USA Financial

Advisor Robert Gianchiglia (Gianchiglia), currently employed by USA Financial Securities Corporation (USA Financial) has been subject to at least six customer complaints and two criminal complaints during the course of his career. According to a BrokerCheck report several of the customer complaints concern alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs) like business development companies (BDCs), non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil & gas programs, annuities, and private placements. The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP have represented hundreds of investors who suffered losses caused by these types of high risk, low reward products.

In November 2019 a customer complained that Gianchiglia violated the securities laws by alleging that Gianchiglia engaged in sales practice violations related to misrepresentations in the sale of private placement. The claim alleges $200,000 and is currently pending.

In March 2017 a customer complained that Gianchiglia violated the securities laws by alleging that Gianchiglia engaged in sales practice violations related to misrepresentations, unsuitable trading, breach of fiduciary duty, and failure to supervise relating to DPPs. The claim settled for $45,000.

In November 2014 a customer complained that Gianchiglia violated the securities laws by alleging that Gianchiglia engaged in sales practice violations related to misrepresentations and breach of fiduciary duty relating to DPPs. The claim settled for $14,995

According to BrokerCheck, Gianchiglia operates through several d/b/a entities including Financial Resource Partners, Edia-Eastern Dental Insurance Agency, and PIAM among other business related disclosures.

The investment fraud attorneys are currently investigating USA Financial Securities Corporation (USA Financial) broker Bradley Ford (Ford). According to BrokerCheck Records held by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Ford has been subject to eight customer disputes and three regulatory disputes. The majority of these disputes concern the misrepresentation of investments and documents to customers.

Most recently, in April 2018, a customer alleged from August 2013 to November 2016, Ford misrepresented that liquidity and penalty charges of fixed indexed annuities.

In June 2015, a customer alleged that Ford forged the customer’s signature on a strategy request form.

In March 2012, a customer alleged the insurance life policy that Ford recommended and placed the customer in was falsely represented. The case was settled at $450,000 in damages.

Ford has also been subject to various regulatory actions. In June 2009, the Kentucky Department of Insurance found that Ford misrepresented documents to customers by changing the state in which customers had signed their insurance contracts. The Kentucky Department of Insurance imposed a monetary penalty for the false representation.

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