Stuart Bryan Haw, of Bradenton, Florida, a stockbroker registered with Investors Capital Corporation, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $39,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Haw made unsuitable recommendations, breached his fiduciary duties, made misrepresentations and omissions of material fact, and violated FINRA…
Robert Scott Ginsberg (also known as Bob Scott Ginsberg) of Wallingford, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with Investors Capital Corp and Woodbury Financial Services Inc., is identified in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitable investment recommendations by Ginsberg concerning real estate securities,…
Matthew Earl Peregoy of Brick New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by Investors Capital Corp. has been assessed a $39,000.00 civil monetary penalty by New Jersey Securities Bureau according to a Consent Order containing findings that (1) Peregoy engaged in unethical and dishonest practices in the securities business (2) Peregoy is the subject of an…
Carl John Grilli of Monrovia California a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related civil action brought in the Superior Court of California in which the customer sought $89,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) the customer’s account was administered negligently (2) information about investments had…
Robert Estevez of Greenwich Connecticut a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $400,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer by Estevez concerning the customer’s equity investments (2) stock trades placed by Estevez…
Nina Sue Jessee (also known as Nina Campbell Jessee) of Abingdon Virginia a stockbroker formerly employed by Investors Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $20,000.00 on February 13, 2019 based upon accusations that the customer was placed in real estate securities which were inappropriate…
Roberto Alexandro Blanco of El Paso Texas a stockbroker formerly employed by Investors Capital Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $43,000.00 in damages on February 2, 2018 based upon accusations that (1) Blanco placed the customer in real estate security investments that were not appropriate for…
Louis Alan Woolf of South Easton Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $324,555.81 in damages founded on allegations that fiduciary and contractual obligations had been breached and the customer’s TNP Irving Square DST real estate security…
Frank William Libardoni Jr. of Salem Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 1, 2017 where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on allegations that Libardoni was placed in a variable annuity in 2015 that was not suitable…
Craig Dean Blattner of Longwood Florida is a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp who has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he settled an Investors Capital Corp customer’s complaint away from the firm. Letter of Acceptance…
Anthony Ryan Morris (also known as Tony Morris) is a stockbroker formerly registered with Anthony Ryan Morris who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 27, 2016 where the customer requested $147,536.35 in damages supported by accusations that omissions and misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning a…
Patricia S. Miller, of McMurray, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly employed with Investors Capital Corp., has been barred from associating with an investment advisory or brokerage firm in any capacity according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Order containing findings that Miller committed securities fraud. In the Matter of Patricia S. Miller, Administrative Proceeding File…
Investors Capital Corporation, J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., VSR Financial Services, Inc., Investacorp., Inc., and BB&T Investment Services, Inc., have all been censured by FINRA for taking advantage of certain customers, namely retirement plans and charitable organizations, by overcharging them in mutual fund transactions. Evidently, the firms sold mutual funds containing multiple share classes, in…
James A. Franklin, of Dallas, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 15, 2017, in which the customer requested $50,000.00 in damages founded upon accusations that in March of 2015, Franklin placed real estate security transactions in the customer’s account that…
Michael J. Isaac, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, a registered representative associated with Investors Capital Corp., 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 caused a customer to provide him signed forms that were undated and blank, inaccurately conveying…
James S. Fleming III, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Michael J. Isaac, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, a registered representative formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., 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 directed a firm customer to provide him with blank and undated forms after they…
Robert Michael Gianchiglia, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 28, 2017, wherein the customer requested $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gianchiglia effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s account, made misrepresentations to the customer, breached his…
Nina Sue Jessee, of Abingdon, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on February 3, 2017, based upon allegations that Jessee effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account regarding investments in real estate, insurance, and equipment leasing products. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Brett Allen Machtig, of Bloomington, Minnesota, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., was subject of cease and desist sanctions and a $5,000.00 fine by Minnesota Department of Commerce based upon consenting to findings that Machtig effected an equity indexed annuity which was not suitable for a customer. Case No. 1369 (Sept. 15, 2015)….
Donnie Eugene Ingram, of Winter Haven, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on November 16, 2016, in which the customer requested $906,353.70 in damages based upon allegations that Ingram effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account pertaining to corporate debt, equity…
Edgar A. Thomas, of Lakeland, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Investors Capital Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 28, 2016, in which the customer requested $110,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Thomas effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account pertaining to United Development Funding III,…
Investors Capital Corporation, headquartered in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, was censured and fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm engaged in the unsuitable recommendations of unit investment trusts and steepeners to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2010022046101 (Oct. 3, 2016). According to the AWC, between June of…
Robert Estevez, of Greenwich, Connecticut, a stockbroker with Investors Capital Corporation, was fined $20,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014040158902 (Sept. 16, 2016). According to…
Joseph R. Daigneault of Biddeford, Maine, a stockbroker with Investors Capital Corp., was fined $10,000 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity for twenty days after consenting to findings that he had provided customers with consolidated statements that contained misleading and inaccurate information regarding customers’ financial…