Michael James Farrell of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $190,873.62 in damages based on accusations that Farrell provided unsuitable recommendations to them in regard to investments held in the customer’s Aegis…
Nancy Ann Munro Gaumer (also known as Nancy Ann Munrogaumer) of Media Pennsylvania a stockbroker registered with Signator Investors Inc. and BestVest Investments Ltd. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for 45 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Gaumer failed to report that…
Melvin Pirchesky (also known as Mel Pirchesky) of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with Boustead Securities LLC is named in an investment related civil action in which the investor requested $871,021.18 in damages supported by accusations that excessive commissions had been charged on a private placement transaction that Pirchesky arranged during the time that…
Thomas Ward Stratton of Melbourne Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with World Choice Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by findings that Stratton failed to comply with the regulator during the period that he was under an investigation relating to his sale of promissory notes and…
Paul Wescoe Smith of Wayne Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Bolton Global Capital is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $85,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of the customer’s assets being misappropriated in regard to a fraudulent enterprise known as Haverford Group. Financial Industry…
Alexis Kinashea Cooke of Lake Success New York a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Cooke engaged in forgery and the falsification of applications relating to variable annuity products, and she failed to provide…
Douglas Anthony Leone of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial and Newport Coast Securities has been fined $185,000.00 and barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Securities and Exchange Commission Opinion in which SEC affirmed a FINRA National Adjudicatory Council’s…
Alfonse Joseph Stazzone Jr of Holmdel New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodstock Financial Group 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 findings that Stazzone made unsuitable and excessive trades in a customer’s account when Stazzone was…
Sonia Balfour-Fears (also known as Sonia Delores Balfour and as Sonia D. Fears) of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought compensatory damages founded on accusations that Balfour-Fears made misrepresentations to the…
Maxim Beliakov of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodstock Financial Group has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he engaged in unsuitable and excessive trading in a Woodstock Financial Group customer’s account….
George Craig Merhoff Jr of Klamath Falls Oregon a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer’s account had been overconcentrated by Merhoff in unsuitable investments including…
Alon Zak of Sherman Oaks California a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with forging customer signatures and submitting insurance documents to Pruco’s insurance affiliate without customers’ authorization. Department of Enforcement v. Alon Zak Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2020065349803 (Aug. 19, 2021). According to…
William Wright Jr. of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of Wright failing to cooperate during the period that he was investigated for “borrowing” customer funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Steven Paul Reznik of Tallahassee Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $100,000.00 in damages based on allegations that the customer was sold unsuitable equities by Reznik while he was associated with Raymond James Financial Services….
Jason Lee Seale III of Novato California a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of American Wealth Management Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that unauthorized transactions were executed in the customer’s account by Seale when he was associated…
Jeanpaul Charles Skovronck (also known as Jean Paul Skovronck and as JP Skovronck) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Alexander Capital LP is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer requested $25,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of Skovronck’s failure to execute the sale of over-the-counter…
David John Strnad of Franklin Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been suspended as a stockbroker between July 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020 by Florida Office of Financial Regulation based upon Strnad being sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for unauthorized trading. Case No. 249967-19-AG. FINRA Public Disclosure shows that…
Wilfredo Felix Jr. of New York New York the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Primex Prime Electronic Execution Inc. (Primex) has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to comply with FINRA while investigated regarding the securities broker…
John Mark Ross of Missoula Montana a stockbroker formerly registered with US Bancorp Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $127,210.30 in damages on January 9, 2019 founded on allegations of unauthorized trading by Ross while he was associated with Wells Fargo Advisors. According to…
Robert Russel Tweed (also known as Rusty Tweed) of San Marino California the owner of Tweed Financial Services and former stockbroker of Concorde Investment Services LLC and Cabot Lodge Securities LLC has been barred as stockbroker and investment adviser representative by Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) according to an Order founded on allegations of Tweed misleading…
Fadi Sami Soliman of Liverpool New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services and IBN Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a New Jersey Bureau of Securities Order in which his securities agent registration in the state has been revoked as of October 15, 2020 founded on Soliman being sanctioned by Financial Industry…
Rick Douglas Konecny of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unsuitable transactions were affected in customer accounts by Konecny when he was associated with JP Morgan Securities….
David John Melilli of Moorestown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with SagePoint Financial Inc. is the focus of a FINRA investigation on April 1, 2021 in which FINRA has determined that disciplinary action should be taken against Melilli for allegedly making excessive and unsuitable trades and for forging customer signatures. Case No. 20190636810 (Apr….
Casey James Kemerly of Pennington Gap Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he did not cooperate with FINRA when it investigated his termination from Edward Jones and his criminal charges from August of…
Michael Alejandro Castillero of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Alexander Capital LP is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $62,181.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s account was churned and overconcentrated in stocks because of Castillero during the time that…
Walter Morrow Allen of Suffield Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he neglected to produce documents and information for FINRA during the course of the regulator’s investigation into Allen’s trading in the…
Robert Douglas Armstrong (also known as R. Douglas Armstrong) of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Dawson James Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 12, 2021 where the customer sought $2,000,000.00 in damages based on accusations of Armstrong’s failure to sell the customer’s penny…
David James Williams of Rochester New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Allstate Financial Services has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for 3.5 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Williams engaged in outside business activities while he was associated with Allstate Financial Services….
David Allen Maute of Springfield Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Allstate Financial Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Maute did not provide a response to FINRA’s requests for his documents and information in an investigation about his possible…
William Charles Sines (also known as Bill Sines) of Seminole Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 31, 2020 in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was sold an…
Eugene Arthur McAdams of Center Moriches New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that McAdams refused to testify for FINRA personnel who investigated whether McAdams made unsuitable recommendations to customers when he…
Gerald Lee Brodsky of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Dinosaur Financial Group LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $800,000.00 in damages based on accusations that the customer was placed into Concord Group Holdings through a private placement offering and that…
Frank Vincent Sapareto of Derry New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with Advisory Group Equity Services Ltd. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Default Decision containing findings that Sapareto engaged in an undisclosed outside business…
Henry Bones II of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity based upon findings that Bones failed to supervise a Worden Capital Management stockbroker who made unsuitable investment recommendations to…
Jeffrey John Kartheiser of Sun City Center Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services has been ordered by Florida Office of Financial Regulation to pay a $20,000.00 fine, to cease and desist violating securities laws or rules in Florida, and to refrain from any supervisory or managerial duties in the securities industry…
Leonard Voris Fox Jr. of Marlton New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with FSC Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $150,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s funds had been misappropriated and that Fox misled them during the time that…
Adrian Torres Ortega of Sun City West Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with BBVA Securities Inc. is referenced in an Arizona Corporation Commission Securities Division Order For Administrative Penalties and Order of Revocation where his stockbroker registration has been revoked based on Ortega being barred by a securities regulator. In the Matter of Adrian Torres…
Adam S. Feierstein of Redondo Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of misrepresentations as it pertained to a variable annuity purchased by them when Feierstein was associated…
Dominic Anthony Tropiano of Cleveland Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with America Northcoast Securities Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative based on accusations that Tropiano effected unauthorized and unsuitable transactions in customer accounts causing customers to experience more than $1,000,000.00 in losses. SEC…
Steven Roland Knuttila of Perham Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that a contract between the customer and Capital Financial Services had been breached and that…
Craig Alan Sutherland of Columbus Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp was fined by Ohio Department of Insurance supported by findings that Sutherland failed to report that another regulator took disciplinary action against him. Case No. 30849 (Nov. 10, 2020). Sutherland has been sanctioned twice before. On July 17, 2017, he…
Brandon Curt Stimpson of Logan Utah a stockbroker formerly registered with Allegis Investment Services LLC has been fined $125,000.00 and barred by Utah Securities Division from being a stockbroker in the state based on allegations of Stimpson omitting and misrepresenting investment information about index options and for committing fraud when he was associated with Allegis…
Mark Angelo Senofonte of Edison New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 13, 2021 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer was sold an unsuitable real estate investment trust given the…
Michael Allan Bressman of Chatham New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with FCG Advisors LLC has been barred as stockbroker by New Jersey Bureau of Securities on March 18, 2021 founded on Bressman engaging in fraudulent practices and theft while he was associated with FCG Advisors LLC. New Jersey’s sanctions come after Bressman was convicted…
Dana Bruce Vietor of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with CFD Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $108,667.00 in damages based upon allegations of fraud and a breach of contract between the customer and the securities broker dealer in regard to…
Alexander Vesneske of Amherst New York a stockbroker formerly registered with MT Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Vesneske failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation where the regulator tried to determine if he violated FINRA rules while registered…
Jason C. LaBelle of Pittsfield 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 on findings that he failed to comply with FINRA when he was under investigation for violating the terms of a 2020 disciplinary action against…
Walter Warren Parker of Rowlett Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Titan Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $95,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of negligence regarding the sale of interests in a private placement and the sale of a real estate security…
Jonathan Douglas Freeze (also known as Jon Freeze) a former stockbroker of Fortune Financial Services Inc. and representative of Alternative Energy Holdings Inc. has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with defrauding twenty-five customers through fraudulent promissory notes transactions. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jonathan D. Freeze et al. Case No. 2:21-cv-720 (June…
Hugues Guirand of Virginia Beach Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodstock Financial Group Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Default Decision containing findings that Guirand did not cooperate with FINRA in an investigation relating to…
Taek Man Chong of Mercer Island Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled for $101,749.44 in damages on February 24, 2021 founded on accusations that the customer had been charged excessive commissions while Chong was associated with Raymond…
Gilbert Anthony Kuta of Timonium Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with Capitol Securities Management Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Kuta executed trades in customer accounts without authorization while he was associated with Capitol Securities Management. Letter…
Daniel James O’Neill (also known as Dan O’Neill) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that O’Neill executed unsuitable trades and engaged in excessive trading at Aegis Capital Corp. Department of Enforcement v. Daniel…
Richard Paul Martin of Goshen New York a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $330,430.00 in damages based on accusations of the customer being sold unsuitable investments including non-traded real estate investment trusts, annuities and insurance products…
James Francis O’Reilly of Port Jefferson New York a stockbroker formerly registered with TOR Brokerage LLC and Eastgate Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he refused to testify about accusations of his possible outside business activities and private securities…
Jeffrey Scott Anderson of Bloomington Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Anderson converted a customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2020067888701 (Aug. 2, 2021). According to the AWC, Anderson’s…
Perry De Leeuw (also known as Perry Lynn De Leeun and as Perry Lynn Deleeuw) of Duluth Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $152,715.00 in damages based on accusations of the customer incurring damages after providing…
DH Hill Securities LLLP a securities broker dealer headquartered in Kingwood Texas has been censured and fined by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that the securities broker dealer made unregistered securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019063187001 (July 22, 2021). According to the AWC, from August of 2015 to…
Integrity Brokerage Services and its owner Joshua Helmle have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon an Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that the firm and Helmle allowed a broker named Marc Jaffe to associate with the firm knowing that the broker had been sanctioned and disqualified by FINRA. Department of…
Jeffrey Allen Baber of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $95,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of unsuitable transactions being effected in the customer’s account and First Standard Financial Company…
Sanctuary Securities (formerly known as David A. Noyes Company) has been censured and fined $160,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that Sanctuary Securities failed to supervise its non-traditional exchange traded fund (NT-ETF) business to ensure that stockbrokers executed suitable transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019060694201 (July 1, 2021)….
Scott Vincent Kaup of Stuart Nebraska a stockbroker formerly registered with FSR Advisory Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Kaup provided unsuitable recommendations to the customer regarding private placements and real estate securities transactions…
John Joseph Cahill of Upper Saddle River New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is referenced in a New Jersey Bureau of Securities Summary Revocation Order in which his stockbroker and investment adviser representative registrations have been revoked based on him violating FINRA rules and the policies of Janney Montgomery Scott….
Cristiano Tempo Castellini of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 9, 2021 in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon accusations that Castellini effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s account during the period that…
Christopher Lee Hibbard (also known as Chris Hibbard) of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been barred as stockbroker and as investment adviser representative according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order based on findings of Hibbard committing fraud. In the Matter of Christopher Lee Hibbard…
Kelly Wayne Feehrer of Chattanooga Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to customers in reference to unit investment trust…
Brant Christopher Ferguson of Dallas Texas a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 12, 2021 in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that their account had been mismanaged during the time that…
Stuart L. Pearl (also known as Stu Pearl) of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with David A. Noyes 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 findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to David A. Noyes customers…
Gary Begnaud of Mount Laurel New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 3, 2020 in which the customer alleged that Begnaud effected unauthorized mutual fund trades between March 22, 2020 and March 23, 2020 resulting in…
Juan Manuel Ceja of Medford Oregon a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS investments Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to comply with FINRA’s investigation into his potential falsification of customer signatures. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Mark Huber of Racine Wisconsin a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Concorde Investment Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $32,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Huber breached a fiduciary duty in reference to a real estate investment trust (REIT) that…
John Henry Swon IV of Bloomington Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he chose not to provide documents and information to FINRA when it investigated him for possibly misappropriating a customer’s…
Michael James Henschel of Stevens Point Wisconsin a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of LPL Financial LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 27, 2020 where the customer sought $13,900.00 in damages based upon allegations that they were sold a real estate investment trust (REIT) that was misrepresented…
Tyler Michael Rigsbee of Sacramento 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 based upon findings that Rigsbee refused to provide FINRA with documents and information in an investigation into his possible misuse of customer funds….
Christ Elias Baltas of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $284,108.07 in damages supported by allegations of unsuitable recommendations to the customer in regard to common and preferred stock and over-the-counter equities…
Kishan Parikh (also known as Sean Parikh) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings of Parikh’s excessive and unsuitable trading in customer accounts resulting in losses. Department…
Ronald Joseph Giovino Jr. of Clearwater Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with GWN Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he failed to comply with FINRA’s request when he was investigated for conversion of customer funds at GWN Securities. Letter…
Levi B. Robinson of Anchorage Alaska a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $125,000.00 in damages on December 6, 2018 founded on accusations of misrepresentations by the stockbroker in regard to hedging and selling a customer’s investments. According…
Douglas Edward Szempruch of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he excessively traded in customer accounts at Aegis Capital Corp and made misleading statements to customers relating…
Adam Petersen Summers of Crown Point Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested compensatory damages founded on allegations that Summers made unsuitable recommendations for the customer’s account at ETrade. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
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….
Timothy Joseph Cunningham of White Plains New York a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC and JP Morgan Chase Bank has been discharged on June 18, 2020 founded on allegations of Cunningham making unauthorized trades in a customer’s account. According to JP Morgan, Cunningham executed the sale of a security from the customer’s…
Christian Murray Evans of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Evans did not get permission from Morgan Stanley regarding an outside business activity. Letter of Acceptance…
Clyde Warren Ford of Fresno California a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action in which the customer obtained a judgement of $410,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of fraud relating to their purchase of Panthera. Civil Action No. 19CECG03981 (Oct. 8, 2020)….
Enoch Stanley Booth of Columbia South Carolina 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 founded on findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation in regard to his potential private securities transactions when he was…
Robert Willis Lester of Rockville Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with H. Beck Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 16, 2019 where the customer requested $32,135.00 in damages founded on allegations that Lester made misrepresentations to the customer regarding the fees and risks relating to an annuity…
Kevin Edward Stokesbary of Mercer Island Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint that was resolved for $34,862.32 in damages on August 7, 2019 supported by accusations that the customer had been sold an unsuitable whole life insurance policy and variable annuity…
James Kenneth Couture of Worchester Massachusetts a former stockbroker of LPL Financial LLC and former investment adviser representative of Private Wealth Management Group has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with taking part in a scheme to misappropriate $2,900,000.00 from investors. Civil Action No. 1:21-CV-10908 (D. Mass June 1, 2021). According to the…
Kevin Kimball Meadows of Liverpool New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he refused to cooperate with FINRA when it investigated allegations of a customer complaint against the stockbroker at First Allied…
David Wayne Kraft of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $716,528.06 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s funds had been “removed from their account without the customer’s authorization” during the…
Lawrence Moskowitz of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities 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 findings that he engaged in outside business activities while associated with NYLife Securities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Nick James Polydoros of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $525,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that they had been placed into unsuitable investments because of Polydoros while he was associated with UBS…
Robinhood Financial LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Menlo Park California has been censured and fined $57,000,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based in part on findings that Robinhood Financial provided customers with misleading and false information about their accounts, authorized margin use in the accounts of customers against their wishes, and failed…
Farmers Financial Solutions LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Westlake Village California has been censured and fined $100,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that the securities broker dealer failed to supervise its mutual fund business and its variable universal life insurance business. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent No. 2017052173001…
Christopher John Shaw (also known as Chris Shaw) of Belmont North Carolina a stockbroker of Kalos Capital and investment adviser representative of Kalos Management is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $175,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Shaw breached a fiduciary duty to the…
Jessica Y. Jung of Palo Alto California a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Jung made misrepresentations regarding alternative investments that the customer purchased through her while she…
Eric Peter Burton of Orland Park Illinois 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 supported by findings of Burton falsifying customers’ documents relating to variable annuity transactions that he effected. Letter of…
Cesar Gabriel Hernandez of Old Bridge New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Gentem Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation concerning his involvement in a customer identification program. Letter of Acceptance…
Luke Michael Johnson of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Coastal Equities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $76,500.00 in damages founded on allegations that Johnson provided unsuitable recommendations concerning real estate security transactions at Coastal Equities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
Scott Ryland Mathews of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings of Mathews providing unsuitable recommendations to customers regarding unit investment trust transactions…
George Louis McCaffrey III of Englewood Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with NTB Financial Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings of him selling away and giving false information to FINRA during a period that he was investigated for engaging in private…
Jeffrey Raymond Dixson of Vancouver Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested compensatory damages founded on allegations including elder abuse in regard to alternative investments that had been sold to the customer during the period that…
Daniel E. Jossen (also known as Dan Jossen) of Bethesda Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Jossen failed to cooperate with FINRA’s requests when he was investigated by the regulator for unauthorized…
Rebecca King Wah Ng-Tsang of Bellevue Washington a stockbroker currently registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 9, 2020 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of misrepresentations by the stockbroker as it pertained to the liquidity…
Nathan Gersteen Katz of Largo Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with American Independent Securities Group LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of Katz refusing to cooperate with FINRA when he was investigated for potentially making unsuitable recommendations and effecting trades without…
Robert Lynn Mitchell of Frisco Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has been discharged from employment on February 3, 2021 supported by allegations of the stockbroker being involving in undisclosed outside business activities during the time that he was associated with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Mitchell has been identified in four…
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $3,250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that Merrill Lynch failed to supervise its stockbrokers’ recommendations of unit investment trusts resulting in customers being overcharged on UIT transactions. Letter of Acceptance…
Richard Paul Altieri of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Morgan Stanley has been discharged on February 11, 2021 supported by accusations of Altieri failing to report complaints and misusing Morgan Stanley Wealth Management information. Altieri has been identified in four customer initiated investment related disputes regarding allegations of his wrongdoing…
William Edward Torriente Jr. (also known as Ed Torriente and as Eddy Torriente) of Phoenix Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Comerica Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Torriente breached a fiduciary duty to the customer…
Matthew Alexander Perry (also known as Alex Perry) of Columbia Montana a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company incorporated has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he refused to cooperate with FINRA when he was investigated for a customer complaint regarding…
Jennifer W. Ling (also known as Jenifer W. Li) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Axiom Capital Management Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $150,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Ling provided unsuitable recommendations concerning an alternative investment that…
Roger Lowell Wilkie of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Wells Fargo Clearing Services has been discharged from employment on March 17, 2021 founded on accusations of Wilkie being involved in an unauthorized transaction involving the liquidation of securities from a customer’s account. Wilkie has been identified in six customer initiated…
Christopher George Orlando of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities and Worden Capital Management has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings of Orlando making excessive trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017056432603 (June…
Adam Thomas Marquardt of Rochester Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network has been terminated on July 22, 2020 founded on accusations that he executed unauthorized transactions to address losses incurred by customers. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure also confirms that Marquardt is referenced in a customer initiated investment…
Kimberly Pine Kitts of Palmer Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $232,761.77 in damages on October 17, 2019 based upon accusations that the customer had been defrauded by the stockbroker during the time that she was associated…
William Nicholas Athas of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which the regulator has determined that Department of Enforcement should pursue disciplinary action against Athas for potentially churning investor accounts and for making unsuitable investment recommendations. Case No….
