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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Theodore Hawrylak (Hawrylak), currently associated with Nylife Securities LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Hawrylak 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 $5,896.32 on October 25, 2022.

Customer alleges that she would not have purchased a Variable Annuity in February 2021 if she had been aware of the surrender period and surrender charge. Customer seeks a refund of premiums paid without surrender charges.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Roy Waugh (Waugh), currently associated with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Waugh 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 $300,000.00 on October 24, 2022.

Claimant alleges Respondent did not change the beneficiaries as requested by [REDACTED] prior to her death and that Respondent did not pay the proper beneficiaries.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Alan Edelstein (Edelstein), previously associated with Kestra Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Edelstein 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 $870,916.00 on October 28, 2022.

Claimants allege Kestra failed to conduct reasonable due diligence, recommended unsuitable speculative investments to elderly investors, and failed to monitor and manage the claimants accounts.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on October 31, 2022.

Respondent Cohen failed to comply with an arbitration award or settlement agreement or to satisfactorily respond to a FINRA request to provide information concerning the status of compliance.

The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that Broker Donavan Hilsabeck (Hilsabeck), previously employed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Hilsabeck’s most recent customer complaint alleges that Hilsabeck recommended unsuitable investments in structured products and makes allegations concerning misconduct relating to the handling of the customer’s accounts.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $220,000.00 on October 27, 2022.

Claimant alleges that the performance of a structured CD purchased in 2015 and maturing in 2022 was misrepresented.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Donald Mckiernan (Mckiernan), currently associated with Landolt Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mckiernan 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 $110,000.00 on October 31, 2022.

Customer alleges that a registered representative, Anthony Liddle, solicited her to purchase L-Bonds issued by GWG Holdings, Inc., but instead of purchasing the investment, he misappropriated $110,000. Customer asserts claims against Mr. McKiernan for negligence/failure to supervise and violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Act.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on October 25, 2022.

During the period April 3, 2012 through August 13, 2018, the customer alleges that the Registered Representative recommended unsuitable and unsuccessful investments.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on October 25, 2022.

Claimants purchased L bonds in January 2020 ($25k), August 2020 ($25k), and December 2020 ($25k). Claim against Portsmouth Financial as the ‘respondent’ include misrepresenting or omitting that the Bonds were high-risk, speculative and could result in a total loss of principal. Additional claims include that the firm failed to adequately disclose material changes to GWG’s business model in 2018, and that the firm’s due diligence was inadequate.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker M Schreiber (Schreiber), previously associated with Aegis Capital Corp., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one regulatory event, alleging that Schreiber recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on October 31, 2022.

Without admitting or denying the findings, Schreiber consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that he exercised discretion without written authorization. The findings stated that Schreiber exercised discretionary trading authority when he executed securities transactions in customer accounts. The customers did not provide Schreiber with prior written authorization for his use of discretion, and his member firm did not approve the accounts as discretionary. The findings also stated that Schreiber caused the firm to make and preserve inaccurate and incomplete books and records. Schreiber improperly marked 181 order tickets as ‘unsolicited’ when in fact he had solicited them because he had recommended the transactions to the customers, causing the firm to maintain inaccurate books and records with respect to these trades. In addition, Schreiber used his personal email address to communicate with firm customers about securities transactions in their firm accounts. Schreiber did not disclose his use of his personal email to the firm, or provide the firm with copies of his electronic correspondence with the customers, causing the firm to maintain incomplete records of his business-related communications. Schreiber also falsely stated on the firm’s annual compliance questionnaires that he did not exercise discretionary authority in any customer accounts, and that he did not use a personal email address for business-related communications.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker James Vandy (Vandy), previously associated with Osaic Wealth, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Vandy 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 $5,000.00 on October 31, 2022.

Client alleges the financial professional failed to disclose material information related to an annuity purchase.

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