Darren Robert Grossman, of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages based upon alleged breach of fiduciary duty and the unsuitable investment recommendation of “corporate bonds” during…
Jonathan Robert Harvey, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $499,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of fixed income products during the period that Harvey…
Sumaya De Los Angeles Musa (also known as Sumaya Musa Quinones), of Aventura, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Musa misrepresented material facts, overconcentrated…
Barry Stuart Kemp, of Brentwood, Tennessee, a stockbroker registered with Fifth Third Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on November 9, 2022, for $13,000.00 in damages. The complaint was based upon allegations that Kemp made the unsuitable investment recommendation of corporate bonds during the time that…
David Gary Simon of Crystal Bay, Nevada, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $68,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Simon made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale of…
Leslie Howard Kern (also known as Les Kern), of Wilmington, North Carolina, a stockbroker registered with DH Hill Securities LLLP, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kern made unsuitable recommendations in asset-backed…
Donna Maria Seymour (also known as Donna Maria Pastorik), of Winter Haven, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Seymour made unsuitable recommendations and breached…
Christina Marie Silvius (also known as Christina Marie Lomas), of Kansas City, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $320,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Silvius made unsuitable recommendations in…
Michael Raymond Frager of La Jolla, California, a stockbroker registered with Integrity Brokerage Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Frager made an unsuitable investment recommendation in corporate bonds when Frager was associated with Integrity…
Norman Ray Harp, of Leawood, Kansas, a stockbroker registered with B.B. Graham Company Inc. and Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $101,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Harp engaged in unsuitable trading and was negligent in connection with…
Andrew Matthew Polis, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker associated with Wells Fargo Advisors, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on July 18, 2023, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Polis placed the customer in CDs that had a longer term than the customer asked for…
Daniel Joe Baldwin of Walnut Creek, California, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $45,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Baldwin made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale of corporate…
Jeffrey Allen Morris of Estes Park, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $45,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Morris made unsuitable recommendations and was negligent in connection with the…
Martin Adalbert Klein III, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $10,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Klein made unsuitable recommendations of government bonds when Klein was…
Suihock Goy of Milpitas, California, a stockbroker registered with Ni Advisors Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 to $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Goy breached a contract and breached his fiduciary duties in connection with…
Robert Wyla Melberth (also known as Rob Melberth), of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Emerson Equity LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $3,276,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Melberth committed fraud, violated state securities laws, breached…
Fariba Zehtabian Madison of Los Alamitos, California, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $14,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that Madison made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale of corporate bonds during the…
Marc Frederick Korsch of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Korsch recommended risky corporate bonds when Korsch was associated with Centaurus Financial Inc. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Michael Joseph Kane III off Plano, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Hilltop Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $135,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kane made unsuitable recommendations and made misrepresentations and omissions of material fact in connection with the…
Christopher David Sinkula of Stuart, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sinkula made unsuitable recommendations of high yield securities when Sinkula was associated with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC….
Katherine Greer Nishnic (also known as Katherine Greer Martinson and Katherine Diane Nishnic), of Lexington, South Carolina, a stockbroker registered with J.P. Turner Company LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $14,750.00 in damages based upon allegations that Nishnic made…
Marcelo Javier Poliak of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 10, 2017 in which the customer requested $27,427.95 in damages based upon allegations that Poliak made omissions and misstatements of material fact in connection with the recommendation and sale…
Hillard Charles Rest of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with JRL Capital Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Rest breached his fiduciary duties, made misrepresentations and omissions of material fact, in violation…
Paul Itzchak Antevy of North Miami Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with FMSBonds Inc., is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $14,999.00 in damages supported by accusations of the customer being misled by Antevy regarding investments in corporate debt while Antevy was employed by FMSBonds. Financial…
Ricky Alan Mantei (also known as Ricky Alan Mantel), a stockbroker and branch manager of Centaurus Financial, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between 2013 and 2019, misrepresentations and unsuitable trades were made at Centaurus Financial. Financial…
Fusion Analytics Securities LLC, a securities broker dealer headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with defrauding investors in relation to the sale of bond offerings. Department of Enforcement v. Fusion Analytics Securities LLC, Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2018059545604 (March 7, 2022). According to the Complaint,…
Gilberto Briseno (also known as Gilbert Briseno), of Boutte, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, is identified in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 4, 2021, in which the customer requested $13,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of losses caused by unsuitable trading of closed-end funds and real estate…
Marcello Lattuca, of Massapequa, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with NBC Securities Inc., is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $75,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of elder abuse and breach of fiduciary duty pertaining to real estate security and stock transactions executed by Lattuca between 2012…
Eric Carl Willer, of Dallas, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Fusion Analytics Securities LLC, has been suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he provided unsuitable investment recommendations to customers regarding bond offerings while he was associated with Fusion Analytics…
Scott Alan Kaufman, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he failed to comply with FINRA’s investigation into accusations of his improper fixed income trading strategy while he was employed by…
Christopher M. Olson, of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC, is identified in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 3, 2020, in which the customer requested $62,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitable trading by Olson while he was registered with RBC Capital Markets….
