Churning (Excessive Trading)

Broker Pratul Agnihotri in Sw Financial Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 30, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Pratul Agnihotri (Agnihotri), previously associated with Sw Financial, has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Agnihotri concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $83,086.81 on December 10, 2021.

Time Frame: February 2013 through to Present. Alleged Allegations: Churning, Unsuitability, Breach of Fiduciary Contract, Misrepresentation, Unauthorized Trading, Failure to Supervise

Broker Allan Snider in Oppenheimer & CO. INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Allan Snider (Snider), previously associated with Oppenheimer & CO. INC., has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Snider concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $400,000.00 on January 06, 2022.

Claimant alleged unsuitable investments, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, breach of contract, misrepresentations, over-concentration, excessive trading and unauthorized trading. Not specified, but account open 2011-2021

Broker William Mielke in Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 25, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker William Mielke (Mielke), currently associated with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Mielke concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on January 27, 2022.

Customer alleges unauthorized trading and churning. Timeframe 2014 – 2021.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Dennis Lerner in Firm Cambridge Investment Research, INC.

December 20, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Dennis Lerner (Lerner), previously associated with Cambridge Investment Research, INC., has been subject to at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints. Several of those complaints against Lerner concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on October 21, 2025.

Statement of Claim alleges an investment recommendation was made for the purpose of generating high commissions and fees and that Claimants were deprived of the ability to generate reasonable returns that would have been received in a diversified portfolio.

FINRA Accuses Spartan Capital of Churning Client Accounts to Fuel Its Business Model

December 18, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

In December 2025, FINRA filed a sweeping enforcement action against Spartan Capital Securities, alleging that the New York–based broker dealer built its business on systematic churning and excessive trading that generated millions in revenue while inflicting massive losses on customers.

According to FINRA’s complaint, 114 customer accounts incurred nearly $10 million in trading costs and almost $8 million in losses between January 2018 and April 2022. More than half of those accounts belonged to senior investors.

FINRA’s conclusion was blunt: “Spartan’s business model depended on this misconduct.”

Broker Allan Snider in Oppenheimer & CO. INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 12, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Allan Snider (Snider), previously associated with Oppenheimer & CO. INC., has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Snider concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $400,000.00 on January 06, 2022.

Claimant alleged unsuitable investments, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, breach of contract, misrepresentations, over-concentration, excessive trading and unauthorized trading. Not specified, but account open 2011-2021

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker William Mielke in Firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

December 10, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker William Mielke (Mielke), currently associated with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Mielke concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on January 27, 2022.

Customer alleges unauthorized trading and churning. Timeframe 2014 – 2021.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Gregory Bodkin in Firm Revere Securities LLC / Mcg Securities LLC / IBN Financial Services, INC.

December 7, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Gregory Bodkin (Bodkin), currently associated with Revere Securities LLC / Mcg Securities LLC / IBN Financial Services, INC., has been subject to at least 4 disclosable events. These events include 4 customer complaints. Several of those complaints against Bodkin concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $1,355,156.98 on February 16, 2022.

Fraud, churning, unauthorized trading, excessive trading/commissions, breach of fiduciary duty, unsuitable recommendations, breach of contract, negligence, unjust enrichment, and failure to supervise. No specific dates of alleged activity are provided, due to the numerous clients contained in the claim.

Broker Dan Nguyen in Essex Securities LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 6, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Dan Nguyen (Nguyen), currently associated with Essex Securities LLC, has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Nguyen concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $160,000.00 on February 25, 2022.

Claimant alleges: Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Constructive Fraud, Churning, Negligence, Breach of Contract and Negligent Supervision

Broker Robert Devito in Nylife Securities LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 4, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Robert Devito (Devito), currently associated with Nylife Securities LLC, has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Devito concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $9,798.59 on March 16, 2022.

Time Frame: Unspecified. The matter is comprised of 61 individual claimants with the same alleged allegations of unsuitable investments, excessive trading, and failure to supervise. RR covered services for 1 claimant in this matter.