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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Leonard Boniface (Boniface), currently associated with Raymond James & Associates, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Boniface 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 $40,820.33 on November 15, 2021.

Claimant alleges he was appointed POA for his mother and instructed FA not to execute any trades in his mother’s accounts without his approval but those instructions were not followed. Allegation Activity Dates: 3/21/19 – 6/30/21.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on November 12, 2021.

Credit Suisse incurred approximately $5.5 billion in losses following the March 26, 2021 default of Archegos Capital Management (“Archegos”), the family office of Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang. The putative class action lawsuit filed against Credit Suisse, Brian Chin, and others alleges that the defendants misrepresented to the market that CS had strong risk-management practices when in reality it was allowing its prime brokerage customers, such as Archegos, to take risky bets that violated those practices.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on November 19, 2021.

Customer alleges that in June 2021, she was misled into purchasing a variable annuity that was not appropriate for her age and financial needs.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker John Conroy (Conroy), previously associated with Andrew Garrett INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Conroy 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 $118,000.00 on November 16, 2021.

Alleged  allegations STATUTORY AND COMMON LAW FRAUD, NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT\<char_lb_r>\, BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on November 15, 2021.

Claimants alleged the alternative investments they purchased in years 2013, 2014 and 2015 were misrepresented and not suitable.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Matthew Lawson (Lawson), currently associated with LPL Financial LLC, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Lawson 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 $3,000,000.00 on November 16, 2021.

Claimant alleges that FAs misrepresented that her grandfather, a client of the same FAs, had setup a trust account for her with the FAs as trustees and that she believes account had been setup in her name and that FAs misrepresented that it was a trust to hide their alleged conversion of funds from the account

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Douglas Cash (Cash), currently associated with LPL Financial LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Cash 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 November 22, 2021.

Customer alleges that between November 2014 and November 2021, representative recommended an investment in the Northstar Healthcare Income Fund that were unsuitable for the customer’s investment profile and risk tolerance.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Charles Dixon (Dixon), previously associated with Sagepoint Financial, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Dixon 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 $99,999.00 on November 18, 2021.

Claimant’s allegations include but are not limited to breach of fiduciary duty and negligence with regard to the sale of alternative investments.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jack Jones (Jones), currently associated with Osaic Wealth, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Jones 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 $100,000.00 on November 22, 2021.

CLAIMANTS ALLEGE THAT A RECOMMENDATION OF A PRIVATE PLACEMENT INVESTMENT DID NOT MEET THEIR NEEDS AND OBJECTIVES, WAS NOT ADEQUATELY DISCLOSED, AND THAT THE FIRM DID NOT CONDUCT ADEQUATE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE OFFERING.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Michael Mawby (Mawby), previously associated with International Assets Advisory, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mawby 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 $545,000.00 on November 18, 2021.

Plaintiff alleges that money was withdrawn from the trust without consent of the trustees. Civil suit alleges breach of fiduciary duty, theft, fraud, receiving stolen property, and negligence. July 2020.

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