Cetera Advisors LLC who has been ordered by the Division of Financial Regulation of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services to pay a thirty-five thousand dollar civil penalty and cease and desist committing violations of Oregon Securities Law based…
Jeffrey Howard Palish of Paramus New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly associated with Wells Fargo Clearing Services who was fired on October 5 2017 based upon the firm’s allegations that he had inappropriately obtained funds belonging to one of Wells Fargo’s customers. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that a customer filed an…
Laurence Bache Rossbach of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly employed with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 3 2017 in which the customer sought forty-four thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that stock transactions had been effected in the customer’s account that…
Randolph Lee Eddlemon of Scottsdale Arizona is a stockbroker formerly employed with Geneos Wealth Management Inc. who has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to provide a response to FINRA’s request for information regarding Eddlemon’s business activities. Case No. 2017055260401…
Linda Lee Ledzian of Merrick New York is a stockbroker formerly employed with Capital One Investing LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 20 2017 where the customer sought twelve thousand three hundred dollars in damages based upon allegations that a certificate of deposit investment was not…
Laura Ortega Shean of Medford Oregon is a stockbroker formerly associated with LPL Financial LLC who is the subject of an Oregon Division of Financial Regulation Notice Order stating that sanctions have been sought against her by the Division based upon accusations that she misappropriated customer funds and effected transactions that were not authorized. Case…
Austin Richard Dutton Jr. of Doylestown Pennsylvania is a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought thirty thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that (1) misrepresentations and omissions had been made to the customer relating to features and…
Lawrence E Hagedorn of Andover Kansas is a former registered representative of The O.N. Equity Sales Company who has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that Hagedorn failed to provide FINRA with a response to its request for Hagedorn’s information. Case No. 201705565410…
Adam Robert Freund of Novi Michigan is a stockbroker formerly associated with Citizens Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested thirty-four thousand nine hundred twenty dollars in damages based upon accusations that the customer was sold municipal debt products that were fraudulent and…
Mark Gregory Raezer of Aurora Colorado is a former registered representative of Taylor Capital Management Inc. who has been suspended for sixty days from effecting securities transactions or providing investment advice to customers according to a Stipulation and Consent Order issued by the Securities Commissioner for the State of Colorado containing findings that Raezer sold…
Sean Aaron Brady of Saint Louis Missouri is a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities Inc. who has been fired on October 20 2017 supported by allegations that Brady violated the firm’s policies relating to the falsification of signatures on customer account documentation and improper use of consolidated account statements. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
James C. Tao of Houston Texas is a stockbroker formerly employed with Sunbelt Securities Inc. who has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from acting as an investment advisor or broker or associating with any investment advisory or brokerage firm in any capacity according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Making Findings and…
Supreme Alliance LLC is a brokerage firm headquartered in Wilmington North Carolina which has been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon accusations that it (1) failed to supervise its variable annuity business and (2) failed to supervise private securities transactions and outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 201605005701…
Jimmy Moscoso of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker formerly employed with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he converted the funds of a customer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018057246701 (Feb….
Essex Securities LLC is a brokerage firm headquartered in Massachusetts that has been censured and fined twenty-five thousand dollars by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based in part on consenting to findings that the firm neglected to adequately supervise outside business activities that its registered representatives engaged in during the time that they were employed…
Steven Jude Meleco is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC who has been terminated on November 10 2017 founded on accusations that he effected trades in a customer’s account without authorization. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that on August 13, 2015, a customer initiated investment related written complaint…
Jasper Eugene Boykin Jr of Atlanta Georgia is a stockbroker formerly employed with MetLife Securities Inc. who has been 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 Boykin obstructed a FINRA investigation into accusations…
John Scott Matthews of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly associated with Global Arena Capital Corp who has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that he failed to comply with a FINRA arbitration award or otherwise adequately inform FINRA regarding his…
Daniel K. Kittner of Mesa Arizona is a stockbroker formerly employed with Ameritas Investment Corp. who was terminated on November 1 2017 supported by accusations that he was subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on December 28, 2005, a customer filed an investment related…
Eugene Nathan Gordon of Palo Alto California is a stockbroker currently associated with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 27 2017 in which the customer sought one million nine hundred thirty-eight thousand one hundred eighty-eight dollars in damages based upon accusations that Gordon placed trades…
John Martin Schneider of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is stockbroker formerly registered with PWA Securities Inc. and former representative of Private Wealth Advisors Inc. who is the subject of a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Investigation launched on July 13 2017 regarding Schneider’s leveraged exchange traded fund activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Schneider…
Steven Michael Knowlton of Ann Arbor Michigan is a stockbroker formerly associated with IMS Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought five hundred thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations of (1) fraud (2) unsuitable investment recommendations and (3) failure to conduct due diligence…
Marilyn Ashley Rios of Portsmouth New Hampshire is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC who was fired on November 15 2016 supported by allegations that she violated LPL Financial LLC’s policy in reference to customer account signatures. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that on September 26, 2017, a customer initiated…
Robert Douglas Armstrong of Boca Raton is a stockbroker currently associated with Dawson James Securities who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 16 2017 where the customer sought one hundred thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that he made misleading and false assurances in regard to the…
Vladimir Belyaev of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Avenir Financial Group who has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to confirm with FINRA whether he complied with his obligations pertaining to FINRA Arbitration…
Eric John Zebrauskas of Carmel Indiana is a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities Service Network Inc. who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in undisclosed outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Douglas Edward Kary of San Diego California is a stockbroker formerly associated with Morgan Stanley who was fired on April 1 2016 based upon allegations that Kary entered into an unapproved loan arrangement between a firm customer and an outside entity that Kary was involved in. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that…
GWN Securities Inc. is a brokerage firm headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens Florida that has been censured and fined one hundred thousand dollars by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise its unit investment trust business to ensure that customers were provided with discounts when eligible…
Christopher Lee Hibbard of Louisville Kentucky is a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith Incorporated who has been fired on January 8 2018 supported by accusations that Hibbard engaged in conduct pertaining to the theft of funds and executed unauthorized transactions regarding money market and variable annuities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Issac Franklin Stevens Junior of Denton Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he exercised discretion in a customer’s account without authorization. Letter of Acceptance…
Corey Lee Mireau of Eden Prairie Minnesota is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. who has been terminated from employment on September 15 2017 based upon allegations that he potentially violated the firm’s policies concerning outside business activities and customer loan arrangements. Mireau reportedly resigned while under the firm’s suspension. Financial Industry…
Edward A. Davig of Green Bay Wisconsin is a stockbroker registered with Packerland Brokerage Services who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which customers requested five hundred thousand dollars in damages supported by accusations that Davig effected investments in Atlas oil and gas offering that were not suitable for…
Brendan Patrick Shaw of Scottsdale Arizona is a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and investment advisor representative with Thomson Financial Advisors LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested seven million five hundred thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations that the…
Michael Robert Greenfield of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer and Company who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested one hundred forty-seven thousand three hundred thirty-four dollars in damages founded on allegations of (1) omissions (2) fraud (3) breach of contract (4)…
Larry Allen Stapp of Midland Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC who has been fined ten thousand dollars and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he entered into an unauthorized loan arrangement with a customer…
Erick George Revelle Kuebler of Dallas Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested five hundred thousand dollars in damages supported by allegations that Kuebler effected unsuitable and unauthorized transactions in the customer’s account between…
John Anthony Kailunas II of Kentwood Michigan is a stockbroker currently registered with Regulus Advisors LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Albemarle Circuit Court of Albemarle County Virginia in which the customer sought over one million eight hundred thousand dollars in damages supported by accusations…
John Scott Elliott of Overland Park Kansas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to accusations that Elliott failed to provide information to FINRA regarding his business activities. Letter No. 2016051253201 (Mar. 6 2017)….
Kenneth Wayne Bailey of Abingdon Virginia is a former NYLife Securities LLC registered representative who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 1 2016 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed five thousand dollars supported by allegations that the customer was misled concerning his replacement of variable…
Joseph Richard Hinke of Richland Center Wisconsin is a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones who was fired on August 25 2016 based upon accusations that he solicited and ultimately effected orders in a customer’s investment account after having been apprised that the customer had dementia. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that…
Jorge Reyes of Miami Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with CP Capital Securities who is subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in Miami Florida on October 24 2016 in which the customer requested one million four hundred fifty-two thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations that the customer was induced…
David Joe Ondo Jr. of San Pedro California is a stockbroker currently registered with OneAmerica Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 13 2016 in which the customer sought seven thousand one hundred eighty-nine dollars in damages supported by accusations that Ondo made misrepresentations to the…
Jeffrey David Snyder of Danbury Connecticut is a stockbroker formerly registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. who 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 in a FINRA investigation into accusations of Snyder settling a customer…
Anthony Mediate of Red Bank New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 4 2015 in which the customer alleged that over-the-counter equities transactions were effected in the customer’s account on an unsuitable and excessive basis. Financial Industry…
Pavel Shklyar of Norwood New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed FINRA’s investigation into accusations of Shklyar’s private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Jeffrey Howard Palish of Paramus New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services who has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he converted funds from a customer of the firm. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Jodie Ann LaMarre of Sarasota Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Robert W. Baird and Co. Incorporated who has been fined ten thousand dollars and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she made an unsuitable investment recommendation…
Caroline Faye Korn of Rochester New York is a stockbroker registered with Pinnacle Investments LLC who has been disgorged of seven thousand three hundred dollars in commissions and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she effected unauthorized transactions…
SW Financial is a brokerage firm headquartered in Melville New York which has been censured and fined thirty-five thousand dollars by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm (1) made mutual fund recommendations that were not suitable for customers and (2) failed to supervise the firm’s investment recommendations to…
Philip Andrew Johnson of Nashville Tennessee is a stockbroker formerly associated with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended 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 without authorization from the firm….
Richard Philip Hohol of Roselle Illinois is a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors Networks LLC who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he enabled one of the firm’s former registered representatives…
Brent Van Lott of Orem Utah is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC who has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that Lott falsified documents relating to customers’ securities transactions. Department of Enforcement v. Brent Lott Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2013038124102 (Jan. 25 2018). According to the Complaint,…
Marla Chidsey Roeser of Potomac Maryland is a stockbroker formerly registered with City National Securities Inc. who has been fined ten thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity based upon consenting to findings that she failed to supervise the private securities transactions and outside…
Kevin Scott Woolf of Winter Haven Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley that 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 testify or provide documentation to FINRA in regard to allegations of his private securities…
Farid Morim of Beverly Hills California is a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC that has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Default Decision containing findings that he failed to provide documentation and information to FINRA in…
Leslie Brian Flaum of Melville New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought over one million one-hundred eight thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations that Flaum failed to supervise a registered representative who breached his fiduciary…
Jeffrey Collins Kinder of St. Louis Missouri is a stockbroker formerly registered with Huntleigh Securities Corporation who has been fined twenty thousand dollars and suspended for fifteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers in regard…
Jeffrey Randolph Wilson of Las Cruces New Mexico is a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services that is subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought at least five thousand dollars in damages founded on accusations that Flaum made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer regarding energy-sector…
Huntleigh Securities Corporation is a brokerage firm headquartered in St. Louis Missouri who has been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm overcharged customers on unit investment trust transactions and failed to supervise the application of sales charge discounts in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Robert Douglas Armstrong of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker currently registered with Dawson James Securities Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint filed on January 16 2017 in which the customer requested one hundred thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that misleading assurances and false representations were…
Kermit Gordon Cable Jr, of Arlington Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research and investment advisor representative formerly registered with Cambridge Research Advisors Inc. who is subject of a Texas State Securities Board Order which suspended him in an investment advisory representative capacity for one-hundred fifty days founded on allegations that he…
David Wayne Krumrey of the Woodlands Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. that has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because he failed to respond to FINRA personnel’s information request. Case No. 2017055552901 (Jan. 29 2018). FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that…
Keith Joseph Michelfelder of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Gunnar that had his securities registration revoked by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to FINRA Rule 8230 based upon Michelfelder’s failure to pay a ten thousand dollar fine that FINRA ordered because of Michelfelder having placed trades in customer…
Lyle J. Boudreaux of Houston Texas is a stockbroker currently registered with Independent Financial Group LLC who is subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 27 2017 in which the customer sought two hundred ten thousand dollars in damages founded on accusations that unsuitable leveraged exchange traded fund transactions were effected…
Vincent Sciabica of Albany New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who has been fined five thousand dollars 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 effected unit investment trust transactions in customer accounts in…
Tamara Rae Steele of Pendleton Indiana is a stockbroker formerly registered with Comprehensive Asset Management and Servicing Inc. who has been fired on June 13 2017 based upon accusations that she engaged in private securities transactions that involved several of the firm’s customers even though Steele never gained the firm’s authorization to engage in those…
Michael Ciro Colletti of Melville New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation who has been fined seven thousand five-hundred dollars and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Colletti failed…
Robert Steven Clarke of Cincinnati Ohio is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ross Sinclaire & Associates LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought five hundred thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that misrepresentations were made to the customer regarding collateralized mortgage obligations products….
Vanessa Beth-Anne Reeves-Farry of Oroville California is a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that she failed to timely cooperate with FINRA in an…
David Francis Faline of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested two hundred thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations that Faline made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer which caused the customer…
Cory D. Bataan of Melville New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he executed trades in customer investment accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance…
Steve Morris of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Wynston Hill Capital LLC who has been has suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to adequately respond to FINRA staff regarding his compliance with a settlement agreement…
Donald Kay Gross II of Parsippany New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Summit Equities Inc. who is the subject of an Order of Summary Suspension issued by California Department of Insurance wherein Gross was suspended for three months from engaging in insurance business in California supported by allegations against Gross of selling away…
Kenneth H. South of Newport Beach California is a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested over one hundred sixty-one thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that between June 1 2015 and February 1 2017 the…
Shakela Carter of Fort Lauderdale Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch who has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that she failed to testify in an investigation into accusations of her selling away from the firm. Department of Enforcement v. Shakela Carter Disciplinary Proceeding No. 20160492021-01…
Gregory Gassoso of Edison New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he executed unauthorized stock trades in a customer’s investment account. Letter of Acceptance…
Francis Joseph Gendlek of East Brunswick New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with IFS Securities who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made fraudulent omissions and misrepresentations relating to his private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Thomas Francis Niles of Saratoga Springs New York is a stockbroker associated with Morgan Stanley who has been fined five thousand dollars 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 transactions in customer accounts that were not…
Guy Charles Conger of San Antonio Texas is a former stockbroker of Money Concepts Capital Corp who has been fined fifteen thousand dollars 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 (1) utilized discretion in customer accounts in…
Brett Alexander Ashy of Jackson Mississippi is a registered representative formerly employed with MWA Financial Services Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any and all capacities based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA in an investigation into allegations of Ashy’s…
Shaun Eugene Hayes of Fort Worth Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which settled on December 19 2017 for one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that stock trades had been effected in the customer’s account without the…
Peter Orlando is a stockbroker formerly associated with SCF Securities Inc. who is the subject of a Complaint brought by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) containing accusations that Orlando made unsuitable investment recommendations to a customer and procured signed but otherwise blank documents to effect transactions. Department of Enforcement v. Peter Orlando Disciplinary Proceeding No….
Stanley Robert Cohen of Calabasas California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested over three hundred sixty-one thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that Cohen made unsuitable fixed and variable annuity recommendations to the customer and…
Mark B. Degner of Fall River Massachusetts is a former stockbroker of LPL Financial that has been fined seven thousand five hundred dollars and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made misrepresentations to customers concerning certificate of deposits. Letter of…
Berthel Fisher Co. Financial Services Inc. is a broker-dealer headquartered in Cedar Rapids Iowa that has been censured and fined two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the firm failed to supervise unit investment trust transactions effected in customer accounts. Department…
Kevin Mark Nast of Northville Michigan is a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for fourteen thousand dollars in damages supported by accusations that Nast made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer and executed unauthorized transactions in the customer’s…
Ricardo Rodriguez-Stern of New York New York is a former J.P. Morgan Securities LLC stockbroker who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Default Decision containing findings that Rodriguez-Stern neglected to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into his customer…
Stephen George Kowalski of Parsippany New Jersey is a stockbroker currently registered with Hennion and Walsh who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought six hundred seventy thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations that municipal debt purchases were effected in customers’ accounts that were not…
Michael Quiles III of Long Island City New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC who has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Quiles failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into accusations of his unapproved customer loan arrangement. Department of Enforcement…
Coleman Joseph Devlin is a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested three hundred thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations of (1) violations of Maryland Securities Act (2) breach of fiduciary duty (3) breach of contract (4) common law…
Donna Boyd of Houston Texas is an investment adviser and stockbroker formerly registered with Sunbelt Securities that has been barred by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from acting as an investment adviser or broker according an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 203(f)…
Linda Sue Zara of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker associated with Wells Fargo Clearing Services who has been fired in December 2017 based upon accusations that she executed an unapproved customer loan arrangement in violation of Wells Fargo’s policies. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that a customer initiated investment related arbitration…
Ryan Michael Murnane of Staten Island New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodstock Financial Group who is subject of a Notice of Proposed Agency Action and Opportunity for Hearing brought by the Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Montana State Auditor which alleged that Murnane committed securities fraud. In the Matter…
Timothy Charles Sullivan of San Ramon California is a stockbroker registered with SII Investments Inc. who has been fired in December 2017 based upon accusations that he utilized unauthorized communication vehicles and failed to make required regulatory disclosures. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Sullivan has been referenced in nine customer initiated…
James Randall Clay of Clarksville Tennessee is a stockbroker formerly registered with U.S. Bancorp Investments Inc.James Randall Clay who has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he engaged in unapproved outside business activities and falsified statements to his firm and FINRA personnel in regard to his business activities….
