Rodney Otis Kumlien, of Verona, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on September 7, 2023. In this complaint, the customer requested compensatory damages based upon allegations that Kumlien made the unsuitable recommendation of variable annuities during the time that Kumlien was…
Thomas Ardavast Kudarauskas (also known as Tom Kudarauskas), of Atlanta, Georgia, a stockbroker associated with Woodbury 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 Kudarauskas engaged in unsuitable recommendations and trading in…
Bret Clinton Schaefer (also known as Bret Clinton Shaefer), of Greenville, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint that was settled on May 24, 2023, for $53,114.00 in damages based upon allegations that Schaefer made unsuitable recommendations of variable annuities when Schaefer was…
Suzanne Therese Charrin (also known as a Suzanne Charrin Oathout), of Greenwood Village, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity because supposedly she incorrectly described her outside business activities as involving lavender oil instead of CBD oil,…
Dennis Fred Baker of Verona, Wisconsin, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., was the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint filed on August 18, 2021, in which the customer requested $5,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Baker made misrepresentations of material fact in connection with the recommendation and sale of…
Robert Scott Ginsberg (also known as Bob Scott Ginsberg) of Wallingford, Connecticut, a stockbroker registered with Investors Capital Corp and Woodbury Financial Services Inc., is identified in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim which was resolved for $35,000.00 in damages based upon allegations of unsuitable investment recommendations by Ginsberg concerning real estate securities,…
Robert Hayes Hoffmann, of Greenwood, Indiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc., is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer sought $100,000.00 in damages based upon the alleged unsuitable recommendations to purchase variable annuities during the time that Hoffmann was registered with Woodbury Financial…
Peter Werner David of Waukesha Wisconsin a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim where the customer requested $281,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that they were placed into an unsuitable equity fund by David while he was registered with Woodbury…
Adam S. Feierstein of Redondo Beach California a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related complaint in which the customer requested more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by accusations of misrepresentations as it pertained to a variable annuity purchased by them when Feierstein was associated…
Robert Scott Ginsberg (also known as Bob Scott Ginsberg) of Wallingford Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related FINRA securities arbitration claim in which the customer requested compensatory damages based upon accusations of the stockbroker’s unsuitable recommendations during the time that he was associated…
James Garland Kennedy Jr. (also known as Jim Kennedy) of Madison Mississippi a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury 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 FINRA personnel when he was being investigated…
Ronald Walter Hannes (also known as Ron Hannes) of Spokane Washington a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. has been barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon his consent to findings that he failed to cooperate with FINRA personnel’s request for his information and…
Robert Scott Ginsberg (also known as Bob Scott Ginsberg) of Wallingford Connecticut a stockbroker currently registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer sought $500,000.00 in damages based upon accusations that the customer had been placed into unsuitable business development companies (BDC)…
Daniel John Dunn a stockbroker currently employed by Woodbury Financial Services is referenced in a customer initiated investment related complaint on March 29, 2019 in which the customer sought more than $5,000.00 in damages supported by allegations that the customer was provided poor investment advice concerning real estate security and equipment leasing interests sold by…
Robert Hayes Hoffman of Indianapolis Indiana a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services has been barred from being a stockbroker in the State of Indiana according to an Indiana Securities Division Order based upon findings of Hoffman being expelled from a self-regulatory organization for misconduct in the securities industry. Case No. 18-0001 SB (Jan….