Stephen Sloane, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with WestPark Capital Inc., is identified in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages supported by accusations that Sloane provided unsuitable investment recommendations regarding government debt investments when he was employed by WestPark Capital. Financial…
Christiane Olsen of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 3, 2020, where the customer requested compensatory damages founded on accusations of Olsen selling them unsuitable corporate bonds and notes while she was registered with UBS Financial…
Alan Zelig Appelbaum a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $550,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that they had been sold unsuitable structured products when Appelbaum was registered with Aegis Capital Corp. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $342,852.00 in damages based upon accusations that they received bad investment advice from Tarpinian regarding structured notes transactions when he was…
Debasish Hajra (also known as Dave Hajra) of Marietta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for thirty days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that unauthorized unit investment trust and bond trades were executed…
NEXT Financial Group a securities broker dealer headquartered in Houston Texas has been censured and fined $750,000.00 by Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that NEXT Financial Group failed to supervise its stockbrokers’ transactions resulting in unsuitable municipal bond and mutual fund transactions in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Ricardo Fontana Guimaraes of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $57,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been sold unsuitable bonds from Guimaraes when he was associated with UBS Financial…
Ricky Alan Mantei of Lexington South Carolina a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of JP Turner Company has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Mantei engaged in a prearranged trading scheme….
Robert David Cohen (also known as Bob Cohen and as Rob Cohen) a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of UBS Financial Services has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 14, 2019 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that unauthorized bond purchases were…
Melinda Joyce Abood of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 21, 2020 where the customer requested $42,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s investment instructions were not followed concerning securities held in their UBS…
Stephen Sloane of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with WestPark Capital Inc. and Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on a Decision issued by FINRA’s Office of Hearing Officers who found that Sloane made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers…
Jonah Engler (also known as Jonah Engler-Silberman) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Global Arena Capital Corp has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he failed to pay a customer compensatory damages after being found liable for sales…
Eric Travis Roark of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on July 14, 2020 based upon accusations that Roark effected excessive fixed income securities trades in violation of company policy. Roark has been identified in two customer initiated investment related disputes…
Roberto Alejandro Fernandez of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $160,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer received unsuitable investment advice and had been sold government debt investments that were misrepresented. Financial…
James Whitney Story (also known as Whit Story) of Fitzgerald Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Summit Brokerage Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled for $50,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that fixed income securities had been recommended by Story during the time that he was associated…
Steven Ellsworth Larson of Saint Louis Missouri a stockbroker formerly employed by Oakbridge Financial Services has been issued a Decision by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council in which he has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by findings that he defrauded investors. Department of Enforcement v….
John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Paulson Investment Company LLC and Newport Coast Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $23,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between February of 2013 and March of 2019, a fiduciary duty…
Francisco Javier Valenzuela of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker formerly associated with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 6, 2020 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable corporate bond investments by the stockbroker between June…
Morgan Stanley a securities broker dealer headquartered in Purchase New York has been censured and fined $175,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that it neglected to supervise stockbroker engaged in bond trading scheme. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019063917801 (Aug. 12, 2020). According to the AWC, a stockbroker by…
Stephen Sloane of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Morgan Stanley has been identified in a FINRA Department of Enforcement Complaint where the regulator is seeking sanctions including a fine and suspension against Sloane for providing unsuitable investment recommendations to customers and for charging them excessive fees for trades that he executed at…
Lazaro Armando Fernandez Paredes of Dorchester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into fraudulent closed end funds and municipal debt investments during the time that Paredes…
