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Key Investment Services LLC

October 25, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

The securities lawyers at Gana Weinstein LLP represent investors who have been mistreated by their brokers and suffered investment losses. Our firm is experienced in bringing claims against brokerage firms, such as Key Investment Services LLC, to hold Wall Street responsible for their misconduct. When a client contacts our firm they can expect that our attorneys will have the knowledge and ability to evaluate the potential claims and analyze their trading activity for red flags of misconduct. Our consultations are designed to help provide clients with all available options.

Key Investment Services is a broker-dealer and investment adviser affiliated with KeyBank that executes client-directed trades in stocks, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, annuities, variable life insurance, and certificates of deposit, and offers non-discretionary wrap fee and managed account programs. Formed in Ohio in 2005 and headquartered in Brooklyn, Ohio, the firm is part of KeyCorp and clears through Pershing on a fully disclosed basis.

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Broker Joseph Murphy in Key Investment Services LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

May 19, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Joseph Murphy (Murphy), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Murphy 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 $20,000.00 on March 10, 2026.

Failure to timely transfer an annuity resulted in an automatic renewal resulting in surrender charges and lost interest.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Joseph Badolato in Firm Key Investment Services LLC

April 5, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Joseph Badolato (Badolato), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Badolato 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 $60,000.00 on February 10, 2026.

Claimant alleges negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, breach of contract, misrepresentation, and violations of FINRA’s conduct rules related to 2020 purchases of fixed annuity and mutual fund.

Broker Brian Henning in Key Investment Services LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

February 25, 2026 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Brian Henning (Henning), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Henning 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 $5,706.33 on March 25, 2021.

Client faxed letter to carrier alleging RR misrepresented features of the Jackson National variable annuity purchased 3/16/21 in the amount of $250,000.00 and is requesting return of premium.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Edward Turrisi in Firm Key Investment Services LLC

December 21, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Edward Turrisi (Turrisi), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Turrisi 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 $74,331.82 on October 14, 2025.

When your financial advisor is providing advice they must adhere to the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) rule and standard of care. Reg BI replaced the former “suitability” rule and created a ‘best interest’ standard for brokerage firms and registered representatives. This standard applies when a registered representative is providing investment advice through making recommendations customers and covers securities transaction, investment strategies, and recommendations concerning advice on opening of an account or accounts. This Reg BI standard of care applies to registered representatives making recommendations to customers in the purchase, sale, or exchange of securities or the implementation of investment strategies involving securities and non-securities. The rule also applies to the handling of opening accounts such as account transfers and types of accounts being recommended to be opened.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Loucas Kalliantasis in Firm Key Investment Services LLC

October 31, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Loucas Kalliantasis (Kalliantasis), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Kalliantasis 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 $7,372.68 on September 09, 2025.

Client sent letter stating he did not realize he would be assessed a surrender charge when he exchanged his Protective Life fixed annuity to Nationwide Secure fixed annuity.

Broker David Dunfee in Key Investment Services LLC Firm Has Customer Complaint

October 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker David Dunfee (Dunfee), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Dunfee 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 $5,800.00 on September 04, 2025.

Client alleges misrepresentation regarding his October 2024 investment into Blackrock ETF Managed account in the amount of $281,671.19.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Joseph Badolato in Firm Key Investment Services LLC

October 23, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that Broker Joseph Badolato (Badolato), currently employed by Key Investment Services LLC has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Badolato’s most recent customer complaint alleges that Badolato recommended unsuitable investments in structured products and makes allegations concerning misconduct relating to the handling of the customer’s accounts.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $82,000.00 on December 28, 2022.

The complaint was received by the firm as a direct arbitration claim filing. Through statement of claim, client alleges misrepresentation by the RR in the March 2021 purchase of a structured CD in the amount of $82,000.00.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker David Harrison in Firm Key Investment Services LLC

October 2, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker David Harrison (Harrison), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Harrison 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 November 18, 2022.

Administrator of the client’s estate alleges the September 2020 recommendation to 1035 exchange a Pacific Life VA to an Integrity Life SPIA in the amount of $101,473.96 was poor advice

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker John Landers in Firm Key Investment Services LLC

September 20, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker John Landers (Landers), currently associated with Key Investment Services LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Landers 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 February 17, 2023.

Claimant alleges that respondent recommended unsuitable investments