Jeffrey Tyler Shaver, of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Arkadios Capital, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages based on allegations of stockbroker negligence, overconcentration, and the unsuitable investment recommendation of alternative investments and real estate…
Christopher Brian Riggs (also known as Chris Riggs), of Petersburg, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested over $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations the he made the unsuitable investment recommendations of…
Stephen Herman Wedel (also known as Steve Wedel), of Creve Coeur, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim filed on May 16, 2022. The customer sought $95,000.00 in damages based on the allegation that Wdel made the…
Haiguang Yin (also known as Hai Guang Yin and John Yin), of Arcadia, California, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim. The claim was filed on April 16, 2024. The customer alleged unsuitable investment recommendations, misrepresentation of…
Ashley Charles Woodard, of Greenville, South Carolina, a stockbroker and investment adviser representative associated with Voya Financial Advisors Inc., is the subject of eighteen (18) customer initiated investment related disputes. On March 14, 2024, customers filed an investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim involving Woodard’s conduct. The customers alleged the unsuitable…
Deborah Sue Anderson (also known as Deborah Sue Beemer), of Redlands, California, a former stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of thirteen (13) customer initiated investment related complaints alleging unsuitable investment recommendations. Specifically, a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim was filed on February 28, 2024,…
James Roy Paige, of Vero Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim filed on February 6, 2024. The customers alleged that in 2021, Paige made investment recommendations that were unsuitable given the customers’ investment…
Edward Muster, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Herbert J. Sims Co., is the subject of six customer initiated investment related complaints concerning his conduct while registered with securities broker dealers. On January 26, 2024, a customer filed an investment related complaint alleging the unsuitable investment recommendation of private placements. The customer sought…
Stephen Marchelo Medina, of Corpus Christi, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim filed on September 27, 2023. The customer alleged misrepresentations, and that Medina made unsuitable investment recommendations. The customer sought $782,500.00 in…
Timothy Richard Farris, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on May 22, 2024. The customer sought $33,000.00 in damages, based on allegations of the unsuitable investment recommendation of variable annuities and index funds when he was registered with Cetera…
Barbara Elizabeth Leonard, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim filed on April 16, 2024. The customer requested $125,000.00 in damages, based on allegations that she made the unsuitable investment recommendations of direct investments, including…
John Peter Micera, of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim filed on April 9, 2024. The customer requested $2,275,000.00 in damages, based on allegations of unsuitable recommendations in high-commission, illiquid, and risky…
James V. Peters (also known as Jim Peters), of Costa Mesa, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of two customer initiated investment related disputes involving allegations that Peters made unsuitable investment recommendations. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure shows that the first dispute was initiated by customers on November…
Shadi Taysir Barakat (also known as Sean Barakat), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Spartan Capital Securities LLC, is the subject of an enforcement action initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in which the regulator is seeking sanctions against Barakat based on allegations that Barakat failed to provide testimony during an…
Kyle William Chapman, of San Clemente, California, a stockbroker registered with American Trust Investment Services Inc. and Westpark Capital 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 because Chapman made unsuitable investment recommendations and made misleading statements to customers during…
Stewart Ginn (also known as Stewart Taylor and as Paxton Ginn Jr.), of Santa Maria, California, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, has been fined $50,000.00 and suspended for 18 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Ginn engaged in excessive and unauthorized trading in…
Daryl Ray Calton, of Mesa, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Calton Associates Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 to $99,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate investment trusts (REITs) when Calton…
James Earl Williams, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $5,000.00 in damages based upon alleged breach of fiduciary duty, violation of state securities laws, and breach of contract when…
James Paul Siemonsma, of Omaha, Nebraska, a stockbroker registered with ProEquities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $150,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of oil and gas investments when Siemonsma was associated with ProEquities Inc….
Jerry Dale Kiefer, of Edmond, Oklahoma, a stockbroker registered with Equitable Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $99,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities or REITs during the time that…
John Noel Marcheso, of Anaheim, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities or REITs when Marcheso was associated with Centaurus…
Lawrence Roger Rice, of Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Rice refused to provide information and documents requested by FINRA in connection with its investigation into Rice’s resignation from Centaurus Financial. Letter…
Matthew Jason Childs, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker registered with Portsmouth Financial Services, has been suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Childs made the unsuitable investment recommendation of non-traditional exchange-traded funds ETFs to customers during the time that he was associated with…
Michelle Elise Anthony (also known as Michelle Elise Murphy-Wall), of Tucson, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon alleged breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, and the unsuitable…
Nathaniel Royce Clay (also known as Nate Clay), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Laidlaw Company (UK) Ltd., has been permanently barred from acting as a stockbroker or in any other capacity in the securities industry by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This sanction follows allegations that Clay made unsuitable invesytment recommendations,…
Ray Don Gallette, of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with Coastal Equities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of alternative investments when Gallette was associated with Coastal Equities…
Richard John Donatelli (also known as Rick Donatelli), of Columbiana, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on April 2, 2024, in which the customer requested $79,437.04 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of variable annuities when Donatelli was associated…
Robert James McKee (also known as Bob McKee), of Michigan City, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with Sagepoint Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $20,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities…
Robert Joseph Earls Jr., of Roanoke, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities when Earls was associated with LPL Financial…
Roger Scott Green, of Duluth, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on December 17, 2021, for $27,500.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities during the time that Green was associated with Cetera Advisors…
Samuel Carl Schoner (also known as Sam Schoner), of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker registered with First Republic Securities Company LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,500,000.00 in damages based upon alleged unsuitable investment recommendations of stocks during…
Timothy Joseph Banks (also known as Tim Banks), of Creve Coeur, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment investment recommendation of real estate securities or…
David Jon Nastri, of Cheshire, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities when Nastri was associated with LPL Financial LLC….
