Brian John Bogart of McLean Virginia is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $25,711.11 in damages supported by accusations that unsuitable transactions were placed in the customer’s in-house money manager account between 2015 and 2016. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Malcolm Douglas MacLennan of Los Angeles California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Oppenheimer and Co. Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 12, 2016 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer’s assets were invested in unsuitable equity…
Ernest James Cox of La Quinta California is a stockbroker formerly registered with Commonwealth Financial Network who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled on November 28, 2016 for $15,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s funds according to an options and equities strategy that was not…
Elliot Hough Sherer of Melville New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $8,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer’s margin account was excessively utilized (2) unsuitable investment recommendations were made to the customer…
David Henry Niswonger of South Bend Indiana is a stockbroker currently registered with Raymond James and Associates who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that settled for $52,000.00 in damages founded on accusations including (1) violation of federal securities laws (2) violation of National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and…
Matthew Singer of Aventura Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to testify in a FINRA investigation into allegations of his unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of…
Mark Jude Ketner of New York New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Maxim Group LLC who has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment trust recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Peter Brian Voldness of Bloomington Minnesota is a stockbroker formerly registered with Emergent Financial Group Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer’s assets were inappropriately concentrated in private placement securities issued by Cryoport. Financial Industry…
Joseph Edward Pastore of El Segundo, California is a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $975,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that unsuitable securities purchases were effected in the customer’s managed account between 2013 and 2015….
Michael Scott Androulakis of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Securities Inc. who has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers concerning non-traditional…
Steven Eugene Love of Terre Haute Indiana, a stockbroker currently registered with Parkland Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim seeking between $300,000 and $500,000 in in damages supported by allegations that he failed top invest her retirement funds in safe, suitable investments, but instead sold her non-traded Real Estate…
George Frederick Dance Jr of Daphne Alabama, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 25, 2017, where the customer seeks more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that an unsuitable investment allocation had been effectuated for the customer’s managed account between…
Jonathan Steven Harris of Palm Beach Florida is a stockbroker currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus and Company Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,550,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Harris (1) omitted information from the customer regarding the risks of investing in…
Michael David Mathias of Mount Kisco New York is a stockbroker currently registered with Summit Brokerage Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested four hundred thirty-three thousand six hundred eight-seven dollars in damages founded on accusations of suitability relating to the customer’s variable annuity…
Peter Robert Green of Berkeley California is a stockbroker currently registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 16 2016 in which the customer sought twenty-six thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that unsuitable investment recommendations had been made to the customer…
Mark Andrew Milligan of Blue Bell Pennsylvania is a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested ninety-nine thousand two hundred eighty one dollars in damages founded on allegations that Milligan effected unsuitable mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account….
Laurence Bache Rossbach of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly employed with Morgan Stanley who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 3 2017 in which the customer sought forty-four thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that stock transactions had been effected in the customer’s account that…
Linda Lee Ledzian of Merrick New York is a stockbroker formerly employed with Capital One Investing LLC who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 20 2017 where the customer sought twelve thousand three hundred dollars in damages based upon allegations that a certificate of deposit investment was not…
Anthony Mediate of Red Bank New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 4 2015 in which the customer alleged that over-the-counter equities transactions were effected in the customer’s account on an unsuitable and excessive basis. Financial Industry…
Jodie Ann LaMarre of Sarasota Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Robert W. Baird and Co. Incorporated who has been fined ten thousand dollars and suspended for one year from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that she made an unsuitable investment recommendation…
Jeffrey Randolph Wilson of Las Cruces New Mexico is a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services that is subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought at least five thousand dollars in damages founded on accusations that Flaum made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer regarding energy-sector…
David Francis Faline of Boca Raton Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested two hundred thousand dollars in damages based upon accusations that Faline made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer which caused the customer…
Kenneth H. South of Newport Beach California is a stockbroker currently registered with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested over one hundred sixty-one thousand dollars in damages based upon allegations that between June 1 2015 and February 1 2017 the…
Thomas Francis Niles of Saratoga Springs New York is a stockbroker associated with Morgan Stanley who has been fined five thousand dollars and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected transactions in customer accounts that were not…
Kevin Mark Nast of Northville Michigan is a stockbroker formerly registered with Transamerica Financial Advisors Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which settled for fourteen thousand dollars in damages supported by accusations that Nast made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer and executed unauthorized transactions in the customer’s…
Tom Gilliam Parks Jr. of Stephenville Texas is a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 6 2017 where the customer requested four hundred thousand dollars in damages founded on allegations that Parks made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer…
Douglas Anthony Leone, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Salomon Whitney Financial, has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that he failed to provide testimony in a FINRA investigation into his potentially unsuitable investment recommendations. Department of Enforcement v. Douglas Anthony Leone, No. 2016052560002 (Jan. 9,…
Richard Charles Foster, of Tulsa Oklahoma, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Investment Services, LLC, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Todd Kimm of Syracuse, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he exercised discretion in customer accounts without authority, and placed…
