Articles Tagged with Vanguard Marketing Corporation

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on May 18, 2022.

Client alleges that the Financial Advisor failed to follow their instructions to liquidate their mutual fund position and reallocate the proceeds to a money market fund. The dates when the activities took place are March 22, 2022 thru May 20, 2022.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Gary Martin (Martin), currently associated with Vanguard Marketing Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Martin 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 $18,000.00 on May 21, 2022.

Client alleges that Advisor did not follow his verbal instructions to immediately replenish his spending fund to $160,000 after a $80,000 withdraw was made, resulting in a larger sale of assets at a price lower than if the sale had occurred as discussed. The activity occurred between April 13, 2022 and July 10, 2022.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on May 19, 2022.

Client alleges that the Financial Advisor failed to follow her instructions to set aside their cash position to be wired out, and the funds where instead reinvested. The dates when the activities took place are April 19, 2022 thru June 21, 2022.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Gary Martin (Martin), currently associated with Vanguard Marketing Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Martin 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 $18,000.00 on May 21, 2022.

Client alleges that Advisor did not follow his verbal instructions to immediately replenish his spending fund to $160,000 after a $80,000 withdraw was made, resulting in a larger sale of assets at a price lower than if the sale had occurred as discussed. The activity occurred between April 13, 2022 and July 10, 2022.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Alan Johnson (Johnson), previously associated with Vanguard Marketing Corporation, 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 settled customer complaint on June 01, 2022.

Client alleges that the Advisor did not follow her written instructions to have incoming funds remain liquid to use as a down payment on a home and instead reinvested the funds. The activity occurred between November 9, 2021 and June 1, 2022.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on August 09, 2022.

The client gave specific instructions to not sell shares of John Marshal Bancorp for investing purposes when establishing managed plan. When plan was funded, John Marshal Bancorp was included in the sell transactions and subsequent shares were sold during systematic rebalancing of account per financial plan. The alleged activity took place between December, 2020 and May, 2022.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on January 11, 2023.

Client alleges that the advisor did not follow her instructions to convert her Traditional IRA to her Roth IRA for tax year 2023. The conversion took place in tax year 2022 which caused the client to be placed in a higher tax bracket and resulted in additional IRS tax liabilities. The activity dates leading to the allegation were December 28, 2022, through December 30, 2022.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Craig Doyon (Doyon), currently associated with Vanguard Marketing Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Doyon 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 July 11, 2023.

The client alleges that the advisor invested in securities that were not suitable and resulted in substantial losses. The activity dates leading to the allegation was January 1, 2022, through May 24, 2023.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Christopher Hartwig (Hartwig), previously associated with Vanguard Marketing Corporation, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Hartwig 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 $33,960.00 on September 15, 2022.

Client alleges that the advisor did not make her aware that trades placed to replenish her spending fund were made from her Traditional IRA account, resulting in IRS tax liabilities of $33,960.00. The activity dates leading to the allegations were September 25, 2020, and November 13, 2020.

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

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on June 26, 2025.

The client alleges in April 2021, the representative provided poor advise by recommending the client make multiple trades without knowledge of the cost basis of the shares and the subsequent tax implication. The IRS later informed the client there was a “substantial” tax due because of the trade.

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