Gregory Walter McCloskey (also known as Gregory Walter Meier) of Newport Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with Westpark Capital Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement with selling away from the securities broker dealer, obstructing the regulator’s investigation and falsifying information in its investigation. Department of Enforcement v….
David Oscar Braeger of Milwaukee Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly employed by Newport Coast Securities Inc. is the subject of a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) National Adjudicatory Council Decision which affirmed a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision barring Braeger from associating with any member in any capacity based upon findings that (1) Braeger made misrepresentations…
John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a former Newport Coast Securities Managing Director has been censured and fined $25,000.00 by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) according to an Order Instituting Administrative Cease and Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 15(b) and Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Section 203 containing…
Newport Coast Securities Inc. a former Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member brokerage firm headquartered in New York New York and stockbrokers Douglas Anthony Leone and Andre V. La Barbera are subject of a FINRA National Adjudicatory Council Decision which affirmed FINRA’s Extended Hearing Panel’s findings that (1) the firm and its stockbrokers churned customer…
David Oscar Braeger, of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Newport Coast Securities, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon an Office of Hearing Officers Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that he made misrepresentations to customers concerning the status and value…
Newport Coast Securities, a broker-dealer headquartered in New York, New York, has been fined $1,000,000.00 and expelled from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) membership per an Extended Hearing Panel Decision in which Newport Coast Securities was found to have effected trades in customer accounts on a quantitatively unsuitable basis, churned customer accounts, made qualitatively unsuitable…
Douglas A. Leone, of Dix Hills, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newport Coast Securities, has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity per a FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Decision containing findings that Leone churned customer accounts and effected unsuitable trades. Department of Enforcement…
Donald Bartelt, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newport Coast Securities has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity per a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers’ Default Decision containing findings that Bartelt effected unsuitable trades and churned customer accounts. Department of Enforcement…
Antonio Costanzo, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newport Coast Securities, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity based upon a Default Decision containing findings that Costanzo made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers, effected unsuitable trades, churned customer accounts, and failed…
David M. Levy, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Newport Coast Securities, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity per a FINRA Office of Hearing Officers’ Default Decision containing findings that Levy effected unsuitable trades and churned customer accounts, made recommendations…
Rushton L. Ardrey III, of Boston Massachusetts, a stockbroker with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., is currently subject to pending customer disputes. Particularly, on February 9, 2016, Ardrey became subject to a pending customer dispute in which he was alleged to have engaged in unauthorized and unsuitable trading. According to FINRA Public Disclosure Records, Ardrey has…
David M. Levy, of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker with Newport Coast Securities, is currently subject to a pending customer dispute. Particularly, on November 3, 2014, a customer requested $60,000.00 in damages in connection with allegations against Levy of churning the customer’s investment account. FINRA’s BrokerCheck reveals that Levy has been subject to thirteen…
Donald A. Bartelt, of Cave Creek, Arizona, is currently subject to a pending customer dispute from May 28, 2013, in which the customer requested $113,000.00 in damages in connection with allegations against Bartelt of engaging in misconduct over several years in the customer’s investment account. Public Disclosure records reveal that Bartelt has previously settled a…
David O. Braeger, of Irvine California, a stockbroker with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., was charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that Braeger converted customer funds and made misrepresentations concerning investments. Department of Enforcement v. David O. Braeger, No. 2015045456401 (July 20, 2016). According to the Complaint, customers…
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…
George Dahl, of New York, New York, a stockbroker with Newport Coast Securities, was fined $20,000.00 and suspended for nine 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; placed unauthorized trades in a customer’s account; and…
Joseph G. Mahalick of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker for Newport Coast Securities Inc., was barred by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations of his sales practice violations. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and…
Marc A. Arena of Westbury, New York, a stockbroker with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., was suspended for twenty-three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in a principal capacity, while being suspended for ten business days from association with any FINRA member firm in any capacity per an Order Accepting…
Aaron Heimowitz, a Stockbroker with Newport Coast Securities, was suspended from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity for a period of seven months and fined $15,000 after consenting to findings that Heimowitz participated in private securities transactions and outside business activities in violation of firm policies. Letter of…
Roman Tyler Luckey of Irvine CA, a former registered principal with Newport Coast Securities, Inc., was fined $15,000 and suspended for practicing for 14 months by FINRA’s National Adjudicatory Council after consenting to FINRA sanctions and findings concerning Luckey’s failure to properly supervise his staff which led to his subordinates excessively trading and churning 24…