Keven J. Jedlicka, of Baltimore, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with Chaplin Davis, has been suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he traded in customer accounts on an unsuitable basis. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016047659701…
Lawrence John Fawcett Jr., of Farmingdale, New York, a stockbroker registered with Salomon Whitney Financial, has been fined $2,500.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made an unsuitable investment recommendation to a customer. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Anthony John Salerno of South Easton, Massachusetts, a stockbroker registered with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 1, 2017, where the customer requested $15,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that between August 26, 2016 and September 28, 2017, Salerno made unsuitable preferred stock recommendations…
Charles Bernard Lynch Jr. of Irvine, California, a stockbroker registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015045713301 (Dec. 11, 2017). According…
Thomas Bertram Guthrie of Spokane Washington, a stockbroker currently associated with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 4, 2017, in which the customer requested $450,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that stock transactions were effected in the customer’s account which were not…
Michael Paul Massey of Vero Beach, Florida, a stockbroker currently associated with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on October 20, 2017, for $25,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between December 10, 2012 and May 12, 2016, Massey positioned a stock that…
David Hershel Weinstein of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with Dawson James Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $325,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Weinstein over-concentrated the customer’s assets, and made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer pertaining to over-the-counter…
David Richard Geake of Northbrook, Illinois, a stockbroker associated with Madison Avenue Securities, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 9, 2017, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Geake effected fixed indexed annuities, equipment leasing products, business development companies and real estate…
Raymond Adam Menna, of PlanMember Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Menna made misrepresentations and omissions to the customer, effected transactions in the customer’s account that were not suitable, and traded equities without the customer’s consent. Financial…
Jonathan Scott Leopold, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer sought $250,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that unsuitable over-the-counter equities and direct investment products had been sold to the customer between 2009 and June of…
Teryl Lee Trenchard, of Reston, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capitol Securities Management, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $1,800,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Trenchard misappropriated the customer’s assets, traded in the customer’s account without authorization, and placed exchange traded fund,…
Michael N. Guilfoyle, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Legend Securities, Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for ten months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Brenton Bataille, of Centennial, Colorado, a stockbroker currently registered with Spencer Edwards, Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers concerning convertible notes. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014041862704…
Michael John Kurka, of Alexandria, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 30, 2017, in which he alleged that between 2011 and 2014, Kurka effected transactions in the customer’s in-house money manager account that were not suitable for the customer. Financial Industry…
Charles Matthew Anderson, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he traded unit investment trusts in customer accounts that were not suitable for customers. Letter of…
Timothy Thomas Gibbons of New Orleans, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to elderly customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
William Henry Watson III, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Finance 500, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on February 15, 2017, for $161,653.66 in damages founded on allegations that Watson effected unsuitable direct investment product transactions with the customer’s funds. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
William John Paynter Jr. of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 28, 2017, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and suitability regarding oil…
Michael B. Barnett of Marion, Illinois, a stockbroker currently registered with J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action, in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based on allegations that over-the-counter equities and stock transactions had been effected in the customer’s account which were neither…
Gregory Neal Long of Melbourne Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with International Assets Advisory, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Long effected unit investment trust, options, and mutual fund transactions that were neither appropriate nor suitable for the customer….
Thomas Mark Adams of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $85,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between November 1, 2012 and January 31, 2016, Adams made misrepresentations to the customer about the suitability of structured products…
Brian Scott Eagon, of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 9, 2016, in which the customer requested $83,300.00 in damages based upon allegations that between May 27, 2015 and May 6, 2016, mutual fund and stock investments were executed…
Daniel Fain, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $280,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Fain concentrated the customers’ investments in unsuitable stocks. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 16-03290…
Thomas David Sharp, of Folsom California, a stockbroker registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related civil action, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Sharp made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning real estate investment trusts. Civil Action No. 34201700208443 (Mar. 6,…
Stuart L. Pearl, of Deerfield, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly employed with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a $7,500.00 fine, and has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he exercised discretion in customer accounts and made unsuitable margin-based investment recommendations…
Christopher Thomas Tolmacs of Portage, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with Triad Advisors, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled for $51,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Tolmacs made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning business development corporations, exchange traded funds and fixed annuities. FINRA Arbitration Case…
Charles Bernard Lynch Jr., of Irvine California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based on allegations that Lynch effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account, over-concentrating the customer’s portfolio…
Bill Alfons Holubec, of San Angelo, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Holubec effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account and made misrepresentations to the customer concerning non-traditional…
Walter Joseph Marino, of Dix Hills, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Legend Equities, has been suspended for one year from associating with a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Marino made unsuitable variable annuity recommendations and misrepresentations to customers….
