Articles Tagged with Morgan Stanley

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on October 05, 2022.

CLIENT ALLEGES THAT HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO INVEST IN A RISK FREE FUND WERE NOT FOLLOWED 2021

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Donald Harrell (Harrell), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Harrell 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 $135,170.00 on October 17, 2022.

TRUSTEE ALLEGES ALLOCATION AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY OF TRUST ACCOUNT WAS UNSUITABLE  202-2022

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Christopher Schofield (Schofield), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Schofield 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 $130,000.00 on December 13, 2022.

Claimant alleges, inter alia unsuitability with respect to investments and Liquidity Access Line

The law offices of Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating claims that Broker Michael Schmidt (Schmidt) has been accused by investors of engaging in fraudulent misappropriation of their funds. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), it appears that Schmidt was employed by Morgan Stanley at the time of the activity.  If you have been a victim of Schmidt’s alleged misconduct our firm may be able to assist you in recovering funds.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on December 14, 2022.

Claimant alleged, inter alia, forgery and misappropriation of funds from inherited IRA account 2019-2022.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Nicholas Hasselkus (Hasselkus), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Hasselkus 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 January 13, 2023.

CLIENT ALLEGES, INTER ALIA, THAT THEIR INSTRUCTIONS TO TRANSFER THEIR ACCOUNT IN KIND TO THEIR NEW FIRM WERE NOT FOLLOWED  2022

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Alexander Gorman (Gorman), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Gorman 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 $465,000.00 on August 07, 2025.

Claimant alleges unsuitable recommendation and misrepresentation with respect to options investment strategy – Sep 2019 to Apr 2024

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Sophie Stevens (Stevens), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Stevens 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 $5,000.00 on August 14, 2025.

The client alleged the advisor did not manage account and let funds sit uninvested.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on August 28, 2025.

CLIENT ALLEGES MISREPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO SHARE CLASS, INTERNAL FEES AND PLACEMENT FEE IN RELATION TO HEDGE FUND INVESTMENT 2025

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on August 28, 2025.

Claimant alleges, inter alia, misrepresentation with respect to covered call option strategy – 2023-to 2025

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Todd Nuss (Nuss), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Nuss 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 $10,000,000.00 on October 24, 2022.

Attorney for client alleges, inter alia, that recommendation for pension plan to utilize outside money manager who failed to implement a liability-driven investment strategy with short erm duration strategy was unsuitable from October 24, 2021 to October 24, 2022.

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