Mutual Securities

Broker Ray Arndt in Mutual Securities, INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

December 26, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ray Arndt (Arndt), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Arndt 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 $18,500.00 on January 22, 2022.

Claimants allege unsuitable recommendations, material misrepresentation ^ omissions, control person liability & respondent superior, failure to supervise, and violations of FINRA 2020 & IM 2310-2.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Ray Arndt in Firm Mutual Securities, INC.

December 10, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Ray Arndt (Arndt), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Arndt 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 $18,500.00 on January 22, 2022.

Claimants allege unsuitable recommendations, material misrepresentation ^ omissions, control person liability & respondent superior, failure to supervise, and violations of FINRA 2020 & IM 2310-2.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Vincent Foster in Firm Mutual Securities, INC.

November 28, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Vincent Foster (Foster), currently associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Foster 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 $122,497.33 on April 25, 2022.

Client alleges that the strategy used to withdraw funds from client’s annuity has caused client to miss out on specific benefits of the annuity.

Broker Charles Johnson in Mutual Securities, INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

October 5, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Charles Johnson (Johnson), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Johnson 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 $250,000.00 on October 31, 2022.

Plaintiff alleges the following: fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unauthorized practice of law, and intentional interference. Summary of events leading to allegations: In the course of providing advisory services to the client in 2021, the advisor and client discussed the client’s wishes regarding his estate, including transfer-on-death/payable-on-death instructions, beneficiary designations, and the creation of a trust. In the summer of 2021, the client provided updated beneficiary instructions and the advisor forwarded relevant information to an attorney for creation of estate documents to achieve the stated desires of the client. The client died in November 2021.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Gary Gallagher in Firm Mutual Securities, INC.

October 4, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Gary Gallagher (Gallagher), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Gallagher 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 $74,409.00 on November 03, 2022.

Client alleges that RR misrepresented the investment risk and potential loss of principal related to the investment of her pension funds in FS Energy and Power Fund in September 2013.

Broker Jason Lockridge in Mutual Securities, INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

October 4, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jason Lockridge (Lockridge), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Lockridge 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 $250,000.00 on October 31, 2022.

Plaintiff alleges the following: fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unauthorized practice of law, and intentional interference. Summary of events leading to allegations: In the course of providing advisory services to the client in 2021, the advisor and client discussed the client’s wishes regarding his estate, including transfer-on-death/payable-on-death instructions, beneficiary designations, and the creation of a trust. In the summer of 2021, the client provided updated beneficiary instructions and the advisor forwarded relevant information to an attorney for creation of estate documents to achieve the stated desires of the client. The client died in November 2021.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Jacob Kagele in Firm Mutual Securities, INC.

September 20, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jacob Kagele (Kagele), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Kagele 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 $909,402.00 on February 15, 2023.

Claimant alleges unsuitable investments in corporate bonds from 2016 to 2021.

There are Recent Customer Complaints with Broker Julie Darrah in Firm Mutual Securities, INC.

August 21, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Julie Darrah (Darrah), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Darrah 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 $150,000.00 on July 22, 2025.

Claimant alleges that more than $150,000 of Claimant’s investment funds were unconscionably lost

Broker Julie Darrah in Mutual Securities, INC. Firm Has Customer Complaint

April 12, 2025 | by Staff Attorney

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Julie Darrah (Darrah), previously associated with Mutual Securities, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Darrah 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 $749,200.00 on March 13, 2025.

Client alleges that the representative sold virtually all of the securities in held in client’s brokerage/investment advisory accounts and\, misappropriated $749,200 from the client.

Former Mutual Securities Advisor Gary Pevey Accused of Selling Unapproved Securities

December 3, 2018 | by Staff Attorney

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) former advisor Gary Pevey (Pevey), formerly associated with Mutual Securities, Inc. (Mutual Securities) in Sacramento, California has been accused by his former firm over unapproved securities. In addition, Pevey has one customer complaint on his record.

In February 2018 Mutual Securities terminated Pevey stating that he violated policies concerning private securities transactions.

Thereafter in September 2018 a customer filed a complaint alleging that Pevey engaged in high-risk and fraudulent investments and inadequate supervision causing $171,000 in damages. The claim is currently pending.

At this time it is unclear the nature or scope of the alleged outside business activities (OBAs) and private securities transactions. Pevey’s public disclosures state that the activity was conducted through his Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm Wealth Design Group. It is unknown the nature of the transactions from public filings.