Donald P. Southwick, of Troy, Michigan, a stockbroker formerly registered with CSSC Brokerage Services, Inc., has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049789601 (Sept. 29, 2017)….
Pamela McGee Adams of Irvine, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 5, 2017, in which the customer sought $53,510.85 in damages supported by allegations that from February 17, 2016 to April 11, 2017, Adams made unsuitable investment…
John Carolyn of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on August 16, 2017, for $34,000.00 in damages based on allegations that from 2014 to 2016, Carolyn placed unsuitable stock transactions in the customer’s account, causing the customer’s…
Gaetano Magarelli, a stockbroker currently registered with Newbridge Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 31, 2017, in which the customer requested $266,355.00 in damages based upon allegations that Magarelli placed unsuitable equity transactions in the customer’s account, causing the customer to sustain investment losses within her…
Mehran Tazhibi, of Berkeley, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to customers regarding municipal bonds. Letter…
Sanders Lane Spangler, of San Antonio, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with LPL Financial LLC, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration on June 14, 2017, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Spangler effected unauthorized and unsuitable equity transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Michael Edward Fitzgerald, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 14, 2017, in which the customer’s claim was based on allegations of unsuitable investment recommendations of stock in 2014. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Fitzgerald…
Colin Edward Hammer, of Akron, Ohio, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 27, 2016, where the customer requested $1,400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2010 and 2016, Hammer engaged in several sales practice violations including the failure to effect…
Carlos Nestor Evertsz-Seda, of Ronkonkoma, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with K.C. Ward Financial, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 6, 2017, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based on allegations that Evertsz-Seda caused the customer’s market losses through effecting transactions that were not suitable….
Ronald G. Richer, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Garden State Securities, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 3, 2017, where the customer requested $50,775.00 in damages supported by allegations that from February 2015 to July 2015, Richer effected unsuitable stock transactions in…
Mark S. Perry, of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., has been suspended for eighteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Timothy John Platt, of Naperville, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint, which settled on October 26, 2016, for $112,500.00 in damages resting upon allegations that from June 2, 2011, and May 17, 2016, Platt effected mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account despite…
Joshua J. Pratta, of Towson, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 24, 2016, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Pratta made misrepresentations and omissions, recommended unsuitable investments, and effected…
Jay Dee Jordan, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer, effected unauthorized transactions in the customer’s account, mismarked customer order…
David John Lomedico, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Rockwell Global Capital LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customers. Letter of Acceptance,…
James S. Fleming III, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Keith Alva Fontenot, of Lafayette, Louisiana, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 11, 2017, in which the customer requested $80,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Fontenot made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning equities and direct…
Jack Frank Bruscianelli, of Saint Louis, Missouri, a stockbroker currently registered with National Securities Corporation, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Bruscianelli breached his fiduciary duties and made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer…
James Bradley Schwartz, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 28, 2017, in which the customer requested $269,131.00 in damages based upon allegations against Schwartz of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, omissions and misrepresentations,…
Edward Anthony Torres, of Anaheim, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 1, 2017, wherein the customer requested $40,291.42 in damages based upon allegations that Torres negligently managed the customer’s individual retirement account, and made unsuitable investment recommendations to…
Mark Charles Koehler, of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that he effected unsuitable investment transactions in customer accounts. Letter…
Nicole Marie Andres, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 30, 2017, in which the customer requested $44,355.00 in damages based upon allegations that Andres made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning exchange…
Tony Kang, of Northbrook, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with Fifth Third Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on September 24, 2015, for $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kang made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer regarding a unit investment trust product. Financial Industry…
Christopher Robert Hickman, of Delray Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable unit investment trust trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Lawrence M. Thomas, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Essex Securities LLC, has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that he made improper investment recommendations to customers. Letter…
Jeffrey Alan Fladell, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker currently registered with RBC Capital Markets LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 7, 2016, wherein the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Fladell made unsuitable municipal debt investment recommendations to the customer….
