Maria De Los Angeles Leon (also known as Maria Del Real), of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with PNC Investments, has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Leon refused to provide information and testimony requested by FINRA during an investigation into allegations of the…
Edward Dale McCombs of Whitehall, Michigan, a stockbroker registered with PNC Investments, is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 12, 2023, in which the customer requested $26,120.95 in damages based upon allegations that McCombs did not correctly explain life insurance contract fees and features and had made the unsuitable…
Daniel B. Irving of Erie Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly registered with PNC Investments has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he mismarked customer’s investment orders as having been unsolicited. FINRA Enforcement Action No. 2014043146201 (July 12, 2018)….
Jeffrey Alan Nedley of Washington Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by PNC Investments is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $5,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that unsuitable investment recommendations had been made to the customer concerning variable and fixed annuities. FINRA Arbitration No. 16-02420 (Sept. 1,…
Philip Anthony Marchetti of Pompton Plains New Jersey is a stockbroker formerly registered with PNC Investments who has been fired on August 5, 2016 supported by allegations that he failed to be forthcoming with supervisory personnel at PNC in an investigation into whether Marchetti executed unauthorized trades in an account owned by a firm customer….
Thomas E. Omark, of Erie, Pennsylvania, a stockbroker formerly associated with PNC Investments, was fined $15,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he effected trades in customer accounts without authorization. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015047550801…
Multiple Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member broker dealers, including Robert W. Baird & Co, Inc., BB&T Securities, LLC., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., and PNC Investments LLC, were recently censured and ordered to pay restitution to customers after consenting to findings that the firms’ overcharged customers in mutual funds purchases, and…
Philip Earl Brunson, a registered representative with PNC Investments and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate with their investigation in connection with allegations that Brunson converted customer funds. Letter of Acceptance,…
A former stockbroker for Wells Fargo Advisors LLC has been fined $5,000 and suspended from the financial industry for six months for changing dates and account numbers on forms without customers’ permission. In June 2010, Judith Martin altered the dates and account numbers on 25 Initial Public Offering (IPO) Certification Forms that the Wells Fargo…