Andrew William Payne, of Hartford, Connecticut, previously registered with UBS Financial Services, is the subject of two customer initiated investment related disputes. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure shows that in the first dispute, the customer alleged that Payne had shares journaled and sold to another account without authorization from the customer between July…
Edward Mark Lubell (also known as Ned Lubell), of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of five customer initiated disputes. On February 9, 2022, a customer filed an investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim against UBS Financial Services, seeking $99,000.00 in damages….
Roderick K. Von Lipsey, of Washington, District of Columbia, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of four customer initiated investment related disputes alleging sales practice violations such as unsuitable recommendations and misrepresentation. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure shows that on August 10, 2020, a customer filed an investment…
Gerald O’Niell McGinley (also known as Gerry McGinley), of Westport, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim filed on March 15, 2024. The customer sought damages between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00 based on allegations of unsuitable recommendations…
Tracy Marie Longstreet (also known as Tracy Marie Sorth), of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Longstreet refused to provide documents and information requested by FINRA regarding a customer complaint. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver,…
Eric Andrew Wittenberg, of Mount Kisco, New York, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer was awarded $425,000.00 in compensatory damages because UBS Financial Services Inc. was held liable on the customer’s claims,…
Sumaya De Los Angeles Musa (also known as Sumaya Musa Quinones), of Aventura, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Musa misrepresented material facts, overconcentrated…
UBS Financial Services Inc., headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey, has been censured and fined $850,000.00 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) because UBS failed to supervise certain representatives’ private securities transactions and failed to supervise transfers of customer funds to third parties. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2021073037102 (July 8, 2024). The…
Leslie Ann Lauer of Columbus, Ohio, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on February 22, 2024, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Lauer did not act in the trustee’s best interest by making misleading or false statements…
Peter Hargitt Foley Jr. of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on July 28, 2023, in which the customer requested damages estimated to be in excess of $5,000.00 based upon allegations that Foley engaged in excessive trading in…
Toria Noelle Briggs (also known as Toria Scotto), of Washington, D.C., a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that settled for $160,000.00 in damages. The claim alleged that Briggs failed to disclose liquidity limitations and certain selling-related…
James Arthur Schwarz, of Short Hills, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 12, 2023. In this complaint, the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Schwarz made the unsuitable investment recommendations of over-the-counter equities and caused the…
Daniel James Egbert (also known as Daniel James Egberg), of Raleigh, North Carolina, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $160,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Egbert failed to disclose selling restrictions…
Donald Jeffrey Dever (also known as Jeff Dever), of West Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on September 1, 2023, for $94,373.73 in damages based upon allegations that Dever failed to follow the customer’s instructions regarding the…
Richard Alan Foss (also known as Dick Foss), of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 4, 2023, in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Foss supposedly engaged in theft when Foss was associated…
Karen Degro, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was ordered to cease and desist and pay a $5,000.00 fine by Florida Office of Financial Regulation because Degro gave investment advice without being registered by the regulator. Case No. 117539-SR (February 20, 2024). Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Thomas Joseph Livaccari of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on April 25, 2023, for $75,000.00 in damages. The complaint alleged that during Livaccari’s association with UBS Financial Services Inc., he made misrepresentations of material fact…
Marc Edmond Haggar, of Dallas, Texas, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $70,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Haggar made misrepresentations of material fact and “failed to follow instructions” regarding certain investments which were…
Joseph Patrick Katzaroff, of Irvine, California, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on June 1, 2023, in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Katzaroff made unsuitable recommendations. The complaint alleges that Katzaroff failed to consider the trustee’s…
Mark Steven Elias, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $700,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Elias made unsuitable recommendations and misrepresentations of material fact in connection with an options overlay strategy…
James C. Kelly, of Chicago, Illinois, a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $2,250,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Kelly made unsuitable recommendations and made misrepresentations of material fact during the time that…
Henry Nathan Goodman of New York, New York, a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services, was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Goodman made unsuitable recommendations and misrepresented information about an options overlay strategy…
Jack Ryan Riley, of Warren, New Jersey, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,450,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Riley made misrepresentations of material fact and made unsuitable recommendations of…
Mary Ann Dineen (also known as Mary Ann Rose and Mary Ann Hicks), of Bonita Springs, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $540,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dineen…
Richard Joseph Dellarusso (also known as Rick Dellarusso and Ricky Dellarusso), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Dellarusso made misrepresentations…
Sonia Maria Attkiss (also known as Sonia Tron), of New York, New York, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $525,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Attkiss made misrepresentations of material…
Jeffrey Adam Miller of Greenwich, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $75,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Miller made unsuitable recommendations of gold and silver during the time that Miller was associated with UBS…
