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Broker-Dealers Sold GWG L Bonds Using Aggressive and Misleading Marketing
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SEC Finds That Some Broker-Dealers Are Using Outdated, Incomplete, and Inaccurate Risk Disclosures
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“GWG Was a Classic Ponzi Scheme” – Official Committee of Bondholders of GWG Holdings, Inc.
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GWG Bankruptcy Update: Questions Remain as to When, or If, GWG L Bond Investors Will Receive Future Distributions
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Western International Securities Denies Violating Regulation Best Interest in Recommending and Selling Risky and Illiquid GWG L Bonds to Retail Investors
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FINRA Sanctions Joseph Stone Capital for Excessive Trading in Customer Accounts
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Newbridge Securities Corporation’s Customers Who Purchased GWG L Bonds Are Worried About Their Invested Capital
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GWG Could Sell Its Portfolio of Life Insurance Policies for $610 Million, $1 Billion Less Than It Owes to GWG L Bond Investors
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Law Firm Investigating Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC for the Sale of GWG L Bonds and GPB Capital Funds
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Law Firm Investigating National Securities Corporation for the Sale of GWG L Bonds and GPB Capital Funds
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Certified Financial Planner Board Suspends Western International Securities Broker Patrick Egan After SEC Charges Related to Selling GWG L Bonds
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New York Law Firm Investigating the Sale of GWG L Bonds to Retail Investors by Great Point Capital LLC
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GWG L Bond Investor Recovers Losses After Filing a FINRA Arbitration Claim
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Law Firm Investigating the Sale of GWG L Bonds to Retail Investors by Aegis Capital Corp
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SEC to Seek Receivership for GPB Capital
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GWG Holdings, Inc. to be Delisted from The Nasdaq Stock Market; Law Firm Investigates Legal Claims for GWG L Bond Investors
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Law Firm Investigating the Sale of GWG L Bonds to Retail Investors by Western International Securities, Inc.
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GWG L Bond Investors Seek Recourse After GWG Holdings, Inc. Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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GPB Investors Worried After GPB Automotive’s 10-K Annual Report Filing
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FINRA Sanctions Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. For Sale Practice and Supervisory Failures Related to GPB Capital and LJM Preservation and Growth Fund Offerings
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GWG Holdings, Inc. Misses Deadline to File Its 2021 Annual Report with the SEC
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GWG L Bond Investor Update: GWG Holdings, Inc. Officially Defaults on Its Obligations to L Bond Investors – February 14, 2022
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Law Firm Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigating the Sale of GWG L Bonds by Mark Williams, Formerly of Centaurus Financial, Inc.
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Investor Alert: Law Firm Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates the Sale of L Bonds by Centaurus Financial, Inc.
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Law Firm Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigating the Sale of GWG L Bonds by Tony Barouti of Emerson Equity LLC
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Investor Alert: Law Firm Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates the Sale of L Bonds by Emerson Equity LLC
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When to Consult a Lawyer After Sustaining Investment Losses
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Investors Worried After GWG Holdings Inc.’s “L Bonds” Missed Interest Payments on January 15, 2022
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Read More About Iorio Altamirano LLP’s Historic Arbitration Award Against Robinhood For January 2021 Trading Restrictions
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Joseph Scott Audia, Formerly with Joseph Stone Capital, Suspended by FINRA – Hauppauge, NY
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Joseph Stone Capital Broker Todd Kling Suspended by FINRA – New York, NY
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Joseph Stone Capital Broker Adam Maggio Suspended by FINRA – Mineola, NY
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Joseph Stone Capital Broker Anthony Graziano Suspended by FINRA – New York, NY
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Joseph Stone Capital Broker Douglas Rosenberg Suspended by FINRA – Hauppauge, NY
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GPB Investors Encouraged to File Arbitration Claims in 2022 to Preserve Legal Rights
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The Founder and Former CEO of GPB Capital Now Wants GPB Capital to Pay Legal Fees to Defend Him Against Criminal and Civil Fraud Charges
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Donna Jean Hines, Formerly with Cetera Advisors LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Clarksburg, WV
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Steven Musielski, Formerly with Cambria Capital, LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Anaheim, CA
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GPB Investors Have Won Monetary Awards in 10 of 11 Arbitration Cases This Past Year
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Investor Update: Energy 11, L.P.’s Substantial Debt and Missed Accrued Distributions Could Take Years to Pay Off
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GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP Files 10-Q with SEC; Future Remains Uncertain for GPB Automotive Investors
