Michael William Leahy of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC, is named in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $2,842,976.79 in damages based on Leahy being found liable for sales practice violations. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration…

Scott Randall Martinson, of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he failed to adequately supervise a stockbroker which resulted in unsuitable and excessive trading…

Pasquale James Rappa (also known as James Rappa or PJ Rappa), of Miller Place, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for two months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to…

Levert Caldwell (also known as Lee Caldwell and Trey Caldwell), of Red Bank New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company, is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $461,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of unsuitable and excessive trading by Caldwell during…

Jamal Hiram Sampson (also known as Jay Sampson), of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $146,599.00 in damages founded on accusations of excessive turnover and commissions because of Sampson’s stock…

Jeffrey Allen Baber of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $95,000.00 in damages founded on accusations of unsuitable transactions being effected in the customer’s account and First Standard Financial Company…

Roy Joseph Failla of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended for 45 days from being a stockbroker in New Jersey according to a Consent Order containing findings that Failla executed unsuitable and excessive trades in customer accounts while Failla was associated…

Andre Pierre Davis of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been issued a Summary Revocation and Penalty Order by New Jersey Bureau of Securities in which his stockbroker registration has been revoked and he has been fined $1,000,000.00 based upon findings of Davis making unsuitable and…

Carl George Antaki of Syosset New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance…

Christian Frank Lucchetto of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he excessively traded in the account of a First Standard Financial…

Jeffrey Allan Broten of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that he failed to cooperate with the regulator during the time that he was under investigation for potentially…

Jeffrey Allan Broten of Morristown New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Co. LLC and National Securities Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that over-the-counter equities transactions effected in the customer’s account by the stockbroker failed…

Alec C. Franks of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he did not comply with FINRA during the course of its investigation into allegations of his excessive…

Jeffrey Allen Baber of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker and investment adviser representative formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested unspecified damages based upon allegations that unsuitable equities transactions had been executed by Baber at First Standard Financial…

Leonard Joseph Marzocco (also known as Lenny Marzocco and as Len Marzocco) of Garden City New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings of the stockbroker making unsuitable trades in the accounts of…

Frank Venturelli (also known as Frank Vaughn) of Bay Ridge New York a stockbroker formerly associated with First Standard Financial Company has been suspended for 11 months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by consenting to findings that he facilitated excessive transactions in customer accounts during the…

Christopher Joseph Marnelego of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial has been barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity based upon allegations that the stockbroker neglected to respond to the regulator’s request for information. FINRA Case No. 2016047624301 (Mar. 1,…

Joseph Morris Thurnherr of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Wynston Hill Capital LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Thurnherr failed to furnish information to FINRA personnel when a customer’s complaint alleging Thurnherr’s misconduct was…

Andre Pierre Davis of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC 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 with FINRA during an investigation in which the regulator sought to…

Rocco Roveccio of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly associated with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been suspended by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity supported by allegations that the stockbroker neglected to comply with a customer initiated investment related arbitration award or otherwise confirm…

Robert Frank Spiegel of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that trades had been made by him on an excessive…

Michael William Leahy (also known as Mike Leahy) of Red Bank New Jersey a former Chief Compliance Officer of First Standard Financial Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Leahy neglected to supervise a stockbroker of First…

Jeffrey Allen Baber of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $2,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) trades were executed by the stockbroker without the customer’s knowledge or consent and…

Roy Joseph Failla of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $26,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) common and preferred stock trades effected by Failla failed to be suitable (2)…

Philip Joseph Sparacino of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that he neglected to comply with FINRA’s requests when under the regulator’s investigation for (1) effecting unauthorized trades…

Andre Pierre Davis of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $350,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) transactions were not authorized (2) investments were neither appropriate nor suitable for the…

William Christian Gennity of Staten Island New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment advisor or otherwise associating with investment advisories or securities broker dealers according to an SEC Order containing findings that Gennity defrauded investors. In the Matter of William C. Gennity…

Rocco Roveccio of Staten Island New York a stockbroker registered with Alexander Capital L.P. has been barred from being a stockbroker or investment adviser or otherwise associating with any securities broker dealers or investment advisories according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings supported by allegations that (1) Roveccio effected unauthorized…

Gabriel Block (also known as Gabe Block) of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Block neglected to cooperate with an inquiry FINRA launched into Block’s activities. Case No. 2017052466301…

Andre Pierre Davis of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unsuitable transactions were executed and the customer’s account was churned. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…

Joseph Dominick Quinzi of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been suspended on March 31, 2017 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that he failed to confirm with FINRA whether he complied with FINRA Arbitration No….

Joseph Morris Thurnherr of Staten Island New York a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC has been suspended on December 21, 2017 from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA settlement agreement or arbitration award or…

Pasquale James Rappa, of Miller Place, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Brookville Capital Partners, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which a customer was awarded $44,734.00 in damages on July 29, 2016, based upon allegations that Rappa churned the customer’s account, over-concentrated the customer’s assets and effected…

Kenneth Leopold Williams, of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with First Standard Financial Company LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 5, 2017, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Williams utilized the customer’s margin without consent, and effected unauthorized…

Levert Caldwell, of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with National Securities Corporation, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on September 30, 2016, in which the customer requested $400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Caldwell breached his fiduciary duty to the customer, churned the customer’s account, and…

Laurence M. Torres, of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker with First Standard Financial Company LLC, is subject to a customer dispute from March 22, 2016, in which the customer requested damages of $99,999.00 based upon the allegation that  Torres engaged in unsuitable investment practices, breached his fiduciary duty to the customer, and churned the…

William C. Gennity, from Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker with First Standard Financial Company LLC, and previously registered with Alexander Capital, L.P., was named in regulatory action from Montana’s Securities Division, in which Gennity was alleged to have engaged in unauthorized and excessive trading, unsuitable investment recommendations, charging of excess fees, unauthorized use of…