William Word Huthnance of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $305,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Huthnance made unsuitable recommendations to the customer and made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the sale…
Robert Earl Turner Jr., of Waco, Texas, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because Turner engaged in private securities transactions. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2021073037101 (January 27, 2023). According to the AWC, from 1997…
David Ray Barnes, of Dallas, Texas, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $3,400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Barnes made unsuitable investment recommendations of master limited partnerships, preferred stocks, and lines of credit during…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York, NY, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on October 21, 2022, in which the customer requested compensation based upon allegations that Buchsbaum made unsuitable investment recommendations and made misrepresentations of material fact during the time that…
Christopher Robert Black (also known as Chris Black), of Houston, TX, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim that was settled for $305,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Black made misrepresentations of material fact and made unsuitable investment recommendations of…
Shawn Steven Oliver of Napa, California, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 29, 2022, seeking damages based upon allegations that Oliver made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the recommendation and sale of investments when Oliver was associated with…
Neil Kevin Klein of White Plains, New York, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. wasis the subject of a customer initiated investment related Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) securities arbitration claim that was settled for $50,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Klein made unsuitable recommendations regarding the sale of annuities during his…
John Anthony Sommo of New Haven, Connecticut, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that he failed to respond to FINRA’s request for information. Case No. 2020067928601 (April 4, 2022). Public Disclosure shows that…
Zachary Hansen (also known as Zach Hansen) of Denver, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for 45 days from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon allegations that Hansen failed to retain private communications with customers concerning securities transactions….
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $8,000,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Rosenberg provided unsuitable recommendations and misrepresented information concerning an options overlay strategy that the…
Gerard Joseph Costello of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action in which investors collectively sought $1,200,000,000.00 in damages founded on allegations of Costello’s failure to disclose risks concerning Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) when Costello was registered with…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services, is referenced in a customer initiated investment related class action complaint in which customers sought $1,200,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of the failure to disclose risks, conflicts of interest, and performance of Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) between 2016…
William David Hobby of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is identified in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $229,000.00 on October 2, 2019, supported by allegations of the customer being placed into unsuitable over-the-counter equities when Hobby was employed by UBS Financial Services. According…
Kirk Badii, of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $3,000,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of mismanagement and unsuitable recommendations concerning alternative investments while Badii was associated with UBS Financial Services. Financial…
Rodney Deleths Washington (also known as RD Washington), of New Albany, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon findings that he failed to cooperate with a FINRA investigation concerning accusations of his outside business…
Eilesia Kepper Dixon (also known as Eilesia McGivney Dixon, Lisa Dixon, and as Lisa L. Keeper) of Monroe Louisiana a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of LPL Financial LLC had been discharged from employment on November 3, 2020. According to LPL Financial, Dixon placed customers’ signatures on account transfer and account opening paperwork. The customers…
Christiane Olsen of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 3, 2020, where the customer requested compensatory damages founded on accusations of Olsen selling them unsuitable corporate bonds and notes while she was registered with UBS Financial…
Shay W. Scruggs of Houston Texas a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought between $2,000,000.00 and $3,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that they had been placed into unsuitable equities by Scruggs between 2013 and…
Peter Douglas McColgan of Cincinnati Ohio a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $25,887.44 in damages on December 19, 2019, based on accusations that unauthorized trades were executed in the customer’s account by McColgan while he was employed by UBS…
Ramiro Luis Colon III (also known as Ramiro Luis Colon Ortiz III) of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,421,565.59 in damages supported by accusations that Colon failed to supervise municipal bond and closed…
Brant Christopher Ferguson of Dallas Texas a stockbroker and investment adviser representative of UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 12, 2021 in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that their account had been mismanaged during the time that…
Levi B. Robinson of Anchorage Alaska a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was settled for $125,000.00 in damages on December 6, 2018 founded on accusations of misrepresentations by the stockbroker in regard to hedging and selling a customer’s investments. According…
Nick James Polydoros of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $525,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that they had been placed into unsuitable investments because of Polydoros while he was associated with UBS…
Ricardo Turlan (also known as Ricardo Patricio Perez-Turlan and as Ricardo Patricio Ramirez) of San Antonio Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been fined $7,500.00 and suspended for two-months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by findings that he effected unauthorized trades…
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages supported by allegations that Rosenberg made misrepresentations to the customer regarding buying and holding into an options overlay strategy between…
Alex Gerardo Herrera of Coral Gables Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that he failed to comply with an arbitration award or otherwise inform FINRA about his compliance. FINRA Arbitration No. 20-00245 (Aug….