Clifford C. Vatter III of Louisville Kentucky was a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James and Associates Inc. whom the firm fired in July 2017 based upon accusations that Vatter placed trades in a customer’s account without the customer’s authorization. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Vatter has been identified in six…
James Marc Unger of Mayfield Heights Ohio is a stockbroker formerly registered with Financial America Services who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Unger (1) entered into an unapproved borrowing arrangement with a customer (2) falsely attested to his…
Thomas Whitmeyer O’Brien of Shreveport Louisiana is a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested five million dollars in damages supported by allegations including (1) overconcentration in the customer’s account (2) unauthorized trading (3) fraudulent concealment (4) fraudulent or…
Tom Gilliam Parks Jr. of Stephenville Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 6 2017 where the customer requested four hundred thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that Parks made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer…
Mamode (Sony) Abdullah Oozeerally is a stockbroker currently registered with Hennion and Walsh who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for sixty thousand dollars in damages founded on accusations that Oozeerally executed municipal debt purchases in the customer’s account which were not suitable for the customer. Financial Industry…
Howard Joseph Allen III of New York, New York, owner of Portfolio Advisors Alliance, LLC, has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that Allen, inter alia, made fraudulent misrepresentations to investors. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Howard J. Allen III, Civil Action No. 16-cv-00828 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2016). According…
Walter Roland Valenzuela, of Del Mar, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Hilltop Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $9,500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of elder abuse, misrepresentation, excessive trading, breach of fiduciary duty, excessive mark-downs and mark-ups, inappropriate margin use, suitability, and…
Richard Channing Hawkes, of Orange, California, a stockbroker employed with VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc., has been fired on May 4, 2016, founded on accusations that he effected investment transactions involving products that had not been approved for sale by the firm, violating the firm’s policies regarding selling away. This is not the first time that…
Michael James Blake, of Ameritas Investment Corp., a stockbroker formerly employed with Ameritas Investment Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, suitability, fraudulent concealment, misrepresentation, and violation of the Securities Act…
Sagepoint Financial, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, has been censured and fined $75,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by consenting to findings that the firm failed to apply sales charge waivers on customers’ purchases of mutual funds when customers were eligible, and failed to supervise the application of sales charge waivers….
Paul Ellias Colchamiro, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought at least $2,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations including: closed-end funds and equities were effected in the customer’s account that were not suitable…
Lucia Securities, LLC, a brokerage firm headquartered in San Diego, California, has been censured and fined $35,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise and preserve consolidated reports which had been distributed to the firm’s customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2017055425901 (Jan. 9,…
Kevin Douglas Houser, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly employed with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Houser made misrepresentations to the customer concerning annuities, and executed variable annuity transactions that were not suitable for…
Patricia S. Miller, of McMurray, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly employed with Investors Capital Corp., has been barred from associating with an investment advisory or brokerage firm in any capacity according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing findings that Miller committed securities fraud. In the Matter of Patricia S. Miller, Administrative Proceeding File…
Anthony John O’Callaghan, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly employed with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 23, 2017, in which the customer requested $57,298.00 in damages supported by allegations that an inappropriate inverse exchange traded fund transaction was effected in…
Meyers Associates, L.P. (now known as Windsor Street Capital, L.P.) has been censured and fined $700,000.00 and its president, Bruce Meyers, fined $100,000.00 and barred in a supervisory capacity by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to a National Adjudicatory Council Decision confirming that Meyers, inter alia, had disseminated misleading and unbalanced investment related communications…
Lawrence Marc Lowe, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly employed with Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $7,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that between 2015 and 2017, unsuitable stock and over-the-counter equities transactions were executed in the customer’s investment…
Jeffrey Paul Dragon, of Burlington, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel, Fisher & Co. Financial Services, Inc., has been fined $50,000.00 and suspended for twenty-one months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings…
Wayne Thomas Boucher, of Southfield, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Corecap Investments, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $750,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that risky and unsuitable corporate bond purchases were executed in the customer’s account, and the customer was defrauded in…
Gregory Edward Barr, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly employed with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on consenting to findings that he effected unauthorized transactions in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
David Aron Dudkin, of Morristown, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Securevest Financial Group, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 23, 2015, in which the customer requested $260,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Dudkin failed to liquidate the customer’s over-the-counter equity portfolio, causing the customer to…
Jennifer Lynn Steele, of Tampa, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Harbor Light Securities, 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 she engaged in unapproved outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014040343702…
Erin Olin Shanks, of Richardson, Texas, a stockbroker formerly employed with Cuso Financial Services, L.P., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on June 2, 2017 for $24,731.97 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was issued a variable annuity that had been improperly structured, causing the customer…
Steve Patrick Walsh, of Clive, Iowa, a stockbroker currently registered with H. Beck, Inc., is the subject of a Financial Office of Financial Regulation Order which denied his application for securities registration according to a Stipulation and Consent Agreement containing findings that Walsh made misstatements to Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation within his application for…
Kathie Lee Foreman, of Maumee, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly employed with Sigma Financial Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which was settled to resolve accusations that the customer’s account was inappropriately managed, causing the customer to sustain investment losses. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 16-02219 (April 19,…
Jeffrey E. Krupnick, of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker formerly employed with Wells Fargo, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Krupnick converted a customer’s funds. Department of Enforcement v. Jeffrey E. Krupnick, Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2014043869901…
Leonard Jay Suskind, of Aventura, Florida, a stockbroker currently employed with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $220,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2013 and 2016, Suskind failed to follow the customer’s instructions to sell a master limited partnership position,…
Douglas Anthony Leone, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he failed to provide testimony in a FINRA investigation into his potentially unsuitable investment recommendations. Department of Enforcement v. Douglas Anthony Leone, No. 2016052560002 (Jan. 9,…
James Dee Carlson, of Greensboro, North Carolina, a stockbroker formerly employed with UBS Financial Services, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by consenting to findings that he executed trades in customer accounts without authorization from the customers or firm. Letter of…
Eric Brian Rosenberg, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint, which settled on April 5, 2016 for $35,285.00 in damages founded on allegations that Rosenberg effected a Transocean corporate bond purchase in the customer’s account that was neither…
Scott Lindsay Reed, of Indianapolis, Indiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with David A. Noyes & Company, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $379,245.00 in damages based upon allegations that Reed made omissions and misrepresentations to the customer concerning Digonex and BRS alternative investments, and placed unsuitable…
John Greg Schmidt, of Dayton, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on Schmidt’s failure to provide FINRA with information relating to his business activities. Case No. 2017056103801 (Nov. 29, 2017). FINRA Public…
Pedro Omar Diaz, of Coconut Creek, Florida, a stockbroker employed with LPL Financial LLC, has been fired on November 29, 2017, founded on accusations that he violated LPL Financial’s policy by engaging in the short-term trading of mutual fund trades in customer accounts. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Diaz has been…
Michael David Zeran, of Marion, Iowa, a stockbroker registered with Bancwest Investment Services, Inc., has been fired on July 12, 2016, supported by allegations that an investigation into Zeran’s business activities revealed that he engaged in short-term trading of mutual funds in customer accounts and mismarked investment transactions as unsolicited, causing the firm to lose…
Jeffrey Scott Ingros of Beaver, Pennsylvania, a former Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. stockbroker, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 30, 2016, where the customer requested at least $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Ingros made misrepresentations to the customer and executed unsuitable structure product transactions. Financial…
Abida Khan, also known as Sheik Firdosh Khan, of Passadena, California, a stockbroker formerly employed with Ameritas Investment Corp., has been permanently barred by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from acting as an investment adviser or broker, or associating with firms that provide investment advice or sell securities to the public, according to an…
Jeffrey Brewer McAleney, of Morristown, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 13, 2017, where the customer requested $20,271.50 in damages supported by allegations that between 2014 and 2016, McAleney made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer regarding…
Colin Edward Hammer, of Akron, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he placed unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051154701 (Jan. 22, 2018). According…
Matthew Aaron Turner, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a stockbroker currently employed with BB&T Securities, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on December 27, 2017 for $14,999.00 in damages supported by allegations that Turner made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning a variable annuity, causing the…
Charles Albert Dixon, Junior, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly employed with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, 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 in an investigation into Dixon’s alleged unauthorized trading in customer…
James Ernest Joly, of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, a stockbroker formerly employed with LPL Financial, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 22, 2017, in which the customer sought damages estimated at more than $5,000.00 supported by allegations that unauthorized and unsuitable non-traded real estate investment trust and…
William Mark Heiden, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker currently employed with Wedbush Securities, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer has requested $41,835.00 in damages founded on accusations that investment recommendations relating to Clearbridge American Energy master limited partnership interests were not suitable for the customer, fiduciary…
Richard Charles Foster, of Tulsa Oklahoma, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services, 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 by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Richard Alan Shotz, of Ormond Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by consenting to findings that he placed short-term unit investment trust trades in customer accounts that were not…
Matthew Kerby, of Paoli, Indiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into accusations that Kerby converted funds from a customer. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
James Stewart Meagher, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly employed with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Default Decision containing findings that Meagher engaged in manipulative and fraudulent trading, misappropriated funds of…
Matthew Earl Peregoy, of Brick, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., 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 FINRA in the course of an investigation into Peregoy’s alleged mishandling of funds….
David Allan Cohen, of Rockville, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $80,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Cohen made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning the customer’s purchase of an annuity and life insurance…
Bradley Carl Mascho, of Frederick, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly employed with Western International Securities, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to testify in a FINRA investigation into accusations of Mascho’s possible fraudulent conduct, private securities transactions and…
Daniel Todd Lerner, of White Plains, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with David Lerner Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 22, 2016, in which the customer sought $16,756.00 in damages founded on accusations that between August of 2015 to August of 2016, misrepresentations had been…
Guillermo William Valladolid, of La Jolla, California, a stockbroker formerly employed with Morgan Stanley, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to comply with FINRA in an investigation into allegations of Valladolid selling away from Morgan Stanley. Letter of…
Peter George Ruggiere, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Dawson James Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 7, 2017, in which the customer sought $34,869.00 in damages based upon allegations that between May of 2016 and November of 2017, misrepresentations had been made…
Daniel Benjamin Vazquez, Senior, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly employed with Cetera Advisors LLC, and founder and chief executive officer of Hoplon Financial Group and New Economic Opportunities Fund I, LLC, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that he engaged in a fraudulent real estate offering….
Andrew Joseph Hall, of Portland, Oregon, a stockbroker currently employed with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, wherein the customer was awarded $191,772.00 in damages supported by findings that from May of 2014 to December of 2015, Hall negligently handled the customer’s investment account, breached his…
Kimberly Pine Kitts, of Palmer, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly employed with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that she failed to abide by FINRA’s request of furnishing information relating to Kitt’s business activities. Case No. 2017056380201 (Jan. 2,…
James Lebaron Springer of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 12, 2016, in which the customer sought at least $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2011 and 2016, Springer sold the customer’s blue-chip stocks and…
John Stephen Macgowan of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., was fired on October 2, 2017, based upon accusations that he failed to mark order tickets in accordance with Raymond James procedures. This is not the first time that Macgowan has been terminated from employment based upon allegations…
Ryan Neel Bowers, of San Diego, California, the chief compliance officer and managing principal with Enviso Capital and former stockbroker with WFG Investments, Inc., has been fined $50,000.00 and barred from associating with, inter alia, any investment adviser, broker or dealer according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing findings that Bowers made…
Joseph Rawley Stowell Jr, of Peoria Heights, a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 9, 2016, in which the customer sought $77,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Stowell poorly advised the customer about investing in mutual funds and stocks, causing…
Davenport & Company, LLC, a broker-dealer headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, was censured and fined $115,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by consenting to findings that the firm, inter alia, failed to supervise consolidated reports distributed to customers regarding their investment accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051515201 (Dec. 27, 2017). According to…
James Craig Chesser II, of Champaign, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with the O.N. Equity Sales Company, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $6,900,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Chesser inappropriately managed the customer’s investment portfolio of mutual funds, insurance products, equities and variable annuities….
Robert Edward Schultz, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for 20,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Schultz breached his fiduciary duties to the customer, made misrepresentations and omissions, and executed unsuitable transactions regarding…
FSC Securities Corporation, a brokerage firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has been censured and fined $100,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by consenting to findings that it failed to apply mutual fund sales charge waivers for its customers that were eligible to receive them. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2017054137901 (Dec. 20,…
Clyde Darrel Jones of Whitesboro, Texas, a stockbroker currently registered with Titan Securities of Addison Texas (CRD No. 131392), is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $22,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that Jones made misrepresentations to the customer and unsuitable investment recommendations regarding a viatical settlement. FINRA…
James Anthony Merkel of Frederick, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been fired on August 21, 2017, based upon allegations that he sold away from his firm and that his private securities transactions were violative of the firm’s policies. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that…
Stephen Douglas Pizzuti, of Altamonte Springs, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrimac Corporate Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, in which the customer sought $90,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that inappropriate equity and direct investment products were effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
James David Goodland, of Plymouth, Indiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research, as well as president and chief compliance officer of Securus Wealth Management, LLC, has been fined $30,000.00 and barred by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from working in a compliance or supervisory capacity with any brokerage firm or investment advisory…
Michael Brian Walk of Longwood, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Kestra Investment Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $72,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Walk made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer in regard to real estate security and direct investment…
Kwimin Ahn of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities, LLC, has been terminated from employment on May 25, 2017, based upon accusations that he violated the firm’s policies by reusing customer signatures on an annuity application and transfer documents in order to effect transactions. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure…
Michael Todd Hogan of Plymouth, Minnesota, a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 7, 2017, where the customer sought $350,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Hogan made misrepresentations about variable annuity products, and made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer….
Ashley Elmo Arnsdorff of Charleston, South Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with BB&T Investment Services, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he attempted to settle a customer’s complaint away from the firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Kevin A. Bostory of Edison, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $36,509.00 in damages based upon accusations that Bostory breached his fiduciary duties to the customer and effected unsuitable equity transactions in the customer’s account. Financial…
Todd Kimm of Syracuse, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 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 he exercised discretion in customer accounts without authority, and placed…
Lauren Anne Ferrante, of Parma, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with L&M Financial Services, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 9, 2016, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ferrante effected unsuitable equity transactions in the customer’s account and failed to diversify the…
Neil Stanley Kaplan of Bethesda, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland on December 29, 2016, in which the customer sought $435,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that in 2015, stock trades were executed in…
Keven J. Jedlicka, of Baltimore, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with Chaplin Davis, has been suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he traded in customer accounts on an unsuitable basis. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016047659701…
Douglas E. Keller, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors 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 consenting to findings that he engaged in undisclosed outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Gregory Joseph Rusnak of Saint Charles, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Sigma Financial Corporation, has been terminated from employment on December 13, 2017, based upon accusations that Rusnak violated Sigma’s policies by executing trades in a customer’s account on a discretionary basis. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on March 28, 2008,…
Alan Robert Rosenberg of Garden City, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $150,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of suitability, negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty with respect to sector-specific stock transactions effected in the…
John Joseph Maloney III, of Morristown, Tennessee, a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones, has been terminated from employment on May 10, 2016, based upon accusations that he failed to conform with the firm’s policies relating to the suitability of investment recommendations. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Maloney has been identified…
Michael Corbett Milne of Ocala, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $13,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Milne breached his fiduciary duties, negligently handled the customer’s investment account, breached his contractual duties, made misrepresentations, effected unauthorized options and…
Robert Owen Kincaid of Sandpoint, Idaho, a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $1,053,664.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer’s assets were over-concentrated in mutual funds products. The customer additionally alleged that investment losses were caused by Edward…
Larry Martin Boggs of Dallas, Texas, 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 consenting to findings that he improperly exercised discretion in a customer’s account, and placed unsuitable and excessive trades in the customer’s account. Letter…
Judie Marie Borden of Kalamazoo, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, was terminated on September 7, 2017, based upon a customer’s allegations that Borden inappropriately placed the customer’s signature on account distribution documents. Particularly, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that on August 28, 2017, a customer filed an investment…
Derrick Timothy Watts of Saint Charles, Illinois, a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer & Co., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, in which the customer requested over $5,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Watts churned the customer’s equity portfolio between January of 2010 and November of 2015. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Abed William Lulu, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management, was subject of the revocation of Lulu’s securities registration by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon his failure to pay FINRA a $5,000.00 fine relating to a FINRA enforcement action in which Lulu was sanctioned for failing to make…
William D. Bucci of King of Prussia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., has been barred from the securities industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) according to an Initial Decision Making Findings and Imposing Sanction by Default containing findings that Bucci, inter alia, had been convicted of securities fraud in violation…
Gary Raymond Gray of Las Vegas, Nevada, a stockbroker associated with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, has been fined $10,000.00 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 unauthorized trades in customer accounts and mismarked trading tickets. Letter…
Ronald Lee Johnston of Daytona Beach, Florida, a stockbroker currently associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on November 7, 2017 for $230,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of omissions and misrepresentations between August of 2016 and June of 2017…
Mark B. Geist of Lincoln, Nebraska, a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 8, 2017, in which the customer sought $280,542.00 in damages founded on accusations of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and unsuitable fixed income mutual fund transactions having…
Woodbury Financial Services Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Oakdale, Minnesota, has been censured and fined $75,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that the firm failed to appropriately apply sales charge discounts for customers when the customers were eligible to receive them, overcharging them as a result. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Stephen Carey Hamilton of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $21,704.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hamilton made misrepresentations to the customer and failed to execute the customer’s investment orders…
Howard Barry Steinman of Coral Springs, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Circuit Court of Broward, Florida, in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Steinman effected unauthorized transactions in…
Lawrence John Fawcett Jr., of Farmingdale, New York, a stockbroker registered with Salomon Whitney Financial, has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made an unsuitable investment recommendation to a customer. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Patrick Richard McNamara of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint that settled on November 20, 2017 for $16,063.98 in damages supported by accusations that between September of 2011 and July of 2017, McNamara made…
William George Brunner of Huntington, New York, a stockbroker registered with Investment Planners, Inc., has been terminated from employment on May 12, 2017, based upon a customer’s allegations that Brunner exercised discretion in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Brunner has been identified in five customer initiated investment related…
Shannon Lynn Lewis of Muscatine, Iowa, a registered representative with State Farm VP Management Company, has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he engaged in unapproved securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Kim Dung Le of Bloomington, Illinois, a registered representative associated with State Farm VP Management Corp., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by way of Le’s consent to findings that he failed to cooperate in an investigation into allegations of his outside business activities. Letter…
Richard Williamson of McKinney, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Girard Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the District Court of Dallas Texas, in which the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that life insurance policies had been inappropriately sold to the customer from April…
Mircea Sauciuc of Leawood, Kansas, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley Barney, 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 he effected unauthorized transactions in a customer’s account and made unsuitable investment recommendations. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Keith Owen Flynn of Henderson, Nevada, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 18, 2017, where the customer sought $56,849.56 in damages based upon allegations that Flynn sold the customer a variable life insurance policy in January of 2017 without having reasonably…
Anthony John Salerno of South Easton, Massachusetts, a stockbroker registered with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 1, 2017, where the customer requested $15,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that between August 26, 2016 and September 28, 2017, Salerno made unsuitable preferred stock recommendations…
Royal Alliance Securities, a brokerage firm headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, has been censured and fined $150,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon accusations that the firm failed to appropriately apply sales charge discounts for customers when the customers were eligible to receive them, overcharging them as a result. Letter of Acceptance,…
Dean Curtis Abraham of Las Vegas, Nevada, a stockbroker currently associated with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $4,700,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that from 2003 to 2016, the customer was exposed to excessive trading and charging of fees relating to her variable annuity…
Charles Bernard Lynch Jr. of Irvine, California, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015045713301 (Dec. 11, 2017). According…
Rod I. Skaf of Dublin, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with MSI Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 12, 2017, where the customer requested $38,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Skaf made misrepresentations to the customer relating to the terms and conditions of the customer’s…
Thomas Bertram Guthrie of Spokane Washington, a stockbroker currently associated with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 4, 2017, in which the customer requested $450,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that stock transactions were effected in the customer’s account which were not…
Walter Warren Parker of Rowlett, Texas, a stockbroker currently associated with Titan Securities, is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into Parker’s involvement in potentially unsuitable direct participation program transactions. FINRA Investigation No. 20160504921 (Nov. 15, 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that Parker has been identified in seven customer initiated investment…
Eric Christopher Erb of Babylon, New York, a stockbroker registered AXA Advisors, LLC, is the subject of two customer initiated investment related arbitration claims since he was fined $20,000.00 and suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for making unsuitable investment recommendations and misrepresentations about costs, fees and surrender penalties of annuities. Letter of Acceptance,…
Daniel Paul Doogs of Aurora, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Doogs failed to provide FINRA with a response to FINRA’s request for information about his business activities. FINRA Letter No. 2017053751801…
Michael Paul Massey of Vero Beach, Florida, a stockbroker currently associated with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on October 20, 2017, for $25,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between December 10, 2012 and May 12, 2016, Massey positioned a stock that…
Roy Elmer McGuffin of Cincinnati, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., was terminated from employment on September 19, 2017, based upon accusations that he may have violated the firm’s policies with respect to a customer’s beneficiary designation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on August 9, 2017, a customer…
David Hershel Weinstein of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Dawson James Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $325,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Weinstein over-concentrated the customer’s assets, and made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer pertaining to over-the-counter…
Philip Stainislav Rabinovich of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently associated with the Dinosaur Financial Group, L.L.C. has been disgorged of $109,695.00, fined $130,000.00, suspended from working as a broker dealer or investment advisor; and ordered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to cease and desist violating Securities Act of 1933 Section 5(a),…
Bruce Edward Orenstein of Weehawken, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 18, 2017, where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was sold variable annuity products without having been informed…
Hong Kun Pan of Flushing, New York, a stockbroker associated with Pruco Securities, L.L.C., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to reply to FINRA’s request for information about his business activities. Case No. 2016050091704 (Dec. 11, 2017). FINRA Public…
Charles Thomas Stevens of Saint Augustine, Florida, a stockbroker currently associated with D.H. Hill Securities, LLLP, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer alleged breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and unsuitable investment recommendations of business development companies, real estate investment trusts and a variable annuity….
