Articles Tagged with Sigma Financial Corporation

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Charles Mclean (Mclean), currently associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mclean 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 $191,000.00 on September 08, 2020.

Arbitration Statement of claim alleged breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, material misrepresentations, failure to supervise, negligence in connection with the alternative investments purchased in January of 2016.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Kristine Howell (Howell), previously associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Howell 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 $5,000,000.00 on September 14, 2020.

Statement of claim alleges in 2014, Claimant’s assets were invested in alternative investments which were unsuitable and inappropriate given her unique financial situation and investment objective.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Dee Rippetoe (Rippetoe), previously associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Rippetoe 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 September 23, 2020.

Statement of claim filed by Claimant’s Trustee alleges negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, material misrepresentations and omissions and failure to supervise. The investments were sold at a previous firm therefore the name of he firm and date is unknown.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker William Harris (Harris), previously associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Harris 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 September 23, 2020.

Statement of claim filed by Claimant’s Trustee alleges negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, material misrepresentations and omissions and failure to supervise. The investments were sold at a previous firm therefore the name of he firm and date is unknown.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on March 09, 2021.

The complainant alleges that the REIT that was sold to him beginning in or around 2014 was unsuitable for his conservative portfolio and he wasn’t advised that there could be a loss of principal.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Fredrick Randhahn (Randhahn), previously associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Randhahn recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on March 26, 2021.

The Division alleged Respondent violated Sections 61-1-1(2) and (3) of the Utah Uniform Securities Act (Act), Section 61-1-3(1), Section 61-1-7 and 61-1-16 of the Act.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Matthew Mcdonald (Mcdonald), currently associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mcdonald 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 $230,000.00 on April 11, 2025.

The Arbitration Statement of Claim alleged misrepresentation and negligence in connection with the investments purchased in 2012 thru 2016. Claimant further alleges the BD supervision of the claimant’s account was inadequate.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Patrick Kelly (Kelly), previously associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Kelly 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 $200,000.00 on April 17, 2025.

January 2025 – Customers allege their advisor failed to follow their instructions to sell their investments to avoid market loss.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Glenn Donnell (Donnell), previously associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one regulatory event, alleging that Donnell recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on August 15, 2024.

Without admitting or denying the findings, Donnell consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that he exercised discretion without prior written authorization by executing transactions in customer accounts. The findings stated that although the customers had given Donnell express or implied authority to exercise discretion in their accounts, none of the customers provided written authorization for him to exercise discretion. The findings also stated that Donnell caused two of his member firms to maintain inaccurate books and records by mismarking solicited trades as unsolicited. All of the trades were in marijuana securities, which trade over the counter. At one of the firms, Donnell untruthfully answered the firm’s direct inquiries about the solicited vs. unsolicited nature of the trades. While associated to another firm, Donnell marked the trades as unsolicited in order to avoid the firm’s trade system block on solicited over-the-counter trades.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Adam Brunin (Brunin), previously associated with Sigma Financial Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Brunin 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 $210,000.00 on October 14, 2024.

The client feels that their accounts had a concentration in equities, which posed significant risk to their portfolio, particularly given their conservative investment objectives. They feel that market timing strategies were employed which were inappropriate for their goals. They are seeking resolution in the amount of $210,000 for this issue.

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