Kevin Marshall McCallum of Birmingham Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he provided customers with unsuitable recommendations relating to a speculative business development company. Letter of…
Christopher David Sinkula of Stuart Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Sinkula unsuitably allocated the customer in high yield securities including stocks between 2013 and 2020 while…
Joel Lansat of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 9, 2020 in which the customer sought compensatory damages based upon accusations that unauthorized trades were effected in the customer’s Merrill Lynch investment account…
Salvatore Pizzimenti of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he chose not to cooperate with a FINRA investigation in which his trading of investor accounts was being reviewed for…
Chun Mei Zhu (also known as Ida Mei Zhu) of Bellevue Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Waddell Reed is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 25, 2020 where the customer requested $26,774.00 in damages founded on allegations that they had been placed into an unsuitable Securian annuity when Zhu…
Scott S. Niekamp of Chesterfield Missouri a stockbroker currently registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services 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 founded on findings that he failed to disclose outside business activities to Northwestern Mutual and had entered…
Mark Frederick Augusta (also known as Mark Fred Augusta) a stockbroker registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. and Hilltop Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Augusta made misrepresentations to the customer regarding structured products and…
Titan Securities a securities broker dealer headquartered in Addison Texas has been censured and fined $20,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based on findings that Titan Securities failed to supervise outside business activities of its stockbrokers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019061705101 (June 8, 2021). According to the AWC, a Titan Securities…
Christopher Grant Conness of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with GF Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 20, 2020 where the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Conness’ real estate investment trust recommendations were unsuitable for them. According to the…
Hugh Ordway Barndollar III (also known as Hobby Barndollar) a stockbroker currently registered with Crown Capital Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that they had been sold an unsuitable non-traded business development company and…
Michael John Giovannelli of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with effecting an unauthorized trade in a customer’s account when Giovannelli was associated with Spartan Capital Securities. Department of Enforcement v. Michael J. Giovannelli Disciplinary Proceeding…
Marc Romeyn Lippman of Washington DC a stockbroker formerly registered with Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Incorporated has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he effected unauthorized trades in customer accounts and had falsified testimony when he was investigated by FINRA regarding his…
Cindy Lucille Porto Chiellini of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. and JP Turner Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitable recommendations of a corporate bond and a certificate of…
Carlos Arturo Hurtado (also known as Carl Arthurs and as Carlos Arthurs) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into…
Edward Earl Matthes of Milwaukee Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly registered with Mutual of Omaha Investor Services has received a 63-month jail sentence based on him pleading guilty to violating federal securities laws as 27 victims had been defrauded in his $2,600,000.00 investment scheme. United States v. Edward E. Matthes 20-cr-0220-bhl (E.D. Wis. May 20, 2021)….
Thomas John Marino of Lake Worth Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with RM Stark Co. Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Marino did not comply with a FINRA Arbitration Award. Case No. 19-00968 (Oct. 27, 2020). This is not…
Christopher Thomas Tolmacs of Portage Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Triad Advisors is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of the violation of securities rules and the breach of fiduciary duty by the stockbroker as it pertained to…
Andre Pierre Davis of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been issued a Summary Revocation and Penalty Order by New Jersey Bureau of Securities in which his stockbroker registration has been revoked and he has been fined $1,000,000.00 based upon findings of Davis making unsuitable and…
Thomas Edison Kelly Jr. of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corp is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that they were sold unsuitable private placements by Kelly while he was associated…
Jeffrey Warren of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Warren failed to comply with FINRA when he was being investigated in regard to a “gift” he obtained from a deceased…
Joseph Sylvester Sturniolo of Denver Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Geneos Wealth Management Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $75,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Sturniolo provided unsuitable recommendations to the customer as it pertained to a real estate security,…
Nicholas Richard Palumbo of Armonk New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Park Avenue Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he did not provide any documents or information to FINRA when it investigated him for potentially selling away from…
Robert Scott Ginsberg (also known as Bob Scott Ginsberg) of Wallingford Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon accusations of the stockbroker’s unsuitable recommendations during the time that he was associated…
Louis Paul Kreisberg of Brentwood Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Wavecrest Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he neglected to comply with requests that FINRA made of him during the period that he was under investigation for potential…
Farrukh Shazad Kazmi of Moorestown New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $350,000.00 in damages founded on allegations of failed due diligence relating to the customer’s investment in a business development company and real…
Ricardo Turlan (also known as Ricardo Patricio Perez-Turlan and as Ricardo Patricio Ramirez) of San Antonio Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for two-months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he effected unauthorized trades…
Angelo Talebi of Sherman Oaks California a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $150,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable alternative investments because of Talebi at Royal Alliance Associates….
Mario Everildo Rivero, Jr. of Fort Mill South Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Rivero obstructed a FINRA investigation into accusations that had been made against him by two of his customers. Letter…
Matthew Gregory Zanowiak of Lancaster Pennsylvania a stockbroker currently registered with Cadaret Grant Co. Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Zanowiak made unauthorized trades in a customer’s account during the time that he was associated with Cadaret…
James William Flower (also known as Jim Flower) of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with SW Financial has been issued a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Extended Hearing Panel Decision on May 27, 2021 in which he has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based on findings…
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages supported by allegations that Rosenberg made misrepresentations to the customer regarding buying and holding into an options overlay strategy between…
UnionBanc Investment Services LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Glendale California has been censured and fined $100,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that UnionBanc failed to supervise its variable annuity transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019062972401 (May 5, 2021). According to the AWC, between January of 2016…
Abdul Matin Rahmani of Mineola New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with engaging in outside business activities when he was associated with Joseph Stone, and with failing to be cooperative with FINRA during the time that he was…
James Arthur Allen (also known as Jim Allen) of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with David A. Noyes is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $160,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been sold an unsuitable alternative investment by Allen through David…
Gilbert W. Cox of Concord New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with Citizens Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Cox hindered a FINRA investigation into accusations of his outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2020066700601…
Clement Lancelot Chichester (also known as Clement Ignatius Chichester) of Westlake Village California a stockbroker formerly registered with Western International Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer received bad investment advice from…
Steven Pagartanis of Seatauket New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cadaret Grant Co. Inc. has been barred by United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories as Pagartanis pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire…
Jeffrey Paul Weiner of Elmsford New York a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 14, 2021 in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in compensatory damages supported by allegations that Weiner made misrepresentations regarding a variable life insurance policy that…
Rand Alan Heckler of Glen Cove New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Benjamin Jerold Brokerage I LLC has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with defrauding investors. SEC v. Rand Heckler and Rand Heckler Inc. Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-04654 (Sept. 30, 2020). According to the Complaint, in 2015, a senior investor’s securities…
Kenneth Leopold Williams of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on August 20, 2020 supported by allegations that Williams was not compliant with Paulson’s instructions. According to the claim, customers were provided with private information from Williams against company policy….
Scott Douglas Williams of Franklin Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $125,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that unsuitable stock recommendations had been made by Williams for the customer’s Raymond James Financial Services account….
John Sebastion Cangialosi of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Worden Capital Management and SW Financial is under a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which Cangialosi may face disciplinary action for allegedly making unsuitable recommendations to customers. Case No. 20170564326 (Sept. 15, 2020). According to FINRA Public Disclosure, FINRA recommended for…
John Edgar Simmons Jr. of Gulf Breeze Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Simmons failed to cooperate with FINRA’s investigation which focused on whether he engaged in unapproved private securities transactions. Letter…
Hung Sam (also known as Sam T. Hung and as Hung Tuan Sam) a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Sam borrowed funds from a customer…
Galen Kyle Kopman of Vancouver Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,774.00 in damages founded on accusations that Kopman had the customer invest in high-risk and illiquid investments. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No….
Candido Jose Viyella of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Viyella failed to comply with FINRA when it investigated him for potentially selling away from Morgan Stanley. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
William Herman Dixon (also known as Bill Dixon) of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he obstructed FINRA’s investigation into his potential use of fake customer signatures. Letter of Acceptance…
Wayne Ivan Miiller of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Accelerated Capital Group is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 25, 2020 where the customer sought $13,204,427.00 in damages founded on allegations that unsuitable alternative investments were sold to the customer by an Accelerated Capital Group stockbroker under Miiller’s…
Adam Gerard Belardino of Elmsford New York a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) with failing to cooperate with an investigation in which he was being examined for possible excessive trading in customer accounts. Department of Enforcement v. Adam Gerald Belardino Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2019062347102…
Jason Howell Poff of Houston Texas 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 findings that Poff engaged in outside business activities that were neither disclosed to nor approved by LPL…
Sharon Melinda Kwan (also known as Sharon Chen, Sharon Quan, My Mon Quan and as Mei Man Quan) of Arcadia California a stockbroker currently registered with Royal Alliance Associates is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 5, 2020 where the customer sought compensatory damages based upon accusations of misrepresentation…
Alex Gerardo Herrera of Coral Gables Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that he failed to comply with an arbitration award or otherwise inform FINRA about his compliance. FINRA Arbitration No. 20-00245 (Aug….
Eric John Vici of Melbourne Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Vici hindered FINRA’s investigation into accusations of his misuse of customer funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2021069176201 (May…
Calton Associates Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Tampa Florida has been censured and fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings of Calton Associates failing to supervise sales of volatility-linked exchange traded products which resulted in customers’ experiencing losses on unsuitable transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018060466201…
George Anthony Nikolakakos of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Four Points Capital Partners LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $543,163.00 in damages based upon accusations that Nikolakakos provided unsuitable recommendations to the customer and had caused the customer to maintain…
Chander Ketu Goel of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Goel failed to provide information and documents to FINRA when it investigated him for potentially engaging in outside business…
Mercer Hicks III (also known as Toby Hicks III) of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Investment Group and Southeast Investments NC 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 Hicks made…
Michael John Giovannelli (also known as Michael Anthony Giovannelli) of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which the regulator made an initial determination to recommend that Giovannelli be sanctioned for engaging in unauthorized trading and for providing…
Carl George Antaki of Syosset New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance…
Michael Joseph Dellaporta Jr (also known as Mike Dellaporta) a stockbroker formerly registered with Fusion Analytics Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he refused to hand over documents and information to FINRA when it investigated whether he engaged in…
Masood Husain Azad (also known as Mike Azad) of League City Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations of negligence and breach of contract relating to investments in Direct…
Ronald Patrick Cameron of Fayetteville Arkansas a stockbroker registered with International Assets Advisory and LPL Financial LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for five weeks from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he engaged in outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…
Shelley Long Eddy (also known as Shelley Christie Long and as Shelley Christie Eddy) of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with PeachCap Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $34,164.99 in damages founded on accusations that Eddy made omissions and misrepresentations to the…
Scott David Fergang of Paramus New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he executed unauthorized trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018059478701 (Apr….
John M. Cullen of Garden City New York a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $336,948.00 in damages based upon accusations that Cullen provided unsuitable recommendations to the customer during the time that Cullen was associated…
Frederick Joseph Rock (also known as Frederick Joseah Rock) a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Rock engaged in private securities transactions involving customers of Pruco Securities. Letter…
Bryon Edwin Martinsen of Kings Park New York a stockbroker currently registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $3,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between November of 2007 and October of 2020, the customer’s account had been invested…
PHILADELPHIA (May 27, 2021). The Guiliano Law Group is pleased to announce that a FINRA Securties Arbitration Panel, siting in Atlanta, after a series of lengthy hearings last month, rendered an Final Award in the amount of $1,978,713 for our clients in 18-04008 Executed Award. The Award includes interest, costs and attorney’s fees of $328,540,…
Louis Maurice Olave of Burlington Vermont a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital Corporation has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he had been selling away. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2020065678101 (Apr. 7,…
Marc Frederick Korsch of Sarasota Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that they had been invested in unsuitable investments including real estate securities and direct investments because of Korsch and…
Joseph Albert Ambrosole of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Ambrosole recommended unsuitable and excessive transactions in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance…
Independent Financial Group LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in San Diego California has been censured and fined $200,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that it failed to supervise a stockbroker who made unsuitable recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018059223401 (Apr. 8, 2021). According to the…
Gregory Walter McCloskey (also known as Gregory Walter Meier) of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with WestPark Capital Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officer’s Order that contains findings of McCloskey engaging in private securities…
Andrew Raymond Scheirer II (also known as Andy Haas) of Lake Mary Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $75,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was placed into unsuitable real estate investment trusts by…
David Brian Zuber (also known as David Brown Zuber) of LaVista Nebraska a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he failed to comply with a FINRA investigation concerning private securities transactions and outside business…
Joia Evans (also known as Joia Leanne Thomas and as Joia Leanne Webb) of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with TIAA-CREF Individual and Institutional Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that she refused to participate in a FINRA investigation…
Charles Chester Kulch of Nashua New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with NEXT Financial Group Inc. has been charged by Massachusetts Securities Division with violating Massachusetts laws founded on accusations that he sold risky, illiquid and unsuitable non-traded REITs to customers and had overconcentrated their accounts in those products. In the Matter of Charles C….
Arni Jat Diamond (also known as Arni Jay Diamond) of Jacksonville Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Kalos Capital Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved on January 18, 2021 for $17,749.00 in damages based upon allegations that Diamond’s alternative investment advice or handling of the customer’s…
Steven Douglas Schisler of Grass Valley California a stockbroker formerly registered with IFS Securities has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) with engaging in private securities transactions, making unsuitable recommendations and failing to cooperate with FINRA during the period that he was under investigation. Department of Enforcement v. Steven Douglas Schisler Disciplinary Proceeding…
Hugues Guirand of Virginia Beach Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodstock Financial Group has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) with failing to cooperate with its investigation into accusations of his solicitation of real estate investment trusts while he was associated with Woodstock Financial Group. Department of Enforcement v. Hugues Guirand Disciplinary…
Elias Moses Hakimian (also known as Elias Moses Lopez-Hakimian) of Seal Beach California 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 founded on findings that he borrowed an LPL Financial customer’s funds in…
Gary David Ginsberg of West Orange New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer was sold an unsuitable real estate security during the period that…
Paul Andrew Spero of Liverpool New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cadaret Grant Co. Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for fifteen days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he effected unauthorized trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Constantinos George Maniatis of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for 30 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he effected trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019062788601…
David Martin Martirosian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Martirosian failed to cooperate with FINRA when he was investigated for effecting unsuitable and excessive trades in customer…
Matthew Angelo Siliato of Bronx New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wynston Hill Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he did not cooperate with FINRA’s investigation into allegations of him making unauthorized and excessive trades. Letter of Acceptance…
Marcus E. Boggs of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $44,731.77 in damages on October 21, 2020 founded on accusations of “unauthorized charges” in the customer’s account during the time that Boggs…
Sun Hyung Kim of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Kayan Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he made unauthorized trades in customer accounts and had provided FINRA with misleading and false information when he was investigated…
Kevin David Barton of Vista California a stockbroker currently registered with Crown Capital Securities LP has been fined $17,500.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he took part in outside business activities and had executed unauthorized trades in customer…
ON Equity Sales Company Inc. (ONESCO) a securities broker dealer headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio has been censured and fined $275,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that ONESCO failed to supervise sales of variable annuities resulting in a stockbroker having made unsuitable recommendations to customers of the firm. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Charles Alan Correal (also known as Chuck Correal) of Pittsburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought compensatory damages supported by accusations that they had been sold unsuitable investments by Correal during the time that he was…
American Independent Securities Group LLC (AISG) a securities broker dealer headquartered in Eagle Idaho together with AISG securities principals Ryan Carlson and Nicholas Cioffi have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that they failed to supervise the sales of collateralized mortgage-backed securities (CMOs) resulting in losses to customers. Letter of…
James Royal Kirchner of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with David A. Noyes Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been placed into alternative investments that failed to be suitable for them…
Jeremy Taylor Johnson of Murrieta California a stockbroker formerly registered with Torch Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity given findings of Johnson refusing to cooperate with FINRA’s investigators when he was under investigation for possible sales practice violations including misrepresentation and unsuitability. Letter of…
Jeffrey Alan Fladell of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Fladell provided unsuitable investment recommendations to an RBC Capital Markets customer. Letter…
John Stephen Pronovost of Watertown Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 16, 2020 in which the customer requested $88,800.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was placed into unsuitable real estate securities and mutual funds while Pronovost was…
JW Cole Financial Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Tampa Florida has been censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer failed to supervise its stockbrokers’ recommendations of alternative investments. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019061764801 (Mar. 18, 2021). According to the…
Keith Holcomb of Pawtucket Rhode Island a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services LLC has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Holcomb borrowed customer funds in violation of MML company policy. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Shawn Bruce Davis of Auburn California a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested compensatory damages supported by allegations that their assets had been concentrated in non-traded real estate investment trusts by Davis during the time that he was…
Gordon Leonard Bryan of Terre Haute Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he engaged in undisclosed outside business activities involving customers of the securities…
Gregory Jon Mancuso of El Segundo California a stockbroker formerly registered with BMA Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Default Decision containing findings that Mancuso lied to FINRA investigators while he testified about his involvement with two customers’ fund transfers….
John F. Riccardi Jr of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Windsor Street Capital LP is named in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $250,000.00 in damages based on Riccardi and Windsor Street Capital being found liable on the customer’s causes of action…
Candice Elaine Montie (also known as Candice Elaine Siekierski) of Fenton Michigan a stockbroker currently registered with Moloney Securities Co. 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 founded on findings that Montie engaged in private securities transactions during the…
Ignacio Erhart Del Campo of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Northeast Securities Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Erhart Del Campo executed unauthorized trades in the customer’s account resulting in losses….
Sumitro Pal of Bethesda Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in a Maryland District Court where the customer sought $75,000.00 in damages founded on allegations relating to Pal’s private securities transactions while registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Civil Action No….
Alan Robert Price of Frankfort Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Department of Enforcement with failing to cooperate with FINRA’s requests during the period that he was under investigation for borrowing funds form a customer. Department of Enforcement v. Alan Price Disciplinary Proceeding No….
Cabot Lodge Securities LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York has been censured and fined $270,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement which contains findings of Cabot Lodge failing to supervise REIT offerings and providing unsuitable recommendations to customers. Department of Enforcement v. Cabot Lodge…
Gerard Joseph Costello of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested up to $100,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that there were unsuitable recommendations by Costello in regard to an options overlay strategy…
Evan A. Schottenstein of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Schottenstein failed to comply with FINRA personnel when he was under investigation for potential trading misconduct. Letter of…
Matthew O. Clason of Glastonbury Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which settled for $1,000,000.00 in damages on February 22, 2021 based upon accusations that the customer’s assets had been converted by Clason between 2015 and 2020 while Clason…
Dennis Phillip Ayre of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Company Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer’s assets had been overconcentrated by Ayre in Foresight Energy LP stock between September of…
Kenneth Joseph Heidelberger of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Fifth Third Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 7, 2020 in which the customer requested $10,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of a poorly performing unit investment trust being held in the customer’s account during…
Daniel Ernest Davis (also known as Danny Davis) of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker currently registered with Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 21, 2020 in which the customer requested $92,707.00 in damages founded on accusations of Davis making unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning…
Edmund Roger Zack of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for eight months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Zack made unsuitable recommendations to Aegis customers and made excessive trades in their…
Erin Lynn Verespy of Trumbull Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with HD Vest Investment Services has been issued a Cease and Desist Order by the Banking Commissioner of the State of Connecticut founded on allegations of Verespy engaging in outside business activities, failing to disclose lawsuits, and borrowing funds from a customer of HD Vest…
Trevor Bradner Rahn of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for 18 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Rahn made unsuitable recommendations and unauthorized trades when he was associated with JP…
Mark Scordato of Parsippany New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with GF Investment Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 29, 2020 where the customer sought $34,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of a fixed insurance product being purchased without the customer’s authorization when Scordato was associated with GF…
Jeremy Seidman of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $6,500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been recommended an unsuitable options overlay strategy by Seidman between 2016 and 2019 when he…
Corey Andrew White of Westlake Village California a stockbroker formerly registered with Financial West Group has been fined $20,000.00 and barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any supervisory or principal capacity founded on findings that he failed to supervise his stockbrokers’ trading resulting in unsuitable alternative investment trading in…
Thomas Joseph Logue Jr. of Hinsdale Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with American Independent Securities Group LLC (AIGS) is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $450,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable asset-backed debt investments during the time that…
Gerald James O’Halloran of Punta Gorda Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $24,000.00 in damages on May 29, 2020 based upon allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable real estate securities and stocks by O’Halloran…
Mark Larry Delgadillo of Santa Barbara California a stockbroker formerly registered with DA Davidson Co. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Delgadillo effected unauthorized trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…
Albert Lewis DeGaetano of Independence Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Cabot Lodge Securities LLC has been discharged on November 15, 2019 based upon allegations of him violating the firm’s directives as it related to private securities transactions. Cabot Lodge Securities also alleged that DeGaetano’s correspondence with the public violated firm policy. This is not…
Frank Vincent Sapareto of Westport Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Advisory Group Equity Services Ltd. is referenced in a Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which the regulator determined that Sapareto should face disciplinary action for allegedly failing to be truthful during an investigation into his outside business activities. FINRA Investigation No. 20180603797…
Chad T. Mackland of Council Bluff Iowa a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Mackland neglected to provide information and documents to FINRA when it investigated him for accusations of fraud. Letter of Acceptance…
Gregory Spencer O’Brien of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $153,300.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer had been placed into poorly performing investments between 2013 and 2019 during the period…
Corey Alexander Johnson of Melville New York a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Johnson executed unauthorized transactions in customer accounts during the time that he was associated with Aegis Capital…
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…
David Nathan Hale of San Francisco California a stockbroker currently registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on April 23, 2019 for $12,113.11 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s investment account had been subject of “reverse churning” by Hale as it…
William James Novack (also known as Bill Novack) of Monticello Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Novack failed to cooperate with FINRA’s investigation into accusations of him allowing a barred stockbroker to…
Jonathan William Lonske of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been issued a Consent Order by Massachusetts Securities Division which requires Lonske to be placed on heightened supervision based on allegations that he was the subject of customer initiated investment related complaints and was terminated from a securities broker dealer for…
Jeffrey William Fitz of Short Hills New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 5, 2020 where the customer sought compensatory damages founded on accusations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer by Fitz concerning investment…
Jon Richard Pariser of Pacific Grove California a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,202,739.63 in damages based upon accusations of Pariser having involved himself with people who persuaded the customer to invest in fraudulent promissory notes. Financial…
Kishan Parikh (also known as Sean Parikh) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with executing unsuitable, excessive and unauthorized trades in the accounts of Aegis Capital Corp customers. Department of Enforcement v. Kishan Parikh Disciplinary Proceeding…
Mark Joseph Boucher of Carlsbad California a former stockbroker of Raymond James Financial Services and former investment adviser representative of SCF Investment Advisors Inc. has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with engaging in a fraudulent scheme during the period that he controlled Strategic Wealth Advisors Group (SWAG). Securities and Exchange Commission v….