Gerard Joseph Costello of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested up to $100,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that there were unsuitable recommendations by Costello in regard to an options overlay strategy…
Jeremy Seidman of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer sought $6,500,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer had been recommended an unsuitable options overlay strategy by Seidman between 2016 and 2019 when he…
Ricardo Fontana Guimaraes of Miami Florida a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was settled for $57,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the customer had been sold unsuitable bonds from Guimaraes when he was associated with UBS Financial…
Robert David Cohen (also known as Bob Cohen and as Rob Cohen) a former stockbroker and investment adviser representative of UBS Financial Services has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 14, 2019 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that unauthorized bond purchases were…
Melinda Joyce Abood of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 21, 2020 where the customer requested $42,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer’s investment instructions were not followed concerning securities held in their UBS…
Julian Howard Gingold of New York New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 25, 2019 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that a fiduciary duty that was owed to the customer had been…
Richard John Denecker Jr. (also known as Dick Denecker) of Richmond Virginia a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based on findings that Denecker engaged in unauthorized trading in customer accounts at UBS. Letter of…
Cary Alan Moskowitz of New York New York a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer requested $14,000,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that unsuitable options transactions had been executed in the customer’s account during the period in which Moskowitz was…
Michael Frank Paesano of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages founded on accusations that trades were executed in the customer’s account in excessive amounts between July of 2014 and December of 2016 while…
John Seiberling Fulton of West Palm Beach Florida a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,400,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2017 and 2019: an options overlay strategy implemented in the customer’s account had been…
Gerard Joseph Costello of New York New York a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $350,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made by the stockbroker concerning an options overlay strategy implemented in the…
Eric Robert Schwartz of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 3, 2019 where the customer sought $225,000.00 in damages based upon accusations of omissions and misrepresentations by Schwartz as it pertained to distributions which were required…
Kirk Badii of Los Angeles California a stockbroker formerly associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on April 17, 2020 in which the customer requested as much as $2,600,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer had been advised by Badii to invest in inappropriate…
Dwight Clyde West of Lone Tree Colorado a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 7, 2019 in which the customer requested $10,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that the risks of transactions effected by the stockbroker between 2013 and 2018 had exceeded the…
William David Hobby of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $130,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2014 and 2018: (1) trades were effected in the customer’s account by the stockbroker without the customer’s…
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $1,200,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) the customer was provided with unsuitable investment recommendations between 2016 and 2020 concerning the…
Scott Blake Mintz of Hartford Connecticut a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a Consent Order issued by the Massachusetts Securities Division in which the stockbroker has been sanctioned based upon allegations of his exercise of discretion in the accounts of UBS Financial Services customers without advanced written permission…
Derek Michael Nierman of Scottsdale Arizona a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $98,750.00 in damages founded on accusations that the customer was steered by Nierman towards investing in a real estate investment but the customer’s funds had…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York New York a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer in regards to an options overlay strategy implemented…
John Robert Morris of Warren New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $25,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning investments in oil and gas securities and Puerto…
Martin Joseph Hare of Oakbrook Illinois a stockbroker associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which has been settled for $70,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2017 and 2018: (1) UBS failed to supervise Hare’s transactions (2) the customer’s account had been imprudently…
Stephen Douglas Wood of Bedminster New Jersey a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been identified in an investigation initiated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on April 2, 2019 into accusations that (1) Wood failed to comply with FINRA Rule 2010 and NASD Rule 2510(b) by effecting purchases or sales of…
Mark Laing Lichtenfeld of Florham Park New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $850,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer had been provided bad advice from Lichtenfeld concerning an options overlay strategy and…
Neil Kevin Klein of White Plans New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested between $200,000 and $500,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that trades placed by the stockbroker were unsuitable which resulted in unwarranted losses and…
Scott Michael Rosenberg of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $400,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) unfounded statements had been made concerning the terms and conditions of an options overlay strategy…
Alex Gerardo Herrera of Coral Gables Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint which was settled for $137,500.00 on August 19, 2019 supported by allegations that between 2013 and 2016, the customer’s funds had been relocated by Herrera without the customer’s permission….
