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Ameritas Investment Corp., Cetera Advisors LLC, Comerica Securities, Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., First Allied Securities, Inc., Park Avenue Securities, LLC, Securities America, Inc., Huntington Investment Company, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Commonwealth Financial Network, MetLife, and Infinex Investment, Inc., were all recently censured and fined by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for failing to apply […]

Roland Craig Matatics, a former broker with MetLife Securities Inc. in Keene, N.H., has been permanently barred from the financial industry for misappropriating $10,000 from a customer suffering from dementia. Roland Craig Matatics Submits an AWC The money was later returned and Matatics submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) to settle an action […]

Philip Eckstein, a former MetLife Securities Inc. broker, was permanently barred from association with any members of the Financial lndustry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after he converted $10,000 of an elderly customer’s money to his own use. FINRA announced the sanction in a February 8, 2012 Order accepting Eckstein’s offer of settlement after a disciplinary proceeding […]