Steven Robert Karmelin of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint brought by a customer on August 14, 2017, where the customer sought $280,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between February 4, 2011 and August 7, 2017,…
Christian Desmond Fautz of Fort Myers, Florida, a stockbroker registered with AXA Advisors, LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations Fautz never provided FINRA with a response to its request for information about his business activities. Case No. 2017054319701 (Nov. 6, 2017). FINRA…
James Barton Lowther of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker currently associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of misrepresentations and omissions, unsuitable investment recommendations, and unauthorized master limited partnership transactions between November…
Scott William Palmer of Hackensack, New Jersey, a stockbroker associated with Janney Montgomery Scott, was terminated from employment on May 24, 2017, based upon allegations that the firm lost confidence in him after learning of the customer complaints that had been lodged against him. Particularly, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that on…
Melvin Elwood Case of Jacksonville, Florida, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, was fired on May 2, 2017, based upon allegations that he had exploited an elderly individual after converting that individual’s funds for Case’s personal gain. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Case is referenced in five customer initiated investment…
Eric Richard Marlin of Solana Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with Finance 500, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $1,070,145.00 in damages founded on accusations including breach of contract, negligent misrepresentations and omissions, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and…
Anthony Joseph Dibernardo of Melville, New York, a stockbroker associated with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc., has been fired on June 29, 2017, based upon allegations that he effected a trade in a customer’s account without authorization. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Dibernardo is referenced in two customer initiated investment related…
Michael Darren Bell of Rochester, New York, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 27, 2017, alleging that between June of 2014 and March of 2017, mutual fund trades were effected in the customer’s account without authorization. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Robert C. Wynn of Glendale, California, a stockbroker registered with Park Avenue Securities LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $75,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that stock trades were executed in the customer’s securities account that were neither suitable nor authorized by the customer. Financial Industry…
James Morgan Levitt of New York, New York, a stockbroker associated with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on June 19, 2017 for $9,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between March 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014, Levitt executed excessive trades relating to closed-end funds, exchange…
Accelerated Capital Group, Inc. a brokerage firm headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that the firm failed to supervise its trading activities. Department of Enforcement v. Accelerated Capital Group, Inc., Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2012033566205 (Dec. 13, 2017). According to the Complaint, between August…
David Warren Olson of Saint Petersburg, Florida, a stockbroker associated with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, has been fired on December 20, 2016, based upon allegations that he participated in undisclosed outside business activities and solicited a customer loan. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Olson has been identified in eight more customer…
Aaron Leonard Heimowitz of Melville, New York, a stockbroker registered with Newport Coast Securities, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity on December 3, 2015, based upon accusations that he failed to comply with a $403,162.00 customer award in FINRA Arbitration Case No. 13-03293 (May 29,…
Jon Lewis Bowles of Pasadena, California, a stockbroker registered with FSC Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of violation of FINRA Rules, violation of state and federal laws, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, suitability and…
Jeremy David Hare of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker associated with Gilford Securities Incorporated, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity on January 4, 2014, based upon consenting to findings that he failed to comply with a customer award of $249,303.21 in FINRA Arbitration No. 11-03778,…
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, which settled for $30,543.31 in damages supported by accusations that Roberson made misrepresentations and omissions to the customer between September of 2015 and May of 2017 in…
Jon Mark Dabareiner, of Hardy, Virginia, an investment adviser representative with Concord Wealth Partners, has been terminated on September 25, 2017, based upon allegations that he committed violations of industry standards and rules. This is not the first time that Dabareiner has been terminated by an employer based upon allegations of misconduct. Particularly, Dabareiner was…
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in New York, New York, has been censured and fined $5,500,000.00 by consenting to findings that the firm, inter alia, inaccurately exhibited ratings of equities that the firm offered to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016048931101 (Dec. 21, 2017). According to the AWC, between…
Tyrone Pang of San Jose, California, a stockbroker 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 he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into accusations of his improper customer account transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
David Richard Geake of Northbrook, Illinois, a stockbroker associated with Madison Avenue Securities, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 9, 2017, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Geake effected fixed indexed annuities, equipment leasing products, business development companies and real estate…
Brighton Securities Corp., a brokerage firm headquartered in Rochester, New York, was censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise its stockbroker, who effected mutual fund trades that were not suitable for customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015046536701 (Dec….
Kenneth J. Christman, Jr., of Poughkeepsie, New York, a stockbroker currently associated with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $28,553.41 in damages founded on allegations that Christman failed to supervise a stockbroker’s corporate debt investments executed in the customer’s investment…
David Oscar Braeger, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Newport Coast Securities, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon an Office of Hearing Officers Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that he made misrepresentations to customers concerning the status and value…
Stephen Joe Williams of Madison, Alabama, a stockbroker currently registered with NEXT Financial Group, Inc., 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 Williams effected unsuitable real estate investment trust transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
John M. James of Golden Valley, Minnesota, a stockbroker associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 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 in an investigation into allegations of his borrowing of customer…
John William Bernard of Shell Beach, California, a stockbroker 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 he placed trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015044696201 (Dec….
Ellen Vratoric of Glassport, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker associated with The Huntington Investment Company, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that she failed to make an appearance for recorded testimony in regard to her sales of annuities. Department of Enforcement v. Ellen Vratoric, No. 2016049420501 (Dec. 22, 2017). According to…
Raymond Adam Menna, of PlanMember Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Menna made misrepresentations and omissions to the customer, effected transactions in the customer’s account that were not suitable, and traded equities without the customer’s consent. Financial…
Jonathan Scott Leopold, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that unsuitable over-the-counter equities and direct investment products had been sold to the customer between 2009 and June of…
Joe E. Tinder, of Missoula, Montana, a stockbroker currently registered with Western International 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 failed to respond to FINRA’s investigation into accusations that he, inter alia, sold away from his firm….
WestPark Capital, Inc., located in Los Angeles, California, has been censured and fined $27,500.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by consenting to findings that the firm failed to create and sustain adequate supervision of collateralized mortgage obligations and failed to enforce existing supervisory practices. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051690101 (Dec. 22,…
Michael Scott Lance, of San Rafael, California, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 26, 2016, in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was never informed about tax consequences pertaining to individual retirement…
Denes Joseph Chapo III, of Cleveland, Ohio, a stockbroker associated with U.S. Bancorp Investments, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 10, 2017, in which the customer requested $12,128.25 in damages based upon allegations that Chapo effected unauthorized over-the-counter equities purchases in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Craig Cary Langweiler, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker associated with Windsor Street Capital, L.P. (formerly Meyers Associates, L.P.), has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Default Decision pertaining to findings that Langweiler effected…
Gregory Russel Bauer of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a former stockbroker of Waddell & Reed, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $386,871.00 in damages based upon accusations that Bauer stole his parent’s funds through the submission of forged and fraudulent endorsements and withdrawal forms. Financial…
Liberty Financial Partners, a brokerage firm headquartered in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has been censured and fined $100,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that the firm, inter alia, failed to supervise transactions effected in customer accounts to determine whether customers incurred excessive costs and had been exposed to excessive trading. Letter…
Martin Allen Stevens Jr., of Denver, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, has been subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $249,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of contract, misrepresentation, suitability, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud in regard to equity…
Charles Henry Frieda, of Irvine, California, 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 by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to the firm’s customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015045713302 (Dec….
Donald Anthony Devito II, of Albany, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, has been subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled for $50,000.00 in damages on November 14, 2017, based upon allegations of excessive fees having been assessed on the customer’s equity transactions between December 31, 2008…
JoeAnn M. Walker, of Brockton, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that she obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that she effected unsuitable annuity sales. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Jeffrey Allen Fanning, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a former chief executive officer of Liberty Partners Financial Services, LLC, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Fanning, inter alia, failed to supervise stockbrokers’ activities for excessive trading in customer accounts. Department of Enforcement v. Jeffrey…
Steven A. Bumbera, of Saint Louis, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities Inc., has been fined $4,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he engaged in an unapproved outside business activity and failed to be forthcoming to the firm…
Wayne Ivan Miiler, of Scottsdale, Arizona, president of Accelerated Capital Group 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 based upon consenting to findings that he failed to supervise the firm’s chief compliance officer and supervisor for stockbrokers located in…
Teryl Lee Trenchard, of Reston, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capitol Securities Management, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $1,800,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Trenchard misappropriated the customer’s assets, traded in the customer’s account without authorization, and placed exchange traded fund,…
Brian Michael Travers, of Melville, New York, 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 cooperate in an investigation into allegations that he engaged in unapproved private securities transactions…
Leslie Koonce, of Menlo Park, California, 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 he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that he sold away from his firm and falsified information about his…
Gary Bruce Weiss, of Farmingdale, New York, a chief operating officer formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial, 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 failed to supervise a stockbroker that made unsuitable investment recommendations to a…
Walter Sanfrid Olsson, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016052628601…
Paul Wescoe Smith, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Bolton Global Capital and investment advisor for The Haverford Group, has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that engaged in investment advisory fraud and executed a fraudulent securities offering spanning a quarter century. Securities and Exchange Commission v….
James C. Tao and Donna Chen, of Houston Texas, stockbrokers and investment advisors formerly associated with Sunbelt Securities, were charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that Tao engaged in fraudulent securities transactions, and Tao and Chen offered and sold securities as unregistered brokers by selling away. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Michael Timothy Dolan, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a stockbroker formerly registered with Doughtery Dawkins LLC, 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’ Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Dolan sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance,…
Tommy Huy Mai, of Westminster, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital 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 he forged customer signatures on account documentation and communicated misleading information about securities…
Janet Lynn Ross, of Irvine, California, chief compliance officer of Accelerated Capital Group, Inc., 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 Ross, inter alia, failed to supervise stockbrokers who made unsuitable, excessive and unauthorized…
Kenneth S. Tyrrell, of Richmond Virginia, a stockbroker registered with 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 Tyrrell, inter alia, sold away from his firm, engaged in unapproved outside business activities, and inaccurately represented his activities…
Investors Capital Corporation, J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., VSR Financial Services, Inc., Investacorp., Inc., and BB&T Investment Services, Inc., have all been censured by FINRA for taking advantage of certain customers, namely retirement plans and charitable organizations, by overcharging them in mutual fund transactions. Evidently, the firms sold mutual funds containing multiple share classes, in…
Michael N. Guilfoyle, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Legend Securities, Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for ten months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Spencer Edwards, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that the firm failed to have a reasonable basis to effect private placement sales to customers, and failed to supervise private placement activities. Department of Enforcement v. Spencer Edwards, Inc., Disc. Proceeding…
Joseph Daniel Krueger, II, of Westlake, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & 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 based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in unapproved private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Brenton Bataille, of Centennial, Colorado, a stockbroker currently registered with Spencer Edwards, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers concerning convertible notes. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014041862704…
Benjamin J. Herauf, of Dickinson, North Dakota, a stockbroker registered with Edward Jones, 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 he forged a customer’s account documentation. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016052114701…
Zachary S. Berkey and Daniel T. Fischer, of Melville, New York, stockbrokers registered with Four Points Capital Partners LLC, were subject of a Complaint brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission containing accusations that Berkey and Fischer made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers, misrepresentations, and churned customers’ accounts. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Zachary S….
John Fotis Valliades, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Petersen Investments 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 he placed trades in customers’ accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
William George Bryant Harvey, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $280,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Harvey effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s account, and made misrepresentations to the customer as well as…
Steven Dale Heath of Newport News, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Capitol Securities Management, Inc., has been subject of sanctions imposed by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) including the temporary revocation of his securities licensure for failing to pay a fine pertaining to a FINRA disciplinary action containing findings of his improper conduct (June 1,…
Bradley Ross Thompson, of Fort Collins, Colorado, a stockbroker 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 by consenting to findings that he entered into unauthorized lending arrangements with customers of the firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Eric Dean Rolschoven, of Missoula, Montana, a stockbroker registered with FSC Securities Corporation, was fined $15,000.00 by the Office of the Montana State Auditor, Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, according to a Consent Agreement and Final Order containing findings that Rolschoven failed to supervise a registered representative who engaged in sales practice violations. In the…
Greg Vincent Scheibel, of Waynesboro, Virginia, a stockbroker currently registered with H. Beck, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 15, 2016, in which the customer sought $110,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that an inappropriate investment strategy was utilized for the customer, leading the customer to incur…
Matthew Singer, of Aventura, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $60,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between May of 2015 to January of 2016, Singer traded options in the customer’s account without the customer’s consent and made misrepresentations to…
David Alan Beckerman, of Westport, Connecticut, a stockbroker currently registered with David Lerner Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that misrepresentations were made to the customer, and municipal debt product transactions were effected in the customer’s…
Michael John Kurka, of Alexandria, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 30, 2017, in which he alleged that between 2011 and 2014, Kurka effected transactions in the customer’s in-house money manager account that were not suitable for the customer. Financial Industry…
Cindy Lee Russell, of Memphis, Tennessee, a stockbroker registered with STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 19, 2017, in which the customer sought at least $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Russell churned the customer’s account and made trades on an unauthorized…
Jermaine Joseph, of Hialeah Gardens, Florida, a stockbroker registered with PFS Investments Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on consenting to findings that he commingled a customer’s funds, served as personal representative to a customer in violation of the firm’s policies,…
Joseph Gunnar & Co. LLC, a FINRA brokerage firm headquartered in New York, New York, has been censured and fined $60,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on allegations that the firm failed to develop supervisory procedures to identify and stop unsuitable trades from being executed in customers’ investment accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Next Financial Group, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, has been censured and fined $750,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to create an adequate system to supervise consolidated reports, failed to create written supervisory procedures pertaining to multiple share…
LBMZ Securities, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has been censured and fined $65,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by consenting to findings that the firm failed to adequately conduct due diligence relating to private placement offerings, failed to supervise its communications to customers, and disseminated faulty advertisements to customers. Letter of…
Capital City Securities, LLC, a brokerage firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has been censured and fined $15,000.00 from by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by way of the firm’s consent to findings that the firm failed to supervise sales of exchange traded funds. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014039216101 (Dec. 5, 2017). According…
Charles Matthew Anderson, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he traded unit investment trusts in customer accounts that were not suitable for customers. Letter of…
Nolan Dudley Baird, Jr., of Augusta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, 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 trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Jay Costa Kelter, of Johns Creek, Georgia, a former stockbroker with Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc., has been charged in a Complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that he committed material omissions and misrepresentations to customers, misappropriated customers’ funds, and committed securities fraud. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jay Costa…
Michael Anthony Regina, of Lynbrook, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Obsidian Financial Group, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $14,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Regina failed to create and maintain adequate supervision systems to detect and prevent violation of securities laws relating…
Robert Evan Ahrendt, of Bellevue, Washington, a stockbroker currently registered with MML Investors Services, LLC, is the subject of an Office of the Insurance Commissioner Order containing findings that he made unsuitable insurance product recommendations to a customer, made misrepresentations regarding terms of an annuity, omitted information from a customer about an annuity’s features, and…
Ahmed Ghassan Gheith, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment company, LLC, was fired on August 11, 2017, based upon allegations that he violated Paulson’s written supervisory procedures, failed to be forthcoming in reference to the firm’s compliance questionnaires, violated FINRA Rule 3280, and became subject of a customer initiated…
Karen McKinley, of Manchester, New Hampshire, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment written complaint, where the customer sought $16,951.58 in damages supported by allegations that she misappropriated the customer’s funds between 2014 and 2015. The customer’s complaint comes after Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) barred her…
Robert Montano, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he entered unauthorized loans with the firm’s customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Paul Wescoe Smith, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Bolton Global Capital, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 5, 2017, in which the customer requested $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from January of 2016 to February of 2017, the customer maintained an investment in…
Heath Shayne Bowen of Idaho Falls, Idaho, president of Allegis Investment Services, LLC, has been charged by the Securities Commissioner for the State of Colorado in a Complaint alleging that investors have been defrauded by Bowen, and exposed to misrepresentations while their assets were under Bowen’s management, which led to customers incurring substantial investment losses….