William David Isaacson, of Boynton Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $45,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of non-traded real estate investment trusts when Isaacson was…
John George Rotando Jr., of Greenwich, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of variable annuities when Rotando was associated with Wells…
Cara Michelle Miller (also known as Cara Michelle Smith), of Rapid City, South Dakota, a stockbroker registered with ProEquities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $300,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of oil and gas…
Bernell D. Baker, of Eagle Mountain, Utah, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon alleged the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities during the period that Baker was associated…
Andrew J. Ross (also known as Andrew C. Ross), of Waltham, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of oil…
Aubrey Walter Lee Jr., of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on December 6, 2023, for $76,687.50 based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of variable annuities when Lee was associated with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner…
Brent Christopher Fuchs, of Preston, Maryland, a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation (now known as Osaic FA Inc.), is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $325,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of oil and…
Darren Robert Grossman, of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages based upon alleged breach of fiduciary duty and the unsuitable investment recommendation of “corporate bonds” during…
Kenneth Wayne Finnell (also known as Ken Finnell), of Winchester, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $37,500.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities or REITs…
Mark E. Young, of Topeka, Kansas, a stockbroker registered with Osaic Wealth (also known as Royal Alliance Associates Inc.), was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $1,850,000.00 in damages based upon alleged unsuitable recommendations and the misrepresentation of material facts in…
Phillip Chien-Cheng Kao, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker registered with Portsmouth Financial Services, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon the alleged unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities or REITs when Kao was associated with…
Travis Jerome Hughes, of El Paso, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with the defunct Investors Capital Corp., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $75,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged overconcentration of the customer’s account in real estate securities during…
Guy Gregory Clemente, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Andrew Garrett Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $750,000.00 in damages based upon alleged breach of contract, failure to supervise, excessive trading, unsuitable recommendations, and…
David John Segarra, of Las Vegas, Nevada, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on June 3, 2024, in which the customer requested $80,000.00 in damages based upon alleged breach of fiduciary duty and unsuitable recommendations in illiquid real estate securities during the time…
Thomas Samuel Lisk (also known as Thomas Samual Lisk and as Tom Lisk), of Bristol, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Realta Equities Inc., formerly known as Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages…
Rita Mansour, of Toledo, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with McDonald Partners LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $60,000.00 in damages based upon alleged omissions of material fact and unsuitable recommendations in corporate and asset-backed bonds during the time that…
Kevin Lawrence Kelly, of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Avantax Investment Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on June 27, 2024, in which the customer requested damages based upon alleged the unsuitable investment recommendation of structured notes when Kelly was associated with Avantax Investment Services Inc. Financial…
Lorraine Marie Gallette (also known as Lorraine Marie Schmidt), of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with Coastal Equities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon alleged the unsuitable investment recommendation of alternative investments when…
Peter Brian Robertson, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker registered with Osaic FA Inc. (also known as Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation), is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon alleged the unsuitable investment recommendation of oil and…
Andrew Templeton Murdoch, of Portland, Oregon, a stockbroker registered with Somerset Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $150,359.00 in damages based upon allegations that Murdoch made the unsuitable investment recommendation of iCap Equity LLC private placements when Murdoch…
Edward Felix Dublis (also known as Ed Dublis), of Byron Center, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dublis made the unsuitable investment recommendation of…
Jeremy Lee Bouwman of Austin, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Edward Jones, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on August 4, 2022, for $45,844.82 in damages based upon allegations that Bouwman made unsuitable investment recommendations during the period that Bouwman was associated with Edward Jones. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Patrick Roland Hobert of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hobert breached his fiduciary duties and made the unsuitable investment recommendation of…
Sumaya De Los Angeles Musa (also known as Sumaya Musa Quinones), of Aventura, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Musa misrepresented material facts, overconcentrated…
Roger Allan Roemmich of Alpharetta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Dempsey Lord Smith LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $73,300.00 in damages based upon allegations that Roemmich failed to conduct reasonable due diligence on direct investments and made…
Timothy Jan Vanlohuizen (also known as Tim Vanlohuizen), of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a stockbroker registered with SagePoint Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,001.00 in damages based upon allegations that Vanlohuizen made unsuitable investment recommendations and overconcentrated…
Robert Gerald Lorente (also known as Bob Lorente), of Northville, Michigan, a stockbroker previously registered with Great Point Capital LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Lorente breached his fiduciary duties, breached…
David William Schwartz, of North Miami Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with FMSBonds Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on December 28, 2020, in which the customer requested $253,800.00 in damages based upon allegations that Schwartz made the unsuitable investment recommendation of municipal bonds during the time that Schwartz…
Kevin Clinton Loyd Jr., of Town and Country, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with First Allied Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Loyd breached a contract, misrepresented material facts, and made…
Myles William Easter, of West Des Moines, Iowa, a stockbroker registered with Bankers Life Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $30,000.00 in compensatory damages because Easter was held liable on the customer’s claims which included that…
Ronald G. Smith (also known as Ron Smith), of Stamford, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with Sanford C. Bernstein Co. LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Smith made misrepresentations and omissions of…
Scott Callis Barcomb, of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Barcomb failed to conduct adequate due diligence, failed to supervise certain…
Shane Michael Elsbury, of New Albany, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with American Equity Investment Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $40,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Elsbury made the unsuitable investment recommendation of corporate bonds during the time…
Theresa Allen (also known as Theresa Binkley and Theresa Givens), of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Republic Securities Company LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,750,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Allen engaged…
Thomas Benjamin Paine (also known as Tom Paine), of Arroyo Grande, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon allegations that Paine made the unsuitable investment recommendation of illiquid alternative…
Vincent Anthony Pallitto Jr. (also known as Vince Pallitto and Vinny Pallitto), of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon allegations that Pallitto made the unsuitable…
James Taylor Davis, of Lexington, Kentucky, a stockbroker registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on February 13, 2024, in which the customer requested $24,266.86 in damages based upon allegations that Davis made unsuitable investment recommendations and made misrepresentations of material fact in connection…
Walter Frank Squires Jr., of Derby, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on January 30, 2024, in which the customer requested damages based upon allegations that Squires made the unsuitable investment recommendation of alternative investments during the period that Squires was associated…
Rudolf Lucian Molnar (also known as Rudy Molnar), of New Port Richey, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $12,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Molnar made the unsuitable investment recommendation…
Barry Stuart Kemp, of Brentwood, Tennessee, a stockbroker registered with Fifth Third Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on November 9, 2022, for $13,000.00 in damages. The complaint was based upon allegations that Kemp made the unsuitable investment recommendation of corporate bonds during the time that…