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Files GPB Automotive Claim Against Aegis Capital Corp
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Aegis Capital Corp. Ordered to Pay Nearly $2.7 Million for Supervisory Failures Related to Rampant Excessive and Unsuitable Trading
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Broker Leonard Marzocco, Formerly of Woodstock Financial Group, Inc. and First Standard Financial LLC, Suspended by FINRA
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Former Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. and SagePoint Financial, Inc. Broker BARRED by FINRA – Moorestown, New Jersey
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Former Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. Broker, Michael May, Suspended for Excessive and Unsuitable Trading
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Michael Miles Hartlett, Formerly with LPL Financial LLC, Suspended by FINRA – East Petersburg, PA
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Glenn Brandon, Jr., Formerly with BB&T Securities, LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Birmingham, AL
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Edgar Kleydman, Formerly with AXA Advisors, LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Brooklyn, NY
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Eric Shea Hollifield, Formerly with LPL Financial LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Dacula, GA
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SEC Accuses Former Wells Fargo Broker Kenneth A. Welsh of Stealing Investor Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Joseph Stone Capital Broker Leonid (Lenny) Yurovsky for Churning, Excessive Trading, and Unsuitable Investment Recommendations
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Investment Recommendations Made by Former UBS Broker Patrick Murray – Sandusky, Ohio
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GPB Capital Founder Seeks Millions in Distributions from Fund Investors That He Allegedly Defrauded
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Merrill Lynch Fined $1.5 million by FINRA – New York, NY
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Lee Victor Nordstrom, Formerly with Vorpahl Wing Securities, BARRED by FINRA – Spokane, WA
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PFS Investments Broker Jeffrey Dampf BARRED by FINRA – Totowa, NJ
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Courtney Michelle Kaplan, Formerly with Wells Fargo, BARRED by FINRA – Tampa, FL
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Deborah Herrmann, Formerly with Transamerica Financial Advisors, BARRED by FINRA – Wheaton, IL
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Files GPB Automotive Claim Against American Capital Partners
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Purshe Kaplan Sterling Broker Lee Taylor BARRED by FINRA – Skippack, PA
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FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Former Edward Jones Broker Alan Price – Frankfort, IN
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Robert Joseph Boyer III, Formerly with MML Investors Services, LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Holyoke, MA
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David Wells, Formerly with Fifth Third Securities, Inc., BARRED by FINRA – Chicago, IL
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Jerry Rice, Formerly with Raymond James, Suspended by FINRA – Tinton Falls, NJ
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Whistleblower Award Alert: The SEC Awards $36 Million to Whistleblower
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Robert Nyilas, Formerly with Advisory Group Equity Services, BARRED by FINRA – Westport, CT
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Ronald Daley, Formerly with W&S Brokerage Services, Inc., BARRED by FINRA – West Chester, OH
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William Michero, Formerly with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., BARRED by FINRA – Fort Worth, TX
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Two More Wins for UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) Customers, Fourth and Fifth Awards in 2021
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The SEC Has Awarded Over $1 Billion to Whistleblowers
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GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP to Sell Prime Automotive for $880 Million, Which Generated $1.8 Billion in Annual Revenue in 2020; GPB Automotive’ s Future Remains Uncertain
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Adam Gerard Belardino, Formerly with MML Investors Services, LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Elmsford, NY
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Santander Investment Securities Inc. Sanctioned by FINRA for Publishing and Distributing Inaccurate and Incomplete Research Reports to Institutional Investors
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Scott Madison, Formerly with Merrill Lynch, BARRED by FINRA – Riverhead, NY
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Jeffrey Travis Drost, Formerly with Raymond James, BARRED by FINRA – Victoria, TX
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Dale Allen Ramsperger, Formerly with Securities America, Inc., Suspended by FINRA – Scottsdale, AZ
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Deutsche Bank Securities Broker Garrett Neubart Suspended by FINRA – New York, NY
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Joffre Salazar, Formerly with LPL Financial LLC, Suspended by FINRA – Staten Island, NY
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David Van Geffen, Formerly with Raymond James, Suspended by FINRA – Lafayette, LA
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Primary Capital, LLC Fined $50,000 by FINRA Over EB-5 Business – Miami, FL
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SW Financial Broker, Joseph Lianzo, Suspended by FINRA for Excessively Trading Customers’ Accounts and Placing Unauthorized Trades
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Did Robinhood Employees Trade GameStop and AMC Before Robinhood’s Public Announcement to Restrict Trading on January 28, 2021?