James Andrew Geake (also known as Jim Geake) of Skokie Illinois a stockbroker currently registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 5, 2020 in which the customer requested compensatory damages founded on accusations that unsuitable investment recommendations had been made by Geake causing…
Tonya Nicole Smoake of Franklin Lakes New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that she engaged in private securities transactions during the period that she was…
Mark Allen Barrand of Denver Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been advised by Barrand to invest in Business Development Corporation of America when Barrand was…
Megurditch Mike Patatian (also known as Mike Patatian) a stockbroker formerly registered with Westlake International Securities Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) with making unsuitable recommendations of real estate investment trusts to customers of Western International Securities. Department of Enforcement v. Megurditch Patatian Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2018057235801 (Feb. 26, 2021). According…
Daniel Todd Lerner of White Plains New York a stockbroker currently registered with David Lerner Associates Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 22, 2021 where the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that they had been placed into unsuitable mutual funds and direct investments when the…
Steven Douglas Schisler of Grass Valley California a stockbroker formerly registered with IFS Securities is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation where the regulator believes that disciplinary action should be pursued against Schisler for allegedly providing unsuitable investment recommendations to customers in violation of FINRA Rules 2010 and 2111(a). FINRA Case…
Lang Phu Nguyen of Campton Hills Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for 45 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Nguyen executed unauthorized trades in customer accounts when he was associated with Edward Jones. Letter…
Jaime Michael Westenbarger of Grand Rapids Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Securities America Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of the breach of both a contract and fiduciary duty by the stockbroker in reference to real…
Rhett Douglas Bedwell of Rogers Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he failed to comply with the regulator when he was being investigated for using forged documentation to transition a customer’s assets…
Ray Gene Reese of Farmington Montana a stockbroker formerly registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that misrepresentations and omissions had been made to them concerning investments in GPB when Reese was associated…
Frank Fornshell Venable III of Knoxville Tennessee a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined by Tennessee Securities Division based upon Venable having been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for effecting discretionary trades in customer accounts. Case No. TSD No. 20-013 (June 26, 2020). The Securities Division found Venable to be…
Richard Scott Shelley (also known as Richard Scott Shelly) a stockbroker formerly registered with Packerland Brokerage Services Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he engaged in private securities transactions during the time that he…
Jack Howard Owens Jr. of Lady Lakes Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Gradient Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $17,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that there was a breach of fiduciary duty by the stockbroker and that the customer’s annuity…
Ryan Owen Tarjanyi of Kettering Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Bankers Life Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he did not provide information to FINRA during the period that he was investigated for forgery and for falsifying documents relating…
Mayur T. Dalal of New Hyde Park New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he neglected to provide recorded testimony to the regulator while under investigation for potentially engaging in private securities…
Michael Christopher Martino of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Four Points Capital Partners LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $543,163.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer received unsuitable investment recommendations from Martino when he was associated with…
Gerald John Cocuzzo (also known as Jerry Cocuzzo) of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $208,287.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitable stock trading by Cocuzzo while he was registered with Newbridge Securities…
George Marshall Warner of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Chelsea Financial Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he neglected to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of him selling away from Chelsea Financial Services. Letter…
Arthur Stewart Hoffman (also known as Art Hoffman) of Glendale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $172,688.03 in damages founded on allegations that they had been advised by Hoffman to invest in Zima Global Ventures…
Robert Juan Escobio of Miami Florida a former Chief Executive Officer of Southern Trust Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) Decision containing findings that Escobio failed to cooperate with FINRA during the period that he…
Jeffrey David Stanga of Mission Viejo California a stockbroker currently registered with FMN Capital Corporation has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he failed to make known to FMN Capital Corporation that he engaged in outside…
Michael Barry Carter (also known as Mike Carter) of McClean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $220,000.00 and barred by the State of Maryland from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative supported by allegations that he defrauded investors. Case No. 2019-0176 (Dec. 15, 2020). According to the Consent Order,…
Mark Lewton Hopkins of Grand Blanc Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with American Portfolios Financial Services has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with misappropriating $1,150,000.00 from customers who held accounts at American Portfolios Financial Services. SEC v. Mark L. Hopkins Case No. 20-cv-11980 (July 24, 2020). According to the Complaint, in 2017,…
Charles Abad Santos Bonilla of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with David Lerner Associates Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Bonilla made unsuitable recommendations to customers concerning alternative investments. Letter of Acceptance…
James A. Franklin (also known as Jim Franklin) of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in compensatory damages founded on accusations that his investment recommendations were not suitable for the…
Noel Ray Vincent of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of unsuitable recommendations being made to the customer concerning GPB and other direct investments including DPPs or…
Triad Advisors LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Atlanta Georgia has been censured and fined $150,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based on findings of Triad’s failure to supervise its stockbrokers’ transactions resulting in unsuitable trades being effected in customers’ accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017052330501 (Feb. 9, 2021). According…
Kyle Robert Franklin of Cameron Park California a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon accusations of negligence and breach of contract as it pertained to real estate investment trusts and variable annuities purchased…
Gerald Lee Repasz (also known as Jerry Repasz) of East Peoria Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Ausdal Financial Partners is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that they had been placed into unsuitable investments including real estate securities…
Marcelo Javier Poliak (also known as Marcelo Juvier Poliak) of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Jeffries LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on September 8, 2020 where the customer sought compensatory damages based upon accusations that they had been placed into a hedge fund that was unsuitable for…
Bradley Allen Goodbred of Roselle Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he neglected to comply with a FINRA investigation into accusations of his outside business activities during the time that he was…
James Blake Daughtry of Dothan Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action where the customer sought $231,752.00 in damages supported by accusations that they had been steered by Daughtry towards establishing investment accounts with an investment adviser who Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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….
Gregory Jon Williams (also known as Greg Williams) a stockbroker formerly registered with Forta Financial Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty as it pertained to the customer’s investments in…
Andrew Montgomery Costa of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with GF Investment Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 21, 2020 in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unsuitable real estate investment trusts had been sold to them during the time that…
Stewart Irwin Schram of Northbrook Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Kingsbury Capital 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 supported by findings that Schram engaged in outside business activities and private securities transactions during the time that he…
Joseph Patrick Roop (also known as Joe Pat Roop) of Belmont North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Kalos Capital Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer received unsuitable investment recommendations from Roop concerning real estate…
Jeffrey Neil Cadan of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon accusations that between July of 2014 and December of 2016, excessive trades had been effected in the customer’s…
Scott Wayne Reed 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 based upon findings of Reed taking part in $3,500,000.00 worth of private securities transactions during the time that he was associated with Wells…
William Lief Collins (also known as Bill Collins) of Birmingham Michigan a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $800,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that unauthorized trades were executed in the customer’s account between March 1, 2019…
Darrell Anthony Smith Jr of Memphis Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the time that he was investigated for allegedly effecting unauthorized transactions…
Shlomo Strugano (also known as Shlomy Strugano and as Solomon Strugano) of Reseda California a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $750,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of elder abuse and misappropriation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
James Gregory McKinney (also known as Greg McKinney) of Tulsa Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on November 3, 2020 where the customer sought unspecified damages supported by allegations that they were provided with unsuitable investment recommendations from McKinney during the time…
Sean Daniel McDevitt of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodrock Securities LP has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that McDevitt engaged in outside business activities while registered with Woodrock. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Kevin Charles Fretz of South Windsor Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought compensatory damages founded on accusations of unsuitable real estate investment trust recommendations by Fretz during the time that he was associated with…
Andrew James Pravlik of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Prospera Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $27,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that five unsuitable alternative investments had been recommended by Pravlik during the time that he was associated with…
Aaron Paul Brodt of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Accelerated Capital Group is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $430,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of Brodt’s failure to undertake due diligence prior to recommending that the customer purchase direct investments including direct…
James Ernest Joly of East Greenwich Rhode Island a stockbroker currently registered with Cantella Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 21, 2020 where the customer sought $13,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of Joly causing an inappropriate asset transfer into an annuity. Joly has been identified in…
Christian Frank Lucchetto of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company 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 founded on findings that he excessively traded in the account of a First Standard Financial…
Kevin Douglas Houser of Allentown Pennsylvania a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of LPL Financial is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $358,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been provided unsuitable investment recommendations regarding business development companies and real estate…
Kevin Marshall McCallum of Birmingham Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $4,800,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of the stockbroker making unsuitable trades involving closed end funds during the period that he was registered…
Javelin Mikol San Nicolas of Sparks Nevada a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he refused to comply with FINRA’s investigation into accusations of his mishandling of customer funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…
Lester William Burroughs (also known as Chad Burroughs) of Torrington Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Lincoln Investment Planning LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 13, 2020 where the customer requested $126,380.00 in damages supported by allegations that the stockbroker concealed the surrender penalty on an annuity that…
Anthony Tricarico of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he made unsuitable trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
David Arthur Jenson of Amarillo Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Great Nation Investment Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he neglected to cooperate with a FINRA investigation concerning his potential unsuitable church bond recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance…
Scott Alan Sanders of Fort Myers Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $100,000.00 in damages supported by Stifel Nicolaus being found liable on the customer’s claims including breach of contract and breach…
Jonathan Michael Ebel of Hauppauge New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Laidlaw Company UK Ltd. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $12,721.00 in damages founded on allegations that Ebel executed excessive trades in the customer’s account at Laidlaw Company. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Charles Ernest Kenahan of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA investigators regarding his sales practices. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
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…
Debra Rae Lambert of The Villages Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $42,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker and that her investment recommendations were not…
Tyler Dean Delahunt of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to provide documents and information to FINRA when it investigated him for outside business activities and private securities transactions. Letter…
Daniel M. Soliman of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Traderfield Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that misrepresentations had been made to the Traderfield Securities customer and that they had been defrauded…
Robert Wade LaPietra of New York New York a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $80,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that an unsuitable investment strategy had been used by the stockbroker during the…
Jasmit Singh of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he engaged in outside business activities and private securities transactions without disclosing this…
John Perrin Kellar of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 6, 2020 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that they were placed into unsuitable investments by…
Michael August Pellegrino of Oakbrook Terrace Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Taylor Capital Management Inc. (TCM) has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he provided misleading information to investors concerning short-term high-yield contracts. Letter of…
Dean Harrison Grant of Milledgeville Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with M Holdings Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 12, 2019 where the customer requested compensatory damages founded on accusations that the customer had not been apprised of important investment information from Grant when making an…
Manish Hemant Shah of Princeton New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for 20 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he borrowed money from a Northwestern customer and had concealed his activities…
Lisa Marie Stevenson (also known as Lisa Marie Gastaldo) of New Albany Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with The Huntington Investment Company has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that she failed to cooperate with FINRA while she was under investigation for possibly…
Lisa Ann Brumm (also known as Lisa Ann Moon) of Portland Oregon a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that she provided unsuitable recommendations to customers and made misrepresentations…
Michael Paul Francoeur of Somersworth New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to comply with FINRA’s investigation into accusations of his misappropriation. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019064967501…
William Franklin Richardson Jr. (also known as Frank Richardson Jr.) of Houston Texas a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Investacorp has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations that they had been sold unsuitable business development company products and…
Joseph Francis Valdini of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of fraud and negligent supervision pertaining to Valdini’s over-the-counter equities transactions at Worden Capital Management LLC….
Joseph Anthony Alagna Jr. the Chief Executive Officer of Joseph Gunnar Co. LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $340,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Alagna failed to supervise a Joseph Gunnar stockbroker who sold customers bad private placements. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Robert Anthony Powers of Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Emerging Growth Equities Ltd. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that he did not provide information to FINRA upon request. Case No. 2018060604701 (June 17, 2019). According to the regulator,…
Worden Capital Management LLC (WCM) and Chief Executive Officer Jaime John Worden have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that WCM and Jaime Worden failed to supervise the suitability of customer transactions and neglected to ensure the public disclosure of customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claims alleging sales…
Sam Peter Paolini of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Hornor Townsend Kent Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 13, 2020 where the customer requested $141,222.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been told to buy a whole life insurance policy…
Samuel Ray Head of Columbia South Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $85,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been sold unsuitable business development company investments and real estate securities during…
Dustin Paul Shafer of Springfield Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA during the period that he was investigated for borrowing from Newbridge customers. Letter of Acceptance…
John Frederick Griner of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of 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 findings that he enganged in unauthorized trading in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019064538201 (Jan….
John James Hoidas of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Uhlmann Price Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $12,500.00 on October 6, 2020 founded on allegations of unsuitable closed-end fund transactions being effected in the customer’s account by Hoidas while he was registered with…
Michael Allen Kamperman of Waco Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with HD Vest Investment Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unsuitable over-the-counter equities trades were executed in the customer’s account during the period that Kamperman was associated…
Jonathan H. Dudley of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Centaurus Financial has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Dudley failed to comply with FINRA while he was under investigation for potentially misusing a customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Arthur Obermeier (also known as Art Obermeier) of Boulder Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for 60 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Obermeier executed unauthorized trades in the accounts of LPL Financial customers. Letter…
Todd Douglas Micciche of Portland Oregon a stockbroker formerly registered with Cuna Brokerage Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 5, 2020 where the customer requested $20,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Micciche failed to respond to the customer’s requests of liquidating a mutual fund account at…
James Vincent Marino of Pompano Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been barred as a stockbroker and investment adviser representative by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) according to an Order that is based on Marino’s conviction of theft. In the Matter of James Vincent Marino Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-20061 (Sept….
Christopher Bryan Black of Statesboro Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he did not comply with FINRA Department of Enforcement during its investigation into loans that Black possibly received from a customer of…
Borislav Valentinov Kolev (also known as Bobby Kolev) of Aventura Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 9, 2020 where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations that the stockbroker effected a stock purchase in the customer’s account without the Morgan…
David Charles Turetzky of Saddle Brook New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on allegations of sales practice violations pertaining to the customer’s account at Ameriprise. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Robert Leslie Mandau (also known as Bob Leslie Mandau) of Willoughby Hills Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management 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 findings that Mandau engaged in outside business activities without…
Matthew Eric Platnico of New York New York a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Allied Millennial Partners LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $1,460,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that unauthorized indexed options trades were executed in the customer’s account because of Platnico…
Ezri Shechter (also known as Eddie Shechter) of Jersey City New Jersey a stockbroker registered with Spencer-Winston Securities Corporation is referenced in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation on June 17, 2020 in which Shechter’s activities with a customer are being reviewed for possible FINRA violations. FINRA Case No. 20190646958. FINRA Public Disclosure confirms…
Steven Robert Luftschein (also known as Steven Lerner) a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement issued by FINRA Office of Hearing Officers who found that Luftschein had churned customers’ accounts and had made…
Eric Peter Weschke of Setauket New York a stockbroker currently registered with Kalos Capital Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $718,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of Weschke overconcentrating the customer’s investments in limited partnership interests and alternative investments during the period…
Whitehall-Parker Securities Inc. and its supervisor Robert J. Yuloo both of San Rafael California have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings of Whitehall-Parker and Yuloo having failed to supervise its stockbrokers’ outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017052705802 (Jan. 15, 2021). According to the AWC, from…
Herbert Lee Weith IV of Naples Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $260,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of the stockbroker’s unsuitable recommendations as it pertained to a mutual fund and annuity…
Andrew Ricardo Roybal of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly registered with UnionBanc Investment Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $21,887.00 on November 20, 2020 supported by accusations that the customer’s instructions had not been followed as it pertained to a managed account investment at UnionBanc…
Growth Capital Services Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in San Francisco California has been censured and fined $35,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based on findings that it made misleading statements to prospective investors regarding private placements. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019060721801 (Jan. 15, 2021). According to the AWC, Growth…
Gary Wayne Hammond of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Hornor Townsend Kent Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he was selling away from MML Investors and that he referred customers to fraudulent investments. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
John Michael LoPinto of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management and investment adviser representative of Keyport Venture Advisors LLC has been censured and fined $40,000.00 according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing findings that LoPinto made misrepresentations to investors concerning pooled investment vehicles. In the Matter…
Solomon David Krispeal (also known as David Krispeal) of Hauppauge New York a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $650,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of unsuitable options, stock and over-the-counter equities being sold to the customer by…
Lance Roman Armstrong of Columbia New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services has been issued an Order by New Jersey Bureau of Securities on September 17, 2020 in which Armstrong’s stockbroker registration in New Jersey has been revoked founded on allegations that he neglected to obtain authorization from Raymond James to…
Craig Anthony Zabala of Harlem New York a stockbroker formerly registered with John W. Loofbourrow Associates and CEO of Concorde Group Holdings has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with making misrepresentations to investors and misappropriating their funds. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Craig A. Zabala et al. Case No. 1:20-cv-07880 (Sept. 24,…
Ryan James Ott of Woodbridge New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Equitable Advisors LLC has been discharged on November 2, 2020 based upon allegations of Ott failing to be responsive to supervisory personnel and for neglecting to handle customer inquiries during the period that he was placed on heightened supervision. FINRA Public Disclosure Ryan…
Gilberto Briseno (also known as Gilbert Briseno) of Boutte Louisiana a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of LPL Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought compensatory damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on allegations that the customer received unsuitable investment recommendations from Briseno concerning…
Charles Acheson Laverty of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with TCFG Wealth Management LLC has been issued a Decision by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council which affirmed that Laverty is barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based on findings of Laverty borrowing from customers and providing…
Robert Frederick Genito of Bonita Springs Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer had been issued a promissory note through Genito and that the stockbroker defaulted on…
Todd Michael Ellentuck of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 6, 2020 in which the customer requested $420,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that a contract between the customer and the securities broker dealer had been breached and…
Jason Howell Poff of Houston Texas a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of LPL Financial LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with engaging in outside business activities that were not approved by the securities broker dealer. Department of Enforcement v. Jason Howell Poff Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2018058501502…
David Thomas Pawloski of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Cantella Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 9, 2020 in which the customer requested $16,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of the customer being sold poorly performing stocks by Pawloski during the period…
Eugene Arthur Riggio Jr. of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Score Priority Corp (formerly known as Whotrades Inc.) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitable recommendations being made by the stockbroker as it…
Paul Lawrence Fowler Jr. of Washington DC a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Fowler executed unauthorized trades in a customer’s account when he was associated with…
John Edward Cassandra of Boynton Beach Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $14,999.00 in damages based upon accusations of unsuitable equities being purchased in the Raymond James customer’s account between November 7, 2001 and March…
Gerald Allan Eaton of Acton Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Commonwealth Financial Network has been barred in various capacities including stockbroker and investment adviser representative according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order based on findings of Eaton defrauding investors and stealing $3,700,000.00 from them. In the Matter of Gerald Allan Eaton Administrative…
Jack B. McBride of Plymouth Michigan a stockbroker currently registered with B Riley Wealth Management is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $380,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the stockbroker provided unsuitable investment advice to the B Riley customer concerning exchange traded funds, stocks and…
Paul Rifaat Zakhary of Ocala Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan 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 Zakhary provided unsuitable investment recommendations to customers of JP Morgan and he neglected to…
Warren Marc Rockmacher of Trumbull Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Investacorp Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $90,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that misrepresentations had been made by Rockmacher concerning oil and gas limited partnerships that were sold to the customer when…
Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Saint Petersburg Florida has been censured and fined $4,400,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings including that Transamerica failed to supervise securities transactions and investment recommendations that its stockbrokers made to customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2015048250401 (Dec. 21,…
Richard Anthony Rodriguez of Fruitland Park Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Concorde Investment Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer sustained losses on direct participation program interests or limited partnerships interests because of…
William Robert Young (also known as Bill Young) of Rockville Maryland a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Kingswood Capital Partners LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 1, 2020 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been sold…
LPL Financial LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Fort Mill South Carolina has been censured and fined $6,500,000.00 based in part on findings that LPL failed to supervise its stockbrokers’ dissemination of consolidated reports to customers resulting in some of its customers being defrauded by an LPL stockbroker. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…
Richard Mark Braverman (also known as Rich Braverman) of Lancaster Pennsylvania a stockbroker currently registered with Geneos Wealth Management Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $90,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that it was not suitable for the customer to be sold direct investments…
Lee Evan Rosenberg of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Cadaret Grant Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $51,370.67 in damages based upon allegations that Rosenberg sold the customer a variable annuity that was unsuitable when Rosenberg…
Ross Adam Barish of Mineola New York a stockbroker currently registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with taking part in an excessive trading scheme to defraud investors. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ross Barish Case No. 1:20-cv-06437 (Aug. 13, 2020). According to the Complaint, while Barish…
Rawad Roy Alame (also known as Roy Rawad Alame) of Raleigh North Carolina 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 founded on findings of Alame selling away when he…
Angel Wynette Bardeche (also known as Angel Wynette Lentz) of Cincinnati Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Bardeche made unsuitable recommendations to customers concerning a short-term…
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Cetera Advisors LLC and Cetera Financial Specialists LLC have been censured and collectively fined $1,000,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings of the securities firms’ failure to supervise their stockbrokers’ private securities transactions and failure to preserve records relating to those outside transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Janine Marie Ruland (also known as Janine Marie Roupe and as Janine Salvadalena) a stockbroker currently registered with NYLife Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 29, 2020 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer had been provided with…
RBC Capital Markets LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been fined and censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that RBC failed to supervise stockbrokers’ recommendations of securities that were held in customers’ 529 plans. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2016047696701 (Dec. 15, 2020)….
