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 and sale of alternative investments during the time that Thacker was associated with Center Street Securities Inc. FINRA Arbitration No. 22-01937 (March 1, 2024).
FINRA Public Disclosure shows that Thacker is referenced in fourteen (14) other customer initiated investment related disputes concerning Thacker’s conduct while associated with securities broker dealers. On February 5, 2024, a customer filed an investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim involving Thacker’s conduct in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable recommendations of alternative investments when Thacker was associated with Center Street Securities Inc. FINRA Arbitration No. 23-00059.
On February 28, 2024, a customer filed an investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim involving Thacker’s conduct in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Thacker engaged in unsuitable trading and did not conduct reasonable due diligence in connection with the sale of alternative investments. FINRA Arbitration No. 23-01091.
Thacker is also referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Thacker engaged in unsuitable trading in alternative. FINRA Arbitration No. 23-02091 (March 1, 2024). The stockbroker is referenced in a different customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $141,000.00 in damages based upon alleged unsuitable advice. FINRA Arbitration No. 23-01681 (March 1, 2024).
Additionally, on March 1, 2024, a customer filed an investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim involving Thacker’s conduct in which the customer requested $100,001.00 in damages based upon alleged unsuitable recommendations in alternative investments during the time that Thacker was associated with Center Street Securities Inc. FINRA Arbitration No. 22-02945.
Thacker is mentioned in another customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based on allegations that Thacker made unsuitable recommendations to the customer about alternative investments. FINRA Arbitration No. 22-02725 (March 1, 2024).
Thacker was associated with Center Street Advisors Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee from March 6, 2014, to July 12, 2023, and with Center Street Securities Inc. in Bristol, Virginia from December 3, 2007, to October 10, 2023. He was registered with Arete Wealth Advisors LLC in Nashville, Tennessee from October 8, 2021, to October 10, 2023, and with Arete Wealth Management LLC in Nashville, Tennessee from October 7, 2021, to February 13, 2023.
Thacker has been associated with Realta Equities Inc. in Bristol, Virginia as a stockbroker since September 20, 2023, and registered with Realta Investment Advisors Inc. in Bristol, Virginia, and Murfreesboro, Tennessee as an investment advisor representative since September 22, 2023.