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Robinhood’s Amended Registration Statement Discloses That Robinhood Is Facing Numerous Lawsuits, Customer Arbitrations, and Regulatory Investigations
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Whistleblower Awards Alert: The SEC Awards $2.6 Million to Four Whistleblowers
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Former Worden Capital Management LLC Broker, Donald Fowler, BARRED by FINRA for Churning and Excessively Trading Four Customers’ Accounts
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SEC Charges John Woods of Southport Capital With Operating $110 Million Ponzi Scheme By Selling Units of Horizon Private Equity, III, LLC
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Another Win for UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) Customers, Third Award in 2021
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GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP to Sell Prime Automotive as Its Future Remains Uncertain; Investors Encouraged to Act Now
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Former National Securities Corporation Broker, William Wright, Barred by FINRA – New York, NY
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Debasish Hajra, Formerly of Wells Fargo, Suspended by FINRA – Marietta, Georgia
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Two Former Woodstock Financial Group, Inc. Brokers Suspended by FINRA for Unsuitable Trades
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Energy 11, L.P., a Limited Partnership Sold Exclusively by David Lerner Associates, Inc., Not Likely to Resume Distributions to Investors Anytime Soon
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GPB Capital Investor Recovers Full Investment Through FINRA Arbitration Award
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Jason Seale of American Wealth Management, Inc. Suspended by FINRA – Novato, California
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Former Worden Capital Management LLC Broker, John Cangialosi, Suspended by FINRA for Excessively Trading 3 Accounts
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World Choice Securities Broker, Thomas Stratton, Barred by FINRA – Melbourne, Florida
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Former Worden Capital Management LLC Principal, Henry Bones II, Suspended by FINRA – New York, NY
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates American Capital Partners, LLC Over GPB Capital Funds
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Walter Morrow Allen, Formerly with Cetera Advisors LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Suffield, CT
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FINRA Arbitration Award: San Francisco Financial Advisor Amy Blodgett and Firm Ameritas Advisory Services Ordered to Pay $20,000 to Customers
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Oppenheimer Broker Cesar Hurtado Suspended by FINRA – Miami, FL
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Former Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. Broker, Eugene McAdams, BARRED by FINRA
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Whistleblower Awards: The SEC Awards $9.5 Million to Six Whistleblowers In Less Than a Week
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FINRA Arbitration Award: Boca Raton Financial Advisor William Friedman Ordered to Pay $250,000
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FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Aegis Capital Broker Daniel O’Neill – Melville, New York
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Jeffrey Scott Anderson, Former NYLife Securities LLC Broker, Barred by FINRA – Bloomington, IL
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Whistleblower Award Alert: The SEC Awards In Excess of $4 Million to Four Whistleblowers
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Aegis Capital Broker Gilbert Kuta Suspended by FINRA – Timonium, MD
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates L Bonds offered by GWG Holdings (GWGH)
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Former Fusion Analytics Securities, LLC Chief Compliance Officer Suspended by FINRA – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Former LPL Financial LLC Broker Jason LaBelle Barred by FINRA – Pittsfield, MA
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Former Valic Financial Advisors, Inc. Broker, Enoch Booth, BARRED by FINRA – Columbia, South Carolina
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Whistleblower Award Alert: The SEC Awards Nearly $3 Million to Whistleblower
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StockCross Financial Services, Inc. (now Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.) Sanctioned by FINRA for Failing to Properly Supervise Solicited Transactions for Excessive Trading
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UBS Settles with SEC Over Unsuitable VXX Investments
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The SEC Announces $1 Million to Whistleblower Award, Bringing 2021 Total to Over $200 Million
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Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. Fined $1.5 million by FINRA – New York, NY
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NEXT Financial Group, Inc. Fined by FINRA – Houston, TX
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Another Aegis Capital Corp. Broker (Douglas Szempruch) Suspended for Excessive Trading and Unauthorized Trading
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Update: Former Aegis Capital Corp Broker, Kishan (Sean) Parikh, SUSPENDED by FINRA for Excessive Trading and Unauthorized Trading
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GWN Securities Broker, Ronald Giovino, Barred by FINRA – Clearwater, Florida
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Popular Securities, LLC Broker Fernando Luis Monllor Suspended by FINRA – Ponce, PR
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Sanctuary Securities, Inc. (Formerly David A. Noyes & Company) Over Inverse and Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds Supervisory Failures
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SagePoint Financial Broker, Gary Bowman, Suspended by FINRA for Short-Term Trading of Unit Investment Trusts in Customer Accounts
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Former Wells Fargo Broker, Tyler Rigsbee, Barred by FINRA
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Crown Capital Securities, L.P. Ordered to Pay $1.6 million to Settle SEC Case
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FINRA Arbitration Award: SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. and SunTrust Advisory Services, Inc. Ordered to Pay $200,000
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Bloomington, Minnesota Financial Advisor, John Swon, Formerly of Royal Alliance Associates and Focus Financial, Barred by FINRA
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Medford, Oregon Financial Advisor, Juan Ceja, Formerly of PFS Investments Inc, Barred by FINRA
