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There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker George Kontos in Firm Tiaa-cref Individual & Institutional Services, LLC

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker George Kontos (Kontos), currently associated with Tiaa-cref Individual & Institutional Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Kontos recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on January 20, 2022.

Financial Advisors providing advice to retail investors are required to adhere to the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI). Reg BI applies a ‘best interest’ standard for broker-dealers and their associated people. This standard applies when a registered representative is providing investment advice through making recommendations customers and covers securities transaction, investment strategies, and recommendations concerning advice on opening of an account or accounts. This Reg BI standard of care applies to registered representatives making recommendations to customers in the purchase, sale, or exchange of securities or the implementation of investment strategies involving securities and non-securities. The rule also applies to the handling of opening accounts such as account transfers and types of accounts being recommended to be opened.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Mark Payne in Firm Morgan Stanley

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Mark Payne (Payne), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Payne recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $15,531,642.00 on January 19, 2022.

Client alleged FA made misrepresentations and unsuitable recommendations related to options trading strategy. 2018 to 2021

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Felipe Zegarra in Firm UBS Financial Services INC.

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Felipe Zegarra (Zegarra), currently associated with UBS Financial Services INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Zegarra recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on January 18, 2022.

Client alleges he lost money due to advisor not placing trades on the day he requested by phone. The activity occurred between January 13, 2022 and January 18, 2022.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Ryan Kirkpatrick in Firm Edward Jones

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ryan Kirkpatrick (Kirkpatrick), currently associated with Edward Jones, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Kirkpatrick recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on January 26, 2022.

The client alleges the financial advisor misrepresented there would be no tax consequences for liquidating U.S. Series EE savings bonds.

Broker Ray Arndt in Mutual Securities, INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ray Arndt (Arndt), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Arndt recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $18,500.00 on January 22, 2022.

Claimants allege unsuitable recommendations, material misrepresentation ^ omissions, control person liability & respondent superior, failure to supervise, and violations of FINRA 2020 & IM 2310-2.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Michael Wagner in Firm Morgan Stanley

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Michael Wagner (Wagner), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Wagner recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $15,531,642.00 on January 19, 2022.

Client alleged FA employed unsuitable options investment strategy.

Broker Jonathan Dickson in Morgan Stanley Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jonathan Dickson (Dickson), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Dickson recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $12,000.00 on January 25, 2022.

Client alleged misreprsentation with respect to rate of fees charged on managed accounts 2012 – 202121

Broker Barry Gilrane in LPL Enterprise, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Barry Gilrane (Gilrane), currently associated with LPL Enterprise, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Gilrane recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $400,000.00 on January 21, 2022.

Client alleges the rep recruited him for employment at his prior firm and omitted material facts concerning the opportunity and made representations that were false and misleading.

Broker Anthony Giuliano in Osaic Wealth, INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Anthony Giuliano (Giuliano), currently associated with Osaic Wealth, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Giuliano recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $50,000.00 on January 24, 2022.

During the period of 2015-2022, Claimant alleges breach of fiduciary duty and negligence relating to the sale of real estate investment trusts.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Kim Dingee in Firm Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Kim Dingee (Dingee), previously associated with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Dingee recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $99,999.99 on January 21, 2022.

Claimant alleges that she was sold an unsuitable, risky and complex alternative investment product, FSKR