UPDATE March 2017–Melissa A. Strouse, CCO of First Financial Equity Corp., has consented, without admitting or denying the allegations made by FINRA, to the entry of certain findings and violations…
read moreUPDATED January 2019-In 9/2018, the US Securities & Exchange Commission filed a civil suit alleging that Botvinnik engaged in fraud involving excessive commissions to enrich himself while his customers experienced…
read moreJuly 2016-Cave Creek, AZ The FINRA records of Donald A. Bartelt , a former stock broker who was last employed by Newport Coast Securities , disclose a pending regulatory event, a prior customer dispute , a pending customer…
read moreJuly 2016-Farmingdale, NY The FINRA records of Douglas A. Leone , a stock broker currently employed by Salomon Whitney Financial , disclose a pending regulatory event and 7 prior customer disputes, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is the…
read moreJuly 2016- Troy, Michigan The FINRA records of Matthew T. Flynn , a stock broker employed by L.M. Kohn & Company, disclose a pending customer arbitration, a prior final financial disclosure and a prior termination. The…
read moreSan Luis Obispo, CA UPDATE JULY 2017-In April 2017, Jeffrey Cederberg was fined $5,000 and suspended for four months by FINRA to resolve allegations that he failed to timely amend…
read moreJericho, New York According to FINRA records, Philip Brisard , a stockbroker who formerly worked for Ridgeway & Conger discloses a pending regulatory matter, 4 final customer disputes and a termination from employment. The Financial Industry…
read moreUPDATED JULY 2018 Lumberton/Beaumont , Texas According to FINRA records, Wesley “Clint” Smith , a stockbroker who formerly worked for Edward Jones discloses a pending customer dispute, 7 prior customer disputes and one final…
read moreUPDATE APRIL 2018-In December 2017, Investors Capital Corp. was hit with another FINRA regulatory sanction involving mutual funds. The firm was censured and agreed to pay $437,674 in restitution to…
read moreProvidence, Rhode Island A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel ordered brokerage firm Barrett & Company and two of its brokers, Wilson Gordon Saville and Charles Edward White, to…
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