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Stu Pearl, Former David A. Noyes & Company Broker, Suspended for Making Unsuitable Non-Traditional ETF Investment Recommendations – Indianapolis, IN
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Broker Daniel Jossen, Formerly with NYLIFE Securities LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Bethesda, MD
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Broker George Louis McCaffrey III, Formerly with NTB Financial Corporation, BARRED by FINRA – Englewood, CO
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Former Worden Capital Management LLC Broker, Christopher Orlando, BARRED by FINRA for Excessively Trading 13 Accounts
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Takeaways from Robinhood’s IPO Filing
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Whistleblower Awards, Week of June 21 – 25, 2021
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Breaking News: Robinhood Ordered to Pay $70 Million, the Largest Financial Penalty Ever Ordered by FINRA
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Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. Broker Suspended by FINRA
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Broker Cesar Gabriel Hernandez, Formerly with Gentem Capital, BARRED by FINRA – Miami, FL
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Broker Nathan Gersteen Katz, Formerly with Triad Advisors LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Largo, FL
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Columbia, Missouri Broker, Alex Perry, Formerly of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Barred by FINRA
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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Merrill Lynch Over Unit Investment Trust (UIT) Early Rollover Practices
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Broker Eric Burton, Formerly with LPL Financial LLC, Suspended by FINRA – Orland Park, IL
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Spartan Capital Securities, LLC Broker Carlos Hurtado BARRED by FINRA – New York, NY
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Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC Sanctioned by FINRA
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Alabama Financial Advisor, Kevin McCallum, Formerly of LPL Financial, Suspended for One Year for Making Unsuitable Investment Recommendations
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Jackson, Mississippi Investor Wins Arbitration Claim Against E*Trade Securities LLC
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Broker John Braddock, Formerly with Lakeridge Capital Inc., Suspended by FINRA – Salida, CO
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Popular Securities, LLC Broker Dennis Cummings Suspended by FINRA – Mayaguez, PR
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FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Financial Broker Michael Giovannelli, Formerly of Spartan Capital Securities, for Unauthorized Trades in an Elderly Customer’s Account
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Former Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Incorporated Broker, Marc Lippman, Barred by FINRA – Washington, DC
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FINRA Files Complaint Against Former Allstate Financial Services, LLC Broker Elizabeth Ann Sollars – Terre Haute, IN
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Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC Broker Scott Niekamp Suspended by FINRA – Chesterfield, MO
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FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Marc Reda of Spartan Capital Securities
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June 14, 2021: The SEC Awards $3 Million to Two Whistleblowers
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Broker Jason Howell Poff, Formerly with LPL Financial LLC, Suspended by FINRA – Houston, TX
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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Fined $525,000 by FINRA – New York, NY
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Broker Gregory Walter McCloskey, Formerly with WestPark Capital, BARRED by FINRA – Newport Beach, CA
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Broker Jimmie Darrel Summers, Formerly with Cetera Investment Services LLC, Suspended by FINRA – Tulsa, OK
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Virginia Broker, Peter Suyama Suspended by FINRA
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Former Worden Capital Management Broker, Salvatore Pizzimenti, Barred by FINRA – New York, New York
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Broker Spotlight: Philip Connors of Worden Capital Management LLC – New York, NY
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Broker Spotlight: David Murray of Worden Capital Management LLC – New York, NY
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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Titan Securities Over Sale of Future Income Payments
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Titan Securities CEO and Owner Brad Brooks Suspended for One Year
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Broker Louis Kreisberg, Formerly with Wavecrest Securities, LLC and Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC, BARRED by FINRA
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Former UBS Broker, Ricardo Turlan, Suspended by FINRA – San Antonio, Texas
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Former SagePoint Financial, Inc. Broker Grant Birkley BARRED by FINRA – Barrington, Illinois
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Former SagePoint Financial, Inc. Broker Cynthia Komarek BARRED by FINRA – Barrington, Illinois
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Cadaret Grant Broker Matthew Zanowiak Suspended by FINRA – Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Mario Rivero, Jr., Formerly with Wells Fargo, BARRED by FINRA – Elizabeth, New Jersey
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Former Park Avenue Securities Broker Nick Palumbo, BARRED by FINRA
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Boiler Room Broker, James Flower, Barred by FINRA for Excessive Trading, Churning, Unauthorized Trading, Mismarking Orders, and Targeting Elderly Investors
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The SEC Announces Awards of $13 Million and $10 Million to Two Whistleblowers
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Investor Alert: FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Broker-Dealer NYPPEX, LLC, and Two Executives Alleging They Made Material Misrepresentations And Omissions to Prospective Investors of NYPPEX Holdings
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Broker Spotlight: Ross Barish of Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. – Mineola, NY
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Former Oppenheimer Broker, Jeffrey Warren, Barred by FINRA – Boca Raton, Florida
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FINRA Arbitration Award: Westpark Capital, Inc. Ordered to Pay Customers Nearly $800,000 for Actions of Former Broker, Lawrence Fawcett, Including Churning and Recommending Risky Private Placements
