Rajen Duggal, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for 30 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member because Duggal engaged in an undisclosed outside business activity. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2023078112801 (January 17, 2024). FINRA’s regulatory…

Vincent Anthony Sharpe (also known as Vincent Ottomanelli-Sharpe), of Red Bank, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with Aegis Capital Corp, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $283,716.78 in damages based upon allegations that Sharpe made unsuitable investment recommendations during the time that Sharpe…

Nickolay V. Kukekov of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity for thirty days based upon allegations that Kukekov engaged in an undisclosed outside business activity. FINRA Enforcement (AWC) No. 2021071205501…

Michael Patrick Nixon, of Tampa, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company, has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Nixon made unsuitable investment recommendations to customers during the time that he was employed by Paulson…

John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $342,852.00 in damages based upon accusations that they received bad investment advice from Tarpinian regarding structured notes transactions when he was…

Daniel Della Rosa (also known as Daniel Dellarosa) of Tampa Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Corinthian Partners and Paulson Investment Company LLC has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on accusations that he did not respond to FINRA’s request for information about his activities….

Kenneth Leopold Williams of Red Bank New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC has been discharged by the securities broker dealer on August 20, 2020 supported by allegations that Williams was not compliant with Paulson’s instructions. According to the claim, customers were provided with private information from Williams against company policy….

Minish Joe Hede of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Paulson Investment Company is named in a Complaint brought by Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) who alleges that Hede was selling away from his securities broker dealer employer and had sold promissory notes as an unregistered broker. United States Securities and Exchange Commission…

John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Paulson Investment Company LLC and Newport Coast Securities Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $23,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between February of 2013 and March of 2019, a fiduciary duty…

Kevin Richard Graetz of New York New York a stockbroker employed by Paulson Investment Company LLC has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $225,000.00 damages founded on accusations that the customer was placed into unregistered and fraudulent investments during the time that Graetz was employed by Paulson…

Paulson Investment Company LLC a securities broker dealer headquartered in Chicago Illinois has been censured and fined $50,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon findings that the securities broker dealer engaged in the unregistered offer and sale of private placements. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No. 2018056269003 (Jan. 31, 2020). According to…

John Alexander Tarpinian of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC and Newport Coast Securities is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that between February of 2013 and March of 2019: (1) fiduciary obligations were breached…

Eugene Lee Webb (also known as Gene Webb) of Lake Oswego Oregon a stockbroker currently registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $47,597.23 on May 3, 2019 based upon accusations that the customer’s instructions of liquidating Biotricity penny stock positions had…

Minish Joe Hede (also known as Minish Mohan Hede) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Paulson Investment Company LLC is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into unregistered and fraudulent securities…

Kevin Richard Graetz of Portland Oregon a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Graetz neglected to respond to FINRA’s information request potentially relating to his disclosures of customer initiated investment related disputes or his…

Michael Patrick Nixon of Tampa Florida a stockbroker currently registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that Nixon executed trades in accounts of Paulson Investment Company customers without written authorization from either customers or…

Matthew David Albers of Vienna Virginia a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that trades were placed by Albers in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….

Zvi Ben-Zvi of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity founded on findings that Ben-Zvi engaged in unapproved private securities transactions during the time he was associated with…

Minish Joe Hede of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that he failed to provide a response to FINRA’s request for information pertaining to Hede’s activities. FINRA…

Christopher Charles Degroat of Portland Oregon is a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC who has been fired on July 26, 2017 founded on accusations that he made an investment recommendation that was not suitable for the customer and furnished fake subscription documentation to Paulson Investment Company to effect transactions. Financial Industry Regulatory…

Minish Joe Hede, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC, was terminated from employment on April 28, 2017, based upon allegations that he was uncooperative in the firm’s investigation of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which the customer’s claim was based upon allegations of fraud….

Kevin Richard Graetz, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Paulson Investment Company LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 22, 2016, in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Graetz sold away from his firm, and made fraudulent omissions and…