Nick Eugene Son, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 22, 2016, in which the customer requested $65,984.66 in damages based upon allegations that Son utilized the customer’s margin account without consent, and effected transactions that…
Elvin J. Lopez, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Brookstone Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on April 12, 2017, for $31,276.98 in damages based upon allegations that he made misrepresentations to the customer, breached his fiduciary and contractual duties, negligently managed…
Roger Wilson Rodas, of Glendale, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 21, 2016, based upon allegations that Rodas made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning real estate securities and investments offered via a foreign…
Anthony Joseph Verzi, of Melbourne, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of his unsuitable investment trading activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
James Keith Cox, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to a firm’s customer and…
Daniel P. Bailey, of Rochester, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Source Capital Group, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that made unsuitable securities recommendations to a customer. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
John Bradford Leonard, of Toledo, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to respond to a FINRA informational request regarding his activities. Case No. 2016050686801 (Apr. 14, 2017). FINRA Public Disclosure…
David James Vigil, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 24, 2017, in which the customer requested $90,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Vigil effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s managed wrap account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Vigil…
Joanna Espasas of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Popular Securities, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on December 21, 2015, in which the customer requested $1,173,866.00 in damages based upon allegations that Espasas made unsuitable recommendations to the customer concerning corporate debt and closed-end funds. The customer…
Eugen Velea, of Manasquan, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with MML Investors Services, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on August 1, 2016, for $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Velea induced the customer’s mutual fund purchases by making unsuitable investment recommendations. Financial Industry Regulatory…
James Vernon Regier, of Topeka, Kansas, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 14, 2016, in which the customer requested $76,642.00 in damages based upon allegations that Regier effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account concerning United Development Funding IV….
Michael Barry Goldberg, of Short Hills, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 4, 2017, in which the customer requested $33,443.87 in damages based upon allegations that Goldberg effected unit investment trust and mutual fund transactions in the customer’s account…
Daniel M. King, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Brookville Capital Partners, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 1, 2017, in which the customer requested $59,330.70 in damages based upon allegations that he solicited customers’ investments for products they were not suitable for, and led…
Stephen J. Landa, of Easton, Connecticut, a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable transactions in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049485101…
Leavitt Freeman Sanders, of West Point, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with INVEST Financial Corporation, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on January 16, 2017, for $11,503.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sanders effected investment strategies concerning options products that were misrepresented and unsuitable for the customer….
Scott Allen Sibley, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Sibley, inter alia, made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers, traded in customer accounts without authorization,…
Andrew Bennett Kramer, of Brooklyn, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Securities Management, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations of Kramer’s wrongdoing referenced in a customer…
Bahram Mirhashemi, of Artesia, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on April 10, 2017, for $85,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Mirhashemi mishandled the customer’s investment account, and effected equity trades in the customer’s account on an excessive…
Andrew Scott Corbman, of Lansdowne, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kovack Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on April 20, 2017, for $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations including breach of contract and unsuitability pertaining to the customer’s stock purchases. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
David Anthony Kamm, of Saint Augustine, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on June 23, 2016, for $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from May 29, 2013, to February 29, 2016, Kamm effected unsuitable over-the-counter equity…
Richard Allen Sena, of Cincinnati, Ohio, a stockbroker currently registered with Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on February 22, 2017, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sena made risky municipal debt investment recommendations to the customer which were…
James Andrew Geake, of Skokie, Illinois, a stockbroker currently registered with Madison Avenue Securities, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on March 1, 2017, for $60,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Geake negligently managed the customer’s investments, breached his contractual duties, and made unsuitable investment recommendations…
Jay Dee Jordan, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a stockbroker formerly registered with WFG Investments, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 28, 2016, in which the customer requested $88,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Jordan effected unsuitable stock transactions in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Robert Mark Star, of Bluffton, South Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with EDI Financial, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 12, 2016, in which the customer requested $640,800.00 in damages based upon allegations that Star overconcentrated the customer’s investment portfolio in private placements, and made unsuitable investment…
Nina Sue Jessee, of Abingdon, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on February 3, 2017, based upon allegations that Jessee effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account regarding investments in real estate, insurance, and equipment leasing products. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
George Russel Thoreson, of Bellevue, Washington, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on February 1, 2017, in which the customer requested $453,886.65 in damages based upon allegations that Thoreson made unsuitable stock recommendations to the customer. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Frederick Peter Baerenz, of Great Falls, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Pacific West Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which customers were collectively awarded $331,000.00 in damages on July 11, 2016, based upon allegations including misrepresentation, unsuitability, fraud, breach of contract, and violation of SEC Rule…