Azmi Patrick Sharif, of Elmhurst, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for nine months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Sharif took part in private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2022076175702 (June 26, 2024). On…
Brian Hayden Solomon, of Encinitas, California, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $20,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Solomon made the unsuitable investment recommendation of in non-traded real estate investment…
Daryl Tomobu Serizawa (also known as Daryl Serizana), of Irvine, California, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $335,875.45 in damages based upon allegations that Serizawa made the unsuitable investment recommendation of direct investments…
Gregory Lourdin of New York, a stockbroker registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $12,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Lourdin failed to supervise certain representatives, made unsuitable invesment recommendations, and was negligent in connection…
Janine Lynn Ledbetter (also known as Janine Lynn Evans), of Vancouver, Washington, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $99,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ledbetter failed to conduct adequate due diligence…
Jeffrey Patrick Hobert, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., was referenced in a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $50,474.59 in damages based upon allegations that Hobert made the unsuitable investment recommendation of illiquid, high-commission, and risky corporate bonds for…
Robert Lloyd Omohundro, of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon allegations that Omohundro made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities when Omohundro was associated with…
Robert Morgan Vance, of Sonora, California, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Vance was negligent in connection with the sale of corporate bonds and made unsuitable…
Shawn Christian Everett of Estero, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $12,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Everett made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities and private placements…
William Robert Slepcevich, of Naples, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Questar Capital Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on January 20, 2021, for $25,600.00 in damages based upon allegations that Slepcevich made the unsuitable investment recommendation of Business Development Companies (“BDCs”) when Slepcevich was associated with Questar…
Timothy Lee Connor, of Redwood Shores, California, a stockbroker registered with First Allied Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 to $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Connor made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate…
Douglas Cy Waisner of Westlake Village, California, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon allegations that Waisner made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale of government…
Alan Mark Mason of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with WestPark Capital Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Mason made the unsuitable investment recommendations in GWG Class L Bonds during the time that he was…
Charles William Wodrich (also known as Chip Wodrich), of Goodyear, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Hornor Townsend Kent LLC, is the subject of an enforcement action initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in which the regulator is seeking sanctions against Wodrich based upon allegations that Wodrich failed to provide documents and information and failed…
Ali Barry Mahlooji, of Jersey City, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with National Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $280,765.51 in damages based upon allegations that Mahlooji was negligent and made unsuitable investment recommendations during the time…
Anthony Ghiglieri, of Hauppauge, New York, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 18, 2023, in which the customer requested $31,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ghiglieri provided unsuitable investment advice to the customer when Ghiglieri was associated with Ameriprise…
Brian C. Pfeifler (also known as Bman Pfeifler), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Pfeifler made unsuitable investment recommendations when Pfeifler was…
Jeffrey Stephen McHale (also known as Jeff McHale), of Hingham, Massachusetts, a stockbroker registered with Coburn Meredith Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $30,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that McHale engaged in unsuitable trading in over-the-counter equities when…
Mark David Wolpert of Plymouth, Minnesota, a stockbroker registered with MSI Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Wolpert made unsuitable investment recommendations and made misrepresentations of material fact about…
Patrick Tantoco (also known as Hermogenes Gil Patrick Tantoco), of Honolulu, Hawaii, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Tantoco made the unsuitable investment recommendation…
Phillip Todd Cartwright of Appleton, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Cartwright overconcentrated the customer’s portfolio in direct investments, made unsuitable recommendations, and omitted…
Richard Whitfield Brown of Fort Myers, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Summit Brokerage Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $368,803.00 in damages based upon allegations that Brown made the unsuitable investment recommendation of in real estate securities…
Shaun B. Floresca, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Floresca made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities when Floresca was associated…
Michael Harris Sears of Englewood, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Questar Capital Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 6, 2022, in which the customer requested $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sears made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities when Sears was associated with…
Christopher Nelson Kirkland of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Avantax Investment Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on January 17, 2024, for $284,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kirkland made the unsuitable investment recommendation of structured notes during the time that Kirkland was associated…
Herbert C. White of Greenwood Village, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that White made omissions of material fact and the unsuitable investment recommendation…
Janet T. Doherty of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker registered with Osaic Wealth Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on January 11, 2024, in which the customer compensatory damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon allegations that Doherty effected an unauthorized transfer of funds from fixed to variable…
Joseph William Moyer of Columbus, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on March 29, 2021, in which the customer requested $189,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Moyer made misrepresentations of material fact and made the unsuitable investment recommendation of variable life…
Joshua Leon Jenkins of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on March 7, 2024, in which the customer requested $30,153.00 in damages based upon allegations that Jenkins made the unsuitable recommendation of life insurance products when Jenkins was associated…
Karen Irene Schmidt (also known as Karen Irene Dry, Karen Irene Moore, and Karen Irene Scher), of Woodland Hills, California, a stockbroker registered with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $400,000.00 in damages based…
Peter Scott Izzo of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on December 16, 2020, for $45,000.00 in damages based on allegations that Izzo made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer when Izzo was associated…
Ricki Jay Silverman of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on January 24, 2024, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Silverman made the unsuitable investment recommendation of in corporate bonds and variable annuities when Silverman was…
Stacy Mari Goldsmith of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Herbert J. Sims Co Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Goldsmith made the unsuitable investment recommendation of private placements…
Stephen Paul Haskell of Richmond, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with WealthForge Securities LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $325,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Haskell was negligent, provided unsuitable investment advice, and breached his fiduciary duties in…
William Dale Dobbs of Clinton, Tennessee, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $138,000.00 in damages. The customer alleged that Dobbs breached his fiduciary duties and made unsuitable recommendations in corporate bonds during…
Andrew William Miles of Winter Park, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Green Vista Capital LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Miles was negligent, made unsuitable recommendations, and breached his fiduciary duties…
Anthony George Makransky (also known as Tony Makransky), of League City, Texas, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Makransky made unsuitable investment recommendations and misrepresentations…
Brian Troy Hinson of Huntsville, Alabama, a stockbroker previously registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hinson made the unsuitable investment recommendation of oil and gas investments when…
Daniel Reid Horowitz of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested up to $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Horowitz made the unsuitable investment recommendation of…