George Jones Lincoln IV (also known as Rip Lincoln) a stockbroker formerly registered with Citizens Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 21, 2020 in which the customer sought $39,991.99 in damages supported by allegations that the customer had been placed into mutual funds without being apprised of…
Christopher George Orlando of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC is the subject of a FINRA investigation where the regulator recommended for Orlando to face disciplinary action by FINRA Department of Enforcement for allegedly trading on an excessive basis in customer accounts. Case No. 20170564326 (Sept. 18, 2020)….
Drew R. Mantel (also known as Drew R. Mentel) of Miamisburg Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Mantel executed trades in customers’ accounts on an unauthorized…
Richard Clarence DeYoung Jr. of The Woodlands Texas a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Wells Fargo Clearing Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 12, 2020 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unauthorized transactions were executed in the customer’s account…
Richard Guy Duncan (also known as Rick Duncan) of East Longmeadow Massachusetts an investment adviser representative of Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 20, 2020 where the customer requested $405,045.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable securities…
John D. Craft of Philadelphia Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Financial Specialists LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Craft executed trades without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019062964801 (Dec….
David Kallman Paton of Saint Paul Minnesota a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 25, 2020 in which the customer requested $38,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed in stocks including SSYS and CGIZX…
Peter N. Girgis of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with SW Financial is referenced in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation on September 15, 2020 where Girgis may face disciplinary action from FINRA Department of Enforcement based on accusations of unsuitability and excessive trading by the stockbroker. According to FINRA Public…
Michael Anthony Tavel of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for 18 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of Tavel selling away from LPL Financial and making unsuitable investment recommendations while registered with the…
Anthony Fusco of New York New York a former stockbroker and Chief Executive Officer of Legend Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $345,369.00 in damages supported by accusations of Fusco failing to supervise Legend stockbrokers who executed unsuitable transactions in the…
Gregory Antonius Lewis of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Stockkings Capital LLC is referenced in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation regarding allegations of Lewis possibly misusing customer funds and effecting unsuitable transactions in customer accounts. Case No. 20190606487 (Dec. 16, 2019). FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that Department of Enforcement…
PHX Financial Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York and Robert Delaplain (branch supervisor and Chief Compliance Officer) have been censured and fined by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that PHX and Delaplain neglected to supervise stockbrokers who effected unsuitable transactions in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Frank Howard Zito of Ridgeland Mississippi a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for 16 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Zito engaged in private securities transactions and outside business activities while registered with…
Andre Pierre Senegal of Tinley Park Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 11, 2020 where the customer requested $15,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer did not receive any information relating to money that they provided to…
Curtis Brian Wilson of Tulsa Oklahoma a stockbroker currently registered with Securities America Inc. and an investment adviser representative of Beam Asset Management LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $25,000.00 in damages on October 19, 2020 based upon allegations that trades were not executed in a…
Najib Hossain Khan of Richmond Hill New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Khan neglected to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the period that he was investigated for theft of customer…
Juergen Weber of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Benjamin Jerold Brokerage LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $150,000.00 in compensatory damages based on Weber being found liable on the customer’s claims including the violation of California Elder…
Nelson Michael Polun of Bel Air Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that Polun neglected to comply with FINRA’s request for information about his activities. Case No. 2019061783501 (Nov. 11, 2020)….
George Marshall Warner of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Chelsea Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that promissory notes were sold by Warner away from the securities broker dealer. Financial Industry Regulatory…
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…
Brian Radoo of North Woodmere New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Radoo failed to comply with FINRA when he was under investigation for possibly engaging in outside business activities. Letter of…
John William Hoekman of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 in compensatory or punitive damages based upon accusations of unsuitable over-the-counter equities being recommended for the customer’s investment…
Francisco Javier Valenzuela of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that investment recommendations made to the customer were not suitable and that misrepresentations had been made by…
David Alan Stateman of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Allstate Financial Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he did not comply with FINRA personnel while he was under investigation for taking funds from a customer and for…
Anthony Joseph Cantone of Eatontown New Jersey a stockbroker and Chief Executive Officer of Cantone Research is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into allegations that Cantone omitted and misrepresented information about municipal bonds and had committed securities fraud. Case No. 2017055886402 (Oct. 29, 2020). According to FINRA Public Disclosure, Cantone…
Charles Thomas Stevens of Saint Augustine Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with DH Hill Securities LLLP has been charged by Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with failing to testify regarding allegations of his concealment of judgements and tax liens. Department of Enforcement v. Charles Thomas Stevens. 2017056627801 (Dec. 1, 2020). According to…
James Vincent Prosperi of Pittsford New York a stockbroker currently registered with Pruco Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 29, 2020 in which the customer requested unspecified compensatory damages supported by accusations that the customer’s signature had been forged on documents to effect insurance transactions during the time…
Scott Michael Barber of Dubois Pennsylvania a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Cetera Advisor Networks LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 30, 2020 in which the customer requested $130,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that real estate security transactions executed in the customer’s Cetera Advisor…
Daniel G. Dillard of Austin Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Sagepoint Financial Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that a fiduciary duty was breached and that misrepresentations and omissions had been made by the…
Kevin Kimball Meadows of Liverpool New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities and Cape Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 30, 2020 where the customer requested $168,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that transactions executed in the First Allied Securities customer’s account were not suitable…
Michael Edward Magill of Portland Maine a stockbroker formerly registered with Foreside Fund Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Magill effected private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019064830701 (Dec. 7, 2020). According to the AWC,…
Robert Joseph Calamunci Sr. of Bronx New York a stockbroker currently registered with Wynston Hill Capital LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $314,852.00 in damages based upon accusations of the failure of Wynston Hill Capital LLC to supervise options and equities in the customer’s…
Anthony Matthew Cottone of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Landolt Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $260,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of the customer’s assets being overconcentrated in private placements and allegations of transactions not being supervised by Landolt Securities. Financial…
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…
Samuel Frederik Lek of New York New York the Chief Executive Officer of Lek Securities Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $2,804,880.05 in damages supported by allegations that the customer’s account lacked supervision and that the customer’s funds had been misappropriated. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Jeffrey Lamar Burton of Charleston South Carolina a supervising stockbroker of Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $100,000.00 on September 17, 2020 founded on allegations that trades failed to be made according to the customer’s instructions while Burton was registered with Wells…
Timothy James Pandekakes of Yonkers New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cadaret Grant Co. has been suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he gave unsuitable investment advice to customers of Cadaret Grant. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Anthony John Leopizzi of White Plains New York a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on July 20, 2020 for $27,586.23 in damages based upon allegations of stock being sold from the customer’s Ameriprise Financial Services account without the customer’s…
Jay R. Weiser of Collinsville Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with DesPain Financial Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,001.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer’s retirement assets were mismanaged as it pertained to a promissory note transaction executed by Weiser during…
Jay Clint Tomlinson of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with RF Lafferty Co. Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he effected trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Daniel Benjamin Vazquez Sr. (also known as Dan Vasquez Senior) of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is the subject of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) administrative proceedings in which the regulator will determine whether to bar Vazquez as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative among other capacities founded on allegations…
Raymond Alexander Thomas of Network 1 Financial Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Decision and Order of Offer of Settlement containing findings that Thomas engaged in undisclosed outside business activities while registered with Network 1 Financial Securities. Department of Enforcement v….
Charles Jonathan Evan of Wellesley Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with New England Securities and MML Investors Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 4, 2020 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that the customer had been provided with misrepresented information in regards to…
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…
Jonathan Todd Pyne of Minneapolis Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Pyne cause pain or damages as the result of misrepresentations made to the customer regarding certain alternative…
Charles Ernest Kenahan of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith has been barred by New Hampshire Department of State Bureau of Securities Regulation founded on accusations of Kenahan making unsuitable investment recommendations to a customer of Merrill Lynch. Consent Order No. COM2019-000 (Dec. 7, 2020). According to the Order,…
Vincent Anthony Virga (also known as Vincenzo A. Virga Jr.) of Bayonne New Jersey a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Madison Avenue Securities LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Virga made unsuitable investment…
John Joseph Stapleton of Garden City New York a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $25,445.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer received unsuitable investment recommendations and had purchased securities that were misrepresented while Stapleton was…
Cory David Bataan of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that trades were effected in the customer’s account on an excessive and unsuitable basis by Bataan during the time…
Brett Stephen Briggs of Los Angeles California a stockbroker and supervisor formerly registered with Financial West Group has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity and has been fined $20,000.00 supported by findings that he failed to supervise stockbrokers at Financial West Group. Letter of Acceptance…
Sebastian Wyczawski of Manorville New York a stockbroker currently registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $235,635.00 in damages based upon accusations that Wyczawski failed to supervise a stockbroker who effected unsuitable over-the-counter equities trades in the customer’s Joseph Stone Capital…
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…
Gopi Krishna Vungarala (also known as Gopi Krishan Vungarala) of Midland Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments has been isnamed in arbitration claim an Opinion by Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) who affirmed a decision by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to bar Vungarala from associating with any FINRA member in any…
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…
Timothy David O’Brien of Inver Grove Heights Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Feltl Company has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for 45 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that O’Brien engaged in unauthorized trading in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…
Ronald Patrick Cameron of Fayetteville Arkansas a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Raymond James Financial Services has been isnamed in arbitration claim an Order by Arkansas Securities Commissioner where he was fined $8,000.00 based upon findings that he settled a customer complaint away from Raymond James. Case No. S-19-0033 (Apr. 8, 2019). According to…
Thomas James Barone of New Orleans Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities 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 founded on findings that Barone forged customers’ signatures on life insurance policy documents. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
David Bruce Korostoff of Jersey City New Jersey a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of The GMS Group LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $92,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer had been sold municipal debt investments in January of 2018 which were…
Richard Lyndon Brown of Farmingdale New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Arive Capital Markets and Chelsea Financial Services has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Brown neglected to cooperate with a FINRA Arbitration Award where he was ordered to pay a…
Joseph Victor Alhadeff of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Alhadeff neglected to cooperate with FINRA during its investigation into Alhadeff’s supervision of a stockbroker who was associated with…
Robert Anthony Powers of Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Emerging Growth Equities Ltd. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Powers failed to provide information to FINRA in response to its request. Case No. 2018060604701 (June 17, 2019). FINRA…
Julian Howard Gingold of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 25, 2019 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had been…
Gregory Walter McCloskey (also known as Gregory Walter Meier) of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with Westpark Capital Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with selling away from the securities broker dealer, obstructing the regulator’s investigation and falsifying information in its investigation. Department of Enforcement v….
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…
Keith Allen Bryan of Sarasota Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $24,900.00 in damages supported by accusations of misrepresentations being made by the stockbroker concerning the customer’s Morgan Stanley investments. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 19-00735…
Michael J. Haffling of Orland Park Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Kalos Capital Inc. and an investment adviser representative of Kalos Management is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $55,000.00 in damages on July 13, 2020 based upon allegations of Haffling and Kalos Capital having failed…
Kerri Lynn Wasserman of New York New York a stockbroker and former President of Portfolio Advisors Alliance has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealer or investment advisory according to an Order based on findings of Wasserman defrauding…
Jonathan David Cummings of Hurst Texas a stockbroker of Investacorp Inc. and investment adviser representative of Investacorp Advisory Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that the customer had been placed into alternative investments including real estate investment trusts and…
Clara Chen Tang (also known as Qing Chen) of Cupertino California a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 20, 2019 in which the customer requested unspecified compensatory damages supported by accusations that the customer’s signature had been forged on documents…
Donald George Sperring Jr. of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 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 allegations that Sperring failed to furnish information to FINRA after being questioned by the regulator. Case No. 2019062281401 (Oct. 15, 2019). FINRA…
James Joseph Zegers of Albany New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $34,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was negligently placed in NorthStar REIT while Zegers was associated with Voya Financial Advisors. Financial…
Richard Jay Bernstein (also known as Richard Jay Berstein) of Incline Village Nevada a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Wells Fargo Clearing Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unauthorized trades were executed in the customer’s account and…
Ivan Shore of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. 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 founded on findings that Shore made unsuitable recommendations to customers regarding unit investment trusts during the time that…
Robert Charles Wynn of Glendale California a stockbroker formerly registered with Park Avenue Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $50,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that common and preferred stock transactions conflicted with the customer’s objectives for investing and caused losses to be sustained in…
Robert Joseph Kerrigan Senior of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by First Financial Equity Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $40,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had been breached and that First Financial Equity Corporation…
First Clearing LLC (now known as (Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC) has been censured and fined $300,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that First Clearing provided 6,800 customers with wrong valuations on direct participation program interests and non-traded real estate investment trusts and had failed to supervise its business with a…
John Patrick Donnelly of Houston Texas a stockbroker currently employed by Merrill Lynch is referenced in an investment related civil action in which unspecified damages were alleged supported by accusations of Donnelly failing to adjust the customer’s retirement account resulting in unintended beneficiaries receiving assets from a customer’s Merrill Lynch account. Civil Action No. 477195-401…
Timothy Aaron Engelmann of Albuquerque New Mexico a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Engelmann borrowed funds from customers without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Marc Nathan Jaffe of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker unofficially associated with Integrity Brokerage Services Inc. has been isBring FINRA Arbitration Claim Against an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement by FINRA Office of Hearing Officers in which he has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by findings that he associated…
Barry Franklin Connell of Ridgewood New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $1,350,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer’s funds had been misappropriated by the stockbroker’s actions at Morgan Stanley. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Damian Marlon Bell of Daphne Alabama a stockbroker of International Assets Advisory LLC and investment adviser representative of International Assets Investment Management is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $100,000 and $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of the violation of securities laws and a breach…
Douglas Eugene Keller (also known as Donald Eugene Savery) of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Equitable Advisors (also known as AXA Advisors) is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 10, 2020 in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that misrepresentations had been…
Rodrigue Lors (also known as Rodrique Lors) of Westbury New York a stockbroker formerly employed by National Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable private placement securities by Lors at National…
A FINRA arbitration panel from New York issued an award dated July 10, 2017, in favor of customer Timothy McLaughlin against Northeast Securities, Inc., and three of its employees, Steven Joseph Perrone, Diane Hawkins and Jonathan Michael Zucker. Northeast Securities and the three employees were all named as respondents in the claim. FINRA Arbitration No….
Michael B. Barnett of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with JJB Hilliard WL Lyons is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $130,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been sold unsuitable Breitburn Energy investments and that a contract between the customer and Hilliard…
Coastal Equities Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Wilmington Delaware has been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that Coastal Equities failed to supervise a stockbroker who recommended unsuitable and excessive trades for the accounts of Coastal Equities customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017052325702 (Nov. 9, 2020)….
Barry Todd Eisenberg of New York New York a stockbroker and branch manager formerly registered with Alexander Capital LP is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $606,046.00 in damages based upon allegations that Eisenberg failed to supervise stockbrokers who executed inappropriate stock transactions in at least…
John Albert Westbrook (also known as Al Westbrook) of McDonough Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he engaged in unauthorized private securities transactions while registered…
Anthony Edward Dacruz of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 14, 2020 where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on allegations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable closed end funds and municipal bonds by Dacruz…
Michael Alan Biedny of Clarence New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James 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 founded on findings that Biedny concealed from Raymond James that he took $118,000 from a senior customer….
Lawrence John Fawcett Jr. (also known as Larry Fawcett Jr.) has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $35,663.00 in compensatory and punitive damages founded on a FINRA Arbitrator finding Fawcett liable on the customer’s causes of action including breach of fiduciary duty and fraud as it…
Lawrence Burton Goldstein (also known as Larry Goldstein) of Sparks Nevada a stockbroker formerly registered with McNally Financial Services Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Goldstein obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his potential excessive and unsuitable trading in…
Marc Scott Steinberg of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Dawson James Securities has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $18,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that investment recommendations were not suitable and that the customer sustained losses on stock transactions executed by Steinberg at…
Gordon Tong Quan of Pasadena California a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors Networks LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that investment recommendations made to the Cetera Advisor Networks customer by Quan had failed to be suitable and had…
Christopher Paul Puffer of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp and Money Concepts Advisory Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that was settled for $14,500.00 in damages based upon allegations of negligence and a breach of contract governing the customer’s alternative investment purchases including…
Lynn Dale Cawthorne of Shreveport Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Decision and Order of Offer of Settlement containing findings of Cawthorne failing to comply with FINRA during an investigation concerning Cawthorne’s…
Wills Schneider Henriquez (also known as Wills S. Henrtquez) of Brooklyn New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had…
Jeffrey Clay Templeman of Norfolk Virginia a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Advisors has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 15, 2019 where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on allegations that the customer had been steered by Templeman towards investing in mutual funds without being provided clarity…
Efrain Balderrama Trujillo of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Financial West Group has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity and has been fined $20,000.00 based upon findings that he neglected to supervise those of his stockbrokers who executed unsuitable securities and options…
David Todd Phillips (also known as Todd Phillips) of Gilbert Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Moloney Securities Co. and ProEquities Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he engaged in private securities transactions involving…
Brittney Jade Sias (also known as Rosalie P. Sias) of Westlake Village California a stockbroker formerly registered with Western International Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested up to $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of bad investment advice concerning non-traded real estate investment trusts…
Matthew Thomas Jennings of Johnston Iowa 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 findings that he did not comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of him offering investments to customers outside the auspices of Edward Jones….
Ronald Reed McCook of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker currently registered with First Allied Securities Inc. and an investment adviser representative of Cetera investment Advisers LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that the customer had been placed in real estate…
Adam S. Feierstein of Redondo Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with ProEquities Inc. has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on October 28, 2020 founded on allegations that Feierstein engaged in unauthorized private security transactions and had concealed his communications about securities business from ProEquities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure also…
Kurt Jason Gunter of Austin Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he made recommendations that were not suitable for Stifel Nicolaus customers as it pertained to unit investment…
Philip Anthony Simone of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC has been fined $12,000.00 and suspended for eleven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Simone borrowed funds from elderly customers and then failed to be forthcoming about it with…
Raul Jorge Benitez of Aventura Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $8,486.24 on March 11, 2019 founded on allegations that the customer had been provided with unsuitable investment advice by Benitez concerning a managed investment account….
Thomas Wayne Chandler of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities Inc. has been terminated from employment on April 3, 2020 founded on allegations that Chandler neglected to abide by procedures and policies of the securities broker dealer in reference to customer accounts. Chandler was associated with Kovack Securities between March 25,…
Barry David Abrams of Marlton New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameriprise Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $20,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable investments including Corporate Capital Trust and FS Energy and Power (FSEP) which…
Jose Giraldo (also known as Tomas Giraldo) of Chula Vista California a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that Giraldo neglected to cooperate with FINRA’s request for his information following the point in…
Bernard Joseph Audet of Newtown Square Pennsylvania a stockbroker registered with MML Investors Services and New England Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action that was resolved for $8,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had been breached by the stockbroker and…
Stanley Bernard Secor of Salt Lake City Utah a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisor Networks LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Secor refused to provide documents and information to FINRA when he was being investigated for possible violations of…
Emil John Skyba of Westport Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Westport Capital Markets LLC is the subject of a Revocation Order issued by New Jersey Bureau of Securities in which his stockbroker and investment adviser registration have been revoked based upon findings of Skyba being expelled from a self-regulatory organization for hampering an investigation….
