Securities Arbitration

Michael Christopher Martino of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Four Points Capital Partners LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $75,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Martino provided unsuitable investment advice by Martino from 2014 to 2017 in connection with transactions effected while Martino was associated with Four Points Capital. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 20-01603 (October 8, 2021). The claim also alleged that the customer had been charged unreasonable commissions.

Martino has been identified in four additional customer initiated investment related disputes concerning allegations of his conduct while employed by securities broker dealers, including Four Points Capital Partners. Martino is referenced in a customer initiated investment related NASD arbitration claim which was resolved for $30,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Martino breached his fiduciary duty, and engaged in misrepresentation.  The arbitration claim also seeks damages for the failure to supervise, and negligence.

Another customer initiated investment related complaint involving Martino’s activities was settled for $14,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was the victim of an unsuitable investment strategy concerning in connection with the trading of common and preferred stock trades by Martino and Four Points Capital Partners.

On June 16, 2017, another customer filed an investment related complaint regarding Martino’s conduct in which the customer requested $49,329.60 in damages based upon accusations of inappropriate trading by Martino while he was employed by Four Points Capital Partners.

Martino is also identified in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $20,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that between 2011 and 2017, the customer’s stock portfolio was mismanaged. FINRA Arbitration No. 20-00505 (March 12, 2021).

Martino has been registered with Four Points Capital Partners since April 15, 2011.