Daniel Theodore Wilson of Auburndale, Massachusetts, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $20,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Wilson made misrepresentations of material fact and made the unsuitable investment recommendation…
David Gary Simon of Crystal Bay, Nevada, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $68,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Simon made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale of…
David Scott Lex of Mequon, Wisconsin, a stockbroker formerly registered with BMO Harris Financial Advisors Inc., is referenced in a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $85,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Lex failed to follow instructions, made unsuitable investment recommendations, and made misrepresentations…
Ernest Alexander Harris of Tucson, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Union Capital Company, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on August 18, 2023, for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Harris made the unsuitable investment recommendation of certain stocks during the time that Harris was associated with…
Marc David Drew of Salt Lake City, Utah, a stockbroker registered with Equitable Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Drew made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate…
Mark Allen Upchurch, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Upchurch breached his fiduciary duties and made the unsuitable investment recommendation of illiquid…
Rodney David Potratz of Laguna Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with Osaic Wealth Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on November 12, 2023, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Potratz made the unsuitable investment recommendation of closed-end interval funds and mutual funds during the…
Richard Chester Zientarski (also known as Rick Zientarski), of Punta Gorda, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Planmember Securities Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on March 6, 2024, for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Zientarski misrepresented a variable annuity as a liquid savings investment during…
Neil Jeffrey Lerner, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on November 17, 2023, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Lerner made the unsuitable investment recommendation of in products that were not offered through Morgan…
Daniel B. Chancellor (also known as Dan Chancellor), of Evansville, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with Securities America Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled to resolve allegations that Chancellor breached his fiduciary duties, made unsuitable investment recommendations, was negligent, and violated…
Carey Allen James, of Arroyo Grande, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages due to the unsuitable investment recommendation of illiquid real estate securities when James was associated with Centaurus Financial Inc. FINRA…
Adam Jesse Gurien of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $120,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gurien made misrepresentations and the unsuitable investment recommendation of…
Dale Erbin Timmermann of Vandalia, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $11,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Timmermann was negligent and made unsuitable recommendations in corporate bonds during the time…
Jeffrey Wayne Kitchen, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Edward Jones, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kitchen engaged in “unsuitable trading,” given the customer’s risk tolerance during the time that…
Mark William Just, of Indianapolis, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with Triad Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Just made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate investment trusts or REITs…
Michael John Mashak of La Crosse, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Equitable Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Mashak made the unsuitable investment recommendation of Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs…
Robert Leo Luley Jr. of New York, a stockbroker registered with Madison Avenue Securities, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Luley failed to respond to the regulator’s requests for information. FINRA Case No. 2018060896201 (October 24, 2023). According to FINRA Public Disclosure, Luley was…
Ronald Michael Reilly (also known as Ron Reilly), from Park City, Utah, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on March 17, 2022. According to the complaint, Reilly implemented an investment strategy that was inconsistent with the customer’s investment objectives during the period…
Jack Edward Newhouse of Muskegon, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on December 27, 2022. The customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Newhouse made unsuitable investment recommendations and misrepresentations in connection with the purchase of variable annuities during…
Randy Carter Cox of Hudson Oaks, Texas, a stockbroker registered with FSC Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Cox made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate securities or REITs…
James Cabourne Blaszyk, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Blaszyk made unsuitable investment recommendations when Blaszyk was associated with…
Andrea Ruth Klipfel (also known as Andrea Ruth Camirand), of Paso Robles, California, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $373,888.00 in damages based upon allegations that Klipfel engaged in “unsuitable trading”…
David Bruce McMillen of Boulder, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Crown Capital Securities LP, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that McMillen breached his fiduciary duties, made unsuitable investment recommendations, and was negligent…
Dean Steven Jaeger of Elmwood Park, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Raymond James Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on May 20, 2022, in which the customer requested $19,874.00 in damages based upon allegations that Jaeger engaged in “unsuitable trading” in stocks during the time that Jaeger…
James Franklin Shenk of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Realta Equities Inc., formerly known as Coastal Equities, Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $215,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Shenk made the unsuitable investment recommendation of…
James Robert Reynolds of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a stockbroker registered with Northland Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Reynolds made the unsuitable investment recommendation of non-traded Real Estate Investment Trust (“REITs”) or…
Juan Carlos Villalobos, of Marietta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Money Concepts Capital Corp, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon alleged breach of contract, unsuitable investment advice, breach of fiduciary duty, violation of the…
Lamont Adrian Chandler, of Prairie Village, Kansas, a stockbroker registered with Madison Avenue Securities LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $12,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Chandler made the unsuitable investment recommendations of direct investments when Chandler was…
Larry Christos Sfinas, of Southampton, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Securities America Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on July 22, 2022, to resolve allegations that Sfinas made unsuitable investment recommendations in stocks during the time that Sfinas was associated with Securities America Inc. This is not…
James Arthur Schwarz, of Short Hills, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 12, 2023. In this complaint, the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Schwarz made the unsuitable investment recommendations of over-the-counter equities and caused the…
Randall Alan Heller (also known as Randy Heller), of Oak Lawn, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Ausdal Financial Partners Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Heller refused to cooperate with a FINRA investigation about the reason his stockbroker registration was terminated by Ausdal…
Edward Dale McCombs of Whitehall, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with PNC Investments, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 12, 2023, in which the customer requested $26,120.95 in damages based upon allegations that McCombs did not correctly explain life insurance contract fees and features and had made the unsuitable…
Jack W. Yvars of Concord, New Hampshire, a stockbroker registered with Osaic Wealth Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $104,624.00 in damages based upon allegations that Yvars made the unsuitable investment recommendation of certain mutual funds when Yvars…
John Jude Butler of Ocala, Florida, a stockbroker previously registered with Pruco 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 because Butler engaged in outside business activities and failed to report related compensation from a Prudential customer. Letter of…
Michael Stephen Myers of Portland, Oregon, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on August 9, 2022, for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Myers made unsuitable investment recommendations resulting in adverse tax consequences to the customer when Myers was associated…
Richard Glenn Shaw (also known as Rick Shaw), of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Shaw made the unsuitable investment recommendation of certain…
Robert Nelson Rasbach, of Westport, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with David Lerner Associates Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Rasbach made unsuitable investment recommendations and made misrepresentations and omissions of material…