Michael Lawrence Oromaner, of Uniondale, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Brookville Capital Partners, has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended for two years from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected unauthorized trades in a customer’s investment account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Alonzo Barnett Jr, of Greensboro, North Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by failing to provide FINRA with information about his business activities when requested. Case No. 2017053125201 (June 12, 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that…
Shannon Christopher Taylor, of Durham, North Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, was fired on April 27, 2017, founded on allegations that trades failed to be executed by Taylor as required, and the firm’s departmental protocol was violated as a result of Taylor’s failure to accurately report his communications with customers…
Patrick Henry Maddren, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Dawson James Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $295,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of breach of contract, unsuitable investment recommendations, unauthorized trading, excessive commissions, excessive trading, omissions and misrepresentations, and failure to…
Nadav Nachum Baum, of Pittsburgh, PA, a stockbroker formerly registered with BPU Investment Management, Inc., is the subject of a Cease and Desist sanction and $6,000.00 fine imposed by the New Jersey Bureau of Securities by consenting to findings that he violated the terms of his heightened supervision arrangement. In the Matter of: Nadav Nachum…
Daniel Howard Glick, of Orland Park, Illinois, an advisor associated with Financial Management Strategies and former stockbroker of Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Complaint alleging that Glick committed securities fraud. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Daniel H. Glick, et al., Civil Action No. 17-CV-2251 (N.D….
Gene Charles Valentine, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, the chief executive officer of Financial West Group, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he associated with an individual who was disqualified in the securities industry. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Sonya D. Camarco, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 20, 2017, where the customer requested $52,234.20 in damages supported by accusations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and conversion of the customer’s funds. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Dennis David Rasmusson, of Peoria, Arizona, a stockbroker currently registered with Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $15,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Rasmusson breached his contractual duties, made misrepresentations to the customer, negligently handled the customer’s investment account,…
Christopher Todd Wendel, of Celina, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with SA Stone Wealth Management Inc., has been fired on September 5, 2017, supported by accusations that he violated the policies of the firm through selling away; he effected promissory notes transactions outside the firm’s auspices. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Wendel…
Victor Carmine Sibilla, of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker currently registered with Westpark Capital, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in a state court in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the customer requested $108,400.00 in damages founded on accusations that Sibilla effected the customer’s private placement transaction even though…
Craig Edward Lewis, of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that he engaged in unapproved outside business activities and sold away from…
Angelo Talebi, of Beverly Hills, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 21, 2017, in which the customer requested $39,298.00 in damages based upon allegations that Talebi made misrepresentations to the customer and effected a purchase of a real estate…
Anthony Sica, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Joseph Gunnar & Co. LLC, has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer and placed unauthorized…
Aaron Christopher Mesaros, of Mukilteo, Washington, a stockbroker currently registered with Allstate Financial Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 19, 2015, in which the customer requested $5,000.00 in estimated damages supported by allegations of the unauthorized rollover of the customer’s existing unit investment trust into a…
Joseph Abbate, of Garden City, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he placed trades in customer investment accounts without their approval. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Paul Anthony Falcon, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration, where the customer has sought $190,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between August 1, 2013 and February 1, 2016, excessive and unauthorized trades were executed in the customer’s investment account…
Paul William Lascelle of Flemington, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he engaged in the unauthorized trading of a customer’s investment account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2017053501901…
Joseph Palermo of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker with Chelsea Financial Services, has been fined $50,000.00 and suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made omissions and misrepresentations concerning outside investment accounts, and engaged in unapproved business activities….
David Lee Reynolds, of Modesto, California, a stockbroker formerly employed with Allstate Financial Services, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in an investigation into allegations that he misappropriated customer funds. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Robert Alfred Dennison, of West Palm Beach, Florida, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $115,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dennison made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning municipal debt products effected in the customer’s account between 2013 and 2015. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Paula Louise Harold, of Ontario, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that she completed forms to effect an annuity purchase that a customer never authorized. Letter…
On December 7, 2017, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice, through the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a civil action and a criminal indictment against Paul Wescoe Smith fomerly associated with Bolton Global Capital. On May 24, 2017, the Guiliano Law Group filed a…
Daniel Edward Pugel of Seattle, Washington, an advisor formerly registered with Financial Advocates Investment Management, was terminated on March 20, 2017, based upon allegations that he violated Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) suitability standards in the course of effecting structured notes products for customers. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that Pugel is the subject of three…
Mickey Long of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 27, 2017, in which the customer sought $94,438.49 in damages founded on allegations of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, suitability and misrepresentation concerning the customer’s real estate security,…
Brian Joseph Panfil of New Woodstock, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ridgeway & Conger, Inc., has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that he effected unsuitable trades in customer accounts, forged signatures of customers on account documentation, and placed trades without authorization. Department of Enforcement…
Brian Royster of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with 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 he failed to provide FINRA with information in an investigation into his alleged borrowing of customers’ funds. Letter…
Brian F. Gimelson of Princeton, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with North Nassau Advisors, LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of his outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Joseph Ismael Rodriguez of Parsippany, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with Hennion & Walsh, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where customers requested $125,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that investment grade municipal bond purchases effected in the customers’ accounts were not suitable for the customers. Financial Industry…
Robert Francis Leis of Louisville, Kentucky, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., has been fined $50,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he placed trades in customers’ investment accounts without their consent. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Patrick Nicholas Teutonico of Lynbrook, New York, a stockbroker registered with Network 1 Financial Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $73,650.00 in damages based upon accusations that Teutonico effected excessive trading in over-the-counter equities in the customer’s investment account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Christopher Lee Goslin, of Tampa, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Harbor Lights Securities, LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he engaged in unapproved outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014040343701 (Sept….
Bryan Wayne Anderson, of Birmingham, Alabama, a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities, LLC, has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from engaging in business as a broker or an investment advisor, or otherwise associating with brokerage firms or investment advisories according to an Order containing findings that Anderson committed securities fraud. In…
Robert Kenneth Lindell, of Santa Rosa, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Richfield Orion International, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Lindell failed to provide FINRA with a response to its request for information about Lindell’s business activities. Case No….
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 May 15, 2017, in which the customer requested $23,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of misrepresentation and suitability concerning alternative investments effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Bettye Clements Hays, of Mobile, Alabama, a stockbroker formerly registered with Principal Securities, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that she failed to provide FINRA with information about her business activities. FINRA Case No. 2017053749201 (June 6, 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure…
Jerry Lou Guttman of Phoenix, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with United Planners’ Financial Services of America, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he sold $7,000,000.00 worth of investments to customers away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Terry Xing-Zhao Wu, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management, 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 he engaged in outside business activities and solicited unauthorized life insurance investments. Letter of…
Jackie Divono Wadsworth of Houston, Texas, the chief executive officer of IMS Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $954,700.00 in damages supported by allegations of negligent supervision, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud in regard to real estate investment trusts effected in the…
Daniel Joe Wilson of Columbus Junction, Iowa, a stockbroker registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, 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 effected trades in a customer’s account without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Michael James Resciniti of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., has been suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he executed trades in customer accounts without their permission. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Timothy James Miller of Neenah, Wisconsin, a stockbroker formerly registered with TradingBlock, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 21, 2017, in which the customer sought $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was charged excessive fees on mutual funds investments. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure…
Paul Michael Mallory, of Livonia, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with Concorde Investment Services, is the subject of a customer initiated investment arbitration claim, where the customer has sought damages based upon accusations that Mallory failed to supervise floating rate note transactions effected in the customer’s account from 2014 to 2016. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Robert Hayes Hoffman of Greenwood, Indiana, a registered representative formerly employed with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his private securities transactions, excessive…
Mark Andrew Trewitt of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with VFG Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $84,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of misrepresentations and unsuitable investment recommendations having been made to the customer between December 5, 2012 and June 9,…
Leslie George Markus, Jr. of Center Valley, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been charged in a Complaint by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement alleging that Markus effected unauthorized trades in customer accounts, and falsified statements to FINRA personnel in regard to his trading activities. Department of…
Michael James Keane of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 2, 2017, where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Keane failed to follow the customer’s instructions, and effected purchases of speculative master limited…
Timothy Thomas Gibbons of New Orleans, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to elderly customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
In 2002, in the wake Worldcom and Enron the United States Congress among other things amended the United States Bankruptcy Code to provide that Bankruptcy Code does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt incurred in connection with the violation of any of the Federal securities laws (as that term is defined in section…
Laurence M. Torres of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Alexander Capital, L.P., has been barred from working as a broker or investment advisor or affiliating with brokerage firms or investment advisories based on a Securities and Exchange Commission Order containing findings that Torres committed securities fraud by effecting unsuitable and misrepresented transactions,…
Questar Capital Corp., a brokerage firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent to findings that it disadvantaged charitable organization and retirement account customers by overcharging them on mutual fund transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049977801 (Nov. 2, 2017). According to…
Victor Michel of Reno, Nevada, a stockbroker formerly registered with Financial West Group, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to testify before FINRA staff in the course of an investigation into his sales practice violations. Letter of Acceptance,…
Susan Lavon Welo of Mayville, North Dakota, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, is subject of a Cease and Desist Order issued by the North Dakota Securities Department based upon findings that Welo sold insurance and securities to the public while not registered with a broker-dealer; advised the public while not registered…
Peter Joseph Doyle of Washington, DC, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of his improper conduct as referenced in his termination from Morgan…
William Henry Watson III, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Finance 500, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on February 15, 2017, for $161,653.66 in damages founded on allegations that Watson effected unsuitable direct investment product transactions with the customer’s funds. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
William C. Gennity, of Staten Island, New York, and Rocco Roveccio, of Freehold, New Jersey, stockbrokers employed with Alexander Capital, have been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that they made fraudulent investment recommendations to customers, misrepresentations, churned customer investment portfolios, and traded without authorization from 2012 to 2014. Securities…
Jason N. Anderson of Beaumont, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with 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 he failed to fulfill his financial obligations in regard to an arbitration award or settlement agreement. Case No. 2017055025701…
Dion Rey Padilla of San Antonio, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 18, 2017, in which the customer sought $900,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that a variable annuity was sold to the customer, in which the terms…
William Wesley Marshall of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of omissions and misrepresentations and unsuitable investment recommendations relating to the sales of unregistered corporate debt securities. FINRA…
Joseph Harold Sterling of Phoenix, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Geneos Wealth Management, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, wherein the customer requested $290,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sterling made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning real estate securities. FINRA Arbitration No. 17-01906 (July 19, 2017)….
Marc Augusta Reda of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial, Inc., 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 Reda, inter alia, traded in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of…
William John Paynter Jr. of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 28, 2017, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and suitability regarding oil…
Jonathan Todd Pyne of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a stockbroker currently registered with Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 6, 2017, in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pyne misled the customer by inducing the customer’s…
Christopher Paul Anthony of Fort Worth, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Rhodes Securities, Inc., has been fired on April 28, 2015, based upon allegations that he placed unsuitable trades in customer accounts, exercised discretion in customer accounts, and failed to abide by the firm’s policies while on heightened supervision. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Ernest Julius Romer III, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Corecap Investments, has now been charged by the United States Securities & Exchange Commission with the theft of approximately $2.7 million from his customers. In the Matter of ERNEST J. ROMER, III, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 3-19006 (Feb. 22, 2019) According to…
Michael B. Barnett of Marion, Illinois, a stockbroker currently registered with J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action, in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based on allegations that over-the-counter equities and stock transactions had been effected in the customer’s account which were neither…
Pranav V. Patel of Tamarac, Florida, has been barred from associating with an investment advisory or brokerage firm in any capacity, or otherwise working as a broker or investment advisor representative according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing findings that Patel committed securities fraud. In the Matter of Pranav V. Patel, Administrative…
Leon Paul Rehak, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on October 12, 2017, in which the customer requested $499,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that from May 3, 2011 to September 29, 2017, the customer’s account…
Danny S. Hood of Alpharetta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been barred from acting as an investment adviser or broker or associating with any investment advisories or brokerage firms in any capacity according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing findings that Hood effected unauthorized transactions in customer…
Terry Dean Bahgat (also known as Tarek Dean Bahgat), of Amherst, New York, the managing member of WealthCFO, WealthCFO Advisors, LLC, and WealthCFO Partners, LLC, and stockbroker formerly employed with Gradient Securities, LLC, is the subject of a Complaint brought by Securities and Exchange Commission alleging Bahgat misappropriated customer funds. Securities and Exchange Commission v….
Brittany Jade Sias of Westlake Village, 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 based upon consenting to findings that she obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of her improper handling of a customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance,…
Robert Jeffrey Scherzer, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., 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 sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance,…
Todd Douglas Ryman, of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 16, 2017, where the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that between September 6, 2016 and February 13, 2017, Ryman effected unauthorized transactions in a…
Peter Frederick Butler of Cambridge, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been terminated from employment on January 12, 2017, based upon allegations that he sold away from the firm and engaged in unapproved outside business activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Butler has been identified in five…
Paul Anthony Steffany, of Westport, Connecticut, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., is the subject of an Order Issued by the Banking Commissioner of the State of Connecticut which permanently barred him from engaging in business as an investment advisor, broker-dealer, investment adviser agent, or broker-dealer agent. In the Matter of…
Bruce Meyers, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Meyers Associates, L.P., is the subject of a Wells Notice issued by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), wherein enforcement action is pending against Meyers based upon allegations that he willfully violated NASD Rules 3010, 2440, IM-2440, 1031, IM-1000-3, 1021; FINRA Rules 4511, 4530,…
Christopher Anthony Fernan, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations of his failure to provide FINRA with a response to a request for information about Fernan’s business activities. Case No. 2017053314901…
Lizabeth Gotuaco Ty of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Park Avenue Securities LLC who is barred from the securities industry, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $175,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ty effected unauthorized transactions by selling the customer a promissory…
Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, has been censured and fined $275,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent to findings that it failed to supervise private securities transactions and variable annuity share class recommendations. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015043387001 (Nov. 14,…
Barry Franklin Connell, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, a former stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon his failure to provide information to FINRA about his “business activities.” Case No. 2016052354501. Although FINRA does not disclose why Connell was…
Demitrios Hallas, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Default Decision containing findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his misconduct…
Edward Louis Barger, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unsuitable closed-end fund, stock and over-the-counter equity transactions were effected in the customer’s account between January of 2010 and…
Hank Mark Werner, of New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities, Inc., has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Werner made unsuitable investment recommendations to a customer and engaged…
Richard Eastburn, of Cleveland, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services 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 by consenting to findings that he made misrepresentations to customers about custody agreements. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Charles Terrence Lundell of Bellevue, Washington, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for a month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected unauthorized trades in customers’ investment accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Patrick Francis Walsh, of Westlake Village, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $156,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between January of 2009 and November of 2015, Walsh effected trades in the customer’s account on an excessive basis relating…
Brad C. Lawing of Springfield, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that Lawing, inter alia, effected unsuitable business development company transactions in customers’ investment accounts. Letter…
John James McLaughlin IV, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., is subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $6,500.00 in damages, which was founded on allegations including suitability, omissions and misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and negligence in…
Ameritas Investment Corp., a brokerage firm headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been censured and fined $180,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that the firm failed to supervise variable annuity transactions containing multiple share classes, and failed to supervise the firm’s charging of commissions to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Jonathan William Iraggi, of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Garden State Securities, Inc., has been terminated from employment on July 11, 2017, based upon allegations that he traded in customer accounts without authorization. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that on January 2, 2015, a customer filed an investment related…
Luis Alberto Mendoza, of Washington, District of Columbia, a stockbroker formerly registered with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 20, 2015, where the customer sought $47,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that two variable universal life insurance policies were sold to the customers despite…
James Larkin Powers, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with du Pasquier & Co., Inc., 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 he participated in a fraudulent trading scheme, placed transactions in…
Gregory Neal Long of Melbourne Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with International Assets Advisory, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Long effected unit investment trust, options, and mutual fund transactions that were neither appropriate nor suitable for the customer….
Shane Joseph Melito, of Syosset, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer was awarded $51,549.00 in damages based on Melito having been found liable for effecting unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account and for breaching…
Bruce A. Lefavi Securities, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been censured and fined $25,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise customer transactions and violated FINRA’s content standards. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015043353301 (Nov. 10, 2017)….
Victor M. Dandridge III of Richmond, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Thompson Davis & Co., Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his unauthorized diversion of customer funds. Letter of…
Gregory Alan Levine, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker registered with First Allied Securities, Inc., was fired on June 21, 2017, based upon accusations that he sold away from the firm, and failed to notify First Allied that he was subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint in which he was accused of effecting…
Gregory Ray Powell of Birmingham, Alabama, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where customers have alleged that between 2006 to 2015, their investment accounts were improperly managed, misrepresentations were made relating to investments, fees were excessively charged, and their investment portfolios were churned….