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ONESCO Ordered to Pay Nearly $1.3 Million by FINRA – Cincinnati, Ohio
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UnionBanc Investment Services, LLC Fined by FINRA – Glendale, California
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Broker Spotlight: Robert Yasnis of Worden Capital Management LLC – New York, NY
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Broker Spotlight: Kevin Wilson of Worden Capital Management LLC – New York, NY
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Triad Advisors LLC Broker, Mark Just, Suspended by FINRA – Indianapolis, Indiana
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Pinehurst, North Carolina Broker, Mercer Hicks III, Barred by FINRA for Making Unsuitable Recommendations to Five Senior Customers
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26-year-old Truck Driver from Connecticut Files Securities Arbitration Claim Against Robinhood for Placing Trade Restrictions on certain “Meme Stocks”
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Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. Broker Carl Antaki (Formerly of First Standard Financial Company LLC) Suspended by FINRA for Excessive and Unsuitable Trading
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Bronx Broker, Matthew Siliato, Formerly of Wynston Hill Capital, LLC, Barred by FINRA
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Calton & Associates, Inc. Sanctioned by FINRA Over Non-Traditional and Volatility-Linked Exchange Traded Products
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Broker Spotlight: Martin Lerner of David Lerner Associates, Inc. Facing Pending Securities Arbitration Complaint Related to Energy 12 and SOAEX – Boca Raton, Florida
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$28 Million Awarded to Whistleblower by SEC
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Brokers International Financial Services, LLC and Broker Mark Perry Ordered to Pay $795,959 to Widow by a FINRA Arbitration Panel
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GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP’s Latest Public Filing Raises Doubts That the Business Will Survive; Investors Should Contact an Attorney to Review Legal Rights
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Orchard Securities Broker Alma Edwards Faerber Facing $1 Million Customer Claim
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Broker Jason Lynn DiPaola Investigated by FINRA – New York, NY
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Former Wells Fargo Broker Gary Len Wells Suspended by FINRA – Tacoma, WA
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Former Morgan Stanley Broker in Miami, Candido Viyella, BARRED by FINRA
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Former LPL Financial LLC Broker John Simmons BARRED by FINRA – Gulf Breeze, FL
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Former Securities America, Inc. Broker, Bill Dixon, BARRED from the Securities Industry by FINRA – Urbana, Ohio
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Former Financial Advisor Eric Vici BARRED from the Securities Industry by FINRA – Melbourne, Florida
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FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Broker Adam Belardino, Formerly of MML Investors Services, LLC – Westchester County, New York
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Investigative Report: Worden Capital Management LLC’s Owners, Executives, and Brokers Have Concerning Red Flag Disclosures
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SEC Awards $3.6 Million to Whistleblower; The SEC Has Awarded Over $104 Million Whistleblowers in 2021
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How to Recover Investment Losses: Frequently Asked Questions
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SEC Awards $22 Million to Two Whistleblowers Whose Information Resulted in Successful SEC Enforcement Actions Against A Financial Services Firm
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Retail Investors Fight Back Against Robinhood for Its January 28, 2021, Trading Restrictions on “Meme Stocks,” Such as GameStop, AMC, Koss Corporation, and Express, Inc.
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates AEON Capital Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Pariter Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Cabot Lodge Securities LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Calton & Associates, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Capital Investment Group, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Dempsey Lord Smith Broker Raymond Sun Facing $1.2 Million Customer Claim
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International Assets Broker Ronald Patrick Cameron Suspended by FINRA – Fayetteville, AR
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Former RBC Capital Markets Broker Scott Fergang Suspended by FINRA – Paramus, New Jersey
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Cadaret Grant Broker Paul Spero Suspended by FINRA – Liverpool, New York
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Crown Capital Securities, L.P. Broker Kevin Barton Suspended by FINRA – Vista, California
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Kayan Securities, Inc. Broker Sun Hyung Kim BARRED by FINRA – Los Angeles, California
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Former Morgan Stanley Broker, Constantinos Maniatis, Suspended by FINRA – Dallas, Texas
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Another Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. Broker in Trouble with Regulators: Financial Advisor David Martirosian BARRED by FINRA – New York
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Crystal Bay Securities, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Emerson Equity LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Arkadios Capital Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Avere Financial Group, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Financial West Group Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates IBN Financial Services, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates BCG Securities, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Lion Street Financial, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Tampa Broker, Fred Rock, Formerly of Pruco Securities LLC, Suspended by FINRA
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Sandlapper Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates National Securities Corporation Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Wilmington Capital Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Vanderbilt Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates United Planners Financial Services Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Orchard Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Stephen A. Kohn & Associates, Ltd. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Vestech Securities, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates DFPG Investments, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates David A. Noyes & Company Over GPB Funds