LOS ANGELES – The Guiliano Law Group, P.C. announced today it has filed an arbitration claim on behalf of certain investors before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or FINRA, against a national securities broker-dealer, and its purported Portfolio Managers, for the violation of the federal securities laws, the recommendation of unsuitable securities, negligence, common law…
John H. Klaasen IV, of Hayden Lake, Idaho, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 29, 2023. The customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Klaasen supposedly failed to follow instructions regarding the purchase of certain securities from…
Rakesh Raj Bansal (also known as Rakesh Ransal), of Princeton, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with NYLIFE Securities LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 20, 2023, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Bansal made the unsuitable investment recommendation of variable annuities when…
Rodney Otis Kumlien, of Verona, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 7, 2023. In this complaint, the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Kumlien made the unsuitable recommendation of variable annuities during the time that Kumlien was…
Susan Regina Coriale (also known as Susan Coriale-Seweryn), of Princeville, Hawaii, a stockbroker registered with GWN Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 17, 2023, in which the customer requested $264,205.00 in damages based upon allegations that Coriale made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer. According to…
Jason Lawrence Mieras, of Lake Como, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with American Portfolios Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on July 21, 2023, in which the customer requested $250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Mieras made the unsuitable investment recommendation of certain “stocks” when Mieras…
Jack Robert Thacker Jr. (also known as J.R. Thacker) of Bristol, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Thacker engaged in the unsuitable recommendation…
Howard Jeffrey Douglas, of Woodbury, New York, a stockbroker registered with Equitable Advisors LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 27, 2023, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Douglas made the unsuitable investment recommendation of in variable annuities when Douglas was associated with…
Alexander Arango (also known as Alexander Arango Burkatkaya), of Dania, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on December 20, 2023. In this complaint, the customer requested damages based on allegations that Arango made misrepresentations of material fact and unsuitable recommendations in…
Armando G. Roman, of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Roman made the unsuitable investment recommendation of real estate investment trusts (REITs)…
Bryan Scott Foster, of Southfield, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $8,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Foster made the unsuitable investment recommendations of real estate related securities or Real Estate…
Daniel Benjamin Kistler, of Rome, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with Dempsey Lord Smith LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,001.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kistler failed to conduct due diligence and made the unsuitable investment recommendation…
Guy Anthony Harrigan, of Boulder, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Lion Street Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $325,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Harrigan made the unsuitable investment recommendation of direct investments when Harrigan was…
Jeffry Neal Carel, of Edmond, Oklahoma, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on February 7, 2024, in which the customer requested $40,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Carel made unsuitable investment recommendations when Carel was associated with J.P. Morgan Securities…
Keith Harold Offel, a stockbroker registered with Cambridge Investment Research Inc. in Placentia, California, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 7, 2023. The customer requested $70,224.00 in damages based upon allegations that Offel supposedly failed to follow the customer’s “conservative” investment objectives during the time that Offel was…
Kurt Charles Jackson, of San Luis Obispo, California, a stockbroker formerly associated NFP Advisor Services LLC (also known as Kestra Investment Services LLC), was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $375,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Jackson made unsuitable recommendations…
Michael Christopher McFeeley, of York, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $82,992.32 in damages based upon allegations that McFeeley made unsuitable investment recommendations in oil and gas investments during the time…
Ronnie Lynn Cochran, of Blacksburg, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with NYLIFE Securities LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on July 24, 2023. In this complaint, the customer alleged that Cochran made the unsuitable recommendation of variable annuities when Cochran was associated with NYLIFE Securities LLC. The complaint alleges that…
Eric Brian Kleiner of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on July 13, 2023. The customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kleiner made unsuitable investment recommendations in exchange traded funds when Kleiner was associated with Morgan Stanley….
Eric Gustav Kuchherzki (also known as Eric Kuchherski), of Burlingame, California, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $28,000.00 in damages on January 15, 2024. The claim alleges that Kuchherzki made unsuitable invstment recommendations…
James J. Mariani of Mineola, New York, a stockbroker registered with Aegis Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Mariani breached a contract, engaged in unsuitable trading, breached his fiduciary duties, and was…
Jeffrey T. Kennedy of Quincy, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $99,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kennedy made the unsuitable investment recommendation of alternative investments when Kennedy was…
Shane Michael DeSherlia of Jerseyville, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that DeSherlia made unsuitable investment recommendations and was negligent in connection with the sale…
Thomas Burgess Hamlin of Portland, Oregon, a stockbroker registered with Somerset Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $108,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hamlin made unsuitable investment recommendations of iCap Equities private placements when Hamlin was…
Scott Jason Lee of Cold Spring, Minnesota, a stockbroker formerly registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Lee made unsuitable investment recommendations and was negligent in connection…
Edward Joseph Barfield of Kirkwood, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with Geneos Wealth Management Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on July 18, 2023, in which the customer requested $292,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Barfield made unsuitable recommendations in life insurance products when Barfield was associated with Geneos…
Garrett Wayne Moretz of Mooresville, North Carolina, a stockbroker registered with LifeMark Securities Corp., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $35,000.00 in damages. The claim alleged breach of fiduciary duty, unsuitable investment recommendations, misrepresentation and omissions of material facts, negligence,…
Luke Michael Johnson of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Coastal Equities Inc., has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for 18 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Johnson made unsuitable recommendations to customers. Department of Enforcement v. Luke Johnson, Order Accepting Offer of Settlement No. 2019061213402…
Nir Regev Kragnes of Saint Louis, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with DFPG Investments LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on July 17, 2023, for $278,680.61 in damages based upon allegations that Kragnes made unsuitable recommendations in illiquid real estate securities during the time that Kragnes was associated with…
Robert Alan Eisenberg of Vienna, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $27,663.88 in damages based on allegations that Eisenberg made unsuitable investment recommendations in oil and gas investments during the time that Eisenberg was associated…
Seth Gordon Mason of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a stockbroker previously registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim. In this claim, the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Mason engaged in unsuitable trading in the customer’s account from 2017 to…
Shawn Spellacy of Fair Oaks, California, a stockbroker registered with Calton Associates Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $719,415.00 in damages based upon allegations that Spellacy made unsuitable recommendations in stocks during the time that Spellacy was associated with Calton Associates Inc….
Stephen Curtis Lawler Jr. of Dunlap, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages. The claim alleged that Lawler made omissions of material fact and unsuitable recommendations in real estate securities and direct investments during…
Timothy Harold Judson of McLean, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Osaic Wealth Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 based upon allegations that Judson made unsuitable recommendations in direct investments during the time that Judson was associated with…
Austin Richard Dutton Jr., of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, is the subject of an enforcement action initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in which the regulator is seeking sanctions against Dutton based upon allegations that Dutton made unsuitable investment recommendations and falsified customer documents. Department of Enforcement v….