Kenneth Marc Hutkin of New York New York a stockbroker and investment adviser representative formerly associated with Morgan Stanley has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 20, 2020 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable municipal debt investments…
Zachary Evan Feinsilver of North Miami Florida a stockbroker registered with FMSbonds Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 7, 2019 where the customer sought $33,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was poorly advised by Feinsilver regarding a municipal debt investment during the period in which…
John Robert Morris of Warren New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $25,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning investments in oil and gas securities and Puerto…
Hector J. Gonzalez (also known as Hector Gonzales Colon) of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $3,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) investment recommendations were unsuitable in view of the customer’s…
Julian E. Munoz (also known as Julian Munoz Martinez) of Dorchester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker entered into a loan arrangement with a…
Jeffrey Alan Fladell of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly associated with RBC Capital Markets LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) municipal bonds transactions effected when Fladell was employed by RBC Capital Markets failed to…
Dario Alberto Ochoa of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $210,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) investment recommendations made by the stockbroker were unsuitable for the customer in view of the customer’s…
James Henry Duffy of Riverhead New York a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between March 2006 and July 2017, unsuitable investment recommendations were made about Puerto Rico municipal bonds sold to the…
Samuel Kluft Koltun of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $180,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was placed into unsuitable investments including Puerto Rico bonds between December of 2009 and May…
Christopher James Butler of Woodland Hills California a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $395,579.00 in damages supported by allegations that corporate bonds held in the customer’s account were unsuitable. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 17-01267 (May 16,…
David Hugh Bindelglass of Paramus New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $100,000.00 in damages on January 10, 2019 founded on accusations that unsuitable municipal debt trades had been effected in the customer’s account during the time that Bindelglass…
Laurence Charles Greene of Ellijay Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Herbert J. Sims Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $65,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made in regard to investments Greene sold to the customer (2)…
Jeffrey Lamar Burton of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved on November 5, 2019 for $1,550,00.00 on November 5, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) the customer was charged excessive commissions on trades executed in…
Robert C. David Jr. of Farmington Hills Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on March 5, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) David used false information about customers to effect bond transactions in their Morgan Stanley accounts and (2) trades were effected by…
Arthur Lee Boyd III of Lauderdale Lakes Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $10,000.00 on June 13, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) Boyd made misrepresentations concerning the risks of the bonds that he sold while employed…
James Edward Knee (also known as Jim Knee) of Concord New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 26, 2019 in which the customer requested $20,615.79 in damages based upon allegations that unfounded statements had been made concerning an…
Arturo Rexach Mundo of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $7,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made concerning government debt investments and (2) investment recommendations made by the…
Ian M. Deliz Morales of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $750,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from August of 2014 to September of 2019, the customer had been placed into closed end fund and…
Jason Andrew Taub of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 10, 2019 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that (1) unauthorized common and preferred stock trades and corporate…
Larry Charles Wolfe of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Herbert J. Sims Co. Inc. (also known as HJ Simms) was named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which he was ordered by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration Panel to pay $480,000.00 in compensatory damages to a customer…
Thomas Joseph Logue Jr. of Hinsdale Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with American Independent Securities Group LLC is the subject of a regulatory action initiated by the Illinois Securities Department in reference to allegations of Logue’s failure to provide documentation to the regulator after he was subpoenaed during an investigation into his potentially unsuitable and…
Carmine Claudio Capone of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker and supervisor currently registered with The GMS Group LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Capone failed to supervise a stockbroker who (1) made investment recommendations that failed to be suitable…
Ricky Alan Mantei (also known as Ricky Alan Mantel) of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker and branch office manager formerly employed by J.P. Turner Company LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Mantei engaged in unauthorized prearranged trading involving customer accounts while employed by J.P….