William Andrew Hightower of Houston Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with Legacy Asset Securities Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought unspecified damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer’s account had been liquidated by Hightower without the customer’s authorization and (2) funds were improperly used to…
Lorenzo C. Esteva of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $225,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) omissions and unfounded statements had been made to the customer concerning the terms and conditions…
Ronald Dale Broadstone of New Albany Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a Division Order in which he was ordered to cease and desist from engaging in conduct violative of Ohio Securities Act based on the Division’s findings that (1) Broadstone engaged in manipulative and deceptive acts…
Carlos Antonio Rodriguez of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought more than $3,600,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) the customer had been placed into oil and gas master limited partnerships and mutual funds…
Margaret Mary Lech-Loubet of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint which was resolved for $20,000.00 on May 22, 2018 based upon accusations that the risks and illiquidity of the customer’s structured products holdings were not disclosed to the customer…
Michael Roy Blueweiss of Melville New York a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $600,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2014 and 2017: (1) the customer’s funds had been stolen or otherwise misappropriated by Blueweiss (2)…
Nicolas Jesus Barrios of Winter Haven Florida a stockbroker and Production Branch Manager formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Barrios failed to cooperate with FINRA during an investigation into accusations of (1)…
Thomas G. Gresham (also known as Tom Gresham) of Overland Park Kansas a stockbroker currently registered with Moloney Securities Co. Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $495,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) Moloney Securities Co. and UBS Financial Services Inc. collectively failed to…
William Jeffrey Carlton of Vienna Virginia a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint which was resolved for $657,998.24 in damages on May 24, 2017 founded on allegations that between January 4, 2016 and February 23, 2017: (1) excessive exchange traded fund trades were executed…
Craig Daniel Price of Stuart Florida a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $20,500.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) misrepresentations or omissions had been made to the customer by Price concerning Cardero Resources equities held in…
James Brian Cain of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 4, 2018 where the customer requested $45,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between July 18, 2014 and January 4, 2018: (1) the customer was placed…
Matthew Stern Buchsbaum of New York New York a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,000,00.00 in damages based upon accusations that between March of 2017 and March of 2019: (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer…
William David Hobby of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on September 18, 2018 supported by accusations that (1) Hobby violated the firm’s customer complaint policy by neglecting to apprise the firm that he was subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint and…
Carolyn Marie Thur of Chicago Illinois of Oakbrook Terrace Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $225,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) omissions had been made to the customer concerning the risks, portfolio composition…
Bruce Davis Smith of Atlanta Georgia a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on August 7, 2018 supported by allegations that Smith was not forthcoming to the firm concerning his involvement with a customer in transactions referenced in a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) inquiry. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Gerard Joseph Costello of New York New York a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on December 26, 2018 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on allegations that misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning risks of an…
Patrick Thomas Donohue of New York New York a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been terminated on December 7, 2018 founded on the firm’s accusations that Donohue failed to make required disclosures to the firm concerning his legal affairs; conduct violative of the firm’s policies. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public…
Richard D. Niemann of Sugar Land Texas a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. 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 made unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Daniel Edward Rebmann of San Antonio Texas a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $25,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that structured products had been purchased for the customer’s account without the customer’s permission while Rebmann was associated with…
Angel Edgardo Aquino-Velez of Miami Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by Morgan Stanley is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested unspecified damages founded on accusations that between 2011 and 2017, closed-end fund and municipal debt transactions were executed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the…
Gregory Jackson Baxter of Fresno California a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on November 29, 2017 based upon allegations that he engaged in outside business activities in 2017 after his requests for engaging in those activities had already been denied by the firm. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Lane Robert Goldstein of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which sought $240,000 in damages but which was resolved for $35,000.00 based upon accusations that between 2007 and 2016: (1) inappropriate investments were placed in the customer’s account (2)…
Douglas Albert Pastor of Davison Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on February 7, 2017 in which the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 founded on accusations that between April 13, 2010 and December 16, 2016, Pastor charged the…
Paul Steven Wishingrad of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. 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 effected unauthorized trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent No….