William Mark Heiden, of Newport Beach, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 24, 2017, in which the customer requested $950,718.24 in damages based upon allegations that Heiden, from 2012 to 2016, effected equity transactions in the customer’s account which were…
Phillip Leung Wong, of Wayland, Massachusetts, a stockbroker currently registered with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 26, 2017, based upon allegations that Wong made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning exchange traded fund and stock transactions, which caused the customer to sustain…
Wayne David Kandas, of Tempe, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with MetLife Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 26, 2016, based upon allegations that Kandas made misrepresentations to the customer regarding variable annuity products. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Kandas has been…
Harold S. Pomeranz, of Garden City, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to a customer. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Scott William Palmer, of Hackensack, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently registered with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 26, 2016, in which the customer requested $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Palmer effected unsuitable stock transactions in the customer’s investment account. Financial Industry…
James Edward Knee, of Concord, New Hampshire, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on December 21, 2015, for $17,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Knee made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning a royalty trust purchase. Financial…
Bruce Benjamin Greenwald, of Pepper Pike, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with Morgan Stanley, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 3, 2017, in which the customer requested $800,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Greenwald failed to abide by the customer’s investment based instructions, and made misrepresentations to…
Dennis Albert Mehringer Jr., of Pasadena, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Western International Securities, Inc., was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in a Complaint alleging that Mehringer, inter alia, made investment recommendations which were not suitable for customers. Department of Enforcement v. Mehringer, Jr., No. 2014041868001 (Dec. 16, 2016). According to the…
Chadwick C. Collins, of Carlsbad, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on April 18, 2016, for $86,559.31 in damages based upon allegations that Collins, from December of 2015 to March of 2016, failed to disclose commissions charged to…
Rick Douglas Konecny, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker currently registered with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 23, 2016, in which the customer requested $400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Konecny effected unauthorized and unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account, and overconcentrated the…
Paul Robert Nitz, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a stockbroker currently registered with HD Vest Investment Services, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 13, 2016, in which the customer requested $528,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Nitz made unsuitable equity investment recommendations to the customer, made misrepresentations to the…
Frank Hamrak, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Beech Hill Securities, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 21, 2016, in which the customer requested $185,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from March 20, 2014, to November 9, 2016, Hamrak effected unsuitable transactions…
Charles Henry Frieda, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, has been named in thirty-two customer initiated investment related disputes between October 6, 2014, and October 25, 2016, which have collectively settled for $5,268,553.00 in damages based upon allegations that Frieda effected unsuitable transactions in the customers’ accounts, which…
William Robert Berg, of Mesa, Arizona, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on October 19, 2016 for $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that in 2014, Berg overconcentrated the customer’s assets in oil and gas equities that were…
George Craig Merhoff Jr., a stockbroker currently registered with Cetera Advisors LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 14, 2016, which is based upon allegations that Merhoff committed violations of securities laws in the State of Oregon, breached his fiduciary and contractual duties to the customer, effected unsuitable…
Jacquin P. Fink, a stockbroker currently registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 13, 2016, in which the customer requested $300,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between October 2015 and October 2016, Fink made unsuitable equity investment recommendations to the…
Cory David Bataan, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on August 25, 2015 for $25,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Bataan made unsuitable investment recommendations concerning over-the-counter equities and generated commissions and fees which were…
John Paul Corsi, of Parma, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with WRP Investments, has been fined $20,000.00 and suspended for twenty months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he participated in an undisclosed outside business activity and private securities transaction, and made…
LPL Financial, LLC, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, was censured and fined $900,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon consenting to findings that the firm failed to distribute account notices containing customer suitability information. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015045887301 (Dec. 21, 2016). According to the AWC, between 2009 and 2016, the…
Kenneth John Saunders, of Coral Springs, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration action on March 11, 2016, in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Saunders made misrepresentations to the customer concerning investments, and effected unsuitable investments in…
Stockbroker Fraud Lawyers | Scott F. Goldman, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly associated with LPL Financial LLC, was fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Allstate Financial Services, LLC, headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been censured and fined $1,000,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm, inter alia, had mass incomplete or missing accounts records concerning customer suitability. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015047806501(Dec. 15, 2016). According to the AWC, between 2001…
Athanasios Tomaras, of Oldsmar, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Fulcrum Securities, LLC, has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim from October 17, 2016, in which the customer requested $189,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from July of 2013 to January of 2016, Tomaras made unsuitable investment recommendations to the…
Gregory Martin Ellis, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration action on July 22, 2015, in which the customer requested $445,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ellis negligently handled the customer’s account, breached his fiduciary duties to the customer,…
