Michael Scott Christians of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation into allegations that Christians forged a customer’s signature on account documentation.
FINRA Public Disclosure confirms that Christians has been discharged by Morgan Stanley on January 3, 2018 based upon accusations that Christians placed unauthentic signatures of a customer on the firm’s documents.
Christians is referenced in two customer initiated investment related disputes pertaining to allegations of Christians’ wrongdoing during the time that he was registered with Morgan Stanley. In particular, on December 14, 2004, a customer filed an investment related complaint involving Christians’ conduct where the customer sought $48,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that transactions were executed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer. Thereafter, on November 27, 2017, a customer filed an investment related complaint regarding Christians’ activities in which the customer alleged that the customer’s signature was placed on documents without the customer’s authorization.
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