Robert Scott Wilder of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Sterne Agee Financial Services, Inc., 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 sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
William H. Paterson, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a former GWN Securities, Inc. registered representative, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his sales practice violations as alleged within a customer initiated…
James Michael Kennedy, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Saxony Securities, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected trades in a customer’s account without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015047306901…
Masood Husain Azad, of League City, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of Azad selling away from the firm and engaging in unapproved…
Larry Lee Aschebrook, of Chicago, Illinois, a former officer of Gentry Securities, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action that settled for $140,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that misrepresentations were made to the customer regarding private placements. Civil Action No. 2015-CH-18129 (Oct. 25, 2016). The customer also alleged that…
Robert David Frank, of Madison, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $7,000.00 in damages resting on allegations that between March 1, 2012 and December 31, 2015, Frank effected unsuitable municipal bond and equity transactions in the customer’s investment account. Financial…
Johnnie Melvin Jones, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with John Thomas Financial, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim wherein the customer requested $112,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, suitability and misrepresentation regarding over-the-counter equities transactions executed in the customer’s investment portfolio….
Abraham Heimann, of Alpharetta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $364,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unauthorized trading, misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud in regard to energy sector investments, including oil…
Ricardo Rodriguez-Stern, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he failed to cooperate with FINRA’s investigation into customer disputes that JP Morgan customers filed against him. Department of Enforcement v. Ricardo Rodriguez-Stern, Disciplinary Proceeding…
Frederick Wesley Roehm, of Schaumburg, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with FSC Securities Corporation, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Roehm, inter alia, failed to disclose that a customer sued him…
Thomas Mark Adams of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $85,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between November 1, 2012 and January 31, 2016, Adams made misrepresentations to the customer about the suitability of structured products…
Thomas Joseph Buck, of Indianapolis, Indiana, a former Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated stockbroker who has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in all capacities, is the subject of five customer initiated investment related written complaints that have been settled on November 23, 2016, for a total of $465,000.00 in damages,…
Brian Scott Eagon, of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 9, 2016, in which the customer requested $83,300.00 in damages based upon allegations that between May 27, 2015 and May 6, 2016, mutual fund and stock investments were executed…
Leslie George Markus Jr., of Center Valley, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker currently registered with Lincoln Investment, is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investigation, which has been initiated on November 16, 2016, concerning Markus’ possible unauthorized trading in violation of FINRA Rule 2010; inaccurate entries in the firm’s records and books in violation…
Jason Harris Klabal, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on December 8, 2016, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, churning and misrepresentation regarding…
Phil Scott (also known as Walter Philip Schlaepfer), of Bellevue, Washington, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $125,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of misrepresentation and unsuitable investment recommendations having been made in regard to…
Mark David Holt (also known as Mark David Hothusen), of Northern Oaks, Minnesota, a stockbroker formerly registered with Harbour Investments, Inc., has been barred from working as an investment adviser representative or stockbroker or otherwise affiliating with investment advisers or brokerage firms according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing findings that Holt…
Gary Allen Graham, of Huntington Beach, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Calton & Associates, Inc., is the subject of a California Department of Insurance Order suspending Graham’s insurance licenses based upon findings that he failed to inform California about a fine and suspension imposed by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for Graham’s improper conduct….
Barbara Ann Endres, of Grand Junction, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC and investment advisor representative with Lifetime Wealth Advisors, LLC, is the subject of an Order issued by Commonwealth of Massachusetts Securities Division suspending Endres’ investment advisor representative registration in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts based upon allegations of her improper…
Gopi Krishna Vungarala, of Midland, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, and investment adviser formerly associated with Shutterfield Financial Group, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity and ordered to disgorge commissions totaling $9,682,629.00 according to an Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing…
Helen Holmes Timpe, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $55,333.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2013 and 2016, Timpe made misrepresentations to the customer concerning variable annuities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Daniel Fain, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $280,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Fain concentrated the customers’ investments in unsuitable stocks. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 16-03290…
Joel Alan Butler, of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $175,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Butler made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning unit investment trust and oil and gas products….
William Brian Wyman, of Palm Bay, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to provide FINRA with information regarding his business activities. Case No. 2016050213701 (May 8, 2017). Financial Industry Regulatory…
Steven Pagartanis, of Setauket, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., has been terminated by the firm on March 20, 2017, based on allegations that the firm received a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim pertaining to Pagartanis’ conduct that contained accusations of conversion of the customer’s funds, securities fraud…
James Edward Lyons, of Shreveport, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related civil dispute, containing allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent omissions, violations of federal securities laws, and violations of the securities laws of the State of Louisiana…
Jeffrey Waldera, of Onalaska, Wisconsin, a stockbroker previously employed by Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, has been fined $7,500.00 suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in all capacities based on consenting to findings that he entered into unauthorized lending arrangements with firm customers and then lied…
Luigi Edward Mancusi, of Lake Forrest, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., has been fined $10,000.00, suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity, and agreed to provide $2,966.97 in restitution to a customer by consenting to findings that Mancusi effected unauthorized transactions in the…
Carlos Antonio Rodriguez of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity on October 10, 2017, based upon allegations that he failed to provide FINRA personnel with information about his business activities. Case No. 2015046502101 (July 5,…
Dale Franklin Norton Jr., of Newhall, California, a former registered representative with Independent Financial Group, LLC, is the subject of a California Department of Insurance Order issued on July 27, 2017, revoking Norton’s insurance licensure according to Sections 1669(a)(I) and 1738 of the California Insurance Code, based upon Norton having pled nolo contendere to a…
Joseph Varvara, of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Charles Vista, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $43,823.00 in damages based upon allegations that over-the-counter equities investment transactions were executed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer. Financial…
Jason Michael Belajack, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he sent bogus letters to a customer to conceal the fact that he misrepresented the features of the customer’s…
James Edmond Moniz of Brainless, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Signator Investors, Inc., has become the subject of heightened supervision requirements imposed by the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Securities Division, according to a Consent Order containing findings that Moniz accumulated nine customer complaints, FINRA rule infractions and a civil judicial…
Dennis McNamara Jr. of Bogota, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, was fired on August 24, 2017, based upon McNamara’s failure to make regulatory disclosures to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) about judgments and liens placed against him. FINRA fined McNamara $5,000.00 and suspended him in all capacities as…
Christopher Todd Wendel of Celina, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly employed with SA Stone Wealth Management Inc., has been fired from the company on September 5, 2017, based upon allegations that Wendel sold away from the firm. Wendel’s termination comes after the firm launched an investigation into his alleged private securities transactions on April 21, 2017….
Dominic Jude Sacca, of Northville, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sacca made unsuitable investment recommendations concerning real estate investment trusts, mutual fund A shares, and a variable…
Brandon Preston Long of Alpharetta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from associating with any broker or investment adviser according to an SEC Order containing findings that Long misled investors in the course of selling annuity products. In the Matter of Brandon P. Long,…
Louis Anthony Telerico of Dayton, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with Westminster Financial Securities, Inc. has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $426,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Telerico executed art and land based transactions that led the customer to sustain losses. FINRA Arbitration No. 17-00988…
Joseph John Squillacioti, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial, was fired on May 15, 2017, based upon having consistently violated the firm’s policies with respect to the solicitation of investments from customers. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Squillacioti has been identified in five customer initiated investment related…
Dartanian VJ Sanders, of Metairie, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investment Inc., has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations that Sanders entered into improper lending arrangements with the firm’s customers. Letter…
Kenneth Bostian Neuner, of Dallas, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Summit Brokerage Services, Inc., has been permanently barred in all capacities from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member by consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into his unauthorized trading in Summit customers’ investment accounts. Letter…
Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC, a brokerage firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, was censured and fined $25,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that the firm, inter alia, failed to supervise the underwriting of municipal securities issued through the firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015043640701 (Oct. 12, 2017). According to…
David Apted of Clayton, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with Smith, Moore & Co., 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 allegations that Apted, inter alia, sold away from his firm relating to customers’ investments in a venture-capital…
Deborah Elizabeth Greenlee-Keck, of Mishawaka, Indiana, 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 based on allegations that Greenlee-Keck obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of her improper conduct concerning a financial transaction with a customer of the…
Thomas David Sharp, of Folsom California, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related civil action, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Sharp made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning real estate investment trusts. Civil Action No. 34201700208443 (Mar. 6,…
Blake H. Kiernan, of Garden City, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodstock Financial Group, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of contract, unsuitability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, unauthorized trading, churning, and excessive trading…
Jeffrey Michael Johnson, of Birmingham, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity based on allegations of selling away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049341201…
Landon Lavon Williams, of Jacksonville, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been fined $10,000.00 and 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 Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings…
Ryan Christopher Keller, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors, LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in all capacities by consenting to findings that he engaged in unapproved outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
John Robert Openshaw, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 8, 2017, in which the customer requested $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from 2014 to 2017, Openshaw churned the customer’s investment portfolio and effected mutual…
Andrew Martz, of Hollywood, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, wherein the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between January 17, 2014, and March 2, 2017, Martz sold the customer an investment that was not authorized to…
David Albert Ross, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., has been suspended for ten months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he entered into unauthorized loan arrangements with customers of the firm, and engaged in outside business…
Thomas Joseph Breslin Jr., of San Diego, California, a stockbroker formerly associated with LPL Financial LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity based upon allegations that he sold away from LPL Financial. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Jasper E. Boykin, Jr., of Atlanta, Georgia, a registered representative formerly registered with MetLife Securities Inc., has been charged by FINRA Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his unapproved outside business activities. Department of Enforcement v. Jasper E. Boykin, Jr., No. 2016049508602 (Oct. 16, 2017)….
Sam Peter Paolini, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Hornor, Townsend, & Kent, Inc., has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he converted a prospective customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2017055696501 (Oct. 13,…
Terrence Jeffrey Diehl, of Boston, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial, LLC, has been fined $10,000.00 and handed a nine-month suspension from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he sold away from his firm and lied about it when LPL Financial, LLC questioned him. Letter of…
Steven John Meyer, of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities, has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in all capacities based upon consenting to findings that he excessively traded and churned the firm’s customer accounts, and placed trades without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2017052709201…
Martin William Pernoll, of Santa Monica, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Bay Mutual Financial, LLC, has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm by consenting to findings that he, inter alia, executed unauthorized transactions, and failed to report customer disputes. Letter of…
Stuart L. Pearl, of Deerfield, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly employed with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a $7,500.00 fine, and has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he exercised discretion in customer accounts and made unsuitable margin-based investment recommendations…
Joseph Leigh Cotter, of Charlotte, North Carolina, a stockbroker with Next Financial Group, Inc., has been fined $15,000.00, disgorged of $100,549.42 in commissions, and suspended for nine months from having any association with a FINRA member by consenting to findings that he effected transactions in an investor’s accounts on an unsuitable and excessive basis. Letter…
Jack B. McBride, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., was fined $12,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he mismarked order tickets, engaged in misleading communications with a customer, and settled a customer dispute…
Marlin O. Cole, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Legend Securities, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for sixteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected trades on an excessive and unsuitable basis in customer accounts. Letter…
Robert Baldwin Del Guercio, a stockbroker formerly registered with Herbert J. Sims & Co. Inc., has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any and all capacities based upon allegations that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of his improper conduct. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051166301…
Noble Financial Capital Markets, located in Boca Raton, Florida, and firm’s president, Nicolaas Petrus Pronk, have been censured and fined by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Noble Financial Captial Markets and Pronk made omissions regarding securities recommended to customers. Department…
Kyusun Kim, of San Diego, California, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer alleged that Kim committed elder financial abuse, breached his contractual obligations, breached his fiduciary duties, and violated federal and state securities laws relating to structured products,…
Zachary T. Bader, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation who is permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in all capacities, has been sanctioned by FINRA on June 21, 2017, based upon allegations of his failure to be in compliance with a FINRA Arbitration…
Steven Robert Luftschein, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer has requested $269,131.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, omissions and misrepresentations, excessive and unauthorized trading, and unsuitable investment…
Stuart Horowitz, of Coral Springs, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations including the failure to conduct diligence on private placement investments; fraud; unsuitable investment recommendations; and the failure to supervise Horowitz’s…
Robert Warren Lawson, of Phoenix, Arizona, founder of Lawson Financial Corporation, has been permanently barred by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from engaging in securities sales or investment advisory services, or otherwise associating with any investment adviser or broker, according to an SEC Order containing findings that he committed securities fraud. In the Matter…
Lori Cousineau Weaver, of Renton, Washington, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $70,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer’s assets were placed into an illiquid and unsuitable real estate investment trust….
Robert Russel Tweed, of San Marino, California, a stockbroker formerly associated with CapWest Securities, Inc., and member of a California based advisory firm, Tweed Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a Complaint brought by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which alleged that Tweed defrauded investors by misrepresenting the performance of an investment fund as…
Richard Grant Cody, of Spring Lake, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly employed with Concorde Investment Services, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 13, 2017, in which the customer alleged that Cody effected floating rate note trades in the customer’s portfolio without the customer’s consent between 2013 and…
Rick Douglas Konecny, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation, has been suspended indefinitely from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations of his failure to provide FINRA with information about his business activities. FINRA Notice of Suspension, No. 2016049543601 (Aug. 18, 2017)….
Scott Allen Sibley of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker formerly employed with Raymond James & Associates, is identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, wherein the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, fraud, and the violation of Florida’ Securities and Investor Protection Act…
Leonard V. Fox, Jr., of Marlton, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly associated with FSC Securities Corporation, is the subject of a Summary Revocation Order issued by the State of New Jersey Bureau of Securities, which has revoked Fox’s investment advisor representative registration and securities agent registration supported by findings that he was expelled by Financial…
Jerry Dewayne Mccutchen Sr., of Mobile, Alabama, a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which several customers jointly alleged that Mccutchen made misrepresentations to the customers about real estate securities, oil and gas products, and equipment leading investments,…
PHILADELPHIA (OCTOBER 30, 2017) – The Guiliano Law Group, P.C. filed an arbitration action before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Office of Dsipute Resolution against Newbridge Securities Corporation, based upon the conduct of its former Registered Representative, Austin R. Dutton, Jr., alleging the violation of the federal securities laws, the Pennsylvania Securities Act, the…
Darnell Anthony Deans, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Blackbook Capital, LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information about Deans’ business activities. FINRA Case No. 2015044374501 (July 17,…
Craig Gary Langweiler, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Windsor Street Capital, L.P. (formerly known as Meyers Associates, L.P.), was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Langweiler effected excessive and unsuitable trades in a customer’s account, and exercised discretion without authorization. Department of Enforcement…
Christopher Thomas Tolmacs of Portage, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Triad Advisors, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $51,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Tolmacs made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning business development corporations, exchange traded funds and fixed annuities. FINRA Arbitration Case…
Charles Bernard Lynch Jr., of Irvine California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based on allegations that Lynch effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account, over-concentrating the customer’s portfolio…
Jason Scott Tinklenberg, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a registered representative currently associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $256,527.00 in damages founded on allegations that fixed annuities and whole life insurance contracts were inappropriately sold to the customer. Case…
David William Locy, of Lakeland, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Brookstone Securities, Inc., was suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he did not provide FINRA with information concerning his compliance with obligations to pay compensatory damages to a customer pursuant…
Bill Alfons Holubec, of San Angelo, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Holubec effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account and made misrepresentations to the customer concerning non-traditional…
Cheryle Anne Brady, of Hingham, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that she effected securities trades in Ameriprise customer investment accounts without authorization from customers….
Walter Joseph Marino, of Dix Hills, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Equities, has been suspended for one year from associating with a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Marino made unsuitable variable annuity recommendations and misrepresentations to customers….
Clement Lancelot Chichester, of Westlake Village, 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 based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into accusations of his improper handling of a customer’s money….
Scott Jason Wallach, of Paramus, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity, and disgorged of commissions obtained from a customer by him through effecting unauthorized trades in the investment account of a…
Lawrence Michael Korseko, of Littleton, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with The Leaders Group, 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 based upon Koresko’s consent to FINRA’s findings that he failed to disclose customer complaints against him for committing…
Erick J. Arnett, of Spring Hill, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Dalton Strategic Investment Services Inc., has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in unapproved outside business activities. Department of Enforcement…
Donald P. Southwick, of Troy, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with CSSC Brokerage Services, Inc., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049789601 (Sept. 29, 2017)….
Growth Capital Services, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, has been censured and fined $35,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that, inter alia, Growth Capital Services failed to supervise private securities transactions effected by five of the firm’s stockbrokers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Success Trade Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer headquartered in District of Columbia, as well as its president and chief compliance officer, Fuad Ahmed, were subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Opinion holding that the firm and Ahmed committed fraud and effected unregistered securities offers and sales. In the Matter of the Application of Fuad…
Sandlapper Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer located in Greenville, South Carolina, as well as its majority owner and founder, Trevor Lee Gordon, and vice president, Jack Charles Bixler, have been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that they defrauded the firm’s customers through its sales of saltwater disposal wells investments. Department…
Network 1 Financial a broker headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey, has been censured and fined $20,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that Network 1 Financial failed to supervise non-traditional exchange traded funds effected by its registered representatives. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015046575201 (Oct. 2, 2017)….
Michael Anton Crowe, of Mesa, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America, 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 he sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051678001 (Oct. 2,…
Ronald Dolinger, of Dublin, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with MetLife 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 failed to testify in a FINRA investigation into allegations of his outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Ryan Nicholas Paugh, of Independence, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with J.P. Morgan Securities 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 on allegations against Paugh of selling away from J.P. Morgan. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015046604801…
Kevin Ray Bonner, of Burien, Washington, a stockbroker formerly registered with Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation, has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member by consenting to findings that included, inter alia, Bonner’s failure to disclose a customer loan arrangement which he later defaulted on….
