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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Todd Hilinski (Hilinski), currently associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Hilinski recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on August 12, 2022.

FA transferred only $600k instead of $1.9 MM to a Medicaid trust intended to shield family assets from Medicaid.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Yin Zhong (Zhong), previously associated with Ni Advisors, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Zhong 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 $30,000.00 on August 10, 2022.

Allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, suitability, negligence, failure to supervise regarding investment in GWG L-bonds which subsequently sought reorganization through bankruptcy. Five year bond investment occurred in 2019.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on August 11, 2022.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (‘Commission’) deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘Exchange Act’) against Ross Barish (‘Respondent’). The Commission finds that on August 10, 2022, a final judgment was entered by consent against Barish permanently enjoining him from future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Exchange Act Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, in the civil action entitled Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ross Barish, 20 Civ. 6437 (JPC), in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Commission’s complaint alleged that, from 2014 through July 2019, Barish recommended to customers a pattern of high cost, in-and-out trading without any reasonable basis to believe that his recommendations were suitable for anyone. The complaint alleged Barish’s recommendations resulted in losses for the customers and ill-gotten gains for Barish. The complaint also alleged that Barish concealed material information from and made material misrepresentations to his customers, and that Barish engaged in unauthorized trading in customer accounts.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Shane Vandalen (Vandalen), previously associated with Nylife Securities LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Vandalen 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 $40,085.58 on August 10, 2022.

Customers allege that on or about February 3, 2022, a mutual fund transaction was completed without their knowledge resulting in a loss of $46,085.58.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on August 13, 2022.

Customer alleges the two separate annuity policies he purchased in May 2022 were issued as variable annuity policies, however he had originally understood these to be issued as fixed rate policies with a specific interest rate.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Damian Bell (Bell), previously associated with International Assets Advisory, LLC, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Bell 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 $40,000.00 on August 11, 2022.

UNSUITABLE AND MISLEADING INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS, OMISSION OF MATERIAL FACTS, UNSUITABLE DUE DILIGENCE

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Michael Pineda (Pineda), currently associated with Lifemark Securities Corp., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Pineda 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 $75,000.00 on August 15, 2022.

Mr. Pineda is not a party to the arbitration. Allegations pertain to an investment in an alternative product, intended to be a small component of a larger diversified portfolio. Unfortunately, the company that issued the investment has since filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As a result, the client is now alleging breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, negligent supervision, fraud, breach of contract, violation of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act, Rule 10b-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission and violation of the Colorado Uniform Securities Act.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on August 08, 2022.

The client alleges that the registered representative was not acting in her best interest in December 2021 when he surrendered her investment accounts, creating a tax liability.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a award / judgment customer complaint with a damage request of $3,400,000.00 on August 09, 2022.

Barnes was a subject of the customer’s complaint against his member firm that asserted the following causes of action: breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, negligent supervision, breach of account agreements, and violations of the FINRA Code of Conduct, directly and indirectly in breach of contracts to follow the FINRA Code of Conduct.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker David Mcdonnell (Mcdonnell), previously associated with Tcfg Wealth Management, LLC, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Mcdonnell 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 $450,000.00 on August 09, 2022.

Mr. McDonnell and the [REDACTED] entered into a real estate agreement outside of the firm. The [REDACTED] allegedly invested in real estate in the UK with Mr. McDonnell’s mother, prior to becoming a client of TCFG.

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