Ivar Norman Jones Jr., of San Ramon, California, a stockbroker registered with Ameritas Investment Company LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on June 1, 2022 for $28,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Jones committed sales practice violations relating to the recommendation of a outside third-party account…

Cynthia Komarek (also known as Cynthia Ann Brown), of Barrington, Illinois, a stockbroker registered with Sagepoint Financial Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Komarek failed to provide information and documents to FINRA when it investigated Komarek’s referral of customers to an unapproved investment…

Grant Christopher Birkley of Barrington, Illinois, a stockbroker formerly registered with SagePoint Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $625,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of an inappropriate private investment fund through Birkley during the time that he was associated with Sagepoint Financial….

James Blake Daughtry of Dothan, Alabama, a stockbroker formerly registered with Kestra Investment Services, is identified in an investment related lawsuit which was resolved for $65,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Daughtry wrongfully solicited the investor’s funds to be held with an investment advisor that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found to have committed…

Glen Joseph Webster of Appleton Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which settled for $145,000.00 on March 14, 2017 based upon allegations that the customer was not provided adequate information concerning the costs of disengaging an outside money manager’s covered call…

Jon Richard Pariser of Pacific Grove California a stockbroker formerly registered with Independent Financial Group LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA’s investigation into Pariser’s referral of customers to an unregistered individual who…

Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC is a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and between 2002 and 2008, they raised approximately $2.898 billion from approximately 4,000 investors into two now-defunct hedge funds—the ASTA and MAT funds (“ASTA/MAT”) and the Falcon Strategies funds (“Falcon”). These funds were recommended and sold by two groups of individuals, the “financial…

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Morgan Stanley and one of the firm’s former investment adviser representatives with securities law violations for misleading clients about the money managers being recommended to them and failing to disclose conflicts of interest. According to the SEC’s orders in the case, Morgan Stanley breached its fiduciary duty to…