Doron Kochavi, of Pasadena, California, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Kochavi mismarked order tickets “unsolicited.” Case No. 2021071099403 (January 16, 2024). According to the AWC, between January of 2017…
John D. Cimino of Naples, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $648,745.00 in damages based upon allegations that Cimino engaged in unsuitable trading in variable annuities when Cimino was associated with Wells Fargo Advisors…
Lawrence Richard Greenfield (also known as Larry Greenfield), of Woodland Hills, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Arete Wealth Management LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $950,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Greenfield made unsuitable investment recommendations in alternative investments during…
Paul Kai Addo III, of Denver, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 29, 2023. The customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Addo failed to follow instructions regarding the purchase of market-linked investments or structured products from January…
Walter Paul Shoczolek III (also known as Walter Paul Shoczolek), of Cornelius, North Carolina, a stockbroker registered with Avantax Investment Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Shoczolek made unsuitable investment recommendations in mutual funds…
Yann C. Faho (also known as John Faho and Jann Faho), of New York, NY, a stockbroker registered with Aegis Capital Corp., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Faho used unauthorized communication devices to correspond with customers regarding…
Eric Alexander Duncan, of Denver, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $196,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Duncan was negligent and engaged in unsuitable recommendations in direct investments and corporate bonds when Duncan…
John Spyro Demertzis of East Setauket, New York, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $700,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Demertzis made unsuitable recommendations in alternative investments, including real estate securities during the time that Demertzis…
Yin Yvonne Zhong (also known as Yvonne Zhong), of Milpitas, California, a stockbroker registered with Ni Advisors, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $15,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Zhong breached her fiduciary duties, was negligent, and made unsuitable recommendations in GWG Class…
Norman Ray Harp, of Leawood, Kansas, a stockbroker registered with B.B. Graham Company Inc. and Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $101,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Harp engaged in unsuitable trading and was negligent in connection with…
Peter John Clarke, of Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Truist Investment Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $6,300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Clarke made unsuitable recommendations in equities when Clarke was associated with Truist Investment Services Inc….
Vincent Anthony Sharpe (also known as Vincent Ottomanelli-Sharpe), of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Aegis Capital Corp, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $283,716.78 in damages based upon allegations that Sharpe made unsuitable investment recommendations during the time that Sharpe…
Evan A. Lunsford of Terre Haute, Indiana, a stockbroker associated with LPL Financial, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on August 18, 2023, in which the customer requested compensatory damages. The customer’s allegations are that Lunsford made investment recommendations in structured notes tied to the energy market that were unsuitable…
Hector Alberto Mena, of Delray Beach, Florida, a stockbroker associated with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested approximately $300,000.00 in compensatory damages, as well as punitive damages, based on allegations that Mena provided unsuitable recommendations…
James C. Kelly, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $2,250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kelly made unsuitable recommendations and made misrepresentations of material fact during the time that…
Thomas Ardavast Kudarauskas (also known as Tom Kudarauskas), of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker associated with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kudarauskas engaged in unsuitable recommendations and trading in…
Henry Nathan Goodman of New York, New York, a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Goodman made unsuitable recommendations and misrepresented information about an options overlay strategy…
Megurditch Patatian (also known as Mike Patatian), of Westlake Village, California, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Patatian made unsuitable recommendations to his customers. In the Matter of Department of Enforcement v. Patatian, Decision No. 2018057235801…
Rajvinder Singh Budwal of San Jose, California, a stockbroker associated with SagePoint Financial Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $22,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Budwal made unsuitable recommendations of an equity fund. Budwal was associated with SagePoint…
Airung Liu, of Fremont, California, a stockbroker associated with Cambridge Investment Research Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Liu made unsuitable recommendations of direct investments to the customer during the time that…
Chay Thomas Lapin, of Torrance, California, a stockbroker associated with WealthForge Securities, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $552,535.65 in damages based upon allegations that Lapin failed to conduct reasonable due diligence, was negligent, made unsuitable recommendations, failed to…
Craig Sherman Thistlethwaite, of Perrysburg, Ohio, a stockbroker associated with Morgan Stanley, has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on January 17, 2023. The termination was based upon Thistlethwaite supposedly entering transactions in two related customers’ accounts without receiving verbal confirmation, purchasing a timeshare from a customer without firm approval, and engaging in unauthorized…
David Edwin Alvarado, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly associated with SW Financial, also known as Saloman Whitney LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim. The customer seeks $30,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Alvarado engaged in unsuitable, excessive, and unauthorized…
Gregory Alan Jacobson, of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker associated with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $4,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Jacobson made an unsuitable investment recommendation to the customer. FINRA Arbitration…
Jack Lewis Jones Jr. (also known as JJ Jones), of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker associated with Triad Advisors LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $30,000.00 in damages. The claim alleged that Jones made unsuitable recommendations, failed to sufficiently disclose…
James William Tausz (also known as Jim Tausz), of Clarion, Iowa a stockbroker associated with United Planners’ Financial Services of America, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $15,000.00 in damages based upon alleged unsuitable recommendations, breach of contract, fraud, breach…
John Brendan Dobbertin of Fayetteville, New York, a stockbroker associated with American Portfolios Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $19,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dobbertin violated FINRA suitability rules, acted negligently, made misrepresentations and omissions…
John James Forster, of Washington, DC, a stockbroker associated with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $272,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Forster failed to act in the customer’s best interest and…
Patricia Lynn Sans (also known as Patricia Lynn Coleman), of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker associated with Morgan Stanley, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $240,000.00 in damages. The customer alleged that Sans made unsuitable recommendations of options, municipal…
William Bradley Humbarger, of Sunflower County, Mississippi, a stockbroker associated with NYLIFE Securities LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action that was settled for $120,000.00 in damages. The customer claimed that Humbarger provided unsuitable investment advice and inaccurate information concerning the customer’s insurance policy when Humbarger was associated with NYLIFE…
Arthur Gilbert Faren of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker registered with SunTrust Investment Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $29,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Faren did not follow the customer’s instructions regarding stop limit orders when Faren…
Jeffrey Allen Morris of Estes Park, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $45,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Morris made unsuitable recommendations and was negligent in connection with the…
Rami Sassoon (also known as Rami Sela and Ram Sassen), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sassoon made unsuitable recommendations…
Ronald Matthew Hoyle (also known as Ron Hoyle), of Tomball, Texas, a stockbroker registered with J.W. Cole Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on May 2, 2023, in which the customer requested $33,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hoyle made unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities during the…
Shawn David Bumgardner of Southgate, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Bumgardner made unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities when Bumgardner was associated with…
Troy Jason Goldberg, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker registered with National Securities Corp., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Goldberg made unsuitable recommendations of private placements when Goldberg was associated with National…
Virgil Arthur Biggs, of Saranac, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with Avantax Investment Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $80,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Biggs made unsuitable recommendations of over-the-counter equities and direct investments when Biggs was…