Ronald G. Richer of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by Garden State Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $16,300.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary obligations to the customer were violated and (2) Theravance Inc. put options and stocks executed in…
Michael Frank Paesano of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $145,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) government debt trades were effected in the customer’s managed account in excessive amounts and (2) some of the customer’s…
Michael Jay Sharenow of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $150,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Sharenow placed the customer in bad municipal debt investments including municipal bonds. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Lisa Jacqueline Lowi (also known as Lisa Jacqueline Vineberg) of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was placed into inappropriate and speculative municipal debt…
Jeffrey Alan Fladell of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the Puerto Rico bond transactions effected in the customer’s investment account during the time Fladell…
Clifford C. Vatter III of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. is the subject of an Order issued by the Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Financial Institution in which Vatter’s application to employed by International Assets Management LLC was retracted and Vatter consented to not registering as…
Ross Sinclaire Associates LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio has been censured and fined $200,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Ross Sinclaire did not make required disclosures to investors concerning its municipal offering and (2) Ross Sinclaire failed to supervise activities relating to stockbrokers’ direct market…
Jeffrey Neil Cadan of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $1,200,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between 2011 and 2016, Cadan executed excessive government debt trades in the customer’s account causing the customers losses. Financial…
Donnie Eugene Ingram of Winter Haven Florida a stockbroker associated with Cetera Advisors LLC and Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $23,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Ingram executed unsuitable corporate debt and real estate investment trust trades in the customer’s account. Financial…
Jose R. Juanarena Ferrari of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly registered with Popular Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Ferrari made inappropriate investment recommendations to the customer concerning the purchases of closed end funds…
Eugene Henry Freund of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $157,500.00 in damages founded on allegations that bad municipal debt investment transactions were executed in the customer’s account during the time Freund was associated…
J.W. Korth Company a securities broker dealer headquartered in Lansing Michigan has been censured by Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to a National Adjudicatory Council Decision affirming a Hearing Panel’s findings of the firm overcharging customers on municipal and corporate debt securities transactions effected in customers’ accounts. In the matter of Department of Enforcement…
Douglas Hart Birnie of Herndon Virginia a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 17, 2018 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that on January 24, 2018: (1) omissions had been made to the customer…
Bryan Jeffrey Schon of Bloomfield Hills Michigan a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 11, 2017 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by accusations that between 2014 and 2016, energy bond transactions effected in the customer’s account were not suitable…
AXA Advisors LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $600,000.00 by Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based on findings that (1) AXA Advisors made misrepresentations about the bonds sold to the firm’s retirement account customers and (2) AXA Advisors neglected to supervise its practices to ensure…
Rick Alan Davidson of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on May 15, 2017 where the customer sought $21,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unauthorized corporate debt trades were executed in the customer’s account while Davidson was associated with…
Arturo Colon of Mayaguez Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly employed by Santander Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer’s account transactions had been negligently administered (2) contractual obligations were breached (3) securities rules and…
Pedro Juan Rodriguez Rivera of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly registered with Oriental Financial Services Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $463,417.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning the risks of investments chosen…
Derek David Rosenberg of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning municipal debt investments selected for the customer’s account…
Yolanda M. Rosich Clemente of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker currently registered with Popular Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $235,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was inappropriately advised to invest in Puerto Rico securities including closed end fund and government…
Keith Edwin Downard of Canfield Ohio a stockbroker currently employed by Stifel Nicolaus Company Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which settled for $51,242.45 in damages on April 8, 2016 supported by allegations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning the risks of mortgage-related asset-backed debt investments purchased…
Thomas Earl Wilkinson III of Mesa Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $32,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was placed in unsuitable corporate debt products including Puerto Rico bonds and Brogdon bonds. Financial…
Angel Edgardo Aquino-Velez of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations that between 2011 and 2017, closed-end fund and municipal debt transactions were executed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the…
Anthony N. Macaluso of Floral Park New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital One Investing LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 4, 2017 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by accusations that the customer’s managed wrap account held investments that were not suitable for the…
Gregory Jackson Baxter of Fresno California a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on November 29, 2017 based upon allegations that he engaged in outside business activities in 2017 after his requests for engaging in those activities had already been denied by the firm. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Martin Kevin Walcoe of Syosset New York a stockbroker currently employed by David Lerner Associates Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 9, 2016 where the customer requested unspecified compensatory damages founded on accusations that unauthorized trades of equities and government-debt products had been executed in the customer’s account….
James Hal Heafner (also known as Jim Heafner) of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Taylor Capital Management Inc and former investment adviser representative of Retirement Wealth Advisors is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $268,015.79 in damages founded on allegations that (1) inappropriate…
NTB Financial Corporation of Centennial Colorado has been censured and fined $45,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by allegations that the firm overcharged customers on corporate bond transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2015047738901 (Dec. 10, 2018). Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2015047738901 (Dec. 10, 2018). According to the…
Richard William Schloss of Canton Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled to resolve allegations that Schloss inappropriately placed the customer’s assets in a variable annuity which exposed the customer to unnecessary surrender penalties and illiquidity. Financial…
Aaron Lupuloff of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Sterne Agee Leach Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $5,005,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was defrauded by being sold taxable revenue bonds. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 18-02134 (Aug….
