According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Patrick Maddren (Maddren) has been subject to two customer complaints and two tax liens. Maddren is currently registered with WestPark Capital, Inc. (WestPark Capital). In March 2016 a customer filed a complaint alleging a number of securities…
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Leon Rehak Subject to Customer Complaints For Excessive Trading
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Leon Rehak (Rehak) has been subject to two customer complaints. Rehak is currently registered with LPL Financial LLC (LPL Financial). In November 2016 a customer filed a complaint alleging a number of securities law violations including that…
Former LPL Broker Jason Anderson Sued by Elderly Customers
The investment attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating claims against former LPL Financial Broker Jason Anderson (Anderson). A pair of elderly customers are suing Anderson and alleging churning and inflated mutual fund charges. According to news sources, A pair of elderly customers of LPL Financial are suing the firm…
Broker David Menashe Sanctioned For Excessive and Unauthorized Trading
Gana Weinstein LLP is investigating claims made by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against broker David Menashe (Menashe). According to BrokerCheck records, Menashe was ordered to pay a restitution of $15,000 by the state of Montana for alleged excessive trading and unauthorized trading in June 2016. Menashe entered the industry…
Kevin Curry Sanctioned By FINRA Over Unauthorized Trading
According to BrokerCheck records Kevin Curry (Curry) has been sanctioned by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) over allegations that the broker exercised discretion in a customer’s account without obtaining written authorization or written approval of the account as discretionary from his brokerage firm. FINRA found that Curry and spoke…
FINRA Files Complaint Against Dennis Mehringer Over Mutual Fund Switching
According to BrokerCheck records The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed a complaint against Dennis Mehringer (Mehringer) over allegations that Mehringer made unsuitable recommendations that caused a customer to engage in excessively expensive short-term trading of mutual fund Class A shares. According to FINRA, Mehringer repeatedly recommended, and caused…
FINRA Bars Broker David Sheppard Over Excessive Trading and Churning
Broker David Sheppard (Sheppard) was recently sanctioned by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in an enforcement action that led to a permanent bar against the broker. According to BrokerCheck, FINRA found that Sheppard consented to sanctions that he refused to appear for on-the-record testimony requested by FINRA to investigate…
Thomas Sullivan Subject to Churning Complaints
The securities fraud lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) against broker Thomas Sullivan (Sullivan). According to BrokerCheck records Sullivan has been the subject of at least six customer complaints and two terminations for cause. The customer complaints against Sullivan…
Broker Silvano Rolando Trino Subject to Pending Customer Complaint
The investment lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating a pending customer complaint filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against Silvano Rolando Trino (Trino). According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck record for Trino, there are at least 4 disclosures on Trino’s records, all pertaining to customer complaints. The customer complaints…
Broker Investigation: National Securities Advisor Mark Gassoso
Our securities fraud attorneys are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against Mark Gassoso (Gassoso) currently associated with National Securities Corporation alleging Gassoso engaged in a number of securities law violations including that the broker made unsuitable investments, unauthorized trading, and churning (excessive trading) among…