Aaron Brian Graham of Salt Lake City, Utah, a stockbroker registered with United Planners Financial Services of America, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested damages based upon allegations that Graham breached a contract, violated FINRA rules, made unsuitable investment…
Daniel Robert Murray of Brewster, New York, a stockbroker registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $7,900.00 in damages based upon allegations that Murray made unsuitable recommendations of non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts or…
Delio Eduardo Londono (also known as Del Londono) of La Crescenta, California, a stockbroker registered with Sagepoint Financial Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $395,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Londono made unsuitable recommendations and made either misrepresentations…
James Anthony Davenport of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, an investment advisor representative of JT Stratford LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on January 20, 2023, for $12,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Davenport made unsuitable recommendations and failed to execute stop-loss orders when Davenport was associated with…
Martin Adalbert Klein III, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $10,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Klein made unsuitable recommendations of government bonds when Klein was…
Matthew Wayne Shaughnessy (also known as Matthew Shughnessy), of Henderson, Nevada, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on March 23, 2023, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Shaughnessy made misrepresentations of material fact and made unsuitable…
Shomir Mukherjee (also known as Shomir Singh), of Westlake Village, California, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $99,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that Mukherjee made unsuitable recommendations of corporate bonds when Mukherjee was associated…
Troy Thomas of Huntington Beach, California, a stockbroker registered with McDermott Investment Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Thomas committed fraud, failed to supervise certain representatives, was negligent, breached his fiduciary duties,…
Christopher John McCaffrey of Napa, California, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $4,100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that McCaffrey made unsuitable recommendations of options when McCaffrey was associated with Morgan Stanley. FINRA Arbitration…
Daniel Arthur Evans of Seattle, Washington, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $10,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Evans made unsuitable investment recommendations when Evans was associated with Wells…
Donald Ernest Leitzell of State College, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with J.W. Cole Financial Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 8, 2021, in which the customer requested $19,648.00 in damages based upon allegations that Leitzell made unsuitable recommendations of stocks during the time that Leitzell was associated…
Howard Hao-Chung Hsieh of Irvine, California, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $60,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hsieh was negligent, breached his fiduciary duties, overconcentrated accounts in certain investments, and made…
Jeffrey Martin Tabman of Woodbury, New York, a stockbroker registered with Equitable Advisors LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on January 12, 2023, in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Tabman made unsuitable recommendations of mutual funds when Tabman was associated with Equitable Advisors LLC. The…
Lowell Vincent Kruger of Bloomington, Minnesota, a stockbroker registered with Avantax Investment Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on December 28, 2022, in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Kruger made unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities during the time that Kruger was associated with Avantax…
Richard Joseph Dellarusso (also known as Rick Dellarusso and Ricky Dellarusso), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dellarusso made misrepresentations…
Shane Boehm of Spokane, Washington, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action in which the customer requested $1,500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Boehm made unsuitable recommendations of Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs during the time that Boehm was associated with…
Sonia Maria Attkiss (also known as Sonia Tron), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $525,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Attkiss made misrepresentations of material…
Timothy L. Johnson, of Willmar, Minnesota, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $164,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Johnson made unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities when Johnson was associated with Cetera…
William Colin Seibert, of Houma, Louisiana, a stockbroker registered with Raymond James Associates Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Seibert made unsuitable recommendations of stocks when Seibert was associated with Raymond James Associates…
Andrew Fredric Perry of Margate, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $310,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Perry made unsuitable recommendations and misrepresentations of material fact in connection with…
David Harrison Miller of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker registered with PeachCap Securities Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Miller failed to testify when FINRA investigated the stockbroker for possible violations of FINRA rules during the time that he was associated with PeachCap Securities…
Gregory Robert Sain of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker registered with Stifel Nicolaus Co. Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on June 13, 2023, for $26,250.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sain made unsuitable recommendations of structured notes during the time that Sain was registered with…
Ivan Richard Gefen of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gefen breached a contract, committed fraud, was negligent, and breached fiduciary duties in connection with the…
Peter Dieter Nett of The Woodlands, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $30,000.00 in compensatory damages because Ameriprise Financial Services LLC was held liable on the customer’s claims which included that its stockbroker made…
Bret Clinton Schaefer (also known as Bret Clinton Shaefer), of Greenville, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on May 24, 2023, for $53,114.00 in damages based upon allegations that Schaefer made unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities when Schaefer was…
Jason Steven Hawke, of Meridian, Idaho, a stockbroker registered with National Securities Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $45,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hawke made unsuitable recommendations of private placements during the time that Hawke was associated…
Nisreen Nina Kallabat Byrne (also known as Nisreen Diazakallabat and Nina Kallabatdaiza), of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with JP Morgan Securities LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Byrne made…
Nordo Mauro Nissi, of Boston, Massachusetts, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $55,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Nissi made misrepresentations and omissions of material fact, committed fraud, made unsuitable recommendations, and failed…
Brian E. Patterson of Woodbridge, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Equitable Advisors, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $18,750.00 in damages based upon allegations that Patterson made unsuitable recommendations of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) during the time that Patterson was associated with Equitable…
Cynthia Mary Couyoumjian (also known as Cynthia Mary Koczkodan), of Tustin, California, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $136,900.00 in damages based upon allegations that Couyoumjian engaged in unsuitable trading in Real Estate Investment Trusts…
Douglas Blake Solinsky of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Solinsky engaged in excessive and unsuitable trading. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2019064511203 (June 29,…
Henry Jihua Liu of Melville, New York, a stockbroker registered with Aegis Capital Corp., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $20,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Liu made unsuitable investment recommendations and breached his fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of alternative…
Jason Ryan Jaynes of Frisco, Texas, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $2,850,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Jaynes made misrepresentations of material fact and made unsuitable recommendations of commodities when Jaynes was…
Jonathan Walter Way of Napa, California, a stockbroker registered with Wedbush Securities Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Way failed to provide information and documents to FINRA when it investigated possible violations of FINRA rules. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2022076025501…
Lawrence Charles Barrett (also known as Lawrence Barrett DiBartolomeo), of Orange Village, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $30,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Barrett made unsuitable investment recommendations of oil and gas…
Raymond Sardina of Coral Gables, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Raymond James Associates Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sardina made unsuitable recommendations of stocks during the time that Sardina was associated with Raymond James…
Ron Keith Phillips of Walnut Creek, California, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Phillips mismanaged investment accounts when Phillips was associated with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Financial…
Anthony Michael Gallea of Hendersonville, North Carolina, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gallea made unsuitable recommendations of options when Gallea was registered with Morgan Stanley. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Jeffrey Max Cohen of Henderson, Nevada, a stockbroker registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Cohen failed to provide information and documents to FINRA when it investigated possible violations of FINRA rules. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No….