Jerry Michael Rayburn of Lake Grove New York a stockbroker currently registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $74,927.40 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning the customer’s investments in mutual funds…
Carlos Aurelio Alvarado of Houston Texas a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 8, 2018 where the customer sought unspecified damages supported by accusations that between 2005 and 2018, Alvarado executed corporate debt transactions in the customer’s account that were not suitable for…
John Mark Johnston of Broken Arrow Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly employed by BOK Financial Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint involving where the customer sought $120,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Johnston deceived customers in the course of selling them corporate debt investments and direct participation program or…
Peter Chris Marketos of Paramus New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Oppenheimer Co Inc. and Raymond James Associates Inc. has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) Marketos made unsuitable investment recommendations to…
Robert Luis Maldonado of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on allegations of (1) violations of securities laws (2) breach of contract (3) supervisory failures (4) negligence (5) breach of fiduciary duty…
Ross Allen Stein of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for $32,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that Stein placed municipal debt purchases in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer. FINRA Arbitration…
Ricardo Antonio Rodriguez Vazquez of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker formerly employed by Santander Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 10, 2018 where the customer sought $979,000 in damages based upon accusations of (1) negligence (2) failure to supervise (3) breach of the duty of good faith…
Lazaro Armando Fernandez Paredes of Dorchester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions were executed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer (2) the customer’s account…
Robert William Griffin of Poetry Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Cantella Co. Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that he failed to provide FINRA with information that had been requested of him. FINRA Public Disclosure confirms that Griffin had been…
Brian David Schwartz of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $10,000.00 on October 3, 2017 supported by allegations that transactions were placed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer because…
Michael Walter Ollmann of Waukesha Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $125,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Ollmann excessively traded municipal debt products in the customer’s account and caused the customer to suffer unwarranted investment…
Rey Whitehorn of Hallandale Florida a stockbroker currently employed by LPL Financial LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unsuitable corporate-debt transactions were executed in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 18-01192 (Apr….
Joseph Edward Sorok of Great Neck New York a stockbroker currently registered with TD Ameritrade Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 9, 2018 where the customer sought $182,728.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was poorly advised concerning investments in municipal debt products. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Thomas Ohearn Eifler Sr. of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with The Investment Center Inc. has been terminated from the firm on February 28, 2017 founded on accusations against Eifler of breach of contract and fraud as referenced in a civil action filed against Eifler. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure additionally reveals that…
Nicholas Michael Bonacci of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Co. LLC is the subject of an SEC Order requiring Bonacci (1) be suspended for twelve months from associating with any broker or investment adviser (2) pay a $100,000.00 civil penalty and (3) cease and desist from committing current and…
John Thomas Guzy of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2012 and 2015, the customer was placed in municipal debt investments that were not suitable for…
Richard Stephen Hughes of Wilmington Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Summit Brokerage Services Inc. 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 made unsuitable recommendations to customers regarding mutual fund and unit investment…
John Wesh of Knoxville Tennessee a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $70,937.83 in damages supported by accusations that Wesh made inappropriate investment recommendations to the customer regarding Fannie Mae equities that were ultimately purchased in the customer’s…
Donald John Chiodo of Clare Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 27, 2016 where the customer sought $82,841.00 in damages based upon allegations that between April 30, 2015 and May 13, 2016, variable annuity investment recommendations…
David F. Wong of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Barclays Capital Inc. has been suspended by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from associating with any broker-dealer or investment adviser according to an Order containing findings that Wong (1) made misleading or false statements to customers of the firm and (2) charged…
Gregory Jon Williams of Greenwood Village Colorado a stockbroker currently employed by Presidential Brokerage Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $151,337.00 in damages based upon allegations of misrepresentation and suitability pertaining to the customer’s investments in (1) mutual funds (2) corporate-debt products and (3) non-traded…
Robert Wayne Shealy Jr. of Columbia South Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been discharged on June 28, 2018 founded on allegations that Shealy violated the procedures and policies of the firm by mismarking fixed-income order tickets as having been unsolicited. The firm concluded those orders were solicited by…
Earl Marks a stockbroker with RBC Capital Markets in Mount Laurel, New Jersey was recently the subject of a customer intiated, investment related complaint filed before the Financial Industy Regulatory Authority seeking damages in excess of $500,000 resulting from the sale of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) and other high yield securities. FINRA Arbitration No….
Michael Eric Bourke of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 30, 2018 in which the customer requested $115,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer’s assets were allocated in an equity position that was not…
Dario Alberto Ochoa (also known as Dario Ochoa Garcia) of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer accused Ochoa to have made misrepresentations to the customer as well as unsuitable investment recommendations in reference to foreign-debt and…
Jeffrey Scott Richman of Boulder Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by BBVA Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 1, 2018, which was resolved for $29,669.65 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was sold an unsuitable corporate note given the lack of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation…
Roger Charles Faubel of Boardman Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by National Securities Corporation has been discharged on November 2, 2017 founded on accusations that Faubel disseminated customer account information in violation of the firm’s policy. This is not the first time that Faubel has been terminated for alleged misconduct. Particularly, on October 12, 2007,…
Eugene Henry Freund of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was placed in unsuitable municipal bonds between 2001 and 2016. Financial Industry Regulatory…
John Thomas Holly Sr of National Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations including (1) breach of contract (2) negligence and (3) breach of fiduciary duty relating to the customer’s government debt investments. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No….
