Articles Tagged with PHX Financial

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jonathan Weinberg (Weinberg), previously associated with PHX Financial, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Weinberg 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 $650,000.00 on June 02, 2020.

Unsuitable investments

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Michael Mccauley (Mccauley), currently associated with PHX Financial, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Mccauley 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 $50,000.00 on September 28, 2020.

Suitability. The allegations cover the time frame while i was employed at a previous firm from 04/04/2017 through 07/14/2017.

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Solomon Krispeal (Krispeal), previously associated with PHX Financial, INC., has been subject to at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints. Several of those complaints against Krispeal  concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint with a damage request of $49,982.62 on February 04, 2021.

Krispeal was named in a customer complaint that asserted the following causes of action: Suitability, churning, unauthorized trading, fraud, misrepresentation, violation of Securities Law, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, failure to supervise, unjust enrichment, Lost Opportunity Damages and Punitive Damages.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Richard Jirinec (Jirinec), currently associated with PHX Financial, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Jirinec 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 $1,180,000.00 on December 18, 2025.

The Estate of deceased clients allege there were regulation best interest violations during the account period 06/01/2020 through 12/2022.

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Bernard Jasmin (Jasmin), previously associated with PHX Financial, INC., has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Jasmin  concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $4,800,000.00 on April 12, 2021.

Fraud, Churning, Unauthorized trading, Excessive Commissions

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Todd Sanders (Sanders), previously associated with PHX Financial, INC., has been subject to at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint. Several of those complaints against Sanders  concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $4,800,000.00 on April 12, 2021.

Fraud, Churning, Unauthorized trading, excessive commissions

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jim Scala (Scala), currently associated with PHX Financial, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Scala 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 $1,180,000.00 on December 18, 2025.

The Estate of the Client allege regulation best interest violations took place during the tenure of the account between June 2020 through December 2022.

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Serge Parakhnevich (Parakhnevich), currently associated with PHX Financial, INC., has been subject to at least 3 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, one regulatory event. Several of those complaints against Parakhnevich  concern allegations of high frequency trading activity also referred to as churning or excessive trading among other securities laws violations.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $50,000.00 on July 23, 2021.

In early summer of 2015, claimant alleges excessive trading, unauthorized trading, and breach of fiduciary duties took place in his account by his registered representatives at the time.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Vincent Villani (Villani), currently associated with PHX Financial, INC., has at least 3 disclosable events. These events include 3 customer complaints, alleging that Villani 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 $300,000.00 on July 30, 2021.

Suitability

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Alex Ng (Ng), currently associated with PHX Financial, INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Ng 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 $500,000.00 on October 06, 2025.

Clients allege that upon transferring their account to Mr. King, he reallocated portfolio holdings into unsuitable investments comprised of blue chips, sector funds and alternative investments.

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