Alexander Capital, L.P., a FINRA member brokerage firm headquartered in New York, New York, has been censured and fined $80,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent to findings that it failed to supervise securities transactions to ensure that they were registered or otherwise exempt from registration. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
By: Dana N. Pescosolido We’ve all heard the warnings, for many years now. The population is aging, the baby-boomers are starting to retire, and as they age, the opportunities for exploitation by unscrupulous brokers will increase exponentially. Some sources say that upwards of $7 trillion in retirement assets will be in play. States like Florida…
Dale Earl Krueger, of Midland, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Moloney Securities, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he inappropriately utilized customers’ investment funds, and failed to cooperate with FINRA during an investigation into allegations of Krueger’s unauthorized…
Murray Sinclaire, of Cincinnati, Ohio, owner and former president and chief executive officer of Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC, has been fined $35,000.00, stripped of his municipal securities principal licensure, and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member for six months in any capacity based upon his consent to findings that…
Barbara Jean Waters, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by consenting to findings that she failed to testify in a FINRA investigation concerning allegations that she provided false accounting documents to her…
Louis Frederick Scherschel, of Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Sigma Financial Corporation, was fired on September 11, 2015, supported by allegations that he failed to abide by the policies of Sigma Financial Corporation regarding correspondence. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Scherschel has been subject of a customer initiated…
PTI Securities & Futures L.P., of Chicago, Illinois, was subject of sanctions sought by the State of Illinois Secretary of State Securities Division, alleging that the firm’s chief compliance officer, Daniel John Haugh, effected an unauthorized transfer of a customer’s funds, causing the customer to sustain $90,000.00 in losses. Case No. 1500161 (Jan. 29, 2016)….
Thomas Patrick Haugh, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker, commodity futures broker and securities principal currently registered with PTI Securities & Futures L.P., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer sought $2,500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer’s investment account failed to be managed properly. Case…
Edward Alan Horwitz of Riverwoods, Illinois, a stockbroker and principal formerly registered with Insight Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $150,000.00 on August 12, 2016, supported by allegations including breach of contract, unjust enrichment, misrepresentation, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty pertaining to stock and options…
David Gene Menashe of Mineola, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital, L.L.C., is the subject of an Order issued by the State of Montana Commissioner of Securities & Insurance obligating $15,000.00 in restitution to a customer based on allegations that Menashe effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s account, and effected trades on…
Jonathan Michael Zucker, of Mitchelfield, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Northeast Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer was awarded $1,758,000.00 in compensatory damages supported by allegations that the customer’s account was handled with negligence; the customer’s investments were churned and induced by Zucker’s…
Mark Fred Augusta, of Solana Beach, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wedbush Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer was awarded 250,000.00 in compensatory damages, $1,080,000.00 in punitive damages, and $110,000.00 in disgorged commissions on July 13, 2017, supported by allegations against Augusta and…
Kristopher B. Smith, of Fargo, North Dakota, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been terminated on May 26, 2010, supported by allegations that Smith violated the firm’s policies by effecting unauthorized trading in customer accounts. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Smith was fined $5,000.00 and suspended from…
Gregory Perrone, of Hernando, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 8, 2017, in which the customer sought $42,179.00 in damages supported by allegations that Perrone caused the customer to furnish account transfer forms that he knew contained…
Pamela McGee Adams of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 5, 2017, in which the customer sought $53,510.85 in damages supported by allegations that from February 17, 2016 to April 11, 2017, Adams made unsuitable investment…
David James Boor, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 30, 2017, in which the customer sought $139,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between December 1, 2015, and May 30, 2017, Boor effected mutual funds…
Patrick Claude Robert Guinet, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on June 5, 2017, for $4,954.14 in damages supported by allegations that the customer’s wrap account fund reallocation instructions were not executed between January 1, 2017,…
John William Hendley, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, a stockbroker formerly registered with AOS, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 8, 2017, in which the customer sought at least $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Hendley effected unsuitable variable annuity transactions from February of 2017 to March of…
Noel Ray Vincent, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly currently registered with Madison Avenue Securities, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 24, 2017, in which the customer alleged that Vincent made misrepresentations to the customer and placed unsuitable real estate transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
John Carolyn of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on August 16, 2017, for $34,000.00 in damages based on allegations that from 2014 to 2016, Carolyn placed unsuitable stock transactions in the customer’s account, causing the customer’s…
Gaetano Magarelli, a stockbroker currently registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 31, 2017, in which the customer requested $266,355.00 in damages based upon allegations that Magarelli placed unsuitable equity transactions in the customer’s account, causing the customer to sustain investment losses within her…
J.J.B. Hillard, W.L. Lyons, LLC, an investment adviser firm and FINRA member brokerage firm, is subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which customers were awarded $450,000.00 in compensatory damages and $100,000.00 in punitive damages pertaining to allegations of negligent supervision, fraud, breach of contract, omissions and misrepresentations, breach of fiduciary duty,…
John Kaleihiehie Kai, of Hilo, Hawaii, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he did not provide FINRA staff with information about Kai’s business activities. Case No. 2017053680001 (September 12, 2017). Kai was previously suspended on July 3, 2017, but did not…
David Wilson Flemming Jr., of White Plains, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, was fired from employment on July 5, 2017, founded upon accusations that he entered into an unauthorized loan arrangement with a firm customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Flemming has been identified…
Joseph William Petry, of Latham, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with HBW Securities LLC, was fired on March 10, 2016, founded upon accusations that he furnished customer trading documentation to his firm that contained forged signatures. The firm alleged that Petry caused customers to hand him signed yet blank documents so that Petry would…
Michael Edward Halla, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a stockbroker formerly registered with SII Investments, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on July 31, 2017, for $21,688.00 in damages founded upon accusations that Halla botched a distribution from the customer’s variable annuity, which caused the customer to suffer tax…
Angelo Massaro Jr., of UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 7, 2017, in which the customer requested $160,000.00 in damages founded upon accusations that Massaro sold the customer unsuitable investments, and mismanaged the customer’s accounts. The customer alleged that structured products placed in her…
H. Beck, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, has been censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based on accusations that it failed to supervise non-traditional exchange traded fund recommendations made by stockbroker James Dresselaers, wherein Dresselaer’s recommendations were not suitable for a customer and caused the customer to incur…
Dennis Boyd McMurray, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Girard Securities, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on consenting to findings that he did not furnish information and documentation to FINRA regulators in the course of an investigation into…
Lawrence Alan Stack, of Morgan Hill, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital Corporation, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on consenting to findings that he participated in unapproved outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015047293501…
Mehran Tazhibi, of Berkeley, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to customers regarding municipal bonds. Letter…
William F. Garbarino, of Danbury, Connecticut, a stockbroker formerly registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Garbarino’s consent to findings that he provided FINRA with false testimony concerning incomplete and unauthentic customer account documentation. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Yilih Choong, of Newark, New Jersey, 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 he failed to cooperate with FINRA in an investigation into accusations that he communicated false information to his employer…
Robert Michael Dechick, of Clermont, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with D.H. Hill Securities, LLLP, was subject of a $5,000.00 fine, and stipulated and consented to cease and desist committing violations of National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Rules and Florida Statues according to a Florida Office of Financial Regulation Final Order finding that Dechick…
Sherry Elaine McNair, of Lubbock, Texas, a stockbroker currently registered with 1st Global Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 8, 2016, in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages founded upon accusations that McNair placed unsuitable mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account. FINRA Arbitration No….
James A. Franklin, of Dallas, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 15, 2017, in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages founded upon accusations that in March of 2015, Franklin placed real estate security transactions in the customer’s account that…
Gary Mack Bradshaw, a stockbroker currently registered with First Dallas Securities Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on January 10, 2017 for $11,500.00 in damages founded upon accusations that Bradshaw placed unsuitable over-the-counter equities trades in the customer’s account. Arbitration Case No. 16-03036 (Jan. 10, 2017). Financial…
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member brokerage firm located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was orderd by a FINRA Arbitration Panel to pay $418,000.00 in damages in connection with a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim founded upon accusations including breach of contract, omissions of facts and breach of fiduciary duty relating…
Sharon Melinda Kwan, of Arcadia, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with National Planning Corporation, has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she engaged in outside business activities and established unapproved customer bank accounts. Letter…
Brant Andrew Ray, of Southhaven, Mississippi, a stockbroker formerly registered with Commonwealth Financial Network, 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 he effected an unapproved loan transaction and lied about it when questioned by his firm and…
Corinne Renae Mittag, of Omaha, Nebraska, a stockbroker formerly registered with Bancwest Investment Services, Inc., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she effected unauthorized trades, falsely represented her trading activities to her firm, and led her firm’s records and…
Hector Hugo Gutierrez, Jr., of Brownsville, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he failed to make an appearance and testify before FINRA staff in reference to accusations that he effected unauthorized transactions in customer accounts. Department of Enforcement…
Thomas Lawrence, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp., has been fined $5,000.00, required to provide $41,332.65 in restitution, and was suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Offer Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Lawrence entered into an…
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a FINRA member brokerage firm, has been censured, fined $3,250,000.00, and agreed to pay $9,786,964.88 in restitution to customers by consenting to findings that Morgan Stanley failed to supervise a stockbrokers’ unit investment trust trades in the firm’s customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016048805501 (Sept. 25,…
Ziv Investment Company, a broker-dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and Peter Gordon Ziv, president, chief compliance officer and principal of Ziv Investment Company, were fined $75,000.00 and $10,000.00, respectively, for failing to supervise, inter alia, transactions and discretionary trading by stockbrokers at Ziv Investment Company’s branch office. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014039231701…
Kelly Gene Richards, of Phoenix, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Investment Group, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 27, 2016, in which customers collectively requested $650,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Richards breached his fiduciary duties to the customers, negligently managed the customers’ investment…
Todd Jones of Seattle, Washington, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he exercised discretion in customer accounts without their consent and falsified information regarding…
John Isaac Roach, of Beachwood, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with CCO Investment Services Corp., 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 placed unauthorized mutual fund trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Todd Allen Burnett, of Saint Louis, Missouri, a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 3, 2017, in which the customer requested $849,853.62 in damages based upon allegations that Burnett churned the customer’s investment portfolio and placed equity trades in the…
Christopher David Sinkula, of Stuart, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 11, 2017, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sinkula over-concentrated the customer’s funds in energy sector stocks, and effected unsuitable equity…
Michael J. Isaac, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, a registered representative associated with Investors Capital Corp., 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 caused a customer to provide him signed forms that were undated and blank, inaccurately conveying…
Dale Edward Wright, of Henrico, Virginia, a stockbroker currently registered with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 15, 2017, in which the customer requested $130,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Wright breached his contractual duties to the customer, negligently handled the customer’s insurance…
Lawrence Michael LaBine, of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, has been permanently 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 containing findings that LaBine fraudulently misrepresented information to investors and made unsuitable…
Michael Ciro Colletti, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation, was named in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Complaint containing allegations that he did not supervise the firm’s cold caller representatives, who utilized scripts for speaking with customers that contained inappropriate and possible investment misrepresentations. Department of Enforcement v….
Rocco James Lavista, of Holmdel, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 4, 2016, in which the customer sought $204,136.14 in damages based upon allegations that Lavista made misrepresentations to the customer, breached his fiduciary duties, and negligently handled the…
Gary Charles Haack of San Antonio, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on June 17, 2016, for $70,000.00 in damages based on allegations of unsuitability concerning private placement offerings effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Brian Alan Hagen of The Woodlands, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with ProEquities, Inc., was terminated on August 12, 2016, based upon allegations that he affixed customer signatures to customer account documentation without procuring their consent. Since August 15, 2016, Hagen has been associated with D.H. Hill Securities, LLLP. Guiliano Law Group Our practice is…
Charles Robert Eloff Jr., of Arlington, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with H. Beck, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 25, 2016, wherein the customer’s claim is based upon accusations that Eloff effected unsuitable direct investment program transactions in the customer’s account. Further, FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that…
Edward Gino Rizzotto, of Ocala, Florida, a registered representative employed with Foresters Equity Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint, which settled on July 13, 2015, for $26,377.00 in damages supported by accusations that Rizzotto effected mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer….
Bernard Andre Breton, of Denver, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim filed on January 19, 2016, for $876,195.00 in damages based on allegations that Breton failed to supervise the equity trades effected another Cetera stockbroker Abraham Heimann. Breton was terminated by…
Sanders Lane Spangler, of San Antonio, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration on June 14, 2017, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Spangler effected unauthorized and unsuitable equity transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Dan Edward Droeg, of Mesa, Arizona, a stockbroker currently registered with H. Beck, Inc., is the subject of an investment related complaint filed by a customer on November 18, 2016, where the customer sought $250,067.09 in damages supported by allegations that Droeg charged the customer excessive fees, misstated the value of the customer’s securities holdings,…
Michael Jon DeBoer, of Spring Hill, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with M Dalton Strategic Investment Services Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on consenting to findings that he failed to conduct due diligence on customer’s investments, engaged in private securities transactions, and…
Gregory Roy Tucker, of Des Moines, Iowa, a stockbroker currently registered with D.A. Davidson & Co., has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on October 17, 2016, where the customer’s claim was based on allegations that Tucker effected trades in the customer’s account on an excessive and unsuitable basis, which resulted…
David Stewart Silberg, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which was settled on May 30, 2017, for $29,750.00 in damages based upon accusations that Silberg made misrepresentations and omissions to the customer about corporate debt investments, and made…
Gary Kenneth Rasmussen, of Laguna Niguel, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.W. Cole Financial, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on July 11, 2017, for $30,000.00 in damages founded on allegations of suitability pertaining to the customer’s equity portfolio. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure…
Sean J Mcelduff, of Parsippany, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Hennion & Walsh, Inc., has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration on December 16, 2016, in which the customer requested $260,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of suitability regarding municipal debt transactions effected in the customer’s investment account. Financial Industry…
Walter L Starghill III, of Southfield, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Investment, has been fired on March 16, 2017, based on allegations that he violated the firm’s policies by selling away; he effected private securities transactions outside the firm’s auspices without its knowledge or authorization. Guiliano Law Group Our practice is limited to the…
Jonathan Ben Mirer, of Henderson, Nevada, a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint, which settled on February 7, 2017, for $20,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of unauthorized trading of foreign equities from 2009 to 2016. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure…
Michael Edward Fitzgerald, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 14, 2017, in which the customer’s claim was based on allegations of unsuitable investment recommendations of stock in 2014. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Fitzgerald…
Lee Evan Rosenberg, of Jericho, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., is the subject of an investment related arbitration claim filed by the customer on February 2, 2017, where the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages founded upon allegations of suitability in reference to the customer’s mutual fund and annuities…
Thomas Howard Oliphint, of San Antonio, Texas, a stockbroker registered LPL Financial LLC, has been fired on November 28, 2016, based on allegations that engaged in outside business activities that were not approved by the company. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Oliphint has been identified in two customer initiated investment related…
Andrew Bruce Elsoffer, of Pepper Pike, Ohio, a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on October 27, 2016, for $165,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of negligence, breach of contract, elder abuse, elder exploitation, breach of fiduciary duty, suitability,…
Richard Thomas Lucker, of Tuscon, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 17, 2017, where the customer requested $14,447,501.00 in damages based on allegations that Lucker failed to supervise the customer’s investment account. Since March 3, 2014, he has been employed…
Joeann Mitchell Walker, of Brockton, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint, which settled on November 15, 2016, for $175,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitability regarding variable annuities, and unauthorized trading concerning the purchases and sales of mutual funds and stocks…
Margaret Lech-Loubet, of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on May 22, 2017, in which the customer sought $145,000.00 in damages based on allegations of suitability and omissions of facts concerning risks and liquidity of the customer’s structured product…
Scott Newsholme, of Farmingdale, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with SII Investments, Inc. who also worked as a tax preparer and investment adviser for MVP Financial LLC, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that Newsholme, inter alia, misappropriated funds from investment advisory customers and made misrepresentations to…
Lorenzo C. Esteva of Miami , Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with 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 he failed to provide FINRA with information and documentation in the course of FINRA’s investigation into allegations of…
Anthony Vultaggio Jr., of East Meadow, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with American Capital Partners, LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he did not cooperate in an investigation into allegations that he engaged in outside business activities…
Last September we wrote an article entitled: “Securities Regulators Caution Suckers to Avoid Fake Lawyers.” As we stated, on September 19, 2016, FINRA issued an Investor Alert, entitled “It can be hard to recover from Recovery Scams.” According to the Investor Alert: You hear from someone who claims to be able to help you recover…
Ernest J. Romer of Sterling Heights, Michigan, whom until very recently was associated with CoreCap Investments, located in South Field Michigan, was charged with embezzlement. According to the Complaint, Michigan Investigators believe Romer’s transactions were part of a larger “pattern of felonious financial maneuvers involving a field of investors, with as many as 20 additional…
Heath Marell, Susan Marell and James Marell filed a claim in March 2016 against Mark Allan Plummer and Texas E & P Partners, Inc., alleging breach of contract, failure to supervise, negligence, intentional fraud and misrepresentation, among other claims. The claims related to Chestnut GEB Joint Ventures and Chestnut 2007 4×4 Joint Venture. The Washington…
FSC Securities Corp., headquartered in Atlanta, GA, has agreed to a letter of acceptance, waiver and consent (“AWC”) with FINRA dated August 10,2017. The agreement in Enforce,ment Action AWC 2010024620303 involves the sale to customers of non-traditional Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”). FSC operates a general securities business utilizing an independent contractor model. It has approximately…
Bruce Page Barber, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a registered representative formerly associated with Securities America, 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 in an investigation into accusations of his outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance,…
Christopher Joseph Marnelego, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Buckman, Buckman and Reid, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on January 15, 2016, for $37,500.00 in damages resting on allegations that Marnelego made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer as well as misrepresentations…
Jeffrey Alan Smith, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Accelerated Capital Group, 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 utilized altered and pre-signed customer documents to effect investment transactions in customer…
Colin Edward Hammer, of Akron, Ohio, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 27, 2016, where the customer requested $1,400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2010 and 2016, Hammer engaged in several sales practice violations including the failure to effect…
Joseph R. Dimauro, of New York, New York, a registered representative associated with AXA Advisors, LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 3, 2016, alleging that in 2014, Dimauro effected the purchase of variable annuities for the customer even though the annuities were not suitable. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Mark Clay Sutherland, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 21, 2016, in which the customer requested $21,280.68 in damages based upon accusations that Sutherland effected an unauthorized and unsuitable variable annuity purchase. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Luis Jacob Alayo Riera, of Miami Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Raymond James & Associates, was fired on December 22, 2016, based upon allegations that he failed to comply with the terms of an internal investigation into his activities involving the facilitation of investment activities away from Raymond James. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Cheryle Anne Brady, of Hingham, Massachusetts, an advisor registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., was fired on September 7, 2016, based upon accusations that she traded in customer accounts without authorization; the firm claimed that she exercised discretion in accounts that were not approved by the firm for purposes of discretionary trading. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Timothy Joe Hightower, of Mount Pleasant, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 16, 2017, in which the customer requested $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Hightower effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s variable annuity. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Jonathan Robert Spielvogel, of Menlo Park, California, a stockbroker registered with JPMorgan Chase, was fired on October 18, 2016, based upon allegations that he improperly guided a customer in the facilitation of an annuity distribution and failed to provide consistent statements to the firm in the course of its internal investigation into his business activities….
