UPDATED 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…
read moreCharlotte, North Carolina According to FINRA records,  Michael P. Lessard, Jr.,   a stockbroker who currently works for Southeast Investments,  discloses  a regulatory investigation and a discharge from a prior firm. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
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