According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Billy Aycock (Aycock), currently associated with Cabin Securities, Inc., has at least 17 disclosable events. These events include 17 customer complaints, alleging that Aycock recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations…
According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Timothy Nobles (Nobles), currently associated with Investment Planners, Inc., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Nobles recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations…
The law offices of Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating claims that Broker Melanie Folstad (Folstad) has been accused by investors of engaging in fraudulent misappropriation of their funds. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), it appears that Folstad was employed by RBC Capital Markets,…
According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Mark Martin (Martin), currently associated with Integrity Alliance, Llc., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Martin recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations…
According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker James Peterson (Peterson), currently associated with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Peterson recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among…
According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Joseph Gibbons (Gibbons), currently associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Gibbons recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt…
According to a complaint filed by the State of Illinois Securities Department Thrivent Investment has been accused of engaging in replacing its client’s existing variable annuities for new variable annuities which requiring clients to pay surrender charges and various fees that were not appropriate for the client. Thrivent Investment violated…
Our securities fraud attorneys are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against Douglas Studer (Studer) formerly associated with Kovack Securities Inc. (Kovack) alleging unauthorized trading among other claims. According to brokercheck records Studer has been subject to two customer complaints, one bankruptcy in 2010, and…
Our firm has previously reported on the growing trend of brokerage firms recommending non-purpose loans secured by their brokerage accounts to clients. See Investors Risk Big Losses with Loans Secured by Securities Collateral Accounts. Recently, the state of Massachusetts charged Morgan Stanley with conducting unethical – high-pressure – sales contests…
The investment attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP have been contacted by a growing number of investors who hold non-purpose loans secured by their brokerage accounts and then suffered staggering investment losses that have jeopardized their ability to repay the loan. In recent years all the major wire houses have begun…