According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jon Paul Cirelli (Cirelli), currently associated with Alexander Capital, L.p., has at least 5 disclosable events. These events include 5 customer complaints, alleging that Cirelli recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on December 24, 2025.
Claimants allege breach of fiduciary duty, unsuitability, reasonable basis for recommendation. In or around 2022.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $100,000.00 on December 17, 2025.
Claimant alleges failure to conduct reasonable due diligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and failure to disclose material facts, failure to supervise, and unsuitability of investment that occurred in 2016.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $2,500,000.00 on March 09, 2021.
The Claim alleges negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and unsuitable recommendations, relating to various investments made from July of 2015 to April of 2017.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 05, 2021.
Representative is subject of claim alleging negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and Violations of Uniform Securities Act of Michigan relating to limited partnership investments made in March and December of 2016.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on October 28, 2020.
Client is alleging misrepresentation, relating to private placement investment made in August of 2016.
Brokers are required to adhere to the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) standard of care under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which establishes a ‘best interest’ standard for broker-dealers and associated persons. 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.
Next, the advisor must have a reasonable understanding of the specific retail investor’s investment profile. The customer’s profile information generally includes an investor’s financial situation and needs; investments; assets and debts; marital status; tax status; age; investment time horizon; liquidity needs; risk tolerance; investment experience; investment objectives and financial goals; and any other information the retail investor may disclose in connection with the recommendation or advice. Reg BI is drawn from fiduciary principles that include an obligation to act in the retail investor’s best interest and the broker is prohibited from placing their own interests ahead of the investor’s interest. Reg BI comes with different core obligations that brokers must comply with. There is the duty of care obligation requiring financial advisors to form a reasonable belief that their investment advice and recommendations are in the retail investor’s best interest among other duties. In order to do that the broker must evaluate the potential risks, rewards, and costs associated with a product, account type, or series of transactions being recommended.
Another aspect of the care obligation is focusing on the client’s specific needs which brokers must reasonably understand through obtaining information for the client’s investment profile. In completing a customer’s investment profile the advisor should include information such as the investor’s investment time horizon; liquidity needs; risk tolerance; experience with various investment vehicles; investment objectives and financial goals; assets and debts including outside investment accounts; marital status; tax information; age; and other relevant information that may be individual to the investor that the advisor would need to know to properly render advice or provide services. The associated person must then apply both their reasonable diligence into various investment options as well as the information gathered as to the investor’s specific needs when considering the investment recommendation. The broker must explore various alternative investment options available to address these needs and determine that there is a reasonable basis to believe that the recommendation or service being recommended is in the retail investor’s best interest. In addition to specific investments being recommended, under Reg BI, a broker must also understand the type of account that their client would need in order to meet their care obligations. The SEC has stated that the type of securities account an investor has can greatly affect a customers’ costs and overall investment returns. Further, different account types can offer and support different features, products, securities, or services, and account type would not be appropriately applied in a one size fits all manner.
Cirelli entered the securities industry in 2003. Cirelli has been registered as a Broker with Alexander Capital, L.p. since 2025.
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