Shane Jason Kelly of Port Saint Lucie Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC had been suspended with associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Kelly failed to provide FINRA with a response to its request for his information. Case No. 2017054666601 (Jan. 29,…
James Henry Duffy of Riverhead New York a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 12, 2018 in which the customer alleged that municipal and corporate debt investments were purchased in the customer’s accounts that were not appropriate for the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Marc Frederick Strasser of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that unsuitable municipal debt transactions had been executed in the customer’s account between 2011 and 2016. FINRA Arbitration No….
Zachary Evan Feinsilver of North Miami Beach Florida a stockbroker currently registered with FMSbonds Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 12, 2018 in which the customer requested $75,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s municipal debt purchases and sales were induced by Feinsilver’s misrepresentations and…
Gloria Ann Walas of Pepper Pike Ohio a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 26, 2018 where the customer alleged that the customer’s municipal bond investment was induced by misrepresentation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure additionally confirms that on July…
John Robert Morris of Warren New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $1,300,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that between 2011 and 2015, energy sector investments and municipal bonds had been misrepresented to the customer…
David Aaron Seigerman of Bedminster New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that he failed to respond to a request by FINRA for Seigerman’s information. Case No. 2016050466901 (July 29, 2016). FINRA…
Ashish D. Mathur of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 1, 2018 where the customer alleged that (1) misrepresentations and omissions had been made to the customer concerning foreign-debt investments and (2) unsuitable investment…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mariondy Fernandez, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities LLC, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on October 4, 2016, where the customer requested $4,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations against Fernandez of breach of contract and fiduciary obligations, negligence, over-concentration of customer assets, unsuitability, and fraud…
Mortimer Joel Altshuler Jr., of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 3, 2017, in which the customer requested $18,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Altshuler effected corporate debt transactions that were not appropriate for the…
Jesse Joseph Holovacko, of South Amboy, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been sanctioned by the State of New Jersey Bureau of Securities via a $75,000.00 fine accompanied by the revocation of his securities registration pursuant to a Summary Revocation and Penalty Order containing findings that…
Larry Charles Wolfe, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Herbert J. Sims & Co. 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 effected trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Patricia Mary Loris, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, a stockbroker currently registered with Securities America, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 17, 2017, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Loris breached her fiduciary and contractual duties to the customer, negligently handled the…
John Batista Bocchino, of New York, New York, has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Bocchino effected unauthorized trades in customer accounts and caused an assistant of his to…
Kenneth Alan Zegar, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Jeffries LLC, has been fined $30,000.00, stripped of his securities registration, 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 fixed income securities transactions…
John Thomas Lynch, Junior, of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with Lawson Financial Corporation, was fined $22,338.00 and subject of cease and desist sanctions imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant to an Order Instituting Administrative Cease and Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Securities Act of 1933 Section 8A, Securities Act of 1934…
Dean Adam Myerow, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with BB&T Securities, LLC, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 26, 2017, in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that included violation of MSRB and FINRA rules, failure to supervise, breach of…
Baris Dincer, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Revere Securities LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 1, 2016, in which the customer requested $45,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dincer effected unauthorized corporate debt transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
David K. Mallett, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wunderlich 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 respond to FINRA personnel’s information request. Letter No. 2015047762601 (Feb. 3, 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that on December 8, 2015,…
Niaz Elmazi, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Global Arena Capital Corp, has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he did not provide FINRA personnel with a response regarding his compliance with a customer initiated…
Ultralat Capital Markets, Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Miami, Florida, has been censured and fined $140,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm charged customers with excessive markups and failed to supervise business activities to prevent non-market foreign exchange rates from being utilized or markups from being…
Ramon Manuel Almonte, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico, has been identified in one-hundred and twenty five customer initiated investment related disputes between January 27, 2014, and February 15, 2017, in which customers’ claims are based upon allegations that…
Mark Eben Lilley, of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 11, 2016, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Lilley, from 2012 to 2016, omitted and misrepresented facts…