John Burns, of Chesterfield, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been fined $17,500.00 in damages and suspended for fourteen months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable and unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Kevin L. Barbalace, of Columbia, Maryland, a stockbroker formerly associated with Dawson James Securities, 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 after consenting to findings that Barbalace made unsuitable recommendations to a firm customer. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Christopher Kazan, of South Norwalk, Connecticut, a former stockbroker with Maxim Group LLC, was subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 24, 2015, which was settled for $85,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kazan effected unsuitable investment transactions in the customer’s investment account between October of 2012 through August of…
James Blinkhorn, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, a stockbroker formerly associated with Wedbush Securities Inc., was subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 11, 2015, which was settled for $83,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Blinkhorn effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s investment account, and failed to communicate with the customer…
Jason Freiwald, of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker currently registered with Waddell & Reed, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 25, 2016, in which the customer requested $541,150.00 in damages based upon allegations that Freiwald effected unsuitable investment transactions in the customer’s account. According to the customer, Freiwald recommended…
Joel E. Archer, of Arden Arcade, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Summit Brokerage Services, Inc., has been named in a pending customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 21, 2016, in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations against Archer of making unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer, and effecting…
Parks Heard Brown Jr., of Marietta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly associated with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on October 14, 2016, based on allegations that Brown effected unsuitable investment transactions in the customer’s account. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that Brown has been subject to three…
Lisa Lowi, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, has been named in a number of customer initiated investment related arbitration claims. Specifically, between September 14, 2016, and September 16, 2016, Lowi was named in three customer initiated investment related arbitration claims, in which customers have requested millions of…
Jay J. Gruenebaum, of Zanesville, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that Gruenebaum mishandled customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Robert P. Lappin, of Las Vegas, Nevada, a stockbroker formerly associated with New England Securities, was fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to customers regarding unit investment trusts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Heather P. Weber, of Tampa, Florida, a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been named in a pending customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 7, 2016, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Weber made omissions and misrepresentations to the customer concerning investments, and…
Joseph M. Fedorko Jr., of New York, New York, a stockbroker with Laidlaw & Company, Ltd. is subject to a customer dispute filed on August 8, 2016, in which he was alleged by the customer to be responsible for the customer’s investment losses on bond investments. Prior to this action, Fedorko was also subject to…
Mark Ketner, of Woodbury, New York, a stockbroker with Maxim Group LLC, was named in a customer intiiated investment related claim where the customer has requested $475,000.00 in damages based upon the allegation that Ketner made excessive and unsuitable trades of investments in the customer’s account. FINRA’s BrokerCheck also reveals that Ketner has been subject…
Stephen H. Orr, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker with H. Beck, Inc., has been named in a customer dispute where the customer is seeking $5,000,000.00 in damages based upon the allegations that Orr made unsuitable investment recommendations. FINRA’s BrokerCheck reveals that Orr has been previously subject to five other disclosure incidents, three of which involve…
Samuel D. Wyman, Jr., of Westhampton Beach, New York, a stockbroker with Gilford Securities Incorporated, is subject to a pending customer dispute from August 14, 2015, in which the customer requested $175,000.00 in damages after alleging that Wyman made unsuitable investment recommendations. FINRA Public Disclosure records reveal that Wyman has been previously subject to customer…
Kirk J. Gill, of Tucson, Arizona, a stockbroker with Morgan Stanley, is subject to several pending customer disputes. Particularly, on August 3, 2016, a customer lodged a pending dispute against Gill, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages after alleging that Gill made recommendations to the customer that were unsuitable. FINRA’s BrokerCheck reveals that…
Sean W. Mollard, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker for Dawson James Securities, Inc., became subject to a pending customer dispute from March 31, 2016, in which a customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages after alleging that Mollard made material misrepresentations regarding investments, charged excessive commissions to the customer, engaged in excessive trading, failed to abide…
Richard Graham, of Lafayette, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with The Huntington Investment Company, was fined $10,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015046281401 (Sept. 29, 2016). According to…
Mark A. Stanczyk, of Manlius, New York, a stockbroker fomerly associated with Pinnacle Investments, is subject to a pending customer dispute from February 1, 2016, in which the customer has requested $490,000.00 in damages in connection with allegations against Stanczyk of making unsuitable investment recommendations and trades in the customer’s account. Disclosure records reveal that…
Paul Falcon, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker with Aegis Capital Corp., was named in a customer dispute on April 25, 2016. Particularly, the customer requested $190,672.12 in damages after alleging that Falcon made investment recommendations that were unsuitable for the customer, and alleged that the customer’s investment performance was poor. Public Disclosure records reveal…
Steven R. Luftschein, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker with Aegis Capital Corp., is currently subject to a pending customer dispute from June 3, 2016, in which a customer has requested $2,000,000.00 in damages in connection with allegations that Luftschein made investment recommendations that were unsuitable to customers, and mishandled the customers’ accounts. Disclosure records…
James B. Schwartz, of Melville, New York, a registered representative with Aegis Capital Corp., is currently subject to a pending customer dispute from June 3, 2016, in which several customers requested $2,000,000.00 in damages in connection with allegations that Schwartz made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers, and mishandled customers’ accounts. According to FINRA Public Disclosure…
Gerard F. Cipolla, of Rego Park, New York, a registered representative with PFS Investments Inc., was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of Cipolla’s unsuitable investment recommendations. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
James B. Moran, of Florham Park, New Jersey, is subject to a pending customer dispute from May 11, 2016, in which a customer requested $167,640.35 in connection with allegations against Moran of effecting transactions in the customer’s account that were not suitable. According to FINRA records, Moran has been subject to six additional disclosure incidents….