Timothy Joseph Trott of Erie Pennsylvania a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $170,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Trott executed a highly risky investment strategy for the customer’s investment account and placed the customer in unsuitable…
Daniel Stephen Snodgrass of Cherry Hill New Jersey a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on September 26, 2016 based upon accusations that Snodgrass violated multiple policies of UBS Financial Services by failing to undertake the required due diligence process in reference to the establishment of a…
Steven Douglas Wood of Warren New Jersey a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to pay a $301,432.00 Arbitration Award after being found liable for defrauding a customer. FINRA…
Walter James Keating of Indian Wells California a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 25, 2016 where the customer requested damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 supported by allegations that (1) Keating omitted information from the customer in regard to the customer’s…
Brent Gordon Thompson of Franklin Tennessee a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $300,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that between 1995 and 2015: (1) the customer was subject to elder abuse (2) fiduciary duties owed to the customer…
Christopher Anthony Paganelli of Walnut Creek California a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. was discharged by the firm on July 6, 2017 founded on allegations that Paganelli violated the firm’s policy by having engaged in unapproved outside business activities between October 3, 2016 and February 23, 2017. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
David Eliot Aycock of Leawood Kansas a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $18,477.06 in damages on May 30, 2017 founded on accusations that Aycock failed to effected the sale of the customer’s warrants. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
Daniel Thomas Gamache of Denver Colorado a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. and representative of IFAM Capital has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 9, 2018 where the customer requested $86,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Gamache made unsuitable recommendations to the customer concerning mutual funds…
Bryon Leonel Reyes of Lafayette Louisiana a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on April 26, 2018 supported by allegations that (1) Reyes failed to inform UBS about his outside business activities and investments after Reyes had already been reprimanded by the firm for his non-disclosures and…
James Arthur Kujawski of Annapolis Maryland a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for four months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in private securities transactions and outside business activities. Letter of…
Michael Patrick Roche of Grand Blanc Michigan a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested up to $499,000.00 in damages founded on accusations that (1) misrepresentations had been made to the customer concerning a variable annuity and (2) annuity…
Melanie Haning of Las Vegas Nevada a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations that Haning failed to provide information to FINRA after it was formally requested of her. Case No. 2017056399901 (Apr. 12, 2018)….
Alex Gerardo Herrera of Coral Gables Florida a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to cooperate in a FINRA investigation into accusations of his involvement in private securities transactions…
John C. Maccoll a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services in Birmingham, Michigan was charged by the United States Securities & Exchange Commision with the theft of over 4 million from his clients. Maccoll purportedly solicited his brokerage customers to invest in a purported private, alternative, hedge-type fund that Maccoll claimed was highly-profitable. The purported fund…
Greg Grajek of San Diego California a stockbroker employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related civil action where the customer sought $9,049.78 in damages supported by accusations of the failure to follow the customer’s instructions concerning penny stock investments which led to the customer’s positions having been…
Dwight Clyde West of Lone Tree Colorado a stockbroker and financial advisor currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that between 2008 and 2017: (1) unsuitable investment recommendations had been made to the…
Michael Monatlik of Beverly Hills California a stockbroker currently employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $50,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that between May of 2011 and February of 2018, Monatlik (1) recommended master limited partnership and municipal bond investments that…
Paul William Murans (also known as Peace Murans) a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on October 10, 2017 founded on accusations that Murans (1) failed to apprise the firm about being subject of a customer compliant (2) executed unapproved life-settlement transactions away from the firm and…
Russell G. Cappelen Jr. of Vero Beach Florida a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint which settled for $14,658.37 in damages founded on accusations that Cappelen effected mutual fund transactions that were not appropriate for the customer because the investments failed to…
Martin Joseph Hare of Oakbrook Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on April 6, 2018 where the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between January 27, 2017 and March 16, 2018, Hare was poorly advised…
John Matthew Kurzhal of Minneapolis Minnesota a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon accusations that he neglected to provide FINRA with a response to its request for information concerning Kurzhal’s business activities. Case No. 2018056841201…
Steven Harman Mogul of Northbrook Illinois a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 30, 2018 where the customer sought $36,923.25 in damages founded on accusations that between March 21, 2014 and February 27, 2018, Mogul (1) breached his fiduciary obligation…
Mark S. Katz of Houston Texas a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $866,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that (1) unsuitable recommendations had been made to the customer concerning investment reallocations and (2) misrepresentations were made…
John Robert Morris of Warren New Jersey a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $1,300,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that between 2011 and 2015, energy sector investments and municipal bonds had been misrepresented to the customer…
Kimball Stanley Bullard of Boston Massachusetts a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $25,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that Bullard misrepresented the fees for investment advisory services and overcharged the customer. Letter of Acceptance Waiver and…
Arlo Bryan Sullivan of San Luis Obispo California a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $843,000.00 in damages based upon accusations including (1) elder abuse (2) mismanagement of the customer’s account (3) negligence (4) misrepresentation (5) breach of…
Christopher Mitchell Meyers of Plano Texas a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been terminated by the firm on August 10, 2016 founded on allegations that he (1) improperly corresponded with customer concerning tax matters (2) effected unauthorized trades in a customer’s account (3) exercised discretion in two investment accounts that were not…
John Cochran Maccoll of Birmingham Michigan a stockbroker formerly employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity supported by allegations of his failure to provide FINRA personnel with a response to its request for Maccoll’s information. FINRA Case No. 2018057662601 (Apr….
