Newport Coast Securities, a broker-dealer headquartered in New York, New York, has been fined $1,000,000.00 and expelled from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) membership per an Extended Hearing Panel Decision in which Newport Coast Securities was found to have effected trades in customer accounts on a quantitatively unsuitable basis, churned customer accounts, made qualitatively unsuitable…
Matthew Digregorio, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Aegis Capital Corp., was subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 28, 2016, in which the customer was awarded $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations against Digregorio of churning the customer’s account, effecting unsuitable transactions, and breaching his fiduciary duty. FINRA…
Neil D. Pecker, of Longwood, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Coastal Equities, Inc., was suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after FINRA found that Pecker did not cooperate with FINRA’s request to provide information or documentation. Docket No. 2016050013101 (Sept. 26, 2016). FINRA Public Disclosure reveals…