Articles Tagged with Morgan Stanley

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 03, 2022.

Client alleged failure to follow instructions with respect to the investment of her funds in a new managed account strategy 2022

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on March 08, 2022.

Claimant alleged, inter alia, failure to supervise with respect to Financial Advisor’s management of accounts – 2016 to 2020.

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

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

Client alleged, inter alia, that their instructions to liquidate their shares of blackberry stock were not followed  December 2021  damages unspecified

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Joseph Furlong (Furlong), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Furlong 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 $500,000.00 on May 02, 2022.

Time frame: 2018-2021 Claimant’s counsel alleges unsuitability and misrepresentation with respect to recommendations to invest in and hold an options overlay strategy.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Drew Pickard (Pickard), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Pickard 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 $5,200.00 on May 09, 2022.

Client alleged that the Advisor failed to follow the client’s instructions to liquidate her accounts prior to transfer. Allegation period May 3, 2022 to May 9, 2022.

The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that Broker Lawrence Catena (Catena), currently employed by Morgan Stanley 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), Catena’s most recent customer complaint alleges that Catena 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 on May 10, 2022.

Claimant alleges, inter alia, unsuitability with respect to structured product investments –  December 2021 to May 2022

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on May 13, 2022.

Client alleges that her mutual funds were sold without her authorization in 2014.  damages unspecified

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Patricia Mcginley (Mcginley), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mcginley 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 $94,978.00 on May 20, 2022.

Client alleges, inter alia, misrepresentation with respect to purchase of closed end funds 2021

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on May 25, 2022.

Client alleges purchases of two mutual funds were unsuitable   2021  damages unspecified

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on September 18, 2025.

Client, who instructed representative to invest her accounts in a low-risk, preservation of capital strategy involving cash-type vehicles, alleges that representative failed to act in her interests by placing her funds into a bank deposit program without explaining the features of the bank deposit program and failing to offer other higher-yielding alterative investment vehicles outside of the bank deposit program. Client seeks damages of up to $50,000 representing lost opportunity costs had her funds been invested in other investment vehicles.

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