James Arthur Kujawski of Annapolis Maryland a stockbroker employed by UBS Financial Services Inc. has been discharged by the firm on February 20, 2018 based upon accusations that Kujawski violated the company’s policy by failing to disclose his outside investments and outside business activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Kujawski has…
Norman Weaver Jr of Seattle Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. has been terminated from employment on September 6, 2016 founded on accusations that he helped facilitate meetings between customers of the firm and a person who was not affiliated with UBS Financial Services Inc. nor associated with any other brokerage…
Walter M. Stucker of Forth Worth Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint in which the customer requested $632,907.00 in damages supported by accusations that between July 27, 2011 and December 18, 2017, oil and gas limited partnership transactions were placed…
Robert Edward DeForest of West Palm Beach Florida is a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $95,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that DeForest recommended trigger yield optimization notes between June of 2014 and September of 2015…
Alfred Gary Kovacs of Houston Texas is a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was settled for $34,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that Kovacs over-concentrated the customer’s assets in oil and gas stocks between 2014 and 2016. Financial Industry…
Isidro Z. Miramontes of Brea California is a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 9, 2016 where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer was placed into variable annuities that were not…
John Charles Campeau Jr of New Haven Connecticut is a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. who is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $102,204.00 in damages based upon allegations that Campeau charged the customer with excessive fees for advisory services and made unsuitable investment…
William Bernard Lyons of New York New York is a stockbroker formerly employed by ACGM, Inc. who has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for three months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to supervise a firm stockbroker’s private securities transactions…
Leonard Jay Suskind, of Aventura, Florida, a stockbroker currently employed with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, where the customer requested $220,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that between 2013 and 2016, Suskind failed to follow the customer’s instructions to sell a master limited partnership position,…
James Lebaron Springer of Sarasota, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 12, 2016, in which the customer sought at least $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between 2011 and 2016, Springer sold the customer’s blue-chip stocks and…
Mark B. Geist of Lincoln, Nebraska, a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 8, 2017, in which the customer sought $280,542.00 in damages founded on accusations of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and unsuitable fixed income mutual fund transactions having…
Bruce Edward Orenstein of Weehawken, New Jersey, a stockbroker currently associated with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 18, 2017, where the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that the customer was sold variable annuity products without having been informed…
Kenneth S. Tyrrell, of Richmond Virginia, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Tyrrell, inter alia, sold away from his firm, engaged in unapproved outside business activities, and inaccurately represented his activities…
Michael James Keane of Melville, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on October 2, 2017, where the customer sought $300,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that Keane failed to follow the customer’s instructions, and effected purchases of speculative master limited…
William John Paynter Jr. of Scottsdale, Arizona, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on June 28, 2017, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and suitability regarding oil…
Richard Eastburn, of Cleveland, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been fined $10,000.00 and suspended for six months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he made misrepresentations to customers about custody agreements. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
Carlos Antonio Rodriguez of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity on October 10, 2017, based upon allegations that he failed to provide FINRA personnel with information about his business activities. Case No. 2015046502101 (July 5,…
Kristopher B. Smith, of Fargo, North Dakota, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been terminated on May 26, 2010, supported by allegations that Smith violated the firm’s policies by effecting unauthorized trading in customer accounts. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure confirms that Smith was fined $5,000.00 and suspended from…
David James Boor, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 30, 2017, in which the customer sought $139,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that between December 1, 2015, and May 30, 2017, Boor effected mutual funds…
John Carolyn of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on August 16, 2017, for $34,000.00 in damages based on allegations that from 2014 to 2016, Carolyn placed unsuitable stock transactions in the customer’s account, causing the customer’s…
Angelo Massaro Jr., of UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on June 7, 2017, in which the customer requested $160,000.00 in damages founded upon accusations that Massaro sold the customer unsuitable investments, and mismanaged the customer’s accounts. The customer alleged that structured products placed in her…
Margaret Lech-Loubet, of Los Angeles, California, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint on May 22, 2017, in which the customer sought $145,000.00 in damages based on allegations of suitability and omissions of facts concerning risks and liquidity of the customer’s structured product…