Michael P. Dalessandro, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, a stockbroker with The Investment Center, Inc., became subject to a pending customer dispute on February 3, 2016, in which several customers alleged that Dalessandro made unsuitable recommendations to the customers. Apparently, the recommendations were made in 2013 and 2015, and involved investments in gas and oil,…
Shadi T. Barakat, of New York, New York, is subject to a pending customer dispute from October 19, 2015, in which a customer has requested $195,723.67 in damages after alleging that Barakat engaged in misrepresentations, and committed breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and unauthorized and unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account. Barakat previously associated with…
Larry D. Freie, of Lincoln, Nebraska, a stockbroker with Ameritas Investment Corporation, is subject to a pending customer dispute from March 9, 2015, in which a customer alleged that Freie made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer. This is not the first time that Freie has been subject to a customer dispute regarding unsuitable recommendations….
George P. Koulouris, of Manilus, New York, a stockbroker registered with KCD Financial, Inc., is subject to a pending customer dispute from August 10, 2015, in which a customer alleged that purchases made via Manilus in private placement investments were not suitable for the customer. Public disclosure records also reveal that Koulouris has been subject…
Christian J. Stoltz, of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker with Centaurus Financial, Inc., was named in a pending customer dispute on August 8, 2016, in which a customer has requested $32,000.00 in damages after alleging Stoltz made unsuitable recommendations concerning annuities and the customer’s managed investment account. Public Disclosure records reveal that Stoltz has also…
Joseph M. Thurnherr, of New York, New York, a stockbroker with Meyers Associates, L.P., was named in a pending customer dispute on June 23, 2016, in which the customer has requested $93,624.00 in damages after alleging that Thurnherr made unsuitable investment recommendations and over-concentrated the customer’s investment accounts from February through November of 2015. Public…
Matthew A. Siliato, of New York, New York, a stockbroker with Meyers Associates, L.P., was named in a pending customer dispute on June 23, 2016, in which the customer requested $250,627.60 in damages amid allegations against Siliato of making unsuitable investment recommendations. Siliato has also been named in another pending customer dispute on December 28,…
Caldwell International Securities Group, headquartered in Fischer, Texas, along with the firm’s supervisory staff members (Greg Caldwell, Lennie Freiman, and Paul Jacobs) were censured and fined by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) per an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the firm and individuals committed, inter alia, unsuitable investment strategy recommendations, unsuitable exchange…
Christopher B. Ariola, of Aliso Viejo, California, a stockbroker with Bay Mutual Financial, LLC, was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Ariola made unsuitable recommendations to investors. Department of Enforcement v. Christopher B. Ariola, No. 2012034139101 (Aug. 25, 2016). According to the Complaint, between December of 2011…
Richard William Lunn Martin, of Penang, Malaysia, was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Martin made unsuitable recommendations to customers, and false and misleading statements to customers regarding investments. Department of Enforcement v. Richard William Lunn Martin, No. 2013035817701 (June 27, 2016). According to the Complaint, from…
Richard Gomez, of New York, New York, a stockbroker with Legend Securities, Inc., was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity in connection with a Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Gomez engaged in private securities transactions, and made unsuitable recommendations to investors. Department of Enforcement…
Lance J. Ziesemer, of Wayzata, Minnesota, a stockbroker for Feltl & Company, was fined $7,500.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2013036524903 (May 12, 2016)….
World Equity Group, Inc., headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois, was fined $50,000.00 and censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm failed to supervise unsuitable and excessive equity trading. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014039231401 (Apr. 25, 2016). According to the AWC, from November 2009 through September…
John R. McKinstry Jr., of Saint Louis, Missouri, was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in an investigation into allegations of whether McKinstry engaged in unsuitable recommendations and unauthorized lending agreements with customers. Letter of Acceptance,…
Brett W. Burgesser, of Orlando, Florida, a stockbroker with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, was fined $5,000.00 and suspended for sixty-days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he engaged in the unsuitable switching of mutual funds in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
David Joseph Escarcega, of Phoenix, Arizona, a stockbroker with Center Street Securities, Inc., was barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity in connection with a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Escarcega communicated misleading and materially false statements to customers, and…
Andrew Scott Corbman, of Lansdown, Virginia, was suspended for one month from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he engaged in unsuitable recommendations and provided misleading communications to investors. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2010024620302 (Feb. 1, 2016). According to the AWC,…
James W. Anderson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a stockbroker with WFG Investments, Inc., was fined $15,000 and suspended for fifteen months from associating with a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in all principal capacities after consenting to findings that he failed to supervise a stockbroker who engaged in unsuitable trading. Letter of Acceptance,…
Jacob T. Turner of Orlando, Florida, a stockbroker with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., was fined $5,000 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any and all capacities after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent, No. 2013036516301…
Carlos Benavidez, Jr., of Louisville, Kentucky, a stockbroker with Waddell & Reed, was fined $10,000 and suspended from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any and all capacities for two months after consenting to findings that he exercised discretion in eighty customer accounts without prior written authorization from the customers or…
