Jim Eugene Scala Jr., of Beverly Hills, California, a stockbroker registered with PHX Financial Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $14,900.00 in damages based upon allegations that Scala breached his fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of certain…
Eduardo Andrew Martinez (also known as Andrew Martins and Andrew Martin), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with PHX Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $33,269.42 in damages based upon allegations that Martinez engaged in unauthorized trading, breached fiduciary…
Donald Angelo Durando of Hauppauge, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $230,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Durando made unsuitable transactions in connection with the recommendation and sale of options when Durando was…
Serge Parakhnevich (also known as Serge Parker) of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with PHX Financial Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA arbitration claim which was settled for $14,999.00 in damages based upon accusations of breach of fiduciary duty by Parakhnevich concerning over-the-counter equities executed in the…
Solomon David Krispeal (also known as David Krispeal) of Hauppauge New York a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $650,000.00 in damages supported by allegations of unsuitable options, stock and over-the-counter equities being sold to the customer by…
PHX Financial Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in New York New York and Robert Delaplain (branch supervisor and Chief Compliance Officer) have been censured and fined by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) supported by findings that PHX and Delaplain neglected to supervise stockbrokers who effected unsuitable transactions in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Solomon David Krispeal (also known as David Krispeal) of Hauppauge New York a stockbroker formerly employed by PHX Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $650,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that options and equity transactions effected in the customer’s account were not suitable for…
Halil Kozi (also known as Hal Kozi) of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. has been suspended for two years from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity according to an Office of Hearing Officers Order Accepting Offer of Settlement containing findings that the…
Baris Cabalar (also known as Barry Calabar) of Hauppauge New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by PHX Financial Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $185,000.00 in damages on April 10, 2019 supported by allegations that between November 5, 2018 and February 27, 2019: (1)…
Halil Kozi (also known as Hal Kozi) of New York New York a stockbroker, options trader and supervisor formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. has been charged by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Department of Enforcement in a Complaint alleging that (1) Kozi recommended bad trades to a customer of PHX and (2) Kozi churned…
Gregory Spencer O’Brien of New York New York a stockstockbroker formerly employed by Aegis Capital Corp. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that between 2011 and 2018: (1) the customer’s account was handled in a negligent manner (2) the…
Kirt Samuel of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by National Securities Corporation is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $5,750,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) unauthorized trades were executed in the customer’s account (2) the customer’s over-the-counter equities portfolio was churned…
Stephen John Woods of Hauppauge New York is a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Inc. who has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations of his trading in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver…
Marc Augusta Reda of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial, Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Reda, inter alia, traded in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of…
Eduardo Juarez, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with E.J. Sterling, LLC, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 12, 2017, in which the customer requested $36,351.00 in damages based upon allegations that Juarez breached his fiduciary duties to the customer, as well as effected unauthorized…
Demitrios Hallas, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with Forefront Capital Markets, LLC, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Complaint alleging that he effected fraudulent securities transactions and misappropriated funds from customers. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Demitrios Hallas, 1:17-cv-029991:17-cv-02999 (Apr. 25, 2017). According to the…
Demitrios Hallas, a former registered representative of Forefront Capital Markets and and PHX Financial was charged today by the United States Securities & Exchange Commission with the violation of the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws in connection with the recommendation and sale of unsuitable securities. United States Securities & Exchange Commission v. Hallas,…
Francesco Anthony Scarso, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with PHX Financial Services, Inc., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim from November 23, 2015, which settled for $12,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Scarso had effected an options transaction in the customer’s investment account which had…
Marc A. Reda, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly with PHX Financial, Inc. is the subject of a customer intiated, investment related dispute where Reda was alleged to to have breached his fiduciary duty and made unsuitable investment recommendations. FINRA Public Disclosure records reveal that Reda has been previously subject to nine customer…
Salvatore Gioe, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly with PHX Financial, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint where the customer is requesting $1,400,000.00 in damages based upon the allegations that Gioe engaged in unauthorized trading in the customer’s account. This brings the total number of customer claims based…