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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Matthew Cochran (Cochran), previously associated with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Cochran 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 $184,000.00 on March 02, 2021.
Customers allege that from March 2016 until at least April 17, 2017, Representative provided fraudulent and defective investment advice and made false representations and omissions of material facts in connection with the sale of securities sold away from and not sanctioned by Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, with the intent to deceive the customers and in breach of his fiduciary duty. Customers allege that they did not discover Representative’s fraud, deception and mismanagement of their accounts that resulted in a total loss of their investment of $184,000.00 until March 2018.