Richard A. McCollam of Layfayette, California, a stockbroker with National Planning Corporation, was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging McCollam willfully failed to disclose two customer arbitrations and seven customer complaints on his Uniform Application for Securities Industry Regulation filed on January 22, 2014, referred to as…
Carl W. Busch of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a Stockbroker with WFG Financial, was fined $5,000 and suspended in all principal capacities from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm after consenting to findings that he failed to adequately supervise the sales practice of Larry Michael Crabtree, a Stockbroker of WFG, who had…
Larry Michael Crabtree of Edmond, Oklahoma, a stockbroker with WFG Investments, Inc., was suspended for six-months in all capacities from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm after consenting to findings that Crabtree engaged in unsuitable trading and improperly exercised discretion in the account of a customer; sent inappropriate and unapproved communications…
James S. Witter of Garden City, New York, a registered representative with Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., was fined $5,000 and suspended for two months from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any principal capacity after consenting to findings that Witter failed to reasonably supervise a registered representative who engaged in unsuitable…
Lincoln Financial Advisors, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was censured and fined $90,000 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm failed to adequately supervise the activities of a registered representative who engaged in unsuitable penny stock trading. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2011029739902 (Dec. 8, 2015). According…
Jeffrey L. Rittberger of New Concord, Ohio, a stockbroker associated with Huntington Investment Company, was fined $10,000 and suspended for forty-five days from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in all capacities after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to firm customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2013036874902…
Summit Brokerage Services of Boca Raton, Florida, was censured and fined $250,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm, via its registered representatives, made unsuitable recommendations for customers to purchase leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent, No. 2011029635101 (Dec. 2, 2015). According to…
Jeffrey D. Daggett, a Stockbroker with Wells Fargo Advisors, received a four-month suspension from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity, as well as a $20,000.00 fine after consenting to findings that he recommended unsuitable transactions in exchange trade notes, as well as leveraged and inverse leveraged exchange traded…
Jordon S. Trice, a registered representative with Great Circle Financial, was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint containing allegations that Trice had effected options transactions in an account that was not approved for options trading. Department of Enforcement v. Trice, No. 2012030670603. According to the Complaint, from January…
James E. Scott, a registered representative with FSC Securities Corp., was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in any and all capacities via terms of an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing allegations that Scott had aided and abetted an individual in the sale and recommendation of certain unauthorized securities transactions,…
Douglas William Finlay, Jr., a registered representative with Cadaret Grant, was suspended, fined, and forced to pay disgorgement by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority after consenting to findings that Finlay engaged in an unsuitable recommendation and execution of a faulty transaction in his firm’s customer account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent, No. 2013035576601 (Apr….
The Securities and Exchange Commission brought an action against Bennett Group and its founder Dawn J. Bennett for federal securities fraud. Bennett and most employee associated with the Bennett Group are registered representatives of with Western International Securities, Inc. According to the SEC’s allegations, Bennett, made material misstatements and omissions regarding assets that were purportedly…
Thomas Morley Hogle, a general securities representative formerly associated with B.B. Graham & Company, was permanently barred from association with any FINRA member firm in any capacity after failing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations that Hogle made unsuitable investment recommendations in his former firm’s account of an elderly customer. FINRA Letter of…
Derek Lee Miller of Redondo Beach, CA, a former general securities representative with Securities America, Inc., was permanently barred from association with any FINRA-registered firm in all capacities after failing to appear for on-the-record testimony in connection with FINRA’s investigation into allegations that Miller engaged in unsuitable trading. FINRA Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Richard Eugene Whitley, a former H.D. Vest general securities representative, was barred from association with any FINRA registered firm in all capacities after Whitley failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of that Whitley, while employed at his former firm, engaged in unsuitable trading in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent…
E1 Asset Management, Inc., a FINRA member broker/dealer since 1999 headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, operates as an introducing broker-dealer via 14 registered reps and 3 branch offices. The Firm, along with their general securities principals Ron Y. Itin and Ahsan R. Shaikh, were censured and fined by FINRA in connection with supervisory deficiencies consisting…
Cornerstone Core Properties REIT Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust, has sent a letter to its shareholders bearing some bad news: The REIT’s valuation has plunged from the original issue price of $8.00 per share down to $2.25, a dive of about of 72 percent. Cornerstone’s Letter to Shareholders The company reported the revised…
On October 4, 2011, a FINRA Arbitration Panel sitting Portland, Oregon, in the matter of James D. Brogden, et. al. v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., FINRA Arbitration Number 10-01725 rendered an arbitration award against Merrill Lynch for $96,049 of the $309,358 in damages sought in connection with the recommendation to purchase Federal…