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Broker Derek Lyght in Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Derek Lyght (Lyght), currently associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Lyght 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 January 04, 2022.

Customer alleging variable life insurance policy is not suitable for him.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Blake Crousore in Firm Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Blake Crousore (Crousore), currently associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Crousore 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 January 04, 2022.

Customer alleges that in or around September 2021, he instructed the Representative to purchase securities in a brokerage account, but instead, the Representative made unauthorized trades in a managed investment advisory account, which the customer alleges he did not authorize to be opened. The customer also alleges that the Representative misled him about executing the trades in a brokerage account while the funds remained in the managed investment advisory account.

Broker Andrew Hess in Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Andrew Hess (Hess), previously associated with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Hess 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 January 10, 2022.

Claimants allege that Respondent failed to properly allocate and diversify their investment portfolio and that they were recommended unsuitable alternative investments including Carey Watermark/Watermark Lodging Trust REIT and FSEP.

Broker Danton Troyer in Private Client Services, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Danton Troyer (Troyer), previously associated with Private Client Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Troyer 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 $35,000.00 on January 03, 2022.

Claimant alleges that in 2014, representative made an unsuitable recommendation that he invest in FS Energy and Power Fund which was not appropriate for his investment objectives, and that he suffered losses from the investment.

Broker Christopher Peterson in Vanguard Marketing Corporation Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Christopher Peterson (Peterson), currently associated with Vanguard Marketing Corporation, 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 on January 04, 2022.

Customer alleges vanguard invested all the cash from her roth ira instead of the agreed upon amounts per the invesment plan and as a result of this error stock shares were erroneously sold. The activities occurred between June 6, 2021 through June 23, 2021.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Peter Mirenda in Firm Vcs Venture Securities

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Peter Mirenda (Mirenda), currently associated with Vcs Venture Securities, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mirenda 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 $1,500,000.00 on January 03, 2022.

Alleged excessive, unsuitable and unauthorized trades.

Broker Adam Maggio in Vcs Venture Securities / Joseph Stone Capital L.l.c. Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Adam Maggio (Maggio), currently associated with Vcs Venture Securities / Joseph Stone Capital L.l.c., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Maggio 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 $2,087,663.24 on January 03, 2022.

Churning, negligence and unsuitability, failure to supervise, unauthorized trading, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, negligent misrepresentation and omissions, lost opportunity damages, and punitive damages.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Timothy Gorsuch in Firm LPL Financial LLC

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Timothy Gorsuch (Gorsuch), previously associated with LPL Financial LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Gorsuch 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 January 05, 2022.

Customer alleges a failure to follow an instruction to purchase mutual fund on July 1, 2019

Broker Bradley Goodbred in LPL Financial LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

Previously financial advisor Bradley Goodbred (Goodbred), previously employed by brokerage firm LPL Financial 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 settled customer complaint with a damage request of $1,613,981.30 on January 06, 2022.

Customer alleges that representative caused her to execute a document appointing representative as her power of attorney, and that representative allegedly induced customer to invest in a fraudulent, unregistered security. Activity period 2009 to 2020.

Broker Shad Ketcher in Wealth Enhancement Brokerage Services, LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

Currently financial advisor Shad Ketcher (Ketcher), currently employed by brokerage firm Wealth Enhancement Brokerage Services, 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 settled customer complaint with a damage request of $100,001.00 on January 06, 2022.

Clients alleges two non-traded REITs purchased were unsuitable.