Robert Juan Escobio, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Southern Trust Securities, Inc., has been subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Notice denying an application furnished by Southern Trust Securities, Inc. for Escobio to be associated with the firm based upon accusations that Escobio engaged in fraudulent sales…
Carlos Nestor Evertsz-Seda, of Ronkonkoma, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with K.C. Ward Financial, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 6, 2017, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based on allegations that Evertsz-Seda caused the customer’s market losses through effecting transactions that were not suitable….
Jeffrey Sean Crystal, of Paramus, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, was terminated on May 1, 2017, based upon accusations that as branch manager, he failed to supervise a financial advisor that engaged in wrongdoing. The wrongdoer, was former Morgan Stanley stockbroker Barry Franklin Connell. Connell, whom as of even date the subject…
James Stewart Meagher, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with World Trade Financial Corporation, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Market Regulation in a Complaint alleging that he effected a fraudulent investment scheme and obstructed a FINRA investigation into his trading activities. Department of Market Regulation v….
John Hoyt Williams Jr., of Ridgeland, Mississippi, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been fined $10,000.00 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 sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Lewis H. Robinson, of Aventura, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, 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 he attempted to settle a customer’s dispute away from his firm pertaining to accusations against him of…
William Roy Kimberlin, of Dallas, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Metlife Securities Inc., has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he borrowed from customers without authorization, made misrepresentations to his firm, and participated…
Peyton Nelson Jackson, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Alexander Capital, L.P., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Hearing Officer’s Default Decision containing findings that Jackson made unsuitable investment recommendations and defrauded customers. Department of Enforcement v. Peyton…
Frederick D. Houck, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, a stockbroker formerly registered with Freedom Investors Corp., has been suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049678601 (Aug….
Elaine D. LaCerte, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, 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 she pursued a unit investment trust trading strategy that was unsuitable for customers….
Jaime R. Rodriguez, of Bronx, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he stole $200,000.00 from a blind and elderly investor. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051772601…
John C. Edes, of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, a registered representative formerly registered with Equity 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 in a FINRA investigation into his business activities serving the basis of…
Glenn Robert King, of Shrewsbury, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Buckman, Buckman & Reid, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a National Adjudicatory Council Decision containing findings that King made unauthorized and excessive trades in a customer’s account. In the…
CFD Investments, Inc., a broker-dealer headquartered in Kokomo, Indiana, has been censured and fined $30,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise non-traditional exchange traded fund transactions effected by the firm’s registered representatives in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014039216501 (Sept….
Jordan Stuart Berlin, of Bedford Corners, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with FSC Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 16, 2016, in which the customer requested $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Berlin made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning equity investments, and…
The Grosse Pointe Farms Michigan office of IMS Securities, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 21, 2017, in which the customer requested $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, negligence, and failure to conduct adequate due diligence with respect to real estate investment…
Christopher Charles Burtraw, of Lakewood, Colorado, a former stockbroker for JP Turner., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 10, 2017, in which the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Burtraw effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account concerning business development companies and real estate investment…
William August Glaser, of St. Albans, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with National Planning Corporation, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Glaser obstructed an investigation into allegations of him selling away from National Planning Corporation. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
William Bryson Baum, of St. Louis, Missouri, a stockbroker currently registered with Great American Investors, 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 he engaged in unauthorized business communications with the firm’s customers and concealed his conduct…
Gary Roland Rodgers, of Austin, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 15, 2017, in which the customer requested $99,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Rodgers failed to apprise the customer about holding periods, liquidity, and other terms and…
Robert Charles Stevens, of Norfolk, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 19, 2016, based upon allegations that he misled the customer by making promises about the customer’s closed-end funds and variable annuity having been guaranteed against loss….
Edward T. McFarlane, of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., 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 he effected non-traditional exchange traded fund trades which were not suitable for…
Eric Steven Korhut, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been terminated on August 30, 2016, based upon allegations that he exercised discretion in customer accounts without the firm’s approval of the accounts as discretionary. The firm also alleged that Korhut failed to comply with the firm’s supervision policies…
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 May 22, 2017, in which the customer sought $145,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Cain omitted information from the customer about the risks and liquidity pertaining…
Peter Michael Riley, of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC, has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that he neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information concerning his business activities. Case No. 2016051087301 (Jan. 9,…
Howard Michael Niemoeller, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 8, 2017, in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Niemoeller charged the customer with excessive commissions and fees, effected trades without the…
Dominick Giovannone, of Manalapan, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 13, 2015, in which the customer requested $15,273.00 in damages based upon allegations that Giovannone made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning the holding of…
Benjamin S. Burton, of Charlestown, West Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he effected trades in a customer’s accounts without the customer’s consent. Letter of Acceptance,…
Marco Fragnito, of Laguna Hills, California, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which was settled for $1,200,000.00 in damages on July 20, 2017, based upon allegations that Fragnito effected trades in the customer’s account that the customer never authorized. The…
Paul William Marks, of Angola, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he forged customer account documents, failed to execute customer instructions and made misrepresentations to his firm…
Tuan Phan, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with National Securities Corp, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on June 30, 2016, for $19,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of negligence in the handling of the customer’s investment account as well as misrepresentation and the breach…
Thaddeus Peter McGaffey, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Waddell & Reed, has been assessed a monetary penalty of $2,111.68 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Decision containing findings that McGaffey failed to notify FINRA about the status of his…
Augustine Dominique Choi, of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 16, 2017, in which the customer requested $17,509.66 in damages based upon allegations that the customer’s variable annuity was surrendered in December of 2016 without the customer’s…
Coleman Joseph Devlin, of Baltimore, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Incorporated, was fired on June 28, 2016, based upon allegations that he effected unauthorized trades in customer’s investment accounts. This is not the first time that Devlin has been fired for committing misconduct while associated with a broker. Financial Industry…
Dwain Carroll, of Holbrook, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., was terminated from employment on November 5, 2015, based upon allegations that he facilitated an unauthorized transaction involving a customer’s funds by signing a customer transfer form that the customer never authorized. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals…
Shoug Mayson, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Windsor Street Capital, LP, was terminated on June 22, 2017, based upon allegations that he engaged in business activities with another broker-dealer during the time that he was registered with Windsor Street Capital, and furnished inaccurate customer account information to his firm. This…
Ronald G. Richer, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Garden State Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 3, 2017, where the customer requested $50,775.00 in damages supported by allegations that from February 2015 to July 2015, Richer effected unsuitable stock transactions in…
Kerri Lynn Wassermann, of New York, New York, president of FINRA registered broker-dealer, Portfolio Advisors Alliance, LLC, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that as president of a placement agency, he furnished investors with documents that he knew were misrepresented in the solicitation of securities transactions. Securities and…
David Mynatt Rubin, of Waltham, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 5, 2017, in which the customer sought the cancellation of a variable annuity policy without bearing surrender penalties founded on accusations that Rubin made misleading statements to the…
Kevin Foster Friedman, of Woodland Hills, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $1,100,000.00 in damages on May 2, 2017, based upon allegations of the failure to supervise a financial advisor who effected faulty closed-end fund transactions in…
Mark S. Perry, of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., has been suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Leon Vaccarelli, a registered representative associated with The Investment Center, Inc. was charged by the United States Securities & Exchange Commission with violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5 and 21F-17(a). According to the Complaint, Vaccarelli, doing business as Lux…
Earlier this week, federal prosecutors and the United States Securities & Exchange Commission filed two separate but related complaints against Dawn J. Bennett, a former registered representative of Western International Securities, Inc. alleging that she conducted a massive $20 million Ponzi scheme. When the FBI raided Bennett’s home, there were the accoutrements of excess, and…
Todd Alan Shanholtzer, of Las Vegas, Nevada, a stockbroker formerly registered with Park Avenue Securities, 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 sold away from his firm, misused customer funds, and entered…
Gordon Douglas Dihle, of Centennial, Colorado, president and chief compliance officer with Spencer Edwards, Inc., has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the firm and Dihle, inter…
Rennie M. Roach, of Avondale, Arizona, 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 allegations that he declined to provide FINRA staff with information that was requested of him in reference to his business activities. Case No….
William George Fisher Connell II, of Livonia, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wunderlich Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on February 14, 2017, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Connell made misrepresentations to the customer, negligently handled the customer’s investment account,…
Mitchell Steven Morrison, of Westlake Village, California, a principal registered with Financial West Group, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 19, 2017, in which the customer requested $1,937,365.00 in damages based upon allegations that Morrison neglected to supervise the activities of a subordinate stockbroker that made misrepresentations to…
Timothy John Platt, of Naperville, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint, which settled on October 26, 2016, for $112,500.00 in damages resting upon allegations that from June 2, 2011, and May 17, 2016, Platt effected mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account despite…
Robert Lee Hunt, of Coral Springs, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with SunTrust Investment Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer was awarded $17,847.00 in damages on April 3, 2017, based upon allegations that he made misrepresentations and omissions to the customer concerning investments, negligently handled…
Francisco Jose Faraco, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, was fired from employment on February 1, 2017, based upon allegations of his misconduct relating to customer account documentation that contained unauthorized alterations and signatures. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on September 8, 2016, a customer…
Michael Jeffrey Rudd, of Norman, Oklahoma, a stockbroker formerly registered with United Planners’ Financial Services, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on May 5, 2017, for $9,738.00 in damages, wherein the customer’s claim was supported by allegations that Rudd allocated the customer’s investment portfolio in exchange traded funds…
Tory A. Duggins, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities, LLC, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to fulfill his financial obligations pertaining to a customer initiated investment related settlement agreement or award…
Jeb Curtis Bonner, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a stockbroker registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., has been fired from employment on May 16, 2017, based upon allegations that he traded in a deceased customer’s investment account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Bonner has been subject of two customer initiated investment related…
Jerry Wayne Devins, of Louisville, Kentucky, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer was awarded $500,000.00 in damages on March 30, 2017, based upon allegations that Devins breached his fiduciary duties to the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Joshua J. Pratta, of Towson, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 24, 2016, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pratta made misrepresentations and omissions, recommended unsuitable investments, and effected…
Todd Michael Ellentuck, of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been fired by his employer on October 19, 2016, based upon allegations that he generated excess payments via commissions and fees in securities transactions, effected trades that were not authorized, and failed to effect trades in a…
Steven LaMar Nielsen, of Gilbert, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with DFPG Investments, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint, which settled on July 6, 2017, for $4,500.00 in damages grounded on allegations that Nielsen effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account, and churned the customer’s investment portfolio of mutual funds,…
Adam Saul Frankfort, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 31, 2017, in which the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that from November 16, 2016, to May 5, 2017, Frankfort made…
Stephen Brown and James Peter Goetz Jr., of Pittsford, New York, stockbrokers formerly associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, were suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that: Brown engaged in undisclosed…
Craig Scott Taddonio, owner and president of Craig Scott Capital, LLC, as well as Brent Morgan Porges, owner and chief compliance officer, and Edward Beyn, the firm’s registered representative, were all barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Extended Hearing…
Jay Dee Jordan, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer, effected unauthorized transactions in the customer’s account, mismarked customer order…
William Norris Jordan, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kildare Capital, Inc., was subject of a $7,000.00 fine and one-year suspension from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Jordan created a fraudulent trading scheme and made material…
Keith Joseph Michelfelder, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Gunnar & Co. 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 he effected unauthorized trades in the firm’s customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance,…
City National Securities, Inc., headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, has been censured and fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to properly supervise outside business activities and private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014043089901 (Aug. 24, 2017). According to the AWC,…
John Kostic, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Finance 500, Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015045360601…
John P. Correnti, of Cleveland, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors, 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 in a FINRA investigation into allegations that inter alia, Correnti engaged in outside business activities…
Fan Kam Yip, of Mercer Island, Washington, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., 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 sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Federal prosecutors and the SEC recently filed separate but related complaints against Dawn J. Bennett, a 28-year industry veteran, alleging that she conducted a Ponzi-like scheme through her investment company, DJB Holdings, LLC. Bennett worked out of Washington, DC. According to the complaints filed in Maryland federal court, Bennett and her firm sold convertible notes…
The SEC filed an emergency action in Colorado federal court on August 23rd to freeze the assets of recently terminated LPL Financial broker Sonya D. Camarco, a/k/a Sonya D. Fatchett. The court granted the request August 24th. The SEC alleges in its complaint that from 2004 to 2017, Camaro stole approximately $2.8 million from multiple…
Adam K. Veron, a broker formerly employed at Questar Capital Corporation in Lake Charles, LA, has agreed to be barred from the securities industry. In mid 2015, Veron formed Contract Funding & Corporate Management LLC (“CFCM”), naming himself as president. From July 2015 until December 2016 he then sold approximately $1.8 million of shares of…
Ronald Benevento, of Holbrook, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with American Portfolio Financial Services, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable mutual fund switches in customer accounts, and mismarked customers trades as unsolicited….
Donald Allen Kartoon, of Beverly Hills, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer was awarded $4,000.00 in damages on April 6, 2017, based upon allegations that Kartoon failed to abide by the customer’s instructions to sell the customer’s position in…
Tyler Boone Powell, of Montecito, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo 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 consenting to findings that he effected trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Gregory Flemming Jr., of Farmingdale, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Flemming failed to demonstrate to FINRA staff that he complied with a customer initiated investment related settlement arrangement or arbitration…
James Robert Pecoraro, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Rockwell Global Capital LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on July 10, 2017, for $13,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pecoraro breached his contractual and fiduciary obligations to the customer, and negligently traded the…
Lorenzo C. Esteva, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., was terminated from employment on June 6, 2017, based upon allegations that he confessed to furnishing bogus account information to customers in the course of the firm’s investigation into his business activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that…
Fred Shlesinger, of Addison, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Principal Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 24, 2017, wherein the customer’s claim was based upon allegations that Shlesinger effected a rollover of the customer’s 401(k) into an annuity despite the transaction having been unsuitable for the…
Matthew Christopher Tucci, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Standard Credit Securities, Inc., 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 he, inter alia, engaged in outside business activities and inaccurately…
Ralph Edward Martin, of Washington, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Princor Financial Services Corporation, 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 he effected unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014042877101…
Windsor Street Capital (formerly Meyers Associates, L.P.), a brokerage firm headquartered in New York, New York, as well as its stockbrokers, Nas Adel Allan and Gregory J. Anastos, were charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging, inter alia, that customers’ investment accounts were traded on an excessive and…
Bae Keun Yu, of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with SH Investment & Securities, has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in undisclosed outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016047873501…
Summit Brokerage Services, Girard Securities, Inc., First Allied Securities, Inc., and Cetera Financial Specialists, were censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firms deprived their respective customers with discounts on mutual funds transactions and failed to supervise procedures to ensure that waivers of sales charges were applied for…
James Michael Picha, of St. Louis, Missouri, a registered representative for MetLife Securities, Inc., has been fined and suspended for ten months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he modified a customer’s insurance policy without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Christopher D. Stoddard, of Norwell, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with 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 he altered customer account documentation. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051578601 (Aug. 16, 2017). According…
William H. Merriam, IV, of Jacksonville, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in an investigation into his alleged forgery. Letter…
Adam K. Veron, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital Corporation, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2017053237601 (Aug. 22, 2017). According…
Josette Lee Greechan, of White Plains, New York, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, has been sanctioned according to a Stipulation and Order for Withdrawal issued by the State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau, based upon allegations that Greechan entered into…
Tony Barouti, of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 20, 2015, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Barouti made misrepresentations to the customer in reference to direct investment products effected…
Andrew James Pravlik, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Prospera Financial Services, Inc., has been terminated from employment on January 27, 2017, based upon allegations that he did make a written disclosure to the company in a manner that conformed to the firm’s policies. This is not the first time that Pravlik has…
William H. Merriam IV recently signed a letter of acceptance, waiver and consent (“AWC”) with FINRA agreeing to be barred from the securities industry. Merriam joined Merrill Lynch in June 2014 to work in the Jacksonville FL branch office of Merrill Lynch. He worked with his father. In January 2017 Merriam voluntarily resigned from Merrill…
An Omaha Nebraska FINRA panel has awarded $440,000 if favor of the beneficiaries of an estate. Kari Larson opened two individual retirement accounts with Ameriprise in Nebraska in 2013. She later opened a third non-retirement account with the firm. The claimants Tab and Jan Larson were named as beneficiaries for the IRAs. After Kari Larson…
On August 23, 2017, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission obtained an emergency court order against Sonya D. Camarco prevening her from further dissipating stolen client assets of approximately $2.3 million from almost a dozen of her brokerage customers. Sonya D. Camarco was associated with LPL Financial in Colorado Springs, Colorado from February 2004…
Leor Yohanan, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Meyers Associates, L.P., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he did not provide FINRA with a response to an informational request concerning Yohanan’s business activities. Letter No. 2014040349301 (Sept….
Mark Thomas Zielinski, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, has been fired from his job on December 18, 2016, based upon allegations against him of supervisory “mishaps.” Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on January 12, 2000, a customer filed an investment related written complaint involving Zielinski’s…
Dennis Allen Webb, of New Palestine, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with Cantella & Co., Inc., 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 he engaged in outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016048816701 (Oct….