Woodbury Financial Services Inc. a securities broker dealer headquartered in Oakdale Minnesota has been censured and fined $225,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon the firm’s consent to findings that it failed to supervise the suitability of annuities transactions placed in customers’ accounts to ensure that the transactions were complaint with FINRA rules…
Barry Matthew Rumpel of Neillsville Wisconsin a stockstockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 23, 2018 where the customer sought $35,055.39 in damages founded on accusations that the customer was placed in a variable universal life insurance policy that was not suitable…
Anthony N. Macaluso of Floral Park New York a stockbroker formerly employed by Capital One Investing LLC is referenced in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on January 4, 2017 in which the customer requested unspecified damages supported by accusations that the customer’s managed wrap account held investments that were not suitable for the…
Geoffrey Scott McCash of Worthington Ohio a stockbroker formerly employed by Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is referenced in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim in which the customer requested $350,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that the customer was placed in energy sector private placements that were not suitable for the customer. Financial Industry…
Robert Scott Ginsberg of Wallingford Connecticut a stockbroker formerly employed by Woodbury Financial Services is the subject of a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim where the customer sought $1,100,000.00 in damages founded on allegations that unsuitable real estate investment trust and oil and gas transactions were executed in the customer’s account. Financial Industry Regulatory…
Marc Gregory Minor of East Peoria Illinois a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services Inc. is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on December 23, 2016 in which the customer requested $62,000.00 in damages supported by accusations that (1) the customer incurred undue losses from an insurance company’s exercise of…
Steven Pagartanis of Setauket New York a stockbroker formerly registered with Lombard Securities Incorporated who is barred from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity based upon consenting to findings that he obstructed a FINRA investigation into allegations that he misappropriated customer funds and made fraudulent misrepresentations. Letter of Acceptance…
John Joseph Maloney III, of Morristown, Tennessee, a stockbroker formerly registered with Edward Jones, has been terminated from employment on May 10, 2016, based upon accusations that he failed to conform with the firm’s policies relating to the suitability of investment recommendations. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Public Disclosure reveals that Maloney has been identified…
Woodbury Financial Services Inc., a brokerage firm headquartered in Oakdale, Minnesota, has been censured and fined $75,000.00 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) based upon allegations that the firm failed to appropriately apply sales charge discounts for customers when the customers were eligible to receive them, overcharging them as a result. Letter of Acceptance, Waiver…
Robert Hayes Hoffman of Greenwood, Indiana, a registered representative formerly employed with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., has been fined and suspended 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 into allegations of his private securities transactions, excessive…
David Albert Ross, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., has been suspended for ten months from associating with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member in any capacity by consenting to findings that he entered into unauthorized loan arrangements with customers of the firm, and engaged in outside business…
Jose Anselmo Feliciano Jr., a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., is the subject of a customer initiated investment related written complaint on May 5, 2017, in which the customer requested $60,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Feliciano made misrepresentations to the customer concerning two variable annuity purchases. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
Robert Hayes Hoffman, of Greenwood, Indiana, a stockbroker formerly registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 17, 2017, in which the customer requested $3,200,000.00 in damages based upon allegations that Hoffman sold away from his firm, churned the customer’s account, and effected unauthorized…
Daniel John Dunn, of Mission Viejo, California, a stockbroker currently registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related written complaint on August 17, 2015, in which the customer requested $48,624.47 in damages based upon allegations that Dunn made unsuitable investment recommendations to the customer concerning the sale of…
David Albert Ross, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services, was terminated from employment on April 15, 2016, based upon allegations that Ross, inter alia, effected unauthorized loan arrangements with the firm’s customers and engaged in an outside business activity that was not authorized by Woodbury Financial Services. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals…
Delbert W. Carnes, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a stockbroker registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., has been named in a customer initiated investment related arbitration claim on April 20, 2015, in which the customer alleged that Carnes made misrepresentations to the customer regarding the purchase of a variable annuity investment. FINRA Public Disclosure reveals that…
Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., of Oakdale, Minnesota, was censured and fined $100,000 by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for failing to apply sales charge discounts to certain customers’ eligible purchases of unit investment trusts (“UITs”) in violation of FINRA Rule 2010; as well as failing to establish, maintain and enforce a supervisory system and written…
Joseph R. Butler, a Stockbroker with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., was permanently barred from association with any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member firm after the National Adjudicatory Council confirmed a Hearing Panel Decision barring Butler for converting customer’s funds and submitting a false annuity beneficiary change request. In the Matter of Department of Enforcement…
Michael J. Talin of Seal Beach, CA, a former general registered representative with Woodbury Financial Services, was barred from association with any FINRA-registered firm in all capacities after failing to appear for an on-the-record interview in connection with FINRA’s investigation of allegations that Talin converted monies from the non-securities account of a customer. FINRA Letter…