Lorenzo C. Esteva of Miami , Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to provide FINRA with information and documentation in the course of FINRA’s investigation into allegations of…
James Brian Cain, of Beverly Hills, California, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 22, 2017, in which the customer sought $145,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that Cain omitted information from the customer about the risks and liquidity pertaining…
Todd Michael Ellentuck, of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been fired by his employer on October 19, 2016, based upon allegations that he generated excess payments via commissions and fees in securities transactions, effected trades that were not authorized, and failed to effect trades in a…
Lorenzo C. Esteva, of Miami, Florida, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., was terminated from employment on June 6, 2017, based upon allegations that he confessed to furnishing bogus account information to customers in the course of the firm’s investigation into his business activities. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that…
Thomas Einar Gunnersen, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on August 19, 2016, in which the customer requested $31,873.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gunnersen was responsible for the customer’s losses on high yield bond transactions…
Mark Horan, of Florham Park, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on October 28, 2015, for $350,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Horan effected an unauthorized over-the-counter equity transaction for the customer. The customer indicated that…
Ankit Sahu, of San Francisco, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 28, 2017, in which the customer requested $500,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that he effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s investment account, and misrepresented UBS AG…
Robert Michael Gianchiglia, of Worcester, Massachusetts, a stockbroker formerly registered with Ameritas Investment Corp., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on March 28, 2017, wherein the customer requested $225,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Gianchiglia effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s account, made misrepresentations to the customer, breached his…
Kenneth Stewart Tyrrell, of Vienna, Virginia, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., was terminated from employment on August 8, 2016, based upon allegations that he engaged in private securities transactions and outside business activities without having disclosed them to UBS Financial Services Inc. or retrieving approval from the firm; conduct violative of UBS…
David Alan Lavine, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been fined and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon his failure to confirm with FINRA staff that he was compliant with a settlement agreement or customer initiated investment related…
Ronald D. Broadstone, of New Albany, Ohio, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he failed to comply with a FINRA investigation request concerning allegations of Broadstone misappropriating customer funds. Letter…
UBS Financial Services, Inc., a broker-dealer headquartered in New York, New York, has been censured and disgorged of $8,227,566.00 plus interest by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pursuant to an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and UBS Financial Services, Inc.’s Offer of Settlement, which…
David Howard Bigler, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on February 2, 2017, in which the customer requested $21,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that between 2013 and 2016, UBS Financial Services Inc. failed to supervise Bigler’s activities concerning the customer’s…
David Sanford James, of Century City, California, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 18, 2016, based upon allegations that James, from January of 2016 to August of 2016, breached his fiduciary duties and overcharged the customer in reference to…
Ramon Manuel Almonte, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico, has been identified in one-hundred and twenty five customer initiated investment related disputes between January 27, 2014, and February 15, 2017, in which customers’ claims are based upon allegations that…
Carlos Jose Freire, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., and UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 27, 2016, in which the customer requested $222,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Freire, as the…
Phil Fiore Jr., of Stamford, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been terminated from employment on November 30, 2016, based upon allegations that he failed to abide by his firm’s procedures, including: the operation of a golf tournament without approval; communications with the public without the firm’s authorization; and Fiore’s lack…
Alan Neal Rose, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 16, 2017, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from 2013 to 2016, Rose over-concentrated the customers’ portfolio in investments…
Enrique Fernandez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in eighteen customer initiated investment related disputes between April 16, 2014, and January 6, 2017, based upon allegations that Fernandez made omissions and misrepresentations to customers concerning the safety of investments in Puerto Rico municipal bonds…
David Jose Lugo, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, has been named in one-hundred and twenty-four customer initiated investment related disputes between November 19, 2013, and January 29, 2017, based upon allegations against Lugo which include overconcentration of customer assets, misrepresentation, and unsuitability concerning the investments in Puerto…
Stephen Frederick Owen III, of Annapolis, Maryland, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 12, 2017, in which the customer requested $650,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that from 2015 to 2017, Owen overconcentrated the customer’s investment portfolio in speculative…
Dario Suarez, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico, has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on January 18, 2017, in which the customer requested $1,000,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Suarez effected unsuitable transactions involving…