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Independent Financial Group, LLC Fined by FINRA Over Supervisory Violations
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Former LPL Financial LLC Broker John Scott BARRED by FINRA – Phoenix, Arizona
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Former LPL Financial LLC Broker Elias Hakimian, Suspended by FINRA – Costa Mesa, California
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates HighTower Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Private Client Services, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Innovation Partners, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Kingsbury Capital, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Detalus Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Cascade Financial Management, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Capital Financial Services, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates DH Hill Securities, LLLP Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates International Assets Advisory, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Western International Securities, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Former Joseph Stone Capital, LLC. Broker Abdul Rahmani
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Former Financial Advisor Michael Dellaporta, Jr. BARRED From the Securities Industry by FINRA – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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FINRA Files Enforcement Action Against Hugues Guirand, Formerly of Woodstock Financial Group, Inc. – Virginia Beach, VA
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Former IFS Securities Broker, Steven Schisler, Facing Disciplinary Charges by FINRA for Numerous Alleged Misconduct, Including Unsuitable Investment Recommendations to An Elderly Couple
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Iorio Altamirano LLP is Investigating MSC – BD, LLC and Broker Robert Fehrman For Recommending GPB Capital Holdings to Customers
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Investigation: Former Axiom Capital Management, Inc Broker, Michael Packman, Reportedly Recommended GPB Capital Holdings to Customers
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Moloney Securities Co., Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Investment Architects, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Landolt Securities, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Lowell & Company, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Great Point Capital LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates WestPark Capital, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Dinosaur Financial Group, L.L.C. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates MSC – BD, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates McDonald Partners LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Kalos Capital, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates SagePoint Financial, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Money Concepts Capital Corp Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Silber Bennett Financial, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Newbridge Securities Corporation Over GPB Funds
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Whitehall-Parker Securities, Inc. Over GPB Funds
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Investigation: Former MML Investor Services, LLC Broker, Oscar Francis, Reportedly Recommended GPB Capital Holdings to Customers – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Scottsdale, Arizona Broker Kevin Canterbury Facing Three Pending Customer Disputes
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SEC Awards $2.5 Million to Whistleblower, as Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower Announces Impending Departure
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Broker Hebert Frey Suspended by FINRA After Excessively Trading and Placing Unauthorized Trades in The Account of a Disabled Client – Mount Vernon, Ohio
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Burlington, Vermont Financial Advisor Louis Olave Suspended by FINRA
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Broker Matthew Crafa Facing Three Pending Customer Disputes Related to GPB Capital Funds
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Joseph Ambrosole, a Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. Broker, Suspended by FINRA
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Dawson James Securities, Inc. Sanctioned by FINRA for Charging Customers Excessive Commissions
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Broker Frank Sapareto, Formerly of Advisory Group Equity Services, Investigated by FINRA
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Rhode Island Broker Keith Holcomb, Formerly of Cambridge Investment Research and MML Investors Services, Suspended by FINRA
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Former Insigneo Broker Ignacio Erhart Del Campo Suspended by FINRA – Miami, FL
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Hutchinson Island, Florida Broker, Gregory Mancuso, Formerly of Crowdvest Securities LLC, BARRED by FINRA
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Moloney Securities Broker Candice Montie Suspended by FINRA – Fenton, MI
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Another Win for UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) Customers, Second Award in March 2021
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FINRA Sanctions Securities America, Inc. For Failing to Supervise the Sale of the LJM Preservation and Growth Fund
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FINRA Sanctions J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. For Failing to Supervise the Sale of the LJM Preservation and Growth Fund
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FINRA Sanctions Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. For Failing to Supervise the Sale of the LJM Preservation and Growth Fund
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St. Augustine, Florida Financial Advisor Charles Thomas Stevens, Formerly of D.H. Hill Securities, LLP, BARRED by FINRA
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Lake Forest, Illinois Financial Advisor Victor A. Rigoni, III, Formerly of Summit Brokerage Services, Inc., Suspended by FINRA
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SEC Awards Over $500,000 to Whistleblower, the 40th Individual to Receive an Award This Past Year
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Broker, Jeremy Johnson, Formerly of Torch Securities, LLC, BARRED by FINRA – Murrieta, CA
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Former RBC Capital Markets Broker Jeffrey Fladell Suspended by FINRA – Florham Park, NJ
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Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Trader, Riaz Haidri, Suspended for Disclosing a Customer’s Confidential Trading Strategy to Another Customer
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Another Day, Another Disciplinary Action Against Aegis Capital Corp.