Forouzan Pooladi (also known as Forouzan Sharma) of Great Neck New York a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Pooladi refused to cooperate with FINRA personnel when she was investigated for engaging in…
Integrity Brokerage Services a securities broker dealer headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana, its Chief Executive Officer Joshua Helme, stockbroker Andrea Wood and stockbroker Marc Nathan Jaffe have been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that Marc Jaffe engaged in securities business at Integrity Brokerage Services while he was disqualified and that…
Michael Harvey Siva of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred from being a stockbroker or an investment adviser representative or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealer or investment advisory according to a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Order based on Siva pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit securities…
Ian Ha of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 21, 2020 in which the customer requested unspecified damages based upon allegations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer by Ha in regards to the exchange of…
Bradley Carl Mascho of Frederick Maryland a stockbroker formerly associated with Western International Securities has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an SEC Order based on findings that Mascho pled guilty to…
Ronald G. Richer of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Garden State Securities Inc. has been identified in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which a preliminary determination was made for Department of Enforcement to pursue an enforcement action against Richer based on accusations that he provided false documentation to…
Marie Bernadette Kincheloe (also known as Marie Bernadette McCarron) of Roanoke Virginia a stockbroker formerly associated with Allstate Financial Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that she obstructed a FINRA investigation into her possible arrangement with an unregistered individual in handling…
James Edmond Moniz (also known as James E. McGowan-Moniz) of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly associated with Essex Securities LLC has been sanctioned by the Massachusetts Securities Division based in part upon findings that he has been subject of customer disputes and that he has been sanctioned by the regulator as well as…
Sachin Kumar of New York New York 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 findings that Kumar advised a Morgan Stanley customer to sign blank or incomplete documents relating to the transfer of the…
Donald George Padilla of Alhambra California a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Padilla used unauthorized correspondence channels with customers and had caused LPL Financial to maintain false…
Dennis James Murphy of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Monmouth Capital Management LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA’s investigation into allegations of unsuitable trades being executed in customer accounts. Letter…
Leonard Charles Kinsman (Lenny Charles Kinsman) of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he intentionally failed to comply with FINRA when he was investigated for complaints…
Elizabeth Ann Thompson (also known as Beth Thompson and as Liz Thompson) of Gloucester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly employed by Citizens Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 5, 2019 where the customer sought $53,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of omissions by Thompson relating to the customer’s…
Chams Khwaja (also known as Sean Khwaja) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he failed to comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his unapproved outside business activities. Department of Enforcement v. Chams…
Lawrence E. Hagedorn of Andover Kansas a stockbroker registered with ON Equity Sales Company and ON Investment Management has been barred by the Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative and has been fined $50,000.00 and ordered to pay $102,500.00 in restitution based upon allegations that the…
Joe Percy Medrano of Golden Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC and Greenstar Advisors LLC is the subject of a Colorado Division of Securities Consent Licensing Order on January 2, 2020 in which he was placed on heightened supervision for three years. Medrano has also been ordered to cease and desist violating…
Stephen Allen Murray of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker associated with Raymond James Financial Associates has been suspended from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with an arbitration award filed against him by Raymond James. FINRA Case No. 18-02556 (Apr. 2, 2019). This…
Gregory John Stouffer of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Gregory John Stouffer has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to furnish information and documentation to FINRA when he was under investigation. Letter of Acceptance…
Alexander Jon James of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Voya Financial Advisors has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in undisclosed outside business activities and private securities transactions…
John Stephen Pronovost of Watertown Connecticut a stockbroker currently employed by Cambridge Investment Research Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 10, 2020 in which the customer requested $172,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was provided with bad investment advice about two real estate investment…
Christine Louise Cantone (also known as Christine L. Gefken) of Eatontown New Jersey a Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Cantone Research Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on February 14, 2019 for $42,500.00 in damages based upon accusations of Christine Cantone’s failure to supervise a…
Xiangyu Yu Zhang (also known as Sean Zhang) of Alhambra California a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on December 2, 2019 for $4,479.01 in damages based upon allegations that misrepresentations were made to the customer concerning real estate investment trusts…
James Travis Flynn (also known as Jim Flynn) of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker formerly associated with Voya Financial Advisors Inc. and IFS Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $350,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that misrepresentations and omissions had been made to the…
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,200,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer was provided with unsuitable investment recommendations between 2016 and 2020 concerning the…
Clare Marie Cail (also known as Clare Marie McGovern) of Manchester New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that she altered customer account documentation. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Edward Joseph Bosch Sr. of Florence Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Signator Investors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that misrepresentations were made to the customer about a variable annuity that Bosch sold during the…
Darren Wayne Oglesby of Oakdale Minnesota a stockbroker currently associated with Money Concepts Capital Corp has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had been breached by Oglesby (2) a…
Gregory Spencer O’Brien of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Aegis Capital Corp has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 12, 2019 where the customer sought $153,300.00 in damages founded on accusations that margin was inappropriately utilized to effect securities transactions for the customer’s Aegis Capital Corp…
Northwestern Mutual Investment Services a securities broker dealer headquartered in Milwaukee Wisconsin has been censured and fined $350,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that Northwestern Mutual failed to supervise a stockbroker who converted customer funds. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2017054642101 (Apr. 7, 2020). According to the AWC, five…
Charles Bernard Lynch Jr. (also known as Charlie Bernard Lynch) of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors LLC (now known as Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC) has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on January 18, 2019 for $50,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that…
Michael Fasciglione of Mineola New York a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 15, 2020 in which the customer requested $123,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been placed into a unsuitable real estate investments by Fasciglione during…
David Michael Murray of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $174,991.00 in damages founded on accusations of (1) omissions and misrepresentations (2) breach of contract (3) breach of fiduciary duty (4) suitability (5)…
Timothy Brent Hetrick of Boise Idaho a stockbroker formerly registered with US Brokerage Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that the stockbroker failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the period that he was under investigation for forging customers’…
Peter David Maller of Hunt Valley Maryland a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages based upon accusations that the customer fell victim to deceptive and unsuitable practices by Maller as the customer’s life savings had been placed…
Alan Harold New of Fort Wayne Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that New neglected to provide information and documentation to the regulator during an investigation into allegations of New’s sale…
Gregory Alan Ricker of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker registered with WestPark Capital Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on September 17, 2019 for $22,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that transactions were unsuitable for the customer and that the customer’s equity portfolio had been churned by…
Bryce Patrick Jenney of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Default Decision issued by FINRA Office of Hearing Officers containing findings that Jenney failed to comply with FINRA’s requests during the period…
Kenneth Alan Balser of Colorado Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by Cetera Advisors LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $103,664.82 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the stockbroker’s negligence resulted in the customer’s losses (2) a fiduciary duty was breached by Balser (3)…
Mack Leon Miller (also known as Mark Miller) of New York New York a stockbroker registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected excessive trades or churned a customer’s account causing the customer…
Jose Angel Arizmendi of Encino California a stockbroker associated with Silber Bennett Financial Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to the regulator’s request for information about his activities. FINRA Case No. 2018057324301 (Dec….
Michael Allan Bressman of Chatham New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with FCG Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2019061168201 (Jan 13, 2020). According to FINRA Public Disclosure, Bressman was…
Danilo Dereck Fuentes of Dayton Maryland a stockbroker employed by Dawson James Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,377,280.02 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions were effected by Fuentes without authorization and without Dawson James’ supervision (2) misrepresentations had been made to…
Charles Henry Frieda, Jr. of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on February 28, 2019 for $20,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of unsuitable energy securities recommended by the stockbroker between 2014 and 2018 while associated with…
Christopher Stephen Jorgensen of Setauket New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Summit Brokerage Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $70,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of unauthorized trading and overconcentration of the customer’s assets in investments including (1) exchange traded funds (2)…
Kurt Louis Hoffer of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker associated with Summit Brokerage Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $45,366.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer sustained unwarranted losses from being placed into unsuitable investments including VXX Fund between 2015 and…
Terrence Edward Bonk of Inver Grove Heights Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Feltl Company has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Bonk borrowed money from a customer of Feltl Company without the securities broker…
Jordan John Boyle of Saratoga Springs Utah a stockbroker currently registered with LPL Financial is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been poorly advised as it pertained to real estate securities sold by Boyle between 2014…
Jill Marie Cody (also known as Jill Marie Tramontano) of Spring Lake New Jersey a stockbroker associated with Westminster Financial Securities Inc. and Concorde Investment Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $125,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations were made to…
Joseph Morris Thurnherr of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wynston Hill Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Thurnherr failed to furnish information to FINRA personnel when a customer’s complaint alleging Thurnherr’s misconduct was…
Scott Douglas Williams of Franklin Tennessee a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $61,050.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s account had been churned and that unsuitable penny stocks and equities were traded in the customer’s LPL…
Noel Ray Vincent of Southfield Michigan a stockbroker registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of bad investment advice and misrepresentations being made to the customer in reference to mutual funds and equipment leasing securities…
Paul Anthony Falcon of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for thirty days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker used secretive and unapproved communication channels to correspond with customers of Aegis…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York New York a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer in regards to an options overlay strategy implemented…
William Mark Heiden of Newport Beach California a stockbroker registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $475,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) unauthorized trades were effected in the customer’s account (2) the customer was defrauded through misrepresentations (3) a fiduciary…
Gustavo Trujillo Franco of Old Bridge New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Global Strategic Investments LLC (now known as Gentem Capital LLC and LevelX Capital LLC) has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he neglected to provide recorded testimony to the regulator during the time that it…
Edward Earl Matthes (also known as Ed Matthes) of Oconomowoc Wisconsin a stockbroker associated with Mutual of Omaha Investor Services Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order based on allegations of…
David Roger Hirons of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $712,080.00 in compensatory damages and $1,000,000.00 in punitive damages based upon allegations of unauthorized options trades that had been effected by Hirons in the…
Bruce Albert Slater of Northville Michigan a stockbroker associated with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer had been advised to allocate an excessive portion of funds in risky limited partnerships which failed…
James Gregory McKinney (also known as Greg McKinney) of Tulsa Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a Default Decision containing findings that the stockbroker neglected to testify or produce documentation for FINRA personnel while…
Thomas Cameron Oakes of Grand Rapids Michigan a stockbroker associated with Royal Securities Company has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any member in any capacity supported by allegations of Oakes’ failure to confirm with the regulator whether he complied with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award. FINRA Case…
Alan Harold New of Fort Wayne Indiana a stockbroker registered with NYLife Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $110,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of misleading statements or omissions being made by New concerning the risks of Woodbridge Promissory Notes which he sold…
Marc Frederick Korsch of Sarasota Florida a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 5, 2019 where the customer sought $53,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that misleading or false information had been provided to the customer between 2014 and 2019 in regard to…
Jody Ethan Thompson of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Alexander Capital L.P. has been suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Thompson provided unsuitable investment recommendations to customers concerning promissory notes and Regulation D offerings and…
Hector Anthony May of New City New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Securities America Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $18,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s funds were converted and misappropriated (2) a fiduciary duty which was owed to…
Rick Douglas Konecny of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly associated with JP Morgan Securities LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of an overconcentration of the customer’s assets in high-risk investments which led the customer to experience losses. Financial Industry…
Louis Cook (also known as Lou Cook) of Knoxville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with National Planning Corporation and Securities Service Network LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that customer funds were improperly used by Cook and that misrepresentations were made…
Mirsad A. Muharemovic (also known as Mirso Muharemovic) of Brooklyn New York a stockbroker currently registered with Arive Capital Markets is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $307,042.00 in damages based upon accusations that stock trades effected by Muharemovic were not suitable for the customer and that…
Steven S. Maher Sr.of Oradell New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of Maher causing customers to provide him with signed but otherwise incomplete disclosure forms relating…
Andre Pierre Davis of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA during an investigation in which the regulator sought to…
Floyd Earl Powell of Albertville Alabama a stockbroker formerly employed by MSI Financial Services Inc. and MML Investors Services LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $1,075,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) investment information was falsified or concealed by the stockbroker in regard to…
Douglas Anthony Leone of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with SW Financial has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) transactions effected in the customer’s account were not suitable (2) contractual and fiduciary obligations were violated (3) misleading…
Imran N. Razvi (also known as Raz Razvi) of Frederick Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Razvi engaged in outside business activities which involved the…
Steven Robert Luftschein (also known as Steven Lerner) of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with Aegis Capital Corp has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that misleading and false statements had been made to the customer and that trades…
David Jonathan Bolton of Bowling Green Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Thurston Springer Financial is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 9, 2019 where the customer sought $24,770.00 in damages based upon accusations of negligence with respect to mutual funds and annuities purchased and sold by the customer when…
Luke Michael Johnson of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by Coastal Equities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $509,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that investment recommendations made by Johnson between June of 2017 and June of 2018 failed to be suitable for…
Eric Patrick Pica of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Stone Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers’ Default Decision containing findings that Pica misused and converted an investor’s funds. Department of…
Brandon Curt Stimpson of North Logan Utah a stockbroker associated with Allegis Investment Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,481,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of (1) breach of a fiduciary duty by Stimpson (2) unauthorized and unsupervised options trades in the customer’s…
Bradley Leo Renberg of West Des Moines Iowa a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $380,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of speculative and unsuitable energy sector equities held in the customer’s account at Ameriprise Financial Services. Financial Industry…
Michael Barry Carter (also known as Mike Carter) of McLean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved on October 18, 2019 for $3,193,500.00 in damages based upon accusations of unauthorized withdrawals being effected from the customer’s account when Carter…
Raymond Alexander Thomas (also known as Ray Thomas) of Brooklyn New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement Complaint alleging that he engaged in unauthorized outside business activities and that he lied to FINRA personnel to conceal his…
Charles Lewis Bender III (also known as Chip Bender) of Coral Cables Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that Bender did not provide a response to the regulator’s request for information. Case No. 2019062079801 (Aug. 12,…
John Robert Morris of Warren New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $25,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning investments in oil and gas securities and Puerto…
Vincent James Mazza of Jersey City New Jersey a stockbroker employed by National Securities Corporation has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any member in any capacity founded on accusations of the stockbroker’s failure to comply with the regulator’s request for information. Case No. 2018060932001 (Oct. 28, 2019). FINRA Public…
Andrew Stephen Vitek Jr. of Jenkintown Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought at least $152,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) mutual funds and structured products were not suitable for the customer given their…
Karen McKinley (also known as Karen Ann Boggess) of Manchester New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of administrative proceedings initiated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which the regulator is determining whether to bar McKinley from being a stockbroker or investment advisor based on McKinley pleading guilty to…
Andrew Owen Brown of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp and Worden Capital Management LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon accusations that Brown did not pay an Arbitration Award in which he was found liable…
Ronald Walter Hannes (also known as Ron Hannes) of Spokane Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon his consent to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel’s request for his information and…
Jason R. Watson of Philadelphia Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly associated with Voya Financial has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 13, 2019 where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that the customer was defrauded and exposed to phony sales practices relating to the customer’s purchase of a universal…
Wayne Ivan Miller of Scottsdale Arizona the former President of Accelerated Capital Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages based upon accusations of (1) a fiduciary duty to the customer being breached (2) negligence with regard to private placement transactions and (3) an…
Michael Kenneth DePasquale (also known as Mikey DePasquale) of Cranford New Jersey a stockbroker associated with M Holdings Securities Inc. and 1717 Capital Management Company has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action which was settled for $7,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that misrepresentations were made by the stockbroker pertaining to…
Martin David Batstone (also known as Marty David Batstone) of San Diego California a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Batstone…
Stuart L. Pearl (also known as Stu Pearl) of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by David A. Noyes Company has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on July 1, 2019 for $42,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) a hedge fund position had been executed in…
Marcus Duane Parker of Santa Fe New Mexico a stockbroker associated with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that transactions were facilitated in the customer’s account by the stockbroker without authorization in 2017 when Parker…
Mark Joseph Sachse of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker failed to respond to the regulator’s request for information about his activities. FINRA Case No. 2018057939001…
Dean Robert Nowak of Winter Park Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with TCM Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 22, 2019 where the customer sought $66,666.67 in damages based upon accusations of misrepresentations and omissions of investment information being made by the stockbroker when advising the customer…
William Martin Ornstein of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently associated with The GMS Group LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of negligence and the breach of a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer in regard…
Richard French Judd (also known as Rick Judd) of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker employed by CIBC World Markets Corp. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded compensatory damages founded on Judd being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that investments had been liquidated from…
James William Flower (also known as Jim Flower) of Garden City New York a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities is the subject of an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on October 15, 2019. According to Public Disclosure, the investigation concerns allegations that the stockbroker recommended excessive trades to a customer….
Gale Ann Brodie (also known as Gale Ann Jenckes) of Sacramento California a stockbroker registered with Waddell Reed Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 1, 2018 in which the customer requested $57,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer was placed into unit investment trust products containing…
Steven John Meyer of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Legend Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $110,622.95 in compensatory damages supported by Meyer and Legend Securities being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that (1) transactions…
Kimberly Ann Springsteen-Abbott (also known as Kimberly Ann Borham and as Kimberly Ann Crain) a former Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Capital Securities Corp has been issued an Opinion by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which sustained Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council’s Decision to bar the stockbroker based on findings of her…
John Greg Schmidt of Dayton Ohio a stockbroker formerly associated with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment adviser or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings based upon allegations of Schmidt…
Frank Roland Dietrich of Laguna Hills California a stockbroker formerly employed by Quest Capital Strategies Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $271,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Woodbridge notes were negligently sold to the customer (2) a fiduciary duty was breached (3) transactions…
Rocco Roveccio of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly associated with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award or otherwise confirm…
William David Lancaster of Wagoner Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones has been barred by the Administrator of the Oklahoma Department of Securities from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative for twenty-four months founded on accusations that the stockbroker engaged in dishonest or unethical business practices when he was employed by…
Steven Farr Davis (also known as Steve Davis) of Wakefield Massachusetts a stockbroker registered with Royal Alliance Associates Inc. has been ordered to (1) cease and desist from violating securities laws or regulations (2) pay a $20,000.00 fine (3) disgorge ill-gotten gains and (4) refrain from seeking registration as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative…
Michael Christopher Venturino of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with Aegis Capital Corp. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that high pressure sales tactics had been used on the customer by Venturino which resulted in the customer being…
Tara Lueddeke is a retail investor. National Securities Corp. is a FINRA registered broker-dealer in New York. According to securities regulators, National Securities has more than 577 registered representatives operating from more than 84 geographically dispersed or branch offices across the United States. National has been subject to numerous regulatory actions for the failure to…
Peter Douglas Monson (also known as Pete Monson) of Minneapolis Minnesota a stockbroker currently registered with Van Clemens Co. Incorporated has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker effected unauthorized and inappropriate transactions in Van…
Sonya D. Camarco (also known as Sonia D. Fatchett and as Sonya D. Fatchett-Camarco) of Colorado Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $4,200,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s funds were misappropriated or…
Douglas Keith Hyer (also known as Doug Hyer) of Great Neck New York a stockbroker currently associated with First Allied Securities Inc. and NEXT Financial Group Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $15,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) purchases of real estate…
Paulson Investment Company LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Chicago Illinois has been censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer engaged in the unregistered offer and sale of private placements. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018056269003 (Jan. 31, 2020). According to…
Jeffrey Scott Nimmow of Hillside Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Forest Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Nimmow sold at least $3,000,000.00 worth of Woodbridge Group of Companies promissory notes to investors without the securities broker dealer’s…
James F. Anderson of Dakota Dunes South Dakota a stockbroker formerly associated with Ameritas Investment Corp. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,423,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer had been inappropriately sold promissory notes as they were neither registered nor exempt…
Gregory John Lane of Belleville Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity founded on accusations of the stockbroker neglecting to provide recorded testimony or documentation to FINRA personnel during the time that he was…
Mark Lewton Hopkins of Grand Blanc Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with American Portfolios Financial Services Inc. is the subject of an enforcement action initiated by Michigan Corporations Securities and Commercial Licensing Bureau in which the regulator is seeking sanctions against Hopkins based upon allegations that he violated Michigan Securities Act by omitting to a…
Daniel Joseph Arcuri Jr. of Greensburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Decision containing findings that he neglected to respond to a FINRA Department of Enforcement Complaint…
Andrew Charles Berleth of Walnut Creek California a stockbroker currently employed by MML Investors Services has been identified in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 11, 2018 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that Berleth made misrepresentations about an annuity that he sold to the customer….
Kirk J. Gill of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that common or preferred stocks were unsuitable for the customer in view of the customer’s objectives for investing and…
Mitchell Louis Silverman of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was defrauded by making purported stock purchases through Silverman (2) an investment contract was…
Ziv Ohel (also known as Zir Ohel) of Long Grove Illinois a stockbroker formerly associated with CFD Investments Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2016051838401…
Jason Andrew Wilk (also known as Jason A. Wilks) of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity founded on accusations that the stockbroker failed to respond to the regulator’s request for information…
Patrick Nicholas Teutonico of Seaford New York a stockbroker registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $125,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) private placements lacked appropriate supervision from the securities broker dealerand (2) and that Teutonico breached his…
Martin Joseph Hare of Oakbrook Illinois a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $70,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2017 and 2018: (1) UBS failed to supervise Hare’s transactions (2) the customer’s account had been imprudently…
Edward Barnett Woll of Atlanta Georgia the former Chief Compliance Officer of JP Turner Company has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,750,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Woll did not supervise the stockbroker who effected inappropriate trades in the customer’s account (2) the customer…
Michael John Isaac of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with Innovation Partners LLC has been sanctioned by Massachusetts Securities Division based upon the stockbroker violating FINRA rules by using signed but otherwise blank or incomplete forms which falsely portrayed that documentation was reviewed by customers and that they approved of Issac’s transactions for…
Shawn Evan Burns of Farmingdale New York a stockbroker associated with SW Financial (also known as Salomon Whitney Financial) has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $12,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) stocks and over the counter equities were traded in the customer’s account by…
Robert Juan Escobio of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Southern Trust Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he neglected to cooperate with FINRA’s investigation into allegations of his potentially unlawful securities transactions or activities with…
Taek Man Chong of Mercer Island Washington a stockbroker associated with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. was the subject of a customer initiated investment related which was settled for $1,091,070.30 in damages based upon allegations that the stockbroker “misused” the customer’s funds. Chong has also been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on…
John William Cutshall of Woodsboro Maryland a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets and Lombard Securities has been fined $100,000.00 and barred from being a stockbroker or investment adviser representative based upon accusations that Cutshall violated securities laws or regulations of the State of Maryland as withdrawals were effected from customers’ accounts by the…
Daniel R. Castoriano of New Orleans Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Century Securities Associates Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he effected unauthorized trades in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2019062882001…
Robert Frank Spiegel of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that trades had been made by him on an excessive…
Mason Wayne Gann of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that defrauded an elder customer by engaging in unsuitable options trading. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Jonathan Douglas Freeze of Canonsburg Philadelphia a stockbroker formerly associated with Fortune Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $175,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of bad promissory notes transactions effected through Freeze during the time that he was registered with Fortune Financial….