Joshua David Stamm, of Lynchburg, Virginia, a stockbroker formerly registered with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has been fined $10,000.00, prohibited from working in a supervisory capacity, and placed on heightened supervision based upon a Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Securities Order containing allegations that Stamm engaged in outside business activities without…
Michael Roy Blueweiss, of Melville, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on November 3, 2014, based upon allegations that Blueweiss churned the customer’s account, concentrated the customer’s investment portfolio in structured products and annuities, and omitted information from the…
David Howard Fagenson, of Palm Beach, Florida, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on September 26, 2016, based upon allegations that from 2013 to 2016, Fagenson effected unauthorized trades in the customer’s account and failed to abide by the customer’s instructions…
James Rose, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., has been fined $25,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he engaged in outside business activities and private securities transactions which were not authorized…
William Jeffrey Carlton, of Vienna, Virginia, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on November 10, 2016, in which the customer requested $525,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Carlton effected unsuitable equity and limited partnership interest transactions in the customer’s account,…
Christiane Olsen, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, which settled on November 28, 2016, for $29,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Olsen effected unsuitable master limited partnership and stock transactions in the customer’s account that…
Victor Lee, of New York, New York, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity after consenting to findings that he engaged in an outside business activity which was not authorized by his firm, and falsified…
Bradley Joseph Ross, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a stockbroker with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on May 19, 2016, in which the customer requested $99,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Ross effected unauthorized trades and overconcentrated the customer’s assets in exchange traded funds, mutual…
Alfred William Valz, of Manasquan, New Jersey, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services Inc., has been fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that Valz placed unauthorized trades in the accounts of customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Christopher James Conroy, of New York, New York, a stockbroker currently registered with UBS Financial Services, was fined $5,000.00 and suspended from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he effected unauthorized discretionary trades in customer accounts. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2015047589801 (Nov….
Jeffrey Hamilton Howell, of Chesterfield, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with UBS Financial Services, Inc., was permanently barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity after consenting to findings that he made misstatements to a customer concerning account values, attempted to conceal such conduct by altering firm statements, and…
Robert M. Kuhn, of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker with UBS Financial Services Inc., is subject to a arbitration claim by a customer requesting $100,000.00 in damages because allegedly Kuhn misrepresented an annuity that the customer purchased, and made an unsuitable investment recommendations. FINRA Public Disclosure records show that on October 20, 2015, UBS Financial Services…
Reverse Convertible Notes are highly complex financial products that are structured to pay a higher interest rate than conventional debt of the same issuer because of the inclusion of the embedded derivative that provides essentially a synthetic put on the underlying stock. Investors get the higher rate of return which is capped, if the underlying…
UBS Financial Services, Inc., was censured and fined $250,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after consenting to findings that the firm overcharged customers who purchased mutual funds, and failed to create and preserve supervisory processes to ensure that customers who were eligible for such discounts had received them. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent,…
James P. Scullin, of Coral Gables, Florida, a stockbroker with UBS Financial Services Inc., was fined $15,000.00 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 discretionary trading. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No. 2014043554601 (May…
UBS is a Swiss corporation, and the owner of UBS Financial, which conducts business in the United States and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. In 2014, UBS, one of the largest issuers of structured notes in the world, issued and sold 2.7 billion in structured notes. Structured notes are securities issued…
UBS Financial was censured, fined $7,500,000.00, and ordered to pay restitution to 165 customers in the amount of $10,978,402.00 after the firm consented to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) findings that it failed to establish and maintain a supervisory system and procedures reasonably designed to ensure suitability of transactions in closed end funds. Acceptance, Waiver,…
Audrey Helmstetter, a branch service associate for UBS Financial Services, was permanently barred from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority member in any capacity after consenting to findings that she converted a customer’s funds. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent No. 2014042389701 (May 5, 2015). According to the AWC, Helmstetter was a non FINRA-registered…
UBS Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) charged the firm with failure to supervise the sale of complex financial products known as non-traditional exchange-traded funds, as well as for making unsuitable recommendations of these funds. In addition to the fine, UBS Financial Services…