Katherine Greer Nishnic (also known as Katherine Greer Martinson and Katherine Diane Nishnic), of Lexington, South Carolina, a stockbroker registered with J.P. Turner Company LLC, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $14,750.00 in damages based upon allegations that Nishnic made…
Cindy Lucille Porto Chiellini of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker registered with Centaurus Financial Inc. and JP Turner Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $125,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitable recommendations of a corporate bond and a certificate of…
Ricky Alan Mantei of Lexington South Carolina a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of JP Turner Company has been fined $15,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Mantei engaged in a prearranged trading scheme….
Tony A. Kassaei of Irvine California a stockbroker formerly registered with JP Turner Company has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that Kassaei took part in private securities transactions involving real estate securities during the time that he was employed by JP Turner….
Cindy Lucille Porto Chiellini (also known as Cindy L. Porto) of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker currently associated with Centaurus Financial LLC has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2011 and March of 2020: (1) a fiduciary duty…
Ricky Alan Mantei of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker and branch manager of Centaurus Financial Inc. (also known as JP Turner Company) is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that (1) a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had…
Edward Barnett Woll of Atlanta Georgia the former Chief Compliance Officer of JP Turner Company has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,750,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Woll did not supervise the stockbroker who effected inappropriate trades in the customer’s account (2) the customer…
Ricky Alan Mantei (also known as Ricky Alan Mantel) of Lexington South Carolina a stockbroker and branch office manager formerly employed by J.P. Turner Company LLC has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Mantei engaged in unauthorized prearranged trading involving customer accounts while employed by J.P….
John Alexander Ogrodnick of Farmington Hills Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by J.P. Turner Company L.L.C. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $70,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) trades were placed in the customer’s account without the customer’s authorization (2) the customer’s account was handled…
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…
Christopher Charles Burtraw, of Lakewood, Colorado, a former stockbroker for JP Turner., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 10, 2017, in which the customer sought $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Burtraw effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account concerning business development companies and real estate investment…
James John Raia, or Ridgewood, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 25, 2017, wherein the customer sought $110,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Raia, from 2013 to 2017, effected real estate security and variable annuity transactions…
Edward Barnett Woll, of Atlanta, Georgia, a chief compliance officer of J.P. Turner & Company, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $69,768.00 in damages based upon allegations that he failed to supervise a stockbroker, Dennis Salerno, who effected trades in…
Peter N. Girgis, of Staten Island, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 5, 2016, in which the customer requested $687,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Girgis misappropriated funds from the customer, effected unauthorized and unsuitable…
Shaun Evan Stein, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 30, 2014, in which the customer requested $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Stein breached his contractual duties owed to the customer, engaged…
Daniel Cleophas Alcide, of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 3, 2015, in which the customer requested $150,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Alcide engaged in high pressure sales tactics, made misrepresentations concerning…
Michael Laurence DiGaetano, of Lewiston, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer has requested $725,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that DiGaetano breached his fiduciary and contractual obligations to the customer, negligently handled the customer’s…
Dennis Anthony Edmonds, of Wilmington, North Carolina, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., was suspended for eleven months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he engaged in unauthorized outside business activities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….
Levi D. Lindemann, of Oakdale, Minnesota, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 28, 2016, in which the customer requested $340,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Lindemann negligently handled the customer’s investment account, breached his fiduciary duty to…
Rocco G. Guidicipietro, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., has been subject to three customer initiated arbitration claims involving his misconduct. Particularly, on October 21, 2014, a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim involving Guidicipietro’s conduct was resolved for $60,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that…
Glen J. Rauch, of Syosset, New York, a stockbroker with Avenir Financial Group, Inc., was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Rauch engaged in significant sales practice violations, including the effecting of unauthorized and unsuitable transactions in customer accounts. Department of Enforcement v. Glen Rauch, No….
Leonard Allen Goldberg, of Palm Springs, California, a stockbroker with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity per an Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that Goldberg engaged in unsuitable and fraudulent trading of funds in customer accounts. Department of Enforcement…
Christopher Charles Burtraw, of Lake Wood, Colorado, a stockbroker with J.P. Turner & Company LLC, was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into allegations that Burtraw engaged in the “unauthorized borrowing” of multiple…
J.P. Turner & Company, based in Atlanta, Goeorgia, was censured and fined $140,000 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm had not charged customers prices that were fair and reasonable in the purchase/sale of securities. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 20130358778 (Nov. 25, 2015). According to the…
Leonard Allen Goldberg, a former registered representative with both J.P. Turner & Company, LLC, as well as Newport Coast Securities, Inc., has been charged by FINRA’s Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging Goldberg engaged in multiple forms of securities fraud; unsuitable mutual fund switching/trading; exercising of discretion without written authorization; falsification of electronic records,…
J.P. Turner & Co, recently acquired by Cetera, has over 360 registered representatives and over 150 branch offices nationwide. J.P. Turner’s history with securities regulators is substantial. For example, in December 2013, J.P. Turner consented to a sanction consisting of a censure and restitution in the amount of almost $1 million for the failure to…
This week the SEC Charged J.P. Turner & Co. with the failure to supervise and three brokers for Churning. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged three brokers Ralph Calabro, Jason Konner, and Dimitrios Koutsoubos with the churning of customer accounts while they were associated as registered representatives of JP Turner. JP Turner has approximately 513…
Washington, D.C. – The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has imposed a $250,000 fine against J.P. Turner & Company, LLC of Atlanta, GA, for failing to have an adequate supervisory system designed to ensure that its registered representatives charged customers fair and reasonable commissions on stock trades. As part of the…