Christopher John Calandrino, of Holbrook, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Holbrook, New York, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to provide FINRA with information about his business activities. Letter No. 2016051602401 (Feb. 10, 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure…
James William Forsythe, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on December 29, 2016, where the customer requested $2,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from January of 2011 to August of 2016, Forsythe placed unauthorized, excessive…
Elliot Harris, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his unauthorized and unsuitable trading in customer accounts. Letter…
Chad Daniel Hornaday, of Carlsbad, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors, LLC, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Chad had failed to provide FINRA with information concerning Hornaday’s business activities. Letter No. 2016051227501 (May 1, 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure…
Fred Ronald Brown, of Montgomery, Alabama, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., was fired on July 12, 2017, based upon allegations that Fred Ron entered into a loan arrangement with a customer despite failing to first gain authorization from the firm. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure Reveals that…
FSC Securities Corporation, a broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has been censured and fined $100,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise sales of leveraged, inverse, or inverse and leveraged exchange traded funds and enabled its staff to make unsuitable investment recommendations of exchange traded…
Howard L. Hull III, of Newport Coast, California, a prior owner, vice-president, chief compliance officer, and financial and operations principal for HLH Securities, Inc., has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Hull, inter alia,…
Hallmark Investments, Inc., a broker-dealer headquartered New York City, as well as the firm’s chief executive officer, Steven Dash, and stockbroker, Stephen Zipkin, have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) pursuant to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the firm and staff defrauded customers. Department of…
Melanie Dawn Garcia, of Winter Haven, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on August 10, 2016, for $3,115.92 in damages based upon allegations that made misrepresentations to the customer, effected unsuitable private securities transactions, and was liable for the…
Patrick M. Hudson, of Baltimore, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets, 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 Hudson, inter alia, engaged in outside business activities and private securities transactions…
Mark James Stevenson, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Barclays Capital Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 15, 2017, where the customer requested $3,525,460.00 in damages based upon allegations that Stevenson violated Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 10(b), breached his fiduciary duties,…
Daniel E. Peltier, of Edina, Minnesota, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., has been fined $40,000.00 and suspended for ten months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in the manipulation of a stock, failed to conduct…
Paul Vincent Blum, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets, 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 in the course of an investigation into customer complaints. Letter…
Jeffrey Ward Delone, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with FSC Securities Corporation, 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 sold away from his firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
James Kevin Pheney, of Castle Rock, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 29, 2016, in which the customer requested $240,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pheney made misrepresentations to the customer concerning municipal debt investments effected in the…
Jonathan Freeze, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Fortune 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 obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that Freeze made faulty investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Dwarka Persaud, of Little Silver, New Jersey, has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he violated a heightened supervision agreement imposed by New Jersey Bureau of Securities by effecting, inter alia, unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Letter of…
James Michael Casey, of Palm Desert, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Casey made misrepresentations to the customer by claiming that there was no…
George Dahl, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Revere Securities, has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to comply with FINRA in the course of an investigation into allegations of his wrongdoing….
Shelley Steuer Freeman, of Beverly Hills, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she failed to cooperate with FINRA in an investigation into allegations of her sales…
George Lance Calhoun, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 12, 2017, where the customer requested $114,199.00 in damages based upon allegations that Calhoun effected unsuitable and unauthorized equity trades in the customer’s account. Financial…
Alex Ernesto Batlle, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Princor Securities, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon his failure to communicate with FINRA staff in reference to his business activities. Letter No. 2015047755401 (May. 25, 2016). FINRA Public Disclosure…
Steven John Szmak, of Flemington, New Jersey, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 21, 2015, in which the customer requested $51,596.00 in damages based upon allegations that Szmak made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer about corporate debt investments effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Jason Eric Mininger, of Rocklin, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities Inc., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to notify FINRA staff about whether or not he complied with a customer initiated investment related settlement or arbitration…
Robert Charles Wyman Jr., of Hyannis, Massachusetts, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on September 12, 2016 for $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Wyman made misrepresentations to the customer and effected unsuitable equity transactions in the customer’s account. Financial…
Satya B. Shaw, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street 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 based upon consenting to findings that Shaw, inter alia, engaged in outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance,…
Daniel O’Hare Neville, of Crestview Hills, Kentucky, a stockbroker formerly registered with Daniel O’Hare Neville, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 5, 2017, in which the customer sought $8,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Neville made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer regarding mutual funds, and failed…
Michael Philip Capolongo, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on July 2, 2015, for $28,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Capolongo effected unsuitable stock transactions in the customer’s account and churned the customer’s…
Stanley Scott Garrison, of Bakersfield, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial 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 he engaged in outside business activities that were not approved by the firm…
Roger Salvatore Zullo, of Boston, Massachusetts, 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 he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that Zullo, inter alia, defrauded customers and made unsuitable investment recommendations. Letter…
William Howard Coons, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Hallmark Investments, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity pursuant to a Decision and Order of Offer of Settlement containing findings that Coons sold securities that were not registered….
David John Lomedico, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Rockwell Global Capital 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 based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customers. Letter of Acceptance,…
James S. Fleming III, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., 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 he effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Richard Wilson Hartnett, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on March 30, 2017, for $87,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that he effected unsuitable and excessive stock transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Matthew M. Serth, of McClean, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unauthorized transactions in customers’ accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016051495801 (July 31, 2017)….
Sammy Junito Carrasquillo, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Chase Investment Services Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 8, 2011, in which the customer requested $19,902.44 in damages based upon allegations that Carrasquillo effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account and made misrepresentations…
Daniel Ian Stieff, of Westlake Village, California, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been terminated from employment on November 5, 2015, based upon allegations that he traded mutual funds and short-term unit investment trust products in customer accounts in a manner which raised the company’s concerns for sales practice violations, and violated the…
Lance David Rubachko, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Securian Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 6, 2017, wherein the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Rubachko made investment misrepresentations to the customer and also misled the…
James Vincent Marino, of Pompano Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones, 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 investigation into allegations that Marino inappropriately utilized a customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance,…
Stephen John Caruso, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, has been fired from his job on May 27, 2016, based upon allegations that he committed numerous violations of the firm’s policies. Apparently, Caruso’s faulty conduct involved exercising discretion in a customer’s account despite the account not having been approved…
James Joseph Bracey IV, of Martinsville, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Multi-Financial Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 16, 2015, in which the customer requested $803,000.00 in damages based upon allegations against Bracey of negligence, violation of California Securities Law, fraudulent concealment, misrepresentation, and…
Paul Anthony Posillico, of Melville, New York, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he did not provide FINRA with information about his business activities after it was requested of him. Letter No. 2014042126601 (Oct. 5, 2015). This is not the first…
Jeffrey Paul Dragon of Burlington, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc., has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he effected unsuitable unit investment trust transactions in customer accounts. Department of Enforcement v. Jeffrey Paul Dragon, et al., No. 2014039169601 (Mar. 20, 2017)….
Betty Rodriguez, of Weston, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 27, 2016, in which the customer requested $6,268.90 in damages based upon allegations that Rodriguez, in May of 2016, effected unauthorized mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account….
David J. Hollander, of Oakland, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Liberty Group, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 23, 2017, in which the customer requested $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hollander omitted information about tax liabilities pertaining to the customer’s liquidation of a variable…
Shaun Paul Golden, of New York, a director of Golden Wealth Management, Inc., has been permanently barred in all securities registration capacities and subject of cease and desist sanctions imposed by Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation pursuant to an Order containing findings that Golden applied for securities registration in the State of Florida by making…
Mark A. Schneider, of Omaha, Nebraska, a stockbroker registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has been terminated from employment on April 21, 2016, based upon allegations that he failed to accurately document his activities within the firm’s internal notes system; conduct violative of the firm’s business conduct policy. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Eduardo Juarez, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with E.J. Sterling, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 12, 2017, in which the customer requested $36,351.00 in damages based upon allegations that Juarez breached his fiduciary duties to the customer, as well as effected unauthorized…
Nicolas Esteban Arango, of Syosset, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Arango failed to provide FINRA staff with information after it was requested of him. Case No. 2017053874801 (May 22,…
Stuart Stein, of Hauppauge, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services, LLC, was terminated from employment on August 5, 2016, based upon allegations that he mishandled information that the firm deemed private. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on January 12, 2016, Stein was also fired by his previous…
Michael Andrew Coraggio, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with BB&T Securities, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim , which settled on June 7, 2017, wherein the customer received $24,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Coraggio breached his fiduciary duties, made misrepresentations and omissions to…
A FINRA hearing panel has barred broker Edward Byen and his two supervisors, Craig Scott Taddonio and Brent Morgan Porges, from the securities industry. They all previously worked at Craig Scott Capital of Uniondale, NY. FINRA filed an enforcement complaint in December 2015 alleging that the “firm and its owners had fostered a culture of…
Anthony Vincent Ferrone entered into an acceptance, waiver and consent agreement (“AWC”) with FINRA and has been barred from the securities industry. Ferrone was the subject of a FINRA investigation concerning the unsuitable sales of unit investment trusts to customers. Ferrone was actually in the middle of an on the record interview (“OTR”) being conducted…
In an arbitration award dated June 27, 2017, a three-member panel awarded Oregon investors Scott and Jan Tullis $192,103 in damages and interest against Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., and its broker, Andrew Joseph Hall. Hall worked in Portland, Oregon. The panel gave a one-paragraph explanation for the award. The panel determined that respondents engaged in…
David Leonard Sheppard, a former broker who worked in New York and Massachusetts, was barred from the securities industry in April 2017. Sheppard was in the middle of a FINRA inquiry. FINRA was investigating Sheppard for potential excessive trading and churning in multiple customer accounts. In conjunction with its investigation, FINRA requested that Sheppard appear…
On July 24,2017 a FINRA arbitration panel in Wyoming awarded John and Kathleen Keck $559,612 based on their claim of negligence against RBC Capital Markets LLC and three RBC brokers, Jacqueline Sarette Georgio, Paul Samuel Howard and Brian Kristian Pedersen. The award was joint and several against the four respondents. They worked out of an…
Neil Vinod Mehta, of Pompano Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with JPMorgan Securities, LLC, was terminated from employment on October 18, 2016, based upon allegations that he failed to provide customers with the correct prices for investments on mutual funds effected in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on…
Kenneth Lee Jones, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp., 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 provide FINRA with information during FINRA’s investigation into allegations of Jones’ sales practice violations…
Chuck J. Hilliard II, of Austin, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 7, 2016, in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hilliard effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry…
Marilyn Ashley Genery, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, was terminated from employment on November 15, 2016, based upon allegations that he violated the firm’s procedures regarding customer account documentation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that on May 12, 2017, a customer filed an investment related written…
Thomas Einar Gunnersen, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 19, 2016, in which the customer requested $31,873.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gunnersen was responsible for the customer’s losses on high yield bond transactions…
Thomas Edward Skypeck, of Saco, Maine, a stockbroker formerly registered with Broker International Financial Services, was permanently barred from associating with any broker or adviser or becoming a broker or adviser to the public regarding investments pursuant to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934…
Steven Robert Tomlinson, of Elmira, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 16, 2017, in which the customer requested damages estimated at $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Tomlinson effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account between…
Michael Taylor Shuttlesworth, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a stockbroker formerly registered with Crown Capital Securities, L.P., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he did not provide information to FINRA that was requested of him concerning his activities. Case No. 2015047434801 (April 18,…
Keith Alva Fontenot, of Lafayette, Louisiana, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 11, 2017, in which the customer requested $80,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Fontenot made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning equities and direct…
Kim See Isaacson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon a Decision & Order of Offer of Settlement containing findings that she willfully defrauded a customer, failed to abide by the…
Sandra Jayne McCabe, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, 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 she effected unauthorized transactions involving the recycling of customers signatures on documents. Letter of Acceptance,…
Ronald William Weimer, of St. Joseph, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, 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 he borrowed funds despite lacking authorization from the firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Thomas Lawrence, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp., has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he borrowed funds from a customer in violation of the firm’s policies. Department of Enforcement v. Thomas Lawrence, No. 2016051945101 (July 27, 2017). According to the Complaint,…
Anthony Vincent Ferrone, of Paramus, New Jersey, 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 consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in an investigation into allegations of unsuitable trading in customer accounts. Letter of…
Gregory Gerald Friel, of Boston, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Harvest Capital LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 4, 2017, in which the customer requested $19,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Friel misled the customer in reference to the customer’s real estate securities transactions. Financial…
Russel W. Newton, of Westport, Connecticut, a stockbroker formerly registered with Source Capital Group, 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 in an investigation into allegations of his misconduct, which included possible securities…
Joel Nathan Burstein Jr., of Coral Gables, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., was terminated from employment on January 27, 2017, based upon the firm’s discovery that Burstein was identified in a customer initiated investment related dispute containing allegations against him of fraud. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals…
Mark Horan, of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on October 28, 2015, for $350,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Horan effected an unauthorized over-the-counter equity transaction for the customer. The customer indicated that…
Paul Eric Taboada, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Blackwall Capital Markets, Inc., is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Decision which affirmed Extended Hearing Panel sanctions imposed upon Taboada consisting, in part, of a permanent bar from associating with any FINRA member for misleading…
James Patrick McCloskey, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Securian Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action on May 4, 2017, in which the customer requested $397,237.00 in damages based upon allegations that McCloskey made misrepresentations to the customer concerning insurance products that the customer…
Michael Dennis Hampton, of Orangevale, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to provide FINRA staff with information about whether he had complied with a customer…
Sandy Michael Galuppo, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, was terminated from employment on October 3, 2016, based upon allegations that he furnished expense information to his firm in a manner that “violated the company’s policies.” Moreover, on April 11, 2017, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Jerry Allen Cicolani Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with PrimeSolutions Securities, Inc., is the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 15(b) as well as Section 203(f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 containing findings that Cicolani illegally…
Jeffrey S. Rush, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a stockbroker with Raymond James & Associates, was terminated from employment on November 2, 2015, based upon allegations that he engaged in outside business activities that were not disclosed to the firm as required. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Rush is the subject of…
Peter Michael Malis, of Woodland Hills, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on May 2, 2017, for $1,100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that he effected unsuitable, unauthorized and excessive closed-end fund transactions in the customer’s account, and…
James Benjamin Fellus, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Spencer-Winston Securities Corporation, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to communicate with FINRA about his compliance with a customer initiated investment related settlement arrangement or arbitration…
Michael Frank Paesano, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, was terminated from employment on December 21, 2016, based upon allegations that he effected faulty investment strategies and unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Paesano has been identified in fifteen customer initiated investment…
Jack Frank Bruscianelli, of Saint Louis, Missouri, a stockbroker currently registered with National Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Bruscianelli breached his fiduciary duties and made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer…
Pablo Leonel Gherardi, of Miami Florida, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, was terminated from employment on November 9, 2016, based upon allegations that he took part in a foreign investment transaction and failed to provide consistent information to his firm relating to the transaction. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure also reveals…
James M. Hurty, of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, a stockbroker formerly registered with Citizens Securities, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Hurty obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that he forged customer account documentation. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Christopher Hanley Russell, of Huntsville, Alabama, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial 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 consenting to findings that he sold away from the firm. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Thomas Daniel Sullivan, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Lampert Capital Markets Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 16, 2017, in which the customer requested $11,069.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sullivan effected equities transactions on an excessive and unsuitable basis. Financial…
Donald Lee Bergeron, of Charlotte, North Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Guardian, 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 he placed unauthorized trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Edward Jones, a broker-dealer located in Saint Louis, Missouri, was censured and fined $725,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for the failure to supervise consolidated reports transmitted to customers regarding their accounts inside and outside of Edward Jones. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049783001 (July 13, 2017). According to the AWC, an…
Munaem Choudhury, of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Chelsea Financial Services, 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 he failed to cooperate in an investigation into his business activities. Letter…
David G. Gott, of Tipton, Iowa, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc., gott fined $5,000.00 and gott suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he sold away an investment in an ice cream company from his…
James D. Maendel, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial 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 he made misstatements on switch forms that were used to effect unit investment trust transactions….
Mercury Securities LLC, a brokerage firm located in San Rafael, California, was censured and fined $5,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise registered representatives’ private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015043459301 (July 12, 2017). According to the AWC, three of…
Daniel Joseph Hushek III, of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with G.F. Investment Services, LLC, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for fifteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to reasonably supervise a registered representative who consequently made…
David Joseph Escarcega, of Phoenix, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities, Inc., was the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Decision which contained findings that Escarcega, inter alia, made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customers, and fraudulently misrepresented debentures that were sold to them. In the Matter…
Trident Partners, Ltd., a brokerage firm located in Woodbury, New York, was censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise its staff, and authorized its registered representatives to make recommendations that were not suitable for customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Kyle Robert Foyer, of Carmel, Indiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with The O.N. Equity Sales Company, has been sanctioned via the revocation of Foyer’s securities registration based upon allegations that he failed to fulfill the financial obligations associated with a previous regulatory manner resulting in findings of his misconduct. Case No. 2013038677001 (Feb. 15, 2017)….
Barry Jay Dekreek, of Alpharetta, Georgia, a stockbroker currently registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 17, 2016, wherein the customer requested $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dekreek did not adequately advise the customer about investing in a fixed annuity. Financial Industry…
Gregg Brian Weiss, of York, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, was terminated from employment on August 1, 2016, based upon the firm’s allegations that he partook in unauthorized outside business activities, made omissions regarding tax documents, and sought to be repaid for expenses that he did not incur in connection with…
Thomas Alan Meier, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on May 2, 2016, which settled for $497,245.90 in damages based upon allegations that between 2013 and 2016, he made misrepresentations concerning the terms and conditions of the customer’s liquidity within the…
Darin Richard Pastor, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Courtlandt Securities Corporation, has been fined $15,000.00 by the State of Hawaii based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in unauthorized securities transactions during the time that he was not registered to effect securities sales. SEU-2014-11 (Dec. 23, 2015). Pastor was also fined…
Paul Cragg Larsen, of Naples, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 3, 2016, in which the customer requested $4,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Larsen converted the customer’s monies that were intended for investments in real estate…
Gregory Thormann Pease, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action on November 14, 2016, in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that he failed to provide the customer with an…