John Calderwood Starke Sr., of Mechanicsville, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $150.000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Starke made unsuitable recommendations of real estate securities and corporate bonds when Starke was registered with…
Joseph Martin Latour (also known as Joe Latour), of Springfield, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Latour made unsuitable recommendations of direct investments when Latour was registered…
Rene Javier Castro, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Great Point Capital LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $175,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Castro made unsuitable recommendations, was negligent, breached his fiduciary duties, breached a contract, and violated state securities…
Robert T Li of Naperville, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with LPL Financial LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Li made unsuitable recommendations of real estate securities and stocks when Li was registered with LPL Financial…
Robert Wesley Turley of New Port Richey, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Independent Financial Group LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $26,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Turley made unsuitable recommendations of non-traded REITs when Turley was registered with Independent Financial Group…
Stuart Bryan Haw, of Bradenton, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Investors Capital Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $39,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Haw made unsuitable recommendations, breached his fiduciary duties, made misrepresentations and omissions of material fact, and violated FINRA…
Andrew Raskin of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $32,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Raskin made unsuitable investment recommendations during the time that Raskin…
Daniel Keith Beech of Westlake Village, California, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Beech was negligent and made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale of corporate bonds…
Eileen Law Cure (also known as Eileen Law Klein and Eileen Hall Law), of Nederland, Texas, a stockbroker registered with HD Investment Services, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $15,833.00 in damages based upon allegations that Cure made unsuitable recommendations of direct investments (limited…
Fariba Zehtabian Madison of Los Alamitos, California, a stockbroker registered with Western International Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $14,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that Madison made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale of corporate bonds during the…
Leigh Eran Einhorn (also known as Lee Einhorn) of West Caldwell, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on April 14, 2023, to resolve allegations that Einhorn made omissions of material fact and made unsuitable investment recommendations of…
Mark Ryan Bierdeman of Fargo, North Dakota, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., has been fined $2,500.00 by State of Minnesota Department of Commerce because Bierdeman made unsuitable recommendations in connection with the replacement of a customer’s life insurance policy. Order No. 2909 (November 17, 2022). Public Disclosure shows that Bierdeman is also…
Morgan Darby Hill of Knoxville, Tennessee, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $60,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hill made unsuitable investment recommendations of alternative investments. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 22-02835…
Paul William Murphy of Ocala, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Calton Associates Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Murphy made unsuitable investment recommendations and breached his fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of real estate…
Philip Norris Smith (also known as Philip Norris Smith), of Woodland Hills, California, a stockbroker registered with Equitable Advisors LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Smith made unsuitable investment recommendations to an Equitable Advisors customer in connection…
Patrick Christopher Durst of Centennial, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Lifemark Securities Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Durst made unsuitable recommendations of certain alternative investments during the time that Durst was associated with Lifemark…
Mark Phillip Goetz of Huntington Station, New York, a stockbroker registered with Network 1 Financial Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $420,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Goetz committed fraud, breached his fiduciary duties, made unsuitable recommendations, and failed to…
Howard Hao-Chung Hsieh (also known as Hao-Chung Howard Hsieh), of Irvine, California, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Hsieh made unsuitable recommendations of real estate securities when Hsieh was associated…
Delio Eduardo Londono (also known as Del Londono), of La Crescenta, California, a stockbroker registered with Sagepoint Financial Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on December 14, 2021, in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Londono engaged in unauthorized trading, made misrepresentations of material…
George Ly of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Investment Services LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $700,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ly made unsuitable investment recommendations of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) during the period that Ly was…
Joel Christopher Riedel of Lockport, New York, a stockbroker registered with NYLife Securities LLC, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Riedel lied and mismarked order tickets to falsely claim that investors purchased questionable Unit Investment Trusts (“UITs”) on…
Kyle W. Steibel, of Belleville, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with CUNA Brokerage Services Inc., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Steibel failed to respond to FINRA’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2022074241501 (May 1, 2023). According to FINRA’s Notice of Suspension letter issued…
Kenneth John Byrne of Garden City, New York, a stockbroker registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Byrne failed to testify during the period that FINRA investigated the stockbroker for possible unsuitable investment recommendations. Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No….
David Jonathon Feigeles of Melville, New York, a stockbroker registered with Oppenheimer Co. Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $3,500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Feigeles breached his fiduciary duties, breached a contract, converted funds, was negligent, failed to supervise certain…
Edward Scott Short of Melville, New York, a stockbroker registered with Laidlaw Company (Uk) Ltd., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for seven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Short engaged in excessive and unsuitable trading. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2020065683302 (January 31,…
Genevieve Garcia Mar (also known as Gen Mar), of Northbrook, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Berthel Fisher Company Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which customers were collectively awarded $467,000.00 in compensatory damages because Mar was held liable on the customer’s claims, including that…
James Vincent Pucciarelli of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pucciarelli made unsuitable recommendations of stocks during the time that Pucciarelli was associated with Morgan Stanley. Financial…
Kirk Edward Pickell of Providence, Rhode Island, a stockbroker registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pickell made unsuitable recommendations, made omissions of material fact, and charged excessive fees in connection with…
Steven M. Netzel (also known as Steve M. Netzel), of Chandler, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Kalos Capital Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Netzel made unsuitable recommendations and caused the securities broker dealer to maintain false…
Todd Ray Anderson of Tucson, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for 45 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Anderson made unsuitable investment recommendations of mutual funds. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2019063749201 (April 20, 2023). According…
Donnie Eugene Ingram (also known as Don Ingram), of Winter Haven, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc., has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Ingram made unsuitable investment recommendations. Department of Enforcement v. Ingram et al., Order…
Claudio M. Gambin Neto of Orlando, Florida, a stockbroker registered with MML Investors Services LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested up to $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gambin Neto made unsuitable recommendations of life insurance policies and mutual funds when…
Dana H. Davis of Hauppauge, New York, a stockbroker registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, has been suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Davis made unsuitable recommendations and inappropriately advised customers regarding margin. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2019064511202 (March 31, 2023)….
Gary Walter Isler of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with David Lerner Associates Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $20,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Isler made misrepresentations and omissions of material fact, breached his fiduciary duties to the customer, and…
James Arthur Allen (also known as Jim Allen), of Lake Forest, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Sanctuary Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Allen made unsuitable recommendations of alternative investments during the time that Allen…
Jeffrey Adam Miller of Greenwich, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Miller made unsuitable recommendations of gold and silver during the time that Miller was associated with UBS…
Michael Anthony Fahsholtz of Wenatchee, Washington, a stockbroker registered with Stifel Nicolaus Company Incorporated, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $40,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Fahsholtz violated securities laws, made unsuitable recommendations, breached his fiduciary duties to the customer, violated FINRA rules,…