Wesley Justin Foltz of Alexandria Louisiana a stockbroker formerly associated with Prospera Financial Services Inc. and LPL Financial LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 15, 2019 in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that direct investments including a real estate investment trust sold by…
Kerry Dean Wills of Manhattan Beach California a stockbroker currently associated with First Western Securities Inc. has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Wills borrowed from an elderly customer without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Orlando Cipriano Fernandez of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Sandlapper Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $11,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) due diligence was not adequately performed by the stockbroker prior to oil and gas investment recommendations…
Taj Zachary Rohr of Parkersburg West Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with BBT Investment Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on January 28, 2019 for $17,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was poorly advised concerning variable annuities transactions effected when Rohr was…
Kevin Kimball Meadows of Columbus Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Cape Securities Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Meadows executed unsuitable and excessively traded or churned the account of an elderly Cape Securities customer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Marc Salvatore Pico of Fort Lee New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to the regulator’s request for information about his activities. Case No. 2018059327101…
Hector J. Gonzalez (also known as Hector Gonzales Colon) of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $3,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) investment recommendations were unsuitable in view of the customer’s…
Antonio Gutierrez Puente (also known as Tony Puente) of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Valic Financial Advisors Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Puente failed to comply with FINRA’s requests during the time that the stockbroker was under…
Stephen Douglas Wood of Bedminster New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on April 2, 2019 into accusations that (1) Wood failed to comply with FINRA Rule 2010 and NASD Rule 2510(b) by effecting purchases or sales of…
Larry Don Graham Jr. (also known as Donny Graham) of Duncan Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly associated with Edward Jones has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $228,515.38 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary duties which had been owed to the customer were breached (2)…
Wells Fargo Advisors LLC (now known as Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC) a securities broker dealer headquartered in Saint Louis Missouri has been censured and fined $175,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that it failed to supervise a stockbroker who effected excessive trades in an elderly customer’s investment account….
“The investors’ funds were used by Francis on strip club bills, alcohol and cocaine. “ Oscar Francis of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly associated with MML Investors Services LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from associating with any securities broker dealer or investment adviser based upon the stockbroker being found…
Michael Brandon Stalcup of Little Rock Arkansas a stockbroker registered with Veritas Independent Partners is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into allegations of his termination from Veritas Independent Partners. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that Stalcup was discharged by the securities broker dealer on July 18, 2019 based upon allegations that…
Thomas S. Martin of Sante Fe New Mexico a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Martin effected unauthorized trades in the accounts of Edward Jones customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Ryan Owen Tarjanyi of Kettering Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Bankers Life Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on September 13, 2019 for $32,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer’s funds were misappropriated and (2) the customer’s signature had been forged…
Robert Francis Stefanelli of New York New York a stockbroker currently associated with Alexander Capital LP has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $14,900.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) common and preferred stock transactions that were facilitated in the customer’s account by the stockbroker…
Sean Joseph Kelly of Marietta Georgia a stockbroker currently registered with Center Street Securities Inc. is the subject of an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings initiated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which SEC is seeking sanctions against Kelly which potentially include a bar from the securities industry since the stockbroker was permanently enjoined from…
Randy T. Carpen (also known as Ramsey Carpen) of Saint Louis Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with Vestech Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings he failed to comply with FINRA during an investigation into allegations of his excessive…
Mark David Yadron (also known as Mark Lynn Yoder) of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker currently associated with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on September 24, 2019 in which the customer requested $129,584.00 in damages supported by allegations that in November of 2018, unsuitable investment…
Ron Jason Ison of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Buckman Buckman Reid Inc. has been stripped of his stockbroker license or investment adviser representative license founded on the stockbroker being expelled for obstructing a FINRA investigation. New Jersey Bureau of Securities Order No. 2017053698501 (Dec. 3, 2018). Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Paul William Murans (also known as Peace Murans) of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $300,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) securities transactions had been executed without the securities broker dealer’s permission…
Zachary Scott Wagner of Gilbert Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with OneAmerica Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Wagner failed to comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his (1) engagement in outside business activities…
Jack Howard Owens Jr. of Lady Lake Florida a stockbroker associated with Gradient Securities LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $65,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between December of 2017 and February of 2018, the customer was placed into bad variable annuities which…
Julian E. Munoz (also known as Julian Munoz Martinez) of Dorchester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Santander Securities LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker entered into a loan arrangement with a…
Brendan Patrick Shaw of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker associated with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments and Thomson Financial Advisors LLC has been (1) barred from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative (2) ordered to cease and desist from violating securities laws or regulations and (3) fined $20,000.00 based upon allegations that highly risky and…
Charles Jonathan Evan of Wellesley Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with MML investors Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to comply with requests made by FINRA during the time that the regulator investigated him for…
Christopher Lee Hibbard (also known as Chris Hibbard) of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which has been resolved on October 24, 2019 for $175,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer was poorly advised (2)…
Donna Lynn Barnard (also known as Donna Lynn Stargell and as Donna Lynn Brooks) of Kilgore Texas a stockbroker registered with HD Vest Investment Services and Signal Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Woodbridge Mortgage Fund promissory…
Michael William Leahy (also known as Mike Leahy) of Red Bank New Jersey a former Chief Compliance Officer of First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Leahy neglected to supervise a stockbroker of First…
Charles Louis Laubach (also known as Chuck Laubach) of Timonium Maryland a stockbroker associated with Capital Portfolio Management Inc. has been barred from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative and has been stripped of his licenses supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with securities laws of the State of Maryland…
Suzanne Short of San Juan Puerto Rico a stockbroker registered with Santander Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that transactions violated securities laws or rules (1) a contract and warranties were breached (2) transactions lacked…
Jimmy Oswald Moscoso of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker employed by Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 8, 2019 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that false or misleading statements had been made in regard to the terms and…
Steven Douglas Schisler of Grass Valley California a stockbroker formerly employed by IFS Securities has been referenced in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on June 13, 2019 into accusations that the stockbroker failed to comply with FINRA Rules 2010 and 8210 by (1) attempting to condition a settlement of a customer…
Andrew Scott Corbman of Lansdowne Virginia a stockbroker employed by Kovack Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $80,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) common or preferred equity stock transactions failed to be adequately supervised by the securities broker dealer (2) transactions…
Christopher Richard Barone of Cleveland Ohio the former president and Chief Compliance Officer of America Northcoast Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he doctored documents which he provided to FINRA personnel in regard to his supervision of…
Heath Shayne Bowen of Idaho Falls Idaho stockbroker formerly associated with Allegis Investment Services has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award or settlement agreement or otherwise confirm…
Jason Eric Zwibel (also known as Jay Bell Zwibel) of Wellington Florida stockbroker currently employed by Garden State Securities Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that (1) a fiduciary duty was breached and (2) common or preferred stocks and mutual…
Kari Marlin Bracy (also known as Kari Marlin Farwell) of Jacksonville Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she failed to comply with FINRA personnel when it investigated her for…
Jeffrey Alan Fladell of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly associated with RBC Capital Markets LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) municipal bonds transactions effected when Fladell was employed by RBC Capital Markets failed to…
Thomas H. Laws of Silver City New Mexico a stockbroker formerly associated with HD Vest Investment Services and Santa Fe Gold Corporation has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from associating with any securities broker dealer or investment adviser founded on accusations against the stockbroker of misappropriation and forgery. In the Matter of…
Jon Richard Pariser of Pacific Grove California a stockbroker formerly employed by Independent Financial Group LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,268,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of unsuitable promissory notes transactions which caused the customer to incur investment losses. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Joseph Augustien Lianzo of Farmingdale New York stockbroker currently associated with Salomon Whitney Financial has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $14,999.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) contractual obligations were not complied with in regard to the customer’s investments (2) transactions facilitated by the…
Todd Joseph Henrich of Iselin New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon accusations that the stockbroker failed to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award or settlement agreement or otherwise…
Vaughn Lee Andrews-McKay of Shelton Connecticut a stockbroker formerly employed by Pruco Securities has been barred from working as a stockbroker or investment adviser representative founded on accusations that (1) funds had been misappropriated or stolen by the stockbroker from two customers (2) the stockbroker was sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for his…
Raymond John Pirrello Jr. of Hackensack New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Garden State Securities Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealer or investment adviser based upon a judgment rendered against the stockbroker permanently enjoining him…
Royal Alliance Associates a securities broker dealer headquartered in Jersey City New Jersey has been censured and fined $400,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the securities broker dealer neglected to supervise its business practices to protect against theft of customer assets. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Luis Currais Lopez of Dorchester Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly employed by Santander Securities LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $12,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions failed to be adequately supervised by the securities broker dealer (2) false or misleading statements had…
Paul William Petrillo of Volo Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that (1) Petrillo effected securities transactions without having disclosed them to the securities broker dealer and procured authorization and (2) Petrillo lied…
James Edward Lyons of Shreveport Louisiana a stockbroker employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer had been awarded $2,986,708.96 in compensatory damages supported by Raymond James Associates being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that (1) mutual funds, stocks…
Murray Bee Roark (also known as Pap Roark) of Dallas Texas a stockbroker currently employed by B. Riley Wealth Management (formerly known as Wunderlich Securities) has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer was inappropriately advised to purchase…
William Bryson Baum of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker currently registered with Great American Investors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $52,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that stock and options trades that were facilitated in the customer’s account by Baum failed to be…
Andrew Justin Grant of Melville New York a stockbroker currently registered with Laidlaw Company (UK) Ltd. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected trades in the accounts of Laidlaw Company customers without authorization. Letter of…
Michael Alejandro Castillero of New York New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Alexander Capital LP has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary obligations were not complied with (2) the elderly customer had been exploited or otherwise…
Steven Paul Reznik of Tallahassee Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $20,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) fiduciary obligations were breached (2) transactions lacked appropriate supervision from the securities broker dealer (3)…
Richard Foerster Reynolds of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Worden Capital Management LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $14,999.99 in damages founded on accusations that (1) a fiduciary duty was breached (2) a contract pertaining to the customer’s investments was not…
John Cochran Maccoll of Birmingham Michigan a stockbroker registered with UBS has been stripped of his stockbroker license or investment adviser representative license based upon accusations that (1) the stockbroker violated securities laws or regulations and (2) the stockbroker was expelled by a securities regulator based upon accusations of his misconduct in the securities industry….
Albert Foronda of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected transactions in the accounts of Worden Capital Management customers without their consent….
Victor A. Rigoni III of Lake Forrest Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Summit Brokerage Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $13,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) fiduciary duties which were owed to the customer had been breached by the stockbroker (2) misrepresentations…
Johnathan Rankin of Dallas Texas a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on September 18, 2019 based upon allegations that the stockbroker violated the securities broker dealer’s policies and procedures because he solicited investments without authorization and had failed to comply with Merrill Lynch’s…
Thomas H Lawrence III of Chapel Hill Tennessee a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameritas Investment Corp has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $150,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made in regard to the terms and conditions of alternative…
Tom Abel Puentes of Camarillo California a stockbroker formerly associated with Kestra Investment Services LLC has been fined $12,500.00 supported by allegations that (1) the stockbroker failed to comply with a heightened supervision plan implemented because of his misconduct in the securities industry and (2) Puentes failed to report customer complaints concerning transactions he effected…
Thomas Whitmeyer O’Brien of Shreveport Louisiana a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $2,986,708.96 in compensatory damages based on Raymond James Associates being found liable on the customers’ claims which included that Raymond James failed to supervise…
Jason C. Labelle of Pittsfield Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that the stockbroker engaged in an outside business activity without disclosing it to LPL Financial. Letter of…
Robert Spencer Cavanagh (also known as Bob Holt) of Syosset New York a stockbroker currently registered with David Lerner Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $38,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer was defrauded by making investments through the stockbroker (2)…
Michael Giokas of Clarence New York a stockbroker employed by Fortune Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been resolved for $22,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) a fiduciary duty was breached (2) transactions failed to be adequately supervised by the securities broker dealer…
Cabot Lodge Securities LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint containing allegations that (1) Cabot Lodge failed to supervise a non-traded real estate investment trust initial public offering and (2) the securities broker dealer poorly advised…
Christopher Todd Wendel of Celina Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. has been ordered to cease and desist from violating securities laws or regulations by Ohio Division of Securities supported by allegations that (1) the stockbroker offered or sold securities without having been registered as a stockbroker in the State…
Stephen Corley Carver of Peoria Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with LifeMark Securities Corp. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Carver failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the time that he was investigated for a customer initiated investment…
William Dean Byrd of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) trades were made solely to generate commissions from the customer (2) the customer’s account was over concentrated by…
Michael Fisher of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $50,000.00 in compensatory damages based upon Wells Fargo Advisors being found liable on the customer’s claims which included that (1) the customer’s account…
John Joseph Cahill of Upper Saddle River New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to furnish information and documentation to FINRA during the time that he was…
Fadi Sami Soliman of Liverpool New York a stockbroker formerly registered with IBN Financial Services Inc. has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to FINRA’s request for information about his activities. FINRA Case No. 2018057407901…
Dario Alberto Ochoa of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $210,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) investment recommendations made by the stockbroker were unsuitable for the customer in view of the customer’s…
Matthew Angelo Siliato of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by accusations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with an award or settlement agreement or otherwise confirm his compliance with the…
Dana Bruce Vietor of Dallas Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with CFD Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $75,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) a contract was breached by the stockbroker or the securities broker dealer (2) fiduciary duties had been breached…
Ernest Julius Romer III of Sterling Heights Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by CoreCap Investments Inc. is the subject of an enforcement action initiated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where the regulator is seeking sanctions against Romer based upon accusations that the stockbroker has been convicted of embezzlement. Regulatory Action No. 3-19006 (Feb. 22,…
John A. Chrysadakisof Norwalk Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he neglected to cooperate with FINRA while he was investigated for engaging in fraudulent conduct. Letter of Acceptance…
Lance Jeffrey Ziesemer of Wayzata Minnesota a stockbroker formerly registered with Feltl Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $44,972.00 in compensatory damages based upon Feltl Company being found liable on the customer’s claims which included (1) fraud (2) breach of fiduciary duty (3) breach…
Leonard Charles Kinsman of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested at least $591,866.69 in damages founded on accusations that (1) customer account documentation contained unauthorized alterations or forged customer signatures (2) investment…
Shlomo Strugano (also known as Shlomy Strugano) of Reseda California a stockbroker formerly registered with First Allied Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he declined to testify in a FINRA investigation concerning allegations of forgery. Letter of…
William David Utanski of Fort Lauderdale a stockbroker formerly employed by Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer was poorly advised on common or preferred stocks and (2) transactions failed to be suitable…
Ronald Dean Clark of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with ProEquities Inc. and Summit Brokerage Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $99,990.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker in regard to real estate securities (2) the…
John Joseph Stapleton of Garden City New York a stockbroker currently employed by Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of inappropriate common or preferred stocks Stapleton sold or recommended while the stockbroker was associated with Spartan Capital…
Raymond Arthur Montchal of Camp Hill Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon accusations or findings that the stockbroker failed to respond to FINRA’s request for information about his activities while employed by Morgan…
John William Carroll of Maumee Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer regarding the terms and conditions…
Richard Lyndon Brown of Farmingdale New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Arive Capital Markets has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint in which the regulator is seeking sanctions against Brown based upon allegations that the stockbroker engaged in a fraudulent bribery scheme violative of federal securities laws. Securities and…
David Oscar Braeger of Milwaukee Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly employed by Newport Coast Securities Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Decision which affirmed a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision barring Braeger from associating with any member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Braeger made misrepresentations…
Lawrence Marc Lowe (also known as Larry Lowe) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Laidlaw Company (UK) Ltd. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer’s investment instructions had been disregarded by Lowe as…
Walter Roland Valenzuela of Del Mar California a stockbroker currently registered with Hilltop Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on November 1, 2018 for $100,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unit investment trust trades were made in the customer’s account on an excessive basis (2)…
Francisco Javier Valenzuela of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for eight months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based in part on allegations that Valenzuela failed to timely cooperate with FINRA personnel while he was investigated for the…
Anthony Edward Locascio (also known as Tony Locascio) of Clinton New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by Kovack Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled on August 23, 2018 to resolve allegations that the customer had been sold a variable annuity which failed to be appropriate and which…
Jason Lyn Figueroa of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with GMS Group LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested 1,000,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account had been negligently administered (2) municipal debt investment recommendations failed to be suitable…
Jorge A. Reyes (also known as Jorge Quiroz and as George Reyes) of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with CP Capital Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that (1) Reyes made investment recommendations…
Ezri Shechter (also known as Eddie Shechter) of Jersey City New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Spencer Winston Securities Corporation has been fined $12,500.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that (1) Shechter executed unauthorized transactions in customer accounts…
Peter George Ruggiere of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Dawson James Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $80,013.13 in damages supported by accusations that (1) excessive stock trades were effected in the customer’s account (2) risks or other details of Ruggiere’s…
Meaghan Marie Johnson of Mc Lean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Johnson failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into accusations of her involvement in forging documents relating to customer…
Ramon Esparza of Edinburg Texas a stockbroker employed by Mutual of Omaha Investor Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the period in which he was investigated for engaging in…
Patricia Ellen Del Bene (also known as Patricia Ellen Comeau, Patricia Ellen Delbene and Patricia Ellen Ross) of Oviedo Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Edward Jones is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 30, 2018 where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer…
Gregory Walter McCloskey (also known as Gregory Walter Meier) of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with WestPark Capital Inc. has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on October 7, 2019 founded on accusations that McCloskey failed to comply with a heightened supervision plan that was implemented because of his misconduct in the…
Michael Frank Vetere of Bayside New York a stockbroker formerly registered with TFS Securities Inc. and Ameritas Investment Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer’s mutual fund holdings were churned by the stockbroker (2) life…
Glen Joseph Webster of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon Webster’s consent to findings that he engaged in a prohibited borrowing arrangement with a customer of Wells Fargo….
James Henry Duffy of Riverhead New York a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between March 2006 and July 2017, unsuitable investment recommendations were made about Puerto Rico municipal bonds sold to the…
James Robert Schaedler Jr. of Anaheim California a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. and Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $964,872.23 in damages based upon accusations that funds provided to Schaedler for the customer’s mutual fund…
Timary Ann Delorme (also known as Timary Ann Koller) of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Wedbush Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) a written investment contract had been breached (2) fraudulent misrepresentations were…
Robert Russel Tweed (also known as Rusty Tweed) of San Marino California a stockbroker formerly employed by CapWest is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) Decision which affirmed an Extended Hearing Panel Decision in which Tweed was barred from associating with any FINRA member based upon findings of…
Timothy Allen Thelen of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Aeon Capital Inc. and Accelerated Capital Group is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $620,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) private placement offerings were negligently recommended or sold by the stockbroker and (2) Thelen breached…
Cecil Allen Ross of Orlando Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Ross made unsuitable recommendations of unit investment trust transactions in customer accounts. Letter…
Robert Charles Wynn of Glendale California a stockbroker formerly employed by Park Avenue Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer was placed into an unsuitable fixed indexed annuity during the time that he was associated with Park Avenue…
Lek Securities Corporation a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York and Samuel Frederik Lek (its former Chief Executive Officer) have been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) according to a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement based in part on findings that Lek Securities Corporation and Samuel…
Tom Gilliam Parks Jr. (also known as Gil Parks) of Stephenville Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between August of 2014 and January of 2018, the customer had been…
Ramon Esparza of Edinburg Texas a stockbroker employed by Mutual of Omaha Investor Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during the period in which he was investigated for partaking in…
Mercer Hicks III (also known as Toby Hicks) of Pinehurst North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Investment Group Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that his advice to customers regarding non-traded business development companies and non-traded real estate investment trust products was…
Samuel Kluft Koltun of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $180,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was placed into unsuitable investments including Puerto Rico bonds between December of 2009 and May…
Robert Charles Fairchild of Kerrville Texas a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 9, 2019 in which the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) commissions were excessive and (2) trades were effected by the stockbroker on an excessive basis…
David Robert Feigelman of Stowe Vermont a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 16, 2018 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that unauthorized exchange traded fund trades were effected in the customer’s Merrill Lynch…
Bruno Henrique Silva (also known as Harvey Silva) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for sixteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based in part on findings that Silva falsified the securities broker dealer’s…
Michael Douglas Brocker of Woodbury Minnesota a stockbroker currently registered with M. Holdings Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 30, 2018 where the customer sought $25,851.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer’s instructions had been disregarded by Brocker as it pertained to the rebalancing of stock…
Anthony Vultaggio Jr. of East Meadow New York a stockbroker formerly employed by American Capital Partners LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $700,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been sold a bad private placement offering through Vultaggio during the time…
Cambridge Investment Research a securities broker dealer headquartered in Fairfield Iowa has been censured and fined $150,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Cambridge failed to adequately supervise mutual fund and unit investment trust (UIT) trades (2) Cambridge neglected to create an adequate supervision system to identify and prevent its…
Christopher James Butler of Woodland Hills California a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $395,579.00 in damages supported by allegations that corporate bonds held in the customer’s account were unsuitable. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 17-01267 (May 16,…
Peyton Nelson Jackson of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Alexander Capital is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $280,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unsuitable recommendations or trades had been made by the stockbroker (2) fiduciary obligations were violated concerning restricted…
Frank Howard Zito of Ridgeland Mississippi a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been sanctioned by the Office of the Mississippi Secretary of State Securities Division according to a Consent Order containing findings that (1) Zito engaged in private securities transactions during the time that he was associated with Merrill…
Steven Joseph Case (also known as Steve Case) of National Planning Corporation a stockbroker formerly registered with National Planning Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 24, 2019 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that the National Planning Corporation customer had…
William Wesley Marshall of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $399,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was advised by Marshall to purchase fraudulent Colorado Rare Earths and BioChemics Inc. stocks that caused the customer…
Yanique Elaine Lawrence of Charlotte North Carolina a former Chief Executive Officer and President of Innovation Partners LLC agreed to sanctions imposed by the Maryland Securities Division which involve her not engaging in securities business in Maryland based on her being permanently barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in all principal capacities and suspended…
Michael Anthony Lipscomb of Orlando Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer was awarded $40,000.00 in compensatory damages based upon Ameriprise being found liable on the customer’s claims including that (1) fiduciary duties were violated (2) contractual obligations had…
Michael Joseph David Kane of Virginia Beach Virginia a stockbroker currently registered with Davenport Company LLC has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in unauthorized trading during the period in which he was associated with…
Douglas L. Goss of Tulsa Oklahoma a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Advisors is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 10, 2019 where the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations that between June 14, 2013 and July 10, 2019, trades were effected in the customer’s…
Byron Del Piro of Bellevue Washington a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 31, 2018 where the customer sought $73,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between September of 2013 and January of 2018: (1) exchange traded fund recommendations…
David Cohen Drees of Sandy Utah a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Drees neglected to cooperate with a FINRA inquiry that had been made after Drees was terminated from Ameriprise. Case No….
