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Anthony Tricarico of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he made unsuitable trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. […]

Robert Wade LaPietra of New York New York a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $80,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that an unsuitable investment strategy had been used by the stockbroker during the […]

Steven Robert Luftschein (also known as Steven Lerner) a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member according to an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement issued by FINRA Office of Hearing Officers who found that Luftschein had churned customers’ accounts and had made […]

Todd Michael Ellentuck of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 6, 2020  in which the customer requested $420,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that a contract between the customer and the securities broker dealer had been breached and […]

Cory David Bataan of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that trades were effected in the customer’s account on an excessive and unsuitable basis by Bataan during the time […]

Yann C. Faho (also known as Jann C. Faho and as John Faho) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $462,259.99 in damages founded on allegations that the customer had purchased unsuitable investments through […]

Michael Christopher Venturino of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought between $100,000.00 and $500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that a contract between the customer and the securities broker dealer had been breached and that […]

Pratul Victor Agnihotri (also known as Pratol Victor Agnihotri) of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp. and Spartan Capital Securities LLC has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for twelve months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Agnihotri engaged in […]

Shapour Reza Ejlal of Great Neck New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is identified in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $17,500.00 in damages on March 1, 2019 based upon accusations that unauthorized transactions were effected in the customer’s account and that the customer was placed […]

Kevin Thomas Doyle of Mineola New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Aegis Capital Corp and Newbridge Securities Corp has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $125,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that alternative investment recommendations made by Doyle had failed to be suitable as they […]

Thomas Duggan of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,079,155.08 in damages founded on accusations of elder abuse relating to the customer’s investments between 2017 and 2019 while Duggan was employed by Aegis Capital Corp. […]

James Bradley Schwartz (also known as Jim Schwartz) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Joseph Gunnar Co. LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $48,732.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) a fiduciary duty owed to the Aegis Capital Corp […]

Elliot Hough Sherer of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $95,596.00 in damages founded on accusations of (1) breach of a fiduciary owed to the customer by Sherer (2) breach of a contract between the […]

Steven Robert Luftschein (also known as Steven Lerner) a stockbroker formerly employed by Aegis Capital Corp has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that (1) Luftschein churned the accounts of Aegis Capital Corp customers and that (2) Luftschein defrauded investors. Department of Enforcement v. Steven R. […]

Nick Eugene Son of New York New York a stockbroker formerly associated with Aegis Capital Corp. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $642,224.00 in damages supported by allegations that fiduciary and contractual duties that were owed to the Aegis Capital Corp. customer had been breached […]

Gregory Spencer O’Brien of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Aegis Capital Corp has been identified in a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 12, 2019 where the customer sought $153,300.00 in damages founded on accusations that margin was inappropriately utilized to effect securities transactions for the customer’s Aegis Capital Corp […]

Pratol Victor Agnihotri of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with SW Financial has been referenced in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on October 18, 2019 in which he may face disciplinary action for possibly converting funds belonging to investors and for engaging in undisclosed outside business activities. FINRA Investigation No. […]

Paul Anthony Falcon of Boca Raton Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for thirty days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that the stockbroker used secretive and unapproved communication channels to correspond with customers of Aegis […]

Steven Robert Luftschein (also known as Steven Lerner) of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with Aegis Capital Corp has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that misleading and false statements had been made to the customer and that trades […]

Andrew Owen Brown of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp and Worden Capital Management LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon accusations that Brown did not pay an Arbitration Award in which he was found liable […]

Michael Christopher Venturino of Melville New York a stockbroker associated with Aegis Capital Corp. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that high pressure sales tactics had been used on the customer by Venturino which resulted in the customer being […]

Joseph W. Rozof of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $14,500.00 in damages on October 8, 2019 founded on allegations that between February of 2019 and August of 2019, the customer received bad investment advice […]

Thomas Duggan of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $80,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made about investments by the stockbroker (2) contractual obligations were not complied with and […]

Stephen Giannantonio (also known as Steve Gannantaonio) of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $304,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer’s account was churned (2) contractual obligations had been breached (3) […]

Michael Christopher Venturino of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $300,668.16 in damages based upon accusations that (1) investment recommendations made to the customer failed to be suitable (2) unauthorized trades were effected in […]

Robert Anthony Guidicipietro (also known as Robert A. Peters) of Holmdel New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $36,272.00 on September 6, 2018 founded on allegations that the customer’s stop loss order had been disregarded by Guidicipietro during […]

Nick Eugene Son of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $224,968.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) investment recommendations made to the customer were not suitable and (2) unauthorized trades had been executed in […]

Jonathan Edward Rago of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $74,787.96 in damages supported by allegations that (1) investment recommendations made to the customer were not suitable and (2) unauthorized trades were executed in the […]

Shadi Taysir Barakat of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which had been settled for $150,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between June 1, 2013 and June 1, 2016: (1) investment recommendations made to the customer by […]

Rick John Sande of Melville New York a stockbroker currently employed by Aegis Capital Corp is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $12,334.53 in damages founded on allegations that (1) investment recommendations which had been made to the customer failed to be suitable given the customer’s objectives […]