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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker James Walesa (Walesa), previously associated with Arkadios Capital, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Walesa recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $5,000,000.00 on August 11, 2025.

Unsuitable recommendations from 2016 to present

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $310,000.00 on August 15, 2025.

Customer submitted an email complaint alleging unauthorized transactions in his account, resulting in significant losses.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $26,613.00 on August 18, 2025.

Bankers Life and Casualty Company (BLC), an affiliated insurance company of Bankers Life Securities, Inc. (BLS), received a written complaint from a client and provided a copy to BLS on August 18, 2025. In the complaint, the client alleged that they were misled by their financial representative regarding the terms of three annuity contracts purchased through BLC in 2024. The client stated that they had requested investment products similar to those held with another firm, specifically a 401(k), Roth IRA, and savings account, but were instead sold annuity contracts. The client further alleged that they were not informed of the surrender charges associated with accessing their funds and is requesting that the annuities be canceled without surrender penalties. While the BLC annuities are not securities and were issued by BLC, the Firm is reporting this complaint because the annuities were funded by the recommendation to liquidate securities by a financial representative of the Firm.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on August 15, 2025.

Customer alleges unauthorized sales

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $100,000.00 on August 14, 2025.

GWG Holdings, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 20, 2022. Relative to specific investments made by clients, claims included breach of written contract, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, misrepresentations and omissions; violation of FINRA Rules; violation of federal securities laws, violation of North Carolina and South Carolina Securities Act, and; violation of Best Interest Obligations (Reg BI).

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $99,500.00 on August 18, 2025.

Time Frame: June 2017. Claimants allege product is unsuitable.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $99,500.00 on August 18, 2025.

Time Frame: June 2017. Claimants allege product is unsuitable.

Currently financial advisor Robert Sweet (Sweet), currently employed by brokerage firm Independent Financial Group, LLC has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to a BrokerCheck reports most of the recent customer complaints concern either corporate debt securities or alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs) like business development companies (BDCs), non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil & gas programs, annuities, and private placements.  The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP have represented hundreds of investors who suffered losses caused by these types of high risk, low reward products.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $100,000.00 on August 19, 2025.

Claimants allege representative is in violation of Reg BI due to investing in non-traded REITs.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Megurditch Patatian (Patatian), previously associated with Supreme Alliance LLC, has at least 3 disclosable events. These events include 3 customer complaints, alleging that Patatian recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $5,000.00 on August 15, 2025.

Unsuitable investment in real estate investment trust (REIT) in 2013

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $580,000.00 on August 15, 2025.

CASE SEEKS TO OVERTURN DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF PREVIOUS CASE # 523945/2024 FILED IN KINGS COUNTY SUPREME COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ALLEGATIONS TO BE HEARD IF PREVIOUS DISMISSAL IS OVERTURNED ARE THE SAME AS THE LAST TWO DISMISSED CASES:  BREACH OF DUTY, CONVERSION, FRAUD AND MISREPRESENTATION, UNJUST ENRICHMENT, NEGLIGENCE, EXTREME EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. TIME PERIOD: BETWEEN 2020-2023

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