Craig Allen Leppien of Traverse City Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 16, 2019 where the customer requested $41,338.86 in damages based upon accusations that unauthorized transactions were executed by the stockbroker when he was associated with Cetera Investment…
Oppenheimer Co. Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $800,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer neglected to adequately supervise its stockbrokers’ unit investment trust trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2016050948101 (Dec….
Joe Tom King Jr. of Panama City Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Raymond James Associates Inc. has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on December 6, 2018 founded on accusations that the stockbroker engaged in inappropriate unit investment trust transactions. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that King is referenced in…
Mark Emerson Despelder of GrossePointe Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Citizens Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 4, 2018 where the customer sought $31,440.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer had been placed in preferred stocks that failed to be appropriate and (2)…
Christopher Michael Zelesnick of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly employed by Impactive Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action in which the customer sought $7,250,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between 2013 and 2017: (1) the customer had been defrauded and (2) the customer’s funds had been misappropriated…
Matthew Earl Peregoy of Brick New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Investors Capital Corp. has been assessed a $39,000.00 civil monetary penalty by New Jersey Securities Bureau according to a Consent Order containing findings that (1) Peregoy engaged in unethical and dishonest practices in the securities business (2) Peregoy is the subject of an…
Christopher R. Bice (also known as Cubby Bice) of Greensboro North Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with SagePoint Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made by the stockbroker (2) the…
Peter Richard Erhart of Roanoke Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that he neglected to provide information to FINRA personnel that was requested of him during a pre-investigation inquiry. Case No. 2018058452701…
David Hugh Bindelglass of Paramus New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $100,000.00 in damages on January 10, 2019 founded on accusations that unsuitable municipal debt trades had been effected in the customer’s account during the time that Bindelglass…
Graham Charles Green of San Francisco California a stockbroker currently registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 18, 2018 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that investment recommendations failed to be suitable and the customer sustained losses on…
Omar K. Henry of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that he failed to comply with FINRA during a time that he was probed or examined for possible violations of…
Juergen Weber of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Benjamin Jerold Brokerage I LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Weber neglected to cooperate with FINRA when he was investigated for effecting transactions in customer accounts without their…
Laurence Charles Greene of Ellijay Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Herbert J. Sims Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $65,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made in regard to investments Greene sold to the customer (2)…
Michael Radford Severance of Edina Minnesota a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Severance failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of him engaging in undisclosed outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance…
John Stephen Pronovost of Watertown Connecticut a stockbroker currently employed by Cambridge Investment Research Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled for $218,295.00 in damages on October 2, 2019 supported by allegations that mutual fund transactions executed by the stockbroker failed to be suitable. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Walter Warren Parker of Rowlett Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Titan Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $10,000.00 in damages on September 20, 2019 supported by accusations that the customer had been inappropriately sold real estate security products and at least four of the customer’s…
Key Investment Services LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Brooklyn Ohio has been censured and fined $425,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer: (1) failed to supervise unit investment trust transactions executed in customer accounts by its stockbrokers (2) neglected to enforce procedures relating to the…
Jeffrey Allen Baber of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) trades were executed by the stockbroker without the customer’s knowledge or consent and…
Robert Henderson of Miami Lakes Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with IFS Securities has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint which alleged that Henderson engaged in unpermitted outside business activities during the period in which he was associated with IFS Securities. Department of Enforcement v. Robert Henderson Disciplinary Proceeding No….
Regan Allen Rohl of Fargo North Dakota a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) direct participation program interests or limited partnership interests recommendations were not suitable given the customer’s…
Joseph Harold Sterling of Apple Valley Minnesota a stockbroker currently registered with Geneos Wealth Management Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $177,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that stock trades recommended by Sterling failed to be suitable given the customer’s investor profile and (2) the…
Bryce Patrick Jenney of Nashville Tennessee a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that (1) Jenney neglected to furnish documentation and information to FINRA when he was under investigation and (2) Jenney failed to testify in response to allegations of…
Marc Francis Rogers (also known as Buck Rogers) of East Palo Alto California a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,300,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer was placed into investments and insurance products which…
Louis Ward of Ronkonkoma New York a former owner and Chief Executive Officer of KC Ward Financial has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Ward neglected to adequately supervise three KC Ward stockbrokers who gave customers…
Christopher Anthony Fernan of Melville New York, a barred stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 27, 2018 where the customer requested $46,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that false or misleading statements had been made by the stockbroker concerning the risks of…
Jeffrey Lamar Burton of Greenville South Carolina a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved on November 5, 2019 for $1,550,00.00 on November 5, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) the customer was charged excessive commissions on trades executed in…
Gerald Thomas Coyne (also known as JT Coyne) of Harrisburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by CUSO Financial Services L.P. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Coyne obstructed a FINRA investigation into accusations of (1) his misconduct pertaining to customer accounts…
Katherine Greer Nishnic of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker currently employed by Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2010 and 2018: (1) transactions executed by the stockbroker failed to be suitable for the customer…
Kerry Lee Hoffman of Mundelein Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been charged by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint which alleged that Hoffman engaged in securities fraud through his offer and sale of unregistered GT Media Inc. securities. United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Kerry L. Hoffman…
Christopher Duke Bennett of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly employed by J.J.B. Hilliard W.L. Lyons LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $65,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account was churned (2) unauthorized trades were executed by the stockbroker (3) investment…
Robert P. Allen of Augusta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Country Capital Management Company has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he engaged in unapproved outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Joseph Lawrence Peggs of Seminole Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a civil action brought in the Circuit Court of Florida in which the plaintiff requested unspecified damages founded on allegations of the failure to execute distributions from the customer’s investment account in accordance with the customer’s…
Joshua Jon Beitel of Traverse City Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 16, 2019 where the customer sought $41,338.86 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s investments were modified without the customer’s knowledge or consent. Financial Industry…
Paul David Babaz of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on October 4, 2019 based upon allegations that (1) trades were effected in Morgan Stanley customer accounts without authorization and (2) trade adjustment forms had been improperly used by Babaz in reference to customers’…
Christopher Charles Hellman of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Merrill Lynch Pierce is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $187,672.90 on June 12, 2019 based upon accusations that between July 3, 2018 and September 19, 2018, misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker concerning the…
Melvin Pirchesky of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly employed by Boustead Securities LLC has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on April 12, 2019 during the period in which he was investigated for violating FINRA rules and Boustead’s procedures which pertained to private placement activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure additionally confirms…
Jorge Luis Alfonso of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer had been placed into speculative and inappropriate stocks given the customer’s objectives…
Steven Harris of Burr Ridge Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a Financial industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation in which the regulator advised its Department of Enforcement to pursue disciplinary action against Harris for failing to cooperate with FINRA during an inquiry into accusations of his outside business…
Steven Roland Knuttila of Perham Minnesota a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in estimated damages supported by accusations that (1) a contract had been violated (2) fiduciary obligations to the customer failed to be complied…
Charles Lawrence Doraine of Corpus Christi Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between 2012 to 2018: (1) the customer’s diminished capacity had been exploited by the stockbroker (2) mutual…
Joseph W. Rozof of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $14,500.00 in damages on October 8, 2019 founded on allegations that between February of 2019 and August of 2019, the customer received bad investment advice…
Robert Frederick Genito of Bonita Springs Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with PFS Investments Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of the stockbroker failing to provide recorded testimony during FINRA’s investigation into allegations into his (1) outside business activities which failed…
John Tweardy Jr. of Canonsburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by H. Beck Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 16, 2019 where the customer requested $3,250,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between December 3, 2013 and May 24, 2019: false or misleading statements had been made by Tweardy…
Roy Joseph Failla of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $26,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) common and preferred stock trades effected by Failla failed to be suitable (2)…
Eugene Nathan Gordon (also known as Gene Gordon) of Palo Alto California a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Gordon executed trades without the consent of a customer of…
Gary Wayne Hammond of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with MSI Financial Services (MetLife Securities) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the North Carolina Superior Court in which the customer sought more than $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer had been provided…
Murry Meir Shapero of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Maxim Group LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he placed unauthorized trades in accounts of seventy-five Maxim Group customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018056487801…
Ace Diversified Capital Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in San Gabriel California has been censured and fined $20,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on findings that (1) Ace failed to supervise exchange traded funds and exchange traded notes sold by its stockbroker (2) Ace failed to create and maintain a supervision system…
Joseph Patrick Roop (also known as Joepat Roop) of Belmont North Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by Kalos Capital Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $450,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between November of 2012 and May of 2017, the customer had been placed into…
James Royal Kirchner of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with David A. Noyes Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought more than $101,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the private placements Kirchner recommended or sold while employed by David A. Noyes were in…
International Assets Advisory LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Orlando Florida has been censured and fined $30,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) founded on accusations that the securities broker dealer failed to create and implement a reasonable supervision system and written supervisory procedures for purposes of ensuring suitability or appropriateness of its stockbrokers’…
Mark Laing Lichtenfeld of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $850,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer had been provided bad advice from Lichtenfeld concerning an options overlay strategy and…
William Hamilton Lowell (also known as Bill Lowell) of Dallas Texas a stockbroker currently registered with Lowell Company Inc. and Crescent Securities Group Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that exchange traded fund transactions executed by the stockbroker were…
David Arthur Hicks of Baltimore Maryland a stockbroker currently registered with Triad Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer sought $13,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that misrepresentations had been made by Hicks concerning real estate investment trust products he sold to the customer when associated…
Anthony Pace of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Windsor Street Capital LP has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he neglected to supervise a stockbroker who executed trades in the accounts of…
Christopher Allan Swan of Marble Falls Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 30, 2019 where the customer requested $16,571.62 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s investment instructions failed to be followed as it pertained to…
Chelsea Financial Services a securities broker dealer headquartered in Staten Island New York, and Christopher Vetrano (a stockbroker and supervisor employed by Chelsea Financial Services), have been censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Chelsea Financial neglected to create and implement an adequate supervision system to protect against unsuitable and…
John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC and Newport Coast Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that between February of 2013 and March of 2019: (1) fiduciary obligations were breached…
John Anthony Borsellino of Stamford Connecticut a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he gave customers bad investment advice while associated with Morgan Stanley. Letter of Acceptance…
Joseph Francis Comiskey Jr. of Ronkonkoma New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $30,313.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary duties owed to the customer had been violated (2) the customer’s account was handled…
Michael Allan Bressman of Chatham New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by FCG Advisors LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Bressman neglected to cooperate with FINRA’s request for his information. Case No. 2019061168201 (Nov. 4, 2019). According to FINRA Public…
Cindy Lucille Porto Chiellini of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is the subject of a regulatory action initiated by the State of Colorado in which the regulator is seeking to bar Chiellini from engaging in securities business in the State of Colorado supported by allegations that Chiellini engaged in…
Guiliano Law Group, P.C. (Philadelphia) announced that is has filed investor claims against securities broker-dealers in connection the recommendation and sale of GPB Capital, and its related entities including GPB Automotive. The Statement of Claim filed before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or FINRA alleges the violation of the federal securities laws, the Pennsylvania Securities…
Clark Morris Nobil of Hallandale Florida a former stockbroker, sole proprietor and chief compliance officer of Clark Nobil Co. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Nobil failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into whether he engaged in undisclosed business activities…
Joel Vincent Flaningan of Fort Wayne Indiana a stockbroker formerly employed by NYLife Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Superior Court of Indiana in which the customer requested $29,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made by the stockbroker concerning…
Alexander George Lycouris of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by MML Investors Services LLC has been suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Lycouris engaged in an outside business activity without having disclosed that information to MML when…
Baris Cabalar (also known as Barry Calabar) of Hauppauge New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by PHX Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $185,000.00 in damages on April 10, 2019 supported by allegations that between November 5, 2018 and February 27, 2019: (1)…
NYLife Securities LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York has been censured and fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the securities broker dealer’s consent to findings that it neglected to supervise mutual fund sales executed by its stockbrokers to ensure that those sales were suitable for customers….
John Gerard Forrester Jr. of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $55,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner (2) contractual obligations had been breached and…
Marshall Owen Isaacson of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation and Newbridge Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages based upon accusations that (1) contractual obligations had not been complied with by the stockbroker (2) fiduciary duties were…
Joseph Viet Duy Phan of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with Pruco Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Phan failed to comply with FINRA when he was investigated for (1) borrowing customers’ funds without authorization from…
Eugene Lee Webb (also known as Gene Webb) of Lake Oswego Oregon a stockbroker currently registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $47,597.23 on May 3, 2019 based upon accusations that the customer’s instructions of liquidating Biotricity penny stock positions had…
David Quentin Kendrick of Shreveport Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been fined $30,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) Kendrick took part in outside business activities without having informed his securities broker dealer…
William S. Fedor Jr. of Tucson Arizona a stockbroker currently registered with Robert W. Baird Co. Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on January 22, 2019 which was resolved for more than $10,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of Fedor failing to provide the customer with adequate information regarding the…
Carl John Grilli of Monrovia California a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Superior Court of California in which the customer sought $89,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) information about investments had…
Gerald Allan Eaton of Action Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly employed by Commonwealth Financial Network has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Eaton obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his “unauthorized distributions” from accounts owned by customers of Commonwealth Financial Network. Letter…
Christopher Robert Hickman of Delray Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) fiduciary duties were breached (2) misrepresentations had been negligently made by the stockbroker in regard to…
Carmelo Arce Alvarez of Hato Hey Puerto Rico a stockbroker currently registered with Nationwide Planning Associates Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for one month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Alvarez engaged in unauthorized trades in the accounts of Nationwide…
Robert C. David Jr. of Farmington Hills Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on March 5, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) David used false information about customers to effect bond transactions in their Morgan Stanley accounts and (2) trades were effected by…
Jordan David Cooper of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Andrew Garrett Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled to resolve allegations that between November 1, 2018 and January 31, 2019, unauthorized over-the-counter equities trades were executed in the customer’s Andrew Garrett Inc. account…
Dennis Masaaki Nakamura of Moraga California a stockbroker formerly registered with McNally Financial Services Corporation has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Nakamura neglected to follow FINRA’s instructions while he was under investigation for providing bad investment advice to customers of the…
Arthur Lee Boyd III of Lauderdale Lakes Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $10,000.00 on June 13, 2019 supported by allegations that (1) Boyd made misrepresentations concerning the risks of the bonds that he sold while employed…
Matthew Leon White of Little Rock Arkanas a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services LLC (also known as MassMutual) has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that White neglected to comply with FINRA’s instructions during the period in which he was being…
James Edward Knee (also known as Jim Knee) of Concord New Hampshire a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 26, 2019 in which the customer requested $20,615.79 in damages based upon allegations that unfounded statements had been made concerning an…
James S. Polese of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order founded on findings of Polese pleading guilty to fraud. In the Matter…
Angelo Talebi of Sherman Oaks California a stockbroker formerly employed by Independent Financial Group LLC and Royal Alliance Associates Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) false or misleading statements had been made by…
Arturo Rexach Mundo of Guaynabo Puerto Rico a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $7,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made concerning government debt investments and (2) investment recommendations made by the…
Zachary Samuel Berkey of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Four Points Capital Partners LLC has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an SEC Order supported by allegations that Berkey: (1) executed…
Gregory Roy Tucker of Des Moines Iowa a stockbroker currently employed by DA Davidson Co. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $10,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2009 and 2018: (1) the customer was charged excessive commissions (2) important information about the customer’s corporate and…
Wessam Baiz (also known as Wes Baiz) of Perrysburg Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Huntington Investment Company has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Baiz failed to cooperate with an investigation into accusations of (1) Baiz’s undisclosed outside business activities and…
Ian M. Deliz Morales of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $750,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from August of 2014 to September of 2019, the customer had been placed into closed end fund and…
Neil Kevin Klein of White Plans New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested between $200,000 and $500,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that trades placed by the stockbroker were unsuitable which resulted in unwarranted losses and…
Jason Andrew Taub of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 10, 2019 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that (1) unauthorized common and preferred stock trades and corporate…
Jefferey William Dyra of Naperville Illinois a stockbroker formerly employed by Bankers Life Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Dyra refused to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of his misappropriation of customer funds. Letter of Acceptance…
Minish Joe Hede (also known as Minish Mohan Hede) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Paulson Investment Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into unregistered and fraudulent securities…
Douglas P. Simanski of Altoona Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Next Financial Group Inc. has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order containing findings that Simanski engaged in securities fraud. In the…
Issac Preston Onu (also known as Ajah Onu) of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Onu neglected to provide a response to FINRA personnel after information had been formally requested of…
Barry Steven Synder of Palm Beach Gardens Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that during the period in which Synder was employed by J.P. Morgan Securities (1) unauthorized over-the-counter equities…
Donald Joseph Fowler of Rockville Center New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Worden Capital Management LLC and J.D. Nicholas Associates Inc. was found liable by a jury for engaging in a fraudulent investment scheme which involved Fowler’s excessive trading of customer accounts causing catastrophic losses for his customers. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Donald…
Donald Joseph Fowler of Rockville Center New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Worden Capital Management LLC and J.D. Nicholas Associates Inc. was found liable by a jury for engaging in a fraudulent investment scheme which involved Fowler’s excessive trading of customer accounts causing catastrophic losses for his customers. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Donald…
Michael Frank Greenstone of Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $5,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2013 and 2019, the customer had been placed into unit investment trust and equity products which…
Timothy Roger Atyeo of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker currently employed by Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,100,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer (2) fiduciary obligations were breached (3) the customer’s account was…
Christopher Kozak of Highland Ranch Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he took part in outside business activities without providing required notice to Cetera…
Robert N. Newman of Los Angeles California a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 20, 2019 where the customer sought $89,400.00 in damages founded on accusations that exchange traded funds and stocks had been traded by the stockbroker between 2005 and July…
Christopher Todd Wendel of Celina Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with SA Stone Wealth Management Inc. is referenced in a Cease and Desist Order issued by Ohio Division of Securities founded on allegations of Wendel having sold unregistered securities to residents in Ohio during a time that he was not licensed as a stockbroker. Case…
Dustin Paul Shafer of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 30, 2019 where the customer requested $90,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer was placed into an unsuitable real estate investment trust product by…
Jerry P. Michna of Louisville Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $270,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of unsuitable energy sector stock and over-the-counter equities being sold to the customer by Michna during the period in which…
Timothy Robert Millis of Okemos Michigan a stockbroker registered with NYLife Securities LLC has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on April 1, 2019 supported by accusations that Millis effected inappropriate and unsuitable switches of mutual funds in the accounts of NYLife Securities LLC customers. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that…
Debra Collura Bourne (also known as Debra Ann Bourne and as Debra Anne Bourne) a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $2,000,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) trades were executed by the stockbroker in an excessive manner during…
David Alan Tucker of Daytona Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities Inc. has been charged by Florida Office of Financial Regulation in an Administrative Complaint containing allegations that (1) Tucker engaged in outside business activities which were not disclosed to Center Street Securities and (2) Tucker sold exchange traded funds or…
Nancy Dawn Glassman (also known as Nancy Glassman-Pascual) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that transactions executed in the customer’s in-house money manager account failed to be…
Howard Joseph Allen III of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Portfolio Advisors Alliance LLC is the subject of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 15(b) regarding sanctions SEC may impose based upon Allen committing securities fraud. In the Matter…
Peter Charlton Budd Jr. of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Benjamin F. Edwards Company Inc. has been terminated by the securities broker dealer on July 15, 2019 founded on allegations that (1) he effected unauthorized trades in the accounts of Benjamin F. Edwards customers and (2) he engaged in securities business without…
Jerry Davis Raines of Kilgore Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with HD Vest Investment Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $2,250,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of Raines misrepresenting risks which pertained to Woodbridge Group of Companies investments sold to the customer during the time that…
Elizabeth Ann Guarino of Woodbury New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for fifteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that (1) Guarino executed unauthorized trades in a customer’s account and (2) Guarino gave…
Aaron Phillip Tellez of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker currently employed by Raymond James Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 1, 2019 where the customer requested $123,670.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) Tellez provided the customer bad advice concerning a variable annuity and (2)…
Robert Steven Weissbein (also known as Bob Weissbein) of Davie Florida a stockbroker currently registered with First Allied Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently during the period in which Weissbein…
Gregory Charles Voetsch of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Cowen Execution Services LLC (formerly known as Convergex Execution Solutions LLC) has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Voetsch neglected to comply with a FINRA investigation concerning a customer…
Gary Lyle Pevey of Sacramento California a stockbroker formerly registered with Mutual Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 29, 2019 where the customer requested $134,009.35 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer had been sold speculative and fraudulent investments which led the customer to experience…
Robert Scott Ginsberg (also known as Bob Scott Ginsberg) of Wallingford Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable business development companies (BDC)…
Timothy Robert Millis of Okemos Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by NYLife Securities LLC has been suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Millis poorly advised customers of NYLife Securities LLC in regard to a short-term mutual fund trading…
Thomas John Briguccia Jr. of Ronkonkoma New York a stockbroker currently registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $1,911,616.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) transactions executed by the stockbroker failed to be suitable for the customer and (2) Spartan Capital…
Philip Joseph Sparacino of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he neglected to comply with FINRA’s requests when under the regulator’s investigation for (1) effecting unauthorized trades…
David Francis Faline of St. Augustine Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Newbridge Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s investments were overconcentrated in alternative investments and common and preferred stocks and…
Cody Hawkins Fitzgerald (also known as Cody Doyle Hawkins) of Maitland Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Waddell Reed has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he borrowed a customer’s funds in contravention of the policies…
Michael Joseph Kane III of Allen Texas a stockbroker currently registered with BBVA Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 7, 2018 where the customer sought $235,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker concerning certificate of deposits and (2) the…
Matthew Thomas Cochran of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker formerly employed by Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that from 2015 to 2018: (1) the customer had been provided bad investment recommendations in regard…
Fredrick Martin Randhahn (also known as Frederick Randhahn and as Fred Randhahn) of Ogden Utah a stockbroker formerly employed by Sigma Financial Corporation has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Randhahn engaged in undisclosed and unapproved…
Elaine Diones Lacerte of Colorado Springs Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $9,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that unit investment trust transactions effected by the stockbroker were unsuitable for the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
James Joseph Kearney of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Kearney executed more than two-hundred unauthorized trades in the accounts of Raymond James customers. Letter…
Paul Vincent Blum of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by RBC Capital Markets LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $70,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) transactions executed by the stockbroker were unsuitable and (2) the customer’s energy-sector corporate bond transactions…
William Herman Dixon of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker registered with Securities America Inc. has been discharged on September 16, 2019 supported by allegations of Dixon causing customer signatures to be forged on documents to effect transactions for customer accounts in violation of the procedures or policies enforced by the securities broker dealer. Financial Industry…
Paul Michael Mallory of Livonia Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with Concorde Investment Services LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity founded on findings that (1) Mallory neglected to adequately supervise the recommendations of a stockbroker to ensure that those recommendations…
Eric Dean Rolshoven of Florence Montana a stockbroker formerly registered with FSC Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled to resolve accusations that Rolshoven failed to supervise a stockbroker’s activities which led to inappropriate transactions being effected by the stockbroker. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…
David Gene Menashe of Mineola New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Joseph Stone Capital LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) fiduciary duties were breached (2) the customer’s account was administered negligently (3) misrepresentations had been made…
Prentice Valiant Chevalier Jr. (also known as Val Chevalier) of Wall Township New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with MetLife Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 9, 2019 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unfounded statements had been made by…
Mark Thomas Lamkin of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is referenced in a disciplinary action brought by the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Department of Financial Institutions in which the regulator is seeking revocation of Lamkin’s stockbroker or advisory licensure in the state founded on allegations of Lamkin engaging in unauthorized activities…
Eric Brian Rosenberg of Parsippany New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $157,466.25 in damages supported by accusations that (1) unfounded statements were made by the stockbroker concerning investments and (2) investment recommendations made to the customer were…
Timothy Revell Roberson of Brentwood Tennessee a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 14, 2019 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by allegations that unfounded statements had been made by Roberson in December of 2018 with…
Jeffrey Alan Eiler of Fort Lauderdale a stockbroker currently employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $135,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of the customer’s investment account being overconcentrated by Eiler in unsuitable mutual funds which led the customer to experience investment…
Michael Jason Collins of Chicago Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Robert W. Baird Co. Incorporated has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Collins sold away from his securities broker dealer employer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Chad Daniel Hornaday of Carlsbad California a stockbroker formerly registered with AXA Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 7, 2019 in which the customer requested unspecified damages founded on allegations that the customer was placed into a real estate investment trust product that failed to be suitable….
