Judith Ann Bufis (also known as Judith Ann Burmistrenko) of East Brunswick New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation and Kovack Securities Inc., was issued an Order by New Jersey Bureau Securities revoking her registration as a stockbroker. In the Matter of Judith Bufis Summary Revocation Order (August 25, 2020). New Jersey…
Eric Todd Stuckey of Suwanee Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $220,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had not been told about risks relating to investments sold by Stuckey during the time that he…
Johnathon Leland Cope of Canton Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on February 19, 2016 in which the customer sought $8,015.32 in damages supported by allegations that Cope effected the sale of a mutual fund in the customer’s account without procuring the customer’s…
James Gordon Durso of Waterloo New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Invest Financial Corporation is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 4, 2016 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by accusations that the customer was not made aware of the risks of volatility in her…
Robert Charles Mulcahy of Invest Financial Corporation a customer initiated investment related complaint involving Mulcahy’s conduct was settled on July 27, 2015 for $15,681.33 in damages supported by accusations that Mulcahy failed to deliver the annuity contract to the customer or discuss the fees that the customer would be charged at the time that the…
Eric Todd Stuckey of Suwanee Georgia a stockbroker currently employed by Invest Financial Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $220,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that Stuckey (1) made misrepresentations to the customer concerning the terms and risks of variable annuity investments and (2) made…
Robert Paul Furrevig of Lanoka Harbor New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer requested $55,577.27 in damages based upon allegations that Furrevig had misrepresented the terms and conditions of a variable annuity. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Kyle Gene Edsall of Phoenix Arizona is a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 27, 2016 in which the customer requested $20,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Edsall made misrepresentations to the customer concerning fixed and variable annuity products….
Amanda Yvette Burnett, of Tucker, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Burnett failed to provide FINRA with information relating to her business activities. Letter No. 2016051430501 (Jan. 30, 2017). Rather than talk,…
Christopher Carl Jansen, of Burlington, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Invest Financial Corporation, was terminated from employment on December 28, 2016, based upon allegations that he made misrepresentations to a customer pertaining to the guarantees and features of annuity products. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Jansen has been identified in…
Stephen J. Landa, of Easton, Connecticut, a stockbroker formerly registered with Invest Financial Corporation, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable transactions in a customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2016049485101…
Leavitt Freeman Sanders, of West Point, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with INVEST Financial Corporation, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint, which settled on January 16, 2017, for $11,503.00 in damages based upon allegations that Sanders effected investment strategies concerning options products that were misrepresented and unsuitable for the customer….
David L. Hannett Sr., of Vienna, Virginia, a stockbroker with Invest Financial Corporation, is subject to a pending customer dispute from March 10, 2015, in which the customer has requested $5,000,000.00 after alleging that Hannett mishandled the customer’s investment account assets. Public Disclosure records also reveal that on March 9, 2012, Hannett settled a customer…
INVEST Financial Corporation, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, was censured and fined $175,000.00 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for failing to apply sales charge discounts to eligible customers’ purchases of unit investment trusts; and for failing to develop and manage the appropriate supervisory practices to ensure eligible customers received sales charge discounts on UIT…
Former stockbroker Ralph Edward Thomas Jr., who pleaded guilty to mail fraud in September, has been barred for life by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for conversion of more than $800,000 in customer funds to his own use. According to FINRA, Thomas misappropriated the money from three vulnerable customers between December 2001, and July…