Carlos Jose Freire, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., and UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 27, 2016, in which the customer requested $222,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Freire, as the…
Enrique Fernandez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in eighteen customer initiated investment related disputes between April 16, 2014, and January 6, 2017, based upon allegations that Fernandez made omissions and misrepresentations to customers concerning the safety of investments in Puerto Rico municipal bonds…
David Jose Lugo, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, has been named in one-hundred and twenty-four customer initiated investment related disputes between November 19, 2013, and January 29, 2017, based upon allegations against Lugo which include overconcentration of customer assets, misrepresentation, and unsuitability concerning the investments in Puerto…
Dario Suarez, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Suarez effected unsuitable transactions involving…
Manuel Francisco Porrata Monserrate, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker formerly registered with Oriental Financial Services Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on September 27, 2016, for $90,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Monserrate effected unsuitable municipal debt transactions in the customer’s account in reference…
Michael Jay Sharenow, of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 1, 2016, based upon allegations that Sharenow effected unauthorized corporate debt securities transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals…
Further Lane Securities, L.P., a brokerage firm headquartered in New York City, New York, was censured and fined $126,673.78 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon an Office of Hearing Officers’ Default Decision which contained findings that the firm excessively charged customers’ mark-ups in reference to bond transactions, and did not reasonably supervise a…
Lawson Financial Corporation, a brokerage firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as Robert Lawson (president, chief executive officer, and chief compliance officer), and Pamela Lawson (owner and chief operating officer) were sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Office of Hearing Officers according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the…
Donnie Eugene Ingram, of Winter Haven, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on November 16, 2016, in which the customer requested $906,353.70 in damages based upon allegations that Ingram effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account pertaining to corporate debt, equity…
Ty Kevin Bauer, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 3, 2016, in which a customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from 2011 to 2016, Bauer effected unsuitable corporate debt and direct investment transactions, and churned…
James Walter Ignatowich, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on December 21, 2016, in which the customer requested $61,469.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ignatowich violated the Iowa Securities Act, made misrepresentations to the customer, negligently handled…
Alejandro Falla, of Coral Cables, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with BAC Florida Investments, was fined $60,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity per an Office of Hearing Officers’ Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Falla made misleading statements and omissions…
Paul V. Blum, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, is subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim from August 18, 2016, in which the customer requested $525,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Blum made unsuitable recommendations concerning investments of corporate bonds in the energy sector….
Fernando de la Lama Merino, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with EFG Capital International, was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that de la Lama failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of de la Lama’s sales practice violations. Department of Enforcement v….
Tom Puentes, of Langley, Washington, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, was fined $15,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he effected discretionary trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014042676301 (Oct. 13, 2016)….
Lisa Lowi, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, has been named in a number of customer initiated investment related arbitration claims. Specifically, between September 14, 2016, and September 16, 2016, Lowi was named in three customer initiated investment related arbitration claims, in which customers have requested millions of…
Mark A. Lisser, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly associated with Global Arena Capital Corp, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on October 26, 2015, in which the customer has requested $61,458.00 in damages based upon allegations against Lisser of churning the customer’s account, using margin in the…
James Gabriel Collard, of Boerne, Texas, was fined $5,000.00 and suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in connection with an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Collard charged customers’ excessive markups on investments. Department of Market Regulation v. James Gabriel Collard, No. 20120342425-01 (Sept. 23, 2016). According to the Order, between February…
Felix A. Bartolomei, of Orlando, Florida, is subject to a pending customer dispute from June 16, 2016, in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages after alleging securities fraud, overconcentration of the customer’s investment account, and unsuitability of investments in connection with the customer’s purchase of closed-end funds and Puerto Rico bonds. FINRA Public Disclosure…
Kevin J. Blaney, of Stamford, Connecticut, a stockbroker with Jefferies LLC, was fined $30,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made misrepresentations to customers in connection with fixed income securities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 20160499622-01 (Sept. 1,…
John Batista Bocchino and Rafael Barela Jacinto, of New York, New York, stockbrokers with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, were charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that the individuals engaged in material misrepresentations and omissions concerning bond investments, unauthorized activity in connection with such, and falsified firm records….
