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Broker Michael Bucceri in Fortress Private Ledger, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

February 27, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Michael Bucceri (Bucceri), currently associated with Fortress Private Ledger, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Bucceri 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 $25,000.00 on March 12, 2021.

Ms. [REDACTED] contends around 02/17/2021 CMIA purchased illiquid investments that carried a risk of loss of significant principal and that this fact was concealed from her. Plaintiff contends I failed to appropriately advise her of the risk of loss of significant principal.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Thomas Meier in Firm Morgan Stanley

February 27, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Thomas Meier (Meier), previously associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Meier 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 $500,000.00 on March 09, 2021.

Claimant alleges, inter alia, unsuitability with respect to fixed annuities – 2010

Broker Joseph Trotta in LPL Financial LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

February 27, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 11, 2021.

Customers alleged that income benefit rider of variable annuity issued in November 2006 was misrepresented, and sought restoration of income payments.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Joel Arivett in Firm Arvest Wealth Management

February 26, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 17, 2021.

Client alleges that funds were not invested in 529 plans as instructed.

Broker Rhett Bedwell in LPL Financial LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

February 26, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Rhett Bedwell (Bedwell), previously associated with LPL Financial LLC, has at least 4 disclosable events. These events include 3 customer complaints, one regulatory event, alleging that Bedwell recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 17, 2021.

Customer alleges that representative caused her to transfer funds to business entity that representative purported to be affiliated with, and used funds to invest in an unsecured promissory note without the customer’s knowledge; and that thereafter representative returned the proceeds of the promissory note to the business entity and subsequently transferred the customer’s funds first to another broker-dealer and then to a bank account that was not the customer’s account, without the customer’s knowledge and consent. Activity period: 4/3/19 to 1/29/20.

Broker Kishan Parikh in Aegis Capital Corp. Firm Has Customer Complaint

February 26, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on March 17, 2021.

Parikh was named a respondent in a FINRA complaint alleging that he made unsuitable recommendations and excessively traded the accounts of his customers. The complaint alleges that Parikh controlled the trading in the customers’ accounts and executed trades with a total principal value of approximately $31.1 million. Parikh’s excessive and unsuitable trading in the customers’ accounts caused combined losses of more than $33,000. At the same time, Parikh’s trading generated gross sales credits and commissions of $179,112, of which Parikh received at least $89,000. The complaint also alleges that Parikh executed trades with a total principal value of approximately $4.2 million in the accounts of customers without their prior authorization.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Patrick Adams in Firm LPL Enterprise, LLC

February 26, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Patrick Adams (Adams), currently associated with LPL Enterprise, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Adams 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 $12,846.00 on March 18, 2021.

Customer Alleges the rep failed to disclose Tax Consequences.

Broker Tyrone Robinson in Edward Jones Firm Has Customer Complaint

February 26, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Tyrone Robinson (Robinson), currently associated with Edward Jones, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Robinson 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 $47,411.00 on March 15, 2021.

Client alleged that failed to provide information related to tax withholdings and that the recommendation by FA to consolidate accounts led to large tax bill.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Linda Rotsztein in Firm Truist Investment Services, INC.

February 26, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Linda Rotsztein (Rotsztein), previously associated with Truist Investment Services, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Rotsztein 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 $626,111.68 on March 17, 2021.

Client allege unsuitable recommendations

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Charles Lek in Firm Lek Securities Corporation

February 26, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Charles Lek (Lek), previously associated with Lek Securities Corporation, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Lek 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 $24,000,000.00 on March 15, 2021.

The customer is alleging that the losses it suffered were the result of the restrictions placed upon it by the Firm in its trading and its access to margin during the market volatility that occurred at the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic in February and March 2020.