David Lowell Knutson of Southfield Michigan a stockbroker formerly registered with CoreCap Investments Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into whether Knutson violated federal securities laws or FINRA rules by engaging in outside business activities that failed to be disclosed by him to his securities broker dealer employer and…
James Michael Casey of Palm Desert California a stockbroker formerly registered with Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 20, 2019 in which the customer sought $2,300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments failed to supervise Casey’s activities which resulted in the…
Lance Roman Armstrong of Columbia New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Armstrong neglected to comply with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his outside business activities and…
John Michael Krohn (also known as John Micheal Krohn) of West Des Moines Iowa a stockbroker formerly registered with Principal Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $28,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that large investments in companies that Krohn owned or controlled had been solicited…
James Willard Clark of Dallas Texas a stockbroker currently registered with Worth Financial Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on July 15, 2019 for $38,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that recommendations of exchange traded fund transactions made by the stockbroker were not suitable and…
Clint Harley Keener of Powell Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital City Securities LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Keener failed to comply with an investigation into accusations of customers receiving bad investment advice from Keener. Letter of Acceptance…
The Guiliano Law Group, P.C. is pleased to announce that Sara J. Saba, Esquire, of Miami, Florida, has become associated with the firm in an “of-counsel” position in connection with claims against stockbrokers and securities broker-dealers on behalf of investors in Florida and throughout Central and South America, and Puerto Rico. Ms. Saba is fluent…
The Guiliano Law Group, P.C. is pleased to announce that Seth M. Friedman, Esquire, of Beverly Hills, California, has become associated with the firm in an “of-counsel” position. For more than twenty years, Mr. Friedman has served as California local counsel for Nicholas J. Guiliano, and the Guiliano Law Group, in connection with the representation…
Jeffrey Travis King of Kansas City Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $40,818.00 in damages on August 28, 2019 supported by accusations that unfounded statements had been made by the stockbroker in regards to the customer’s Edward Jones Advisory…
Harold Mandell (also known as Hal Mandell) of San Antonio Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Next Financial Group Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $17,500.00 on June 20, 2019 based upon allegations that (1) Mandell executed speculative and aggressive trades in the customer’s account…
Justine Zhou (also known as Jun Zhou) of Littleton Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with The Leaders Group Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Zhou engaged in private securities transactions which included the sale of private real estate fund membership…
Sharon Lee Hyer of Omaha Nebraska a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 17, 2019 in which the customer sought $13,100.00 in damages based upon accusations that false or misleading statements had been made to the customer in regard to…
Christopher Neil Watkins of Louisville Kentucky a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on November 30, 2018 founded on accusations that Watkins provided compensation to an unauthorized, unregistered person who may have facilitated a securities transaction with an LPL Financial customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
John Gunther Hoagland of Troy Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected trades in the accounts of Morgan Stanley customers without authorization. Letter of…
Donald Anthony DeVito II of Albany New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $47,000.00 in damages on December 14, 2018 based upon allegations of DeVito having mismanaged the customer’s equity portfolio during the time that he was associated with…
Scott Vincent Kaup of Stuart Nebraska a stockbroker formerly employed by VSR Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $42,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unfounded statements and omissions had been made to the customer concerning real estate securities and direct investments (2)…
Richard Scott Laskin of East Brunswick New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with SII Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on September 17, 2019 where the customer requested $57,527.00 in damages founded on accusations that unsuitable stock transactions had been executed in the customer’s investment account while Laskin was…
Adam David Kaplan of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker currently employed by Voya Financial Advisors Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 13, 2019 in which the customer sought $69,275.00 in damages supported by accusations that unfounded statements had been made to the customer concerning the terms and conditions of…
James Gregory McKinney (also known as Greg McKinney) a stockbroker formerly employed by Cetera Advisors LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into accusations of him engaging in trading or other activities in violation of FINRA rules. Department of…
Michael Richard Mackay of Cincinnati Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $620,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that customers had been placed into inappropriate promissory notes which Mackay effected outside the auspices of the securities broker…
Ma Rosa Linan Abrego (also known as Marosa Linan) of McAllen Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Abrego refused to comply with FINRA’s requests while being investigated for allegedly…
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $400,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made concerning the terms and conditions of an options overlay strategy…
Eric Peter Weschke of Setauket New York a stockbroker currently employed by Kalos Capital is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $127,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer’s assets were inappropriately invested by Weschke in private equity products including GPB when he was…
Dennis Albert Mehringer Jr. of Pasadena California a stockbroker formerly registered with Western International Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on accusations that Mehringer refused to comply with FINRA’s investigation into whether he effected trades that were unsuitable for customers of Western…
Fredrika Nadja Sidoroff of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 6, 2019 in which the customer sought unspecified damages supported by allegations that exchanged traded funds had been purchased in the accounts of a Morgan Stanley customer…
Leon Michael Almeida of Paramus New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with MML Investors Services (also known as MetLife) is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on August 16, 2019 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that false or misleading statements had been made in regard…
Amy Kathryn Forte and Charles Joseph Lawrence both of Palm Harbor Florida and stockbrokers formerly employed by Morgan Stanley have been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that (1) a customer’s account had been traded excessively and churned by Lawrence while at Morgan Stanley…
Gregory Scott Kinkead of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker currently registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on August 12, 2019 where the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon accusations that between November of 2018 and August of 2019, the customer was provided bad investment…
Steven Tarasius Yellen of El Paso Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings which included that (1) unauthorized trades were executed in a customer’s investment account by…
Miaojun Yuan of City of Industry California a stockbroker formerly employed by Questar Capital Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 15, 2019 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that from 2014 to 2016, the customer had been placed into real estate securities…
Paul Wescoe Smith of Wayne Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by Bolton Global Capital has been barred by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings containing findings of Smith committing securities fraud. In…
Roxann Geraldine Romano (also known as Roxann Geraldine Davanzo) of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Morgan Stanley is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,755,896.00 in damages based upon accusations that Romano gave the customer bad investment advice concerning the purchase of variable…
Walter Dale Crossley Jr. of Merritt Island Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,519,773.22 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s account was administered negligently; fiduciary duties had been violated; and the customer’s funds had…
Daniel Joseph Arcuri Jr. of Greensburg Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with Thrivent Investment Management Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he neglected to provide recorded testimony to FINRA personnel for its investigation into allegations that (1) Arcuri misappropriated a customer’s funds and (2) Arcuri engaged…
Thomas Duggan of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $80,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made about investments by the stockbroker (2) contractual obligations were not complied with and…
Harold Alan Schwartz of Lutz Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Royal Alliance Associates Inc. has been terminated from the securities broker dealer on February 1, 2019 based upon allegations that Schwartz violated its procedures or policies through his unauthorized transactions pertaining to a customer’s investment account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms…
Mercer Hicks III (also known as Toby Hicks) of Charlotte North Carolina a stockbroker currently registered with Southeast Investments N.C. Inc. is the subject of an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in which FINRA recommended that Department of Enforcement sanction or take disciplinary action against Hicks for making unsuitable investment recommendations or…
Robert David Meyers of Columbus Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Meyers recommended and facilitated securities transactions for customers of Wells Fargo without having…
Marcus Christian Decker of Fort Lauderdale Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 23, 2019 in which the customer sought more than $10,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unauthorized transactions were effected by Decker after the customer…
Stuart Blake Nichols of Birmingham Alabama a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James Associates Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Nichols failed to make an appearance before FINRA personnel and testify regarding accusations of his excessive trading in…
Galen Kyle Kopman of Vancouver Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $160,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unfounded statements and omissions had been made by Kopman in regards to risks of direct investments including business…
Steven Eric Erickson of Vancouver Washington a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been discharged by the firm on December 31, 2018 founded on accusations that (1) Erickson failed to comply with the policies and procedures of the firm by soliciting customers’ investments in unlisted and low-priced securities and (2) Erickson placed trades…
Kevin Thomas Doyle of Bayside New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 3, 2019 where the customer requested $17,231.00 in damages founded on accusations that investment recommendations made between February 15, 2018 and August 23, 2019 were inappropriate given…
Erik Patrick Pica (also known as Eric Patrick Pica) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. has been charged in a Complaint brought by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority which alleged that Pica converted funds from a customer during the period in which he was associated with Joseph Stone…
Roger Dale Davis of Ooltewah Tennessee a stockbroker currently employed by ProEquities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 27, 2019 in which the customer sought $180,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer had been misled by Davis as it concerned the nature of unit investment…
Lary Douglas Bloom of Woodland Hills California a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on July 23, 2019 in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) the customer had been inappropriately advised by Bloom in regard to an…
Stephen John Klinger (also known as Steve Klinger) of Asheville North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Klinger failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel during its investigation into Klingler’s options…
Kristian M. Gaudet of Cut Off Louisiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $538,500.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) Ameritas Investment Corp. failed to supervise Gaudet’s activities and (3) private…
Sam Azizieh (also known as Sam Aziz and as Sam Yehya) a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 27, 2019 where the customer sought $447,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that during the period in which Azizieh was…
Maureen Ann Scalzo (also known as Maureen Ann Hunt) of Danbury Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Benjamin F. Edwards Company Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Scalzo refused to make an appearance and provide recorded testimony before FINRA personnel…
Andre Pierre Davis of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $350,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions were not authorized (2) investments were neither appropriate nor suitable for the…
Jeffrey Paul Davis of Bristol Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Kovack Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 10, 2019 in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer was placed into inappropriate investments including mutual funds and…
John Joseph Labarca of Edison New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $80,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made about investments (2) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner…
Daniel Gordon Maughan (also known as Dan G. Maughan) of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly registered with Financial West Group has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement that contained findings of Maughan having…
Gregory Jon Williams (also known as Greg Williams) of Greenwood Village Colorado a stockbroker currently registered with Presidential Brokerage Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $578,821.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary obligations failed to be complied with by Williams (2) fraudulent transactions…
Dale Edward Wright of Henrico Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Cambridge Investment Research has been fined $50,000.00 by the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance according to an Order based upon findings that Wright inappropriately recommended that customers purchase insurance policies and use them as investment vehicles; conduct violative of Code…
Todd Joseph Thompson of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker currently registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 27, 2019 where the customer requested $19,367.00 in damages founded on allegations that false or misleading statements were made about terms of an equity indexed annuity that…
Louis Mark Miller of Jericho New York a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of Miller having failed to comply with FINRA personnel during the period in which he was investigated for effecting discretionary trades…
Tamara Ann Dawson (also known as Tamara Gallegos and as Tamara Haselby) of Boynton Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Infinex Investments Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled to resolve allegations that she made unsuitable real estate investment trust recommendations to her customers during the…
Harold Weber of Airmont New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unfounded statements had been made about investments sold to the customer during the period in which Weber was…
Mark Andrew Cramer of LaRue Ohio a stockbroker currently registered with MML Investors Services LLC (formerly known as MSI Financial Services LLC) has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of customer’s signatures having been forged by Cramer…
Michael Robert Greenfield of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $200,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) fiduciary duties owed by the stockbroker were breached (2) contractual obligations had not been complied with (3)…
Satya Brata Shaw (also known as Satyabrata Shaw) of Wesley Chapel Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities has been issued an Order by Florida Office of Financial Regulation in which he was fined and required to cease and desist from engaging in conduct violative of Florida securities laws and administrative rules supported…
Mitchell Allen Kurtz (also known as Mitch Allen Kurtz) of Roslyn Heights New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Henley Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $691,367.14 in damages based upon accusations that Henley Company LLC failed to supervise Kurtz’s activities or trades…
Robert Thomas Steck of Great Neck New York a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $160,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that fees relating to over-the-counter equities transactions had not been disclosed (2) misrepresentations were made…
Charles Harper Bridgers of Wilson North Carolina a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that (1) trades were executed by Bridgers in the account of a Wells Fargo customer…
Adam Michael Lopez of Springfield Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Country Capital Management Company is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $359,846.25 on June 11, 2019 founded on accusations that Lopez embezzled nearly all of the customer’s assets during the period in which he was employed by…
Joseph Patrick Fuller of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Spartan Capital Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $6,645,956.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) fiduciary duties owed to the customer had been breached (2) misrepresentations were made by the…
Jeffrey Lawrence Vasiloff of Vermilion Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by LPL Financial LLC has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that trades were executed by Vasiloff on a discretionary basis and without the stockbroker receiving written permission from customers…
James Joseph Beaupre (also known as Jim Beaupre) of Longmont Colorado a stockbroker formerly registered with BancWest Investment Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled on September 21, 2017 to resolve allegations that the customer had been inappropriately placed in annuity policies issued through Principal, Jackson and…
Michael Barry Carter of McLean Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Carter failed to comply with FINRA personnel when an investigation was commenced by the regulator into allegations of Carter’s misappropriation…
Brian D. Addis of Vandalia Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Edward Jones is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on June 27, 2017 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Addis provided the customer with bad advice in regard to the transition of the…
Jack David Stone of Hillside Illinois a stockbroker and securities principal formerly registered with Forest Securities Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Stone neglected to provide recorded testimony before FINRA personnel when he was investigated by the regulator…
Clay Gavin Erickson of Salt Lake City Utah a stockbroker formerly employed by Hornor Townsend Kent Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Erickson effected transactions in Hornor Townsend customers’ accounts without any permission from…
Ace Diversified Capital Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in San Gabriel California has been censured and fined $20,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that (1) Ace failed to supervise recommendations of non-traditional exchange traded notes and exchange traded funds recommended by one of its stockbrokers (2) Ace neglected to supervise…
Elvin J. Lopez of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Worden Capital Management LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Lopez failed to confirm with FINRA whether he met his obligation to pay compensatory damages to a customer…
David Michael Levy of Wellington Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Titus Rockefeller LLC (also known as TR Capital Group LLC) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $1,554,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) fiduciary duties were not complied with (2) the extension of margin…
Christopher Russell McNamee (also known as Christian Russell McNamee) of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Dakota Securities International Inc. has been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on August 17, 2017 supported by allegations of McNamee’s failure to inform the regulator about whether he complied with his obligations to pay a customer…
Elaine Marie Zito of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Questar Capital Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $87,397.47 in damages founded on accusations of the customer being placed into investments including fixed and variable annuities which were not appropriate for the customer during…
Christopher Lee Goslin of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Harbor Lights Securities LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by accusations that Goslin failed to comply with his obligation to pay a FINRA Arbitration Award to two customers who suffered losses because…
Maroof Miyana of Pompano Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by IAA Financial LLC has been suspended on March 26, 2018 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Miyana neglected to furnish information to FINRA personnel in regard to his compliance with a customer initiated…
Michael Scott Lavolpe of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Meyers Associates L.P. has been sanctioned by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on July 25, 2019 founded on accusations of Lavolpe’s failure to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award. #deadbeat In particular, Lavolpe was subject of a customer initiated…
Abraham Heimann of Alpharetta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that was resolved for $42,500.00 in damages founded on accusations that fiduciary obligations to the customer were breached and the customer’s account had been negligently administered. FINRA Arbitration No. 17-02785 (Dec. 26,…
William Christian Gennity of Staten Island New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with investment advisories or securities broker dealers according to an SEC Order containing findings that Gennity defrauded investors. In the Matter of William C. Gennity…
Kevin Scott Gunnip of Southlake Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Gunnip neglected to provide testimony before FINRA personnel when the stockbroker was investigated for allegedly effecting unsuitable trades in customer…
Aaron Chaim Lupuloff of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $3,200,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer had been placed into corporate bonds through a private placement executed by Lupuloff and (2) fraudulent…
Michael Gary Solomon of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Maxim Group LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) commissions or fees charged to the customer for stock trades had not been disclosed by Solomon…
Halil Kozi (also known as Hal Kozi) of New York New York a stockbroker, options trader and supervisor formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that (1) Kozi recommended bad trades to a customer of PHX and (2) Kozi churned…
Michael Andrew Norman of Reno Nevada a stockbroker formerly registered with NYLife Securities LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 18, 2019 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that the customer was placed into a variable annuity by Norman that failed to…
Charles Ernest Kenahan of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on July 9, 2019 supported by accusations that (1) unauthorized trades were executed in a customer’s account by Kenahan (2) investment recommendations made by the stockbroker failed to be suitable…
Glen Joseph Webster of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 25, 2019 where the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that (1) the customer was provided false information about investments and (2) there…
Donald Edward Teboe of Clinton Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by Cantella Co. Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Teboe refused to cooperate with FINRA personnel during a time that he was under investigation for effecting unsuitable trades in accounts…
James Robert Pecoraro of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by SW Financial is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $36,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pecoraro (1) misrepresented information concerning the customer’s equity transactions (2) effected unauthorized trades (3) breached his fiduciary duty to the…
Randolph Lee Eddlemon III (also known as Randy Eddlemon) of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with Geneos Wealth Management Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on allegations that Eddlemon neglected to cooperate with FINRA’s information request. Case No. 2017055260401 (Mar. 22, 2018)….
Lloyd Mark Johnston of Spokane Washington a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 22, 2018 in which the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations that the customer had been sold an unsuitable alternative investment while Johnston was associated with…