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…

Glenn J. Romer, of Vero Beach, Florida, 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 $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Romer made unsuitable recommendations in GWG Class L Bonds during the…

Jeffrey T. Kennedy of Quincy, Illinois, 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 $99,999.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kennedy made the unsuitable investment recommendation of alternative investments when Kennedy was…

Roy Alvin Williams Sr., of Stratford, Connecticut, a stockbroker associated with Center Street Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $42,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Williams made unsuitable recommendations of GWG L Bonds when Williams was…

Joseph Martin Latour (also known as Joe Latour), of Springfield, Missouri, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Latour made unsuitable recommendations of direct investments when Latour was registered…

Kenneth James New of Merritt Island, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $393,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that New made unsuitable recommendations of alternative investments when New was registered with Center Street Securities…

Morgan Darby Hill of Knoxville, Tennessee, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $60,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hill made unsuitable investment recommendations of alternative investments. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration No. 22-02835…

Seth Barnes Stewart of Jeffersonville, Indiana, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $130,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Stewart made unsuitable investment recommendations of alternative investments when Stewart was associated with Center Street Securities Inc….

Christopher Warren Wright (also known as Chris Wright), of Prescott, Arizona, a stockbroker registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $135,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Wright made unsuitable recommendations of GWG L-bonds during the time that…

Vincent Keith Annable of Scottsdale, Arizona, 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 $600,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Annable made unsuitable investment recommendations and overconcentrated the customer’s account in alternative…

John Albert Westbrook of McDonough, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities, is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $80,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of negligence and unsuitable transactions relating to Future Income Payments LLC while Westbrook was associated with Center Street Securities….

Sean Joseph Kelly, of Marietta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities Inc., is identified in a customer initiated investment related, FINRA Securities Arbitration claim in which the customer sought $160,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of misrepresentations and unsuitable investments by Kelly regarding alternative investments sold to the customer while Kelly was…

John Albert Westbrook (also known as Al Westbrook) of McDonough Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities Inc. has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for five months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he engaged in unauthorized private securities transactions while registered…

Sean Joseph Kelly of Marietta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $225,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of unsuitable alternative investments being sold to the customer during the period that Kelly was associated with Center Street…

Satya Brata Shaw (also known as Satyabrata Shaw) of Wesley Chapel Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $140,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that unsuitable alternative investments and real estate investment trusts were sold to the…

Sean Joseph Kelly of Marietta Georgia a stockbroker currently registered with Center Street Securities Inc. is the subject of an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings initiated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which SEC is seeking sanctions against Kelly which potentially include a bar from the securities industry since the stockbroker was permanently enjoined from…

David Alan Tucker of Daytona Beach Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities Inc. has been charged by Florida Office of Financial Regulation in an Administrative Complaint containing allegations that (1) Tucker engaged in outside business activities which were not disclosed to Center Street Securities and (2) Tucker sold exchange traded funds or…

David Joseph Escarcega of Phoenix Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by Center Street Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $20,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that CNL Lifestyle Real Estate Investment Trust and other mutual fund trades executed in customers’ accounts failed to be suitable…

Satya B. Shaw, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities, Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Shaw, inter alia, engaged in outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance,…

David Joseph Escarcega, of Phoenix, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with Center Street Securities, Inc., was the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Decision which contained findings that Escarcega, inter alia, made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customers, and fraudulently misrepresented debentures that were sold to them. In the Matter…

Robert G. Simons, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, a stockbroker with Center Street Securities, Inc., was fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he engaged in unauthorized trading in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014041298501 (June 1, 2016)….

David Joseph Escarcega, of Phoenix, Arizona, a stockbroker with Center Street Securities, Inc., was barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity in connection with a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Escarcega communicated misleading and materially false statements to customers, and…