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Santa Barbara Financial Advisor, Mark Delgadillo, Formerly of D.A. Davidson & Co., Suspended by FINRA
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West Des Moines, Iowa Broker, John O’Bannon, Formerly of Edward Jones, Suspended by FINRA
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Broker Chad Mackland, Who Is Facing Felony Criminal Charges, BARRED by FINRA
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Western International Securities Compliance Officer BARRED by FINRA – Pasadena, CA
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Buckman, Buckman and Reid Broker Allan Katz Suspended by FINRA – Staten Island, NY
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Trevor Rahn, Former J.P. Morgan Securities Broker, Suspended for Unauthorized Trades, Unsuitable Recommendations, and Mismarked Orders – Los Angeles, CA
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FMN Capital Broker Jeffrey Stanga Suspended by FINRA – Mission Viejo, CA
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Former Purshe Kaplan Sterling Broker Tonya Nicole Smoake Suspended by FINRA – New York, NY
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Former Aegis Capital Broker Edmund Zack Suspended by FINRA – New York, NY
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Former Aegis Capital Corp Broker, Kishan (Sean) Parikh, Facing Disciplinary Charges by FINRA for Unsuitable Investment Recommendations and Excessive Trading
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UBS Ordered to Pay $1 million to Yield Enhancement Strategy (YES) Customers
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Investigative Report: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigation into Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. Reveals Troubling Pasts for Owners, Executives, and Brokers
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. Over Sale of LJM Preservation and Growth Fund
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Former Ameriprise Financial Services Broker, Clyde Jensen, Facing Disciplinary Charges by FINRA
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Aegis Capital Fined and Censured by FINRA
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Former Kestra Investment Services, LLC Broker, Mayur Dalal, BARRED by FINRA – New Hyde Park, NY
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Stockbroker George Warner BARRED by FINRA
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Investor Alert: Attention Credit Suisse VelocityShares™ ETN Investors
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Former JP Morgan Broker Avi Schottenstein Accused of Abuse of Fiduciary Duty and Misrepresentations – FINRA
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Former JP Morgan Broker Evan Schottenstein Accused of Abuse of Fiduciary Duty and Misrepresentations – FINRA
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The SEC Has Awarded Approximately $1.5 Million to Whistleblower, Bringing the Whistleblower Program’s Total to Over $759 Million
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Former Broker Ryan Tarjanyi Barred by FINRA – Kettering, OH
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Former Broker Lang Phu Nguyen Suspended by FINRA for Exercising Discretion in Customer Accounts without Prior Written Authorization – Campton Hills, IL
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Update: Broker Scott Reed, Formerly of Wells Fargo in Scottsdale, Arizona, Appears to Have a History of Recommending High Risk and High Commission Investments to Customers
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Palm City, Florida Financial Advisor, Richard Shelley, Formerly of Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc., Suspended by FINRA
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INVESTOR ALERT: ATTENTION CREDIT SUISSE-GREENSILL FUND INVESTORS
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How to Recover Puerto Rico Bond Losses From David Lerner Associates, Inc.
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Rodgers, Arkansas Financial Advisor Rhett Bedwell BARRED by FINRA
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INVESTOR ALERT: ATTENTION AIRBORNE WIRELESS NETWORK (ABWN) STOCKHOLDERS
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Broker Megurditch Mike Patatian, Formerly of Western International Securities, Inc. Facing Disciplinary Charges by FINRA for Recommending Unsuitable Illiquid REITs to 59 Customers, Including 21 Elderly Customers – Westlake Village, California
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Great Nation Investment Corporation President and CEO, Bryon Pat Treat, BARRED by FINRA – Amarillo, Texas
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Former LPL Financial Broker Bradley Allen Goodbred BARRED by FINRA – Roselle, IL
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Broker Ricky Alan Mantei Suspended by FINRA For Violating Firm Prearranged Trading Prohibitions – Lexington, SC
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Broker Spotlight: Daniel T. Lerner of David Lerner Associates, Inc. Facing Three Pending Securities Arbitration Complaints – White Plains, New York
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Moab, Utah Financial Advisor Scott Hansen, Formerly of LPL Financial LLC, Suspended by FINRA
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Former Woodrock Securities, L.P. and Campfire Capital Broker, Sean McDevitt, Suspended by FINRA
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Financial Advisors in Morgan Stanley’s Global Sports and Entertainment Group Have Been the Subject of Six Customer Disputes Over the Past Year
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Former NBA Players Chandler Parsons and Courtney Lee Reportedly File a $5 Million Securities Arbitration Claim Against Morgan Stanley and Broker Darryl Cohen
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Former Broker James Alan Schumaker Suspended by FINRA Over Dealings with Barred Registered Representative – Lafayette, IN
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Former Broker Stewart Schram Suspended by FINRA Over Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions – Northbrook, IL
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Files Securities Arbitration Claim Against David Lerner Associates, Inc. Related to Unsuitable Recommendations Made by President and CEO Martin Walcoe
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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates The GMS Group LLC Over Fair Pricing and Supervisory Violations
