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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on July 21, 2021.

Client alleges the RR misrepresented a variable insurance policy sold in 2021.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on July 21, 2021.

The client alleges the RR misrepresented a variable insurance policy sold in 2021.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Sean Manners (Manners), previously associated with Cetera Advisors LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Manners 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 $17,353.49 on July 21, 2021.

Client alleges that the fees and costs with the purchase of a variable life insurance policy were not explained to him and his wife prior to purchasing the policy.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Thomas Moore (Moore), currently associated with St. Bernard Financial Services, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Moore 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 $29,000.00 on July 22, 2021.

A customer was the owner and beneficiary of a variable annuity with a value of about $29,000. The customer wrote to the annuity carrier in Feb of 2020 and asked to cash out the annuity. Mr. Moore was unaware of this and did not assist in the surrender request. The annuity company honored the surrender request and sent a check. Fifteen months later, in May of 2021, an attorney writes to tell Mr. Moore that the Conservator, not the customer, but an unknown person, had a conservatorship on the customer and wants the money replaced. On July 8, 2021 The attorney filed suit in New London, CT court against Moore.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker David Peterson (Peterson), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Peterson 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 July 22, 2021.

CLIENT’S ATTORNEY ALLEGES FAILURE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENTS 2018-2021

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Luis Espinoza (Espinoza), currently associated with Innovation Partners LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Espinoza 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 $60,000.00 on July 20, 2021.

Breach of fiduciary duty, unsuitable recommendation, material misrepresentations and omissions. Transactions occurred early in 2015.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ruben Frezzotti (Frezzotti), previously associated with Raymond James & Associates, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Frezzotti 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 $5,000,000.00 on July 22, 2021.

Claimants allege FA recommended unsuitable investments in an offshore fixed annuity whose issuer is no longer solvent and is under liquidation order. Allegation Activity Dates: 9/17/2007 to Present.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker William Knudsen (Knudsen), currently associated with LPL Financial LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Knudsen 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 July 20, 2021.

CUSTOMER ALLEGES UNSUITABLE RECOMMENDATION OF MUNICIPAL BOND. ACTIVITY PERIOD – 12/19/18 TO 1/8/20.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Richard Coleman (Coleman), previously associated with Sw Financial, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Coleman 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 $90,724.99 on July 21, 2021.

Excessive Trading, Suitability, Overconcentration

Currently financial advisor John Sullivan (Sullivan), currently employed by brokerage firm Huntleigh Securities Corporation 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 settled customer complaint with a damage request of $80,000.00 on July 20, 2021.

Claimants do not reference any dates or specific products in their Statement of Claim, other than referencing ‘alternative investments.’ Claimants also did not include the representative as a Respondent to this arbitration. The foregoing notwithstanding, Claimants purchased two investments commonly referred to as non-exchange traded REITs or alternative investments on or about February 8, 2015. Claimants allege that Respondent breached a fiduciary duty to Claimants, failed to conduct adequate due diligence, perform proper suitability analyses, provide balanced disclosures, implement appropriate internal controls, and to properly train its financial advisor. The Company’s first notice of any complaint about this purchase from the Claimants was upon receipt of the notice of Statement of Claim filed by Claimants, nearly six and a half years after the purchase.

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