Michael Rubel of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Securities Management has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he made unsuitable unit investment trust transactions in customer accounts at Capital Securities Management. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent…

Teryl Lee Trenchard, of Reston, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Securities Management, Inc., has been identified in a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation on March 10, 2017, wherein FINRA is examining alleged fraudulent activities of Trenchard. Trenchard was terminated by Capital Securities Management on March 10, 2017, based upon allegations that he…

Andrew Bennett Kramer, of Brooklyn, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Securities Management, Inc., 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 in a FINRA investigation into allegations of Kramer’s wrongdoing referenced in a customer…

Louis Anthony Pepe, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Capital Securities Management, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 7, 2017, based upon allegations that Pepe failed to adjust the customer’s investment strategy in light of the customer’s constant stock losses. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…

Steve Dale Health, of Newport News, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Capital Securities Management, Inc., is currently the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) investigation which was launched on November 11, 2016, and focuses on allegations that Heath may have traded in customer accounts on a discretionary basis, and effected or recommended…

James B. Moran, of Florham Park, New Jersey, is subject to a pending customer dispute from May 11, 2016, in which a customer requested $167,640.35 in connection with allegations against Moran of effecting transactions in the customer’s account that were not suitable. According to FINRA records, Moran has been subject to six additional disclosure incidents….

Andrew B. Kramer, of Brooklyn, New York, a stockbroker registered with Capital Securities Management, Inc., is subject to two pending customer disputes. Particularly, on November 16, 2015, customers lodged a complaint against Kramer, in which $27,000.00 in damages were requested in connection with allegations that Kramer’s lack of attentiveness to the customers’ accounts resulted in…

Robert G. Stein, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a stockbroker with Capital Securities Management, was fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations and prompted unsuitable sales of reverse convertible notes. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…

Capital Securities Management, Inc., a brokerage firm and investment adviser firm from Glenn Allen, Virginia, was censured and fined $470,000 after consenting to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) findings that the firm engaged in unsuitable sales of reverse convertible notes; charged excessive commissions; failed to establish, maintain, and enforce an adequate supervisory system and written…