Scott Vincent Kaup of Stuart Nebraska a stockbroker formerly employed by VSR Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim which was resolved for $42,500.00 in damages based upon accusations that (1) unfounded statements and omissions had been made to the customer concerning real estate securities and direct investments (2)…

Steven Hugh Murphy of Simi Valley California a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought damages estimated to exceed $5,000.00 based upon accusations that (1) the customer was a victim of elder abuse (2) transactions were effected in violation of…

Scott Vincent Kaup of Stuart Nebraska a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer requested $2,600,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that (1) misrepresentations and omissions had been made to the customer concerning investments (2) real estate security and direct…

Daniel Charles Stewart of Shawnee Kansas a stockbroker formerly employed by VSR Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim that was resolved for $18,750.00 in damages supported by accusations that Stewart failed to timely execute the customer’s investment related instructions which caused the customer to incur losses. Financial…

Dennis Paul Van Patter of Plano Texas a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services Inc. has been referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 27, 2016 in which the customer alleged that real estate security transactions were placed in the customer’s account that were not suitable for the customer. FINRA…

Robert Edward Wamhoff of Saint Charles Missouri a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on October 12, 2017 where the customer sought $55,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of breach of fiduciary duty and negligence relating to real estate security transactions executed…

Investors Capital Corporation, J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C., VSR Financial Services, Inc., Investacorp., Inc., and BB&T Investment Services, Inc., have all been censured by FINRA for taking advantage of certain customers, namely retirement plans and charitable organizations, by overcharging them in mutual fund transactions. Evidently, the firms sold mutual funds containing multiple share classes, in…

Mickey Long of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on March 27, 2017, in which the customer sought $94,438.49 in damages founded on allegations of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, suitability and misrepresentation concerning the customer’s real estate security,…

James Vernon Regier, of Topeka, Kansas, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on July 14, 2016, in which the customer requested $76,642.00 in damages based upon allegations that Regier effected unsuitable transactions in the customer’s account concerning United Development Funding IV….

Michael Daniel Shaw, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim, in which customers were collectively awarded $307,000.00 in damages on February 4, 2016, based upon allegations that Shaw breached his fiduciary and contractual duties to the customers, negligently…

Robert Edward Wamhoff, from Saint Charles, Missouri, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim from February 27, 2016, in which the customer alleged that Wamhoff effected unsuitable investments in the customer’s account. Two days prior, another customer filed an investment related arbitration…

Jesse Julian Griffin Jr., of Palm City, Florida, a stockbroker formerly associated with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration action from June 19, 2015, which settled for $52,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Griffin effected unsuitable transactions in the customers’ accounts. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that…

Timothy Charles Hobbs, of Bedford, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration action from February 3, 2014, in which the customer requested $82,500.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hobbs breached his fiduciary duty to the customer, and effected investment transactions in…

Keith A. Bradley, of Houston, Texas, a stockbroker formerly registered with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 12, 2016, in which the customer requested $100,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Bradley negligently handled the customer’s investment account, and effected unsuitable investment transactions. Bradley’s…

James V. Regier, of Topeka, Kansas, a stockbroker formerly associated with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on July 14, 2016, in which the customer requested $76,642.00 in damages based upon allegations that Regier effected unsuitable investment transactions in the customer’s account pertaining to United Development…

Nicholas M. Giaallourakis, of Boca Raton, Florida, a stockbroker formerly associated with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been subject to a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim from October 20, 2015, which settled for $14,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Giaalourakis violated Florida Securities Act, breached his contractual and fiduciary duties to the customer,…

The Cetera Firms, which include Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, (headquartered in El Segundo, California), Cetera Financial Specialists LLC (headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois), First Allied Securities, Inc. (headquartered in San Diego, California), Summit Brokerage Services, Inc. (headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida), and VSR Financial Services, Inc. (headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas), were censured and fined by…

Parks Heard Brown Jr., of Marietta, Georgia, a stockbroker formerly associated with VSR Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on October 14, 2016, based on allegations that Brown effected unsuitable investment transactions in the customer’s account. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that Brown has been subject to three…

Mickey Long, of Plano, Texas, a stockbroker with VSR Financial Services, Inc., was suspended by Texas State Securities Board after being found to have made unsuitable investment recommendations of real estate investments and other alternative investments. Order No. REG16-SUS-03 (Oct. 4, 2016). According to the Order, Long was responsible for advising a seventy-year-old customer who…

Charles Geraci, of The Woodlands, Texas, a stockbroker for VSR Financial Services, Inc., is subject to a pending customer dispute from July 25, 2016, in which the customer has requested $500,000.00 in damages after alleging that Geraci made unsuitable investment recommendations in alternative investments and private placement investments. According to FINRA Public Disclosure Records,  Geraci…

Dennis P. Van Patter of Dallas, Texas, a registered representative with VSR Financial Services, Inc., was fined $10,000 and suspended for forty-five days from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in all capacities after consenting to findings that he made unsuitable recommendations to firm customers. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, No….