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Former Wells Fargo Broker in Scottsdale, Arizona, Scott Reed, Barred by FINRA
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Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. Fined $25,000 by FINRA Over Best Execution Rule Violations – Red Bank, New Jersey
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At Least Twenty-Four Customers Have Filed Securities Arbitration Complaints Against Robinhood Financial, LLC
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Charleston, SC Financial Advisor Paul Halvorson, Formerly of Morgan Stanley, BARRED by FINRA
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Former Transamerica Financial Advisors Wenru Liang and Jenny Xinfang Feng Suspended by FINRA – Columbia, MD
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Broker Spotlight: Michael Hernandez of Arive Capital Markets – Brooklyn, New York
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Arive Capital Markets Broker, Mirsad Muharemovic, Accused of Churning, Excessive Trading, and High-Pressure Sales Tactics
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Broker Spotlight: Daniel Silverstein of Arive Capital Markets – Miami, Florida
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J.H. Darbie & Co., Inc. Fined $25,000 by FINRA Over Best Execution Rule Violations
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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Triad Advisors LLC Over Supervisory Violations Related to Mutual Funds Trading and Variable Annuity Exchanges
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Investigative Report: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigation into Arive Capital Markets Reveals Troubling Pasts for Owners, Executives, and Brokers
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Former David Lerner Associates Financial Advisor, Charles Bonilla, Suspended by FINRA for Unsuitable Energy-Sector Securities – Boca Raton, FL
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Key Investor Issues Outlined in FINRA 2021 Exam Priorities – Part Two
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Portland Financial Advisor, Lisa Brumm, Suspended by FINRA for Unsuitable Variable Annuity Recommendations, Borrowing from a Client, and Negligent Misrepresentation
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Arive Capital Markets Broker, Joseph Fuller, Accused of Churning and Unauthorized Trading
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Somersworth, NH Financial Advisor Michael Francoeur, Formerly of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc, BARRED by FINRA
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Arive Capital Markets Broker, Lon Faccini, Facing Two Pending Disputes Alleging Excessive Trading, Churning, Misrepresentation, and Unsuitability
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Former J.P. Morgan Securities Broker Jasmit Singh SUSPENDED by FINRA – New York, NY
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Key Investor Issues Outlined in FINRA 2021 Exam Priorities – Part One
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Columbus, Ohio Financial Advisor Lisa Stevenson, Formerly of The Huntington Investment Company, BARRED by FINRA
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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Continues to Investigate Robinhood, Webull, T.D. Ameritrade, Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab, and Other Brokerage Firms for Market Manipulation and Breach of Contract
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Arive Capital Markets’ Roy Failla Suspended by New Jersey for Engaging in Dishonest and Unethical Practices in the Securities Business, Including Excessive Trading
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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Robinhood, T.D. Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Other Brokerage Firms for Market Manipulation
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Former Broker Michael August Pellegrino SUSPENDED by FINRA
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Former Merrill Lynch Broker in Atlanta, Tyler Delahunt, BARRED by FINRA
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Amarillo, Texas Financial Advisor David A. Jenson BARRED by FINRA
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Financial Advisor Anthony Tricarico Suspended by FINRA for Excessive Trading While Employed at Aegis Capital Corp. – New York, NY
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After Merrill Lynch Has Paid Over $66 Million to Settle Churning Allegations Against Former Broker Charles Kenahan, FINRA Has Barred Kenahan From the Industry.
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Fort Lauderdale Financial Advisor Bryan Mazliach BARRED by FINRA For Excessive Trading and Unauthorized Trades
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Charlotte, North Carolina Financial Advisor Gary Wayne Hammond BARRED by FINRA
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Iorio Altamirano LLP Joins Congresswoman Maxine Waters in Urging the Biden Administration to Rescind Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and Replace it with a Uniform Fiduciary Obligation Standard.
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Financial Advisor Christian Lucchetto Suspended by FINRA for Excessive Trading
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Sparks, Nevada Financial Advisor, Javelin Mikol San Nicolas, Formerly of Edward Jones, BARRED by FINRA
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Steven Robert Luftschein, Formerly with Aegis Capital Corp, Barred by FINRA
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Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. Customer in Layton, Utah Filed FINRA Arbitration Complaint About REITs and BDCs
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Former Merrill Lynch Broker in Beverly Hills, Ryan Raskin, Barred by FINRA
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Boulder, Colorado Financial Advisor, Formerly of LPL Financial LLC, Suspended by FINRA
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Statesboro, Georgia Financial Advisor Christopher B. Black BARRED by FINRA
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VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc. Fined $350,000 by FINRA Over Variable Annuity Supervisory Violations
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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Morgan Stanley Over 529 Savings Plans
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