Joseph Michael Araiz, of New York, New York, the chief executive officer of Further Lane Securities, L.P., was fined $45,000.00 and suspended from associating with a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in any principal capacity, and had his licensure revoked in connection with an Office of Hearing Officers’ Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing allegations of…
Lawrence Randolph Roberson, of Detroit, Michigan, a stockbroker with Capital City Securities, LLC, was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made fraudulent misrepresentations and omissions concerning the sale of a bond investment to a customer. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
William Norris Jordan Jr., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker with Kildare Capital, Inc., was named in a Complaint by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement alleging that Jordan partook in a deceptive and fraudulent scheme concerning round trips of municipal securities, charged customers excessive prices, and provided false information to his firm as…
David M. Joyce, a municipal securities trader for Kildare Capital, Inc., was fined $25,000.00 and suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he engaged in unlawful pre-arranged round trip transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 20120317482-02 (June…
Francisco G. Hervella, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker with Invex Inc., was fined $50,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity for two years after consenting to findings that he engaged in unauthorized outside business activities as well as unauthorized private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Lawson Financial Corporation, as well as Robert Lawson (the firm’s president, chief compliance officer, and chief executive officer), and Pamela Lawson (the firm’s owner and chief operating officer) were charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging securities fraud in the sale municipal revenue bonds. Department of Enforcement v….
Steven A. Larson, of Saint Louis, Missouri, a stockbroker with Oakbridge Financial Services, Inc., was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Larson made material omissions and false statements to clients concerning investments. Department of Enforcement v. Larson, No. 2014039174202 (May 11, 2016). According to the Complaint, Larson…
Michael J. Russo, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker with Global Arena Capital Corporation, was fined $35,000.00, and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he sent false and/or misleading statements to prospective customers regarding investment opportunities; and also…
William H. Jennings II, of New York, New York, a securities principal with Jefferies LLC, was fined $30,00.00 and suspended in a principal capacity for three months, and had his principal license revoked after consenting to findings that he failed to supervise representatives who made misrepresentations to firm customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Further Lane Securities, L.P., stockbroker James Gabriel Collard, and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Michal Araiz, all of Boerne, Texas, were named in a Complaint containing allegations of excessive markups pertaining to corporate bond transactions and related supervisory failures. Department of Enforcement v. Collard et al., No. 20120342425-01-01- (Mar. 11, 2016). Further. according to the Complaint,…
Matthew Edward O’Callaghan, of New York, New York, a stockbroker with Odeon Capital Group LLC, was barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he had failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations that O’Callaghan stole customer funds. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Edward J. Vierling, Sr. of New York, New York, a Stockbroker with Tullett Prebon Financial Services LLC, was barred from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any and all capacities after consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA in their investigation into Vierlings’s alleged misconduct regarding bond…
Pariter Securities, LLC, headquartered in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, was censured and fined $10,000 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm had failed to adequately establish, maintain and enforce a supervisory system and written supervisory procedures to prevent its registered representatives from exercising discretionary power in customer accounts prior to…
Global Arena Capital Corp., headquartered in New York, New York, was fined $1,000,000 and expelled by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) per the terms of a Default Decision by the Office of Hearing Officers which contained findings that the firm charged customers unfair and unreasonable prices and excessive markups, along with failing to establish,…
J.P. Turner & Company, based in Atlanta, Goeorgia, was censured and fined $140,000 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm had not charged customers prices that were fair and reasonable in the purchase/sale of securities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 20130358778 (Nov. 25, 2015). According to the…
Brickell Global Markets, also known as E.S. Financial Services, Inc., based in Miami, Florida, was censured and fined $275,000 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm had charged customers unreasonable fees, failed to deliver prospectuses, allowed unauthorized individuals to direct trading in accounts, among other violations. Letter of Acceptance,…
Glen Robert King of Shrewsbury, NJ, a registered representative with Buckman, Buckman & Reid, Inc., was charged by the Department of Enforcement of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that King made fraudulent misrepresentations to customers, engaged in excessive and unsuitable trading, and exercised discretion in accounts of customers without written authority….
Santander Securities, LLC, was censured, fined $2,000.000.00, and ordered to pay restitution of roughly $4,300,000.00 after consenting to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) findings that the firm had failed to have a reasonably designed supervisory system and set of procedures pertaining to sales of Puerto Rico Municipal Bonds to customers in Puerto Rico, and had…
Simon Xi, a registered representative with Bedrok Securities was permanently barred from associating with a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority member in any capacity after consenting to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s findings that he had recklessly or knowingly made false statements of material facts to customers purchasing or selling fixed-income securities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and…
John Joseph Vaughan, a former registered securities representative and compliance manager with HFP Capital Markets, LLC., was barred from association with any FINRA registered firm in all capacities after Levitt failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations that HFP Capital Markets had charged customers unfair prices and failed to provide adequate supervision of…
Last August, Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley and one of its senior traders agreed to pay $6.1 million in fines and restitution to settle allegations that the investment bank overcharged brokerage customers on 2,800 purchases of $59 million of bonds. Dana de Windt, a Crucial Inside Source Regulators investigating the case had a crucial inside…