July 14, 2015 Christopher Yoon entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that he: lied to a life insurance…
read moreJuly 14, 2015-Washington DC The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 15 individuals and 19 companies in a penny stock pump and dump scheme. The SEC complaint alleges that Moneyline…
read moreJuly 2015- Raleigh, North Carolina The North Carolina Securities Division of the Department of the Secretary of State issues a monthly newsletter highlighting recent enforcement actions for securities violations and other…
read moreJuly 13, 2015- Orlando, Florida The FBI announced in a Press Release that Dante S. Giovannetti, 50, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for wire fraud. He was also…
read moreUPDATE MARCH 2017-In April 2016 Robert K. Smith was suspended by FINRA for three. The suspension was lifted July 12, 2016. Smith currently discloses a total of 13 prior customer…
read moreJuly 6, 2015- Columbus, Ohio The Ohio Division of Securities publishes a Securities Bulletin quarterly summarizing recent changes to securities rules and laws in the State of Ohio, reporting on…
read moreJuly 8, 2015 F-Squared Investments, Inc, an exchange-traded fund manager, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. In December of 2014,…
read moreJuly 2 , 2015-Tampa, FL The FBI announced that Juliet Ellis, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with the embezzlement of funds from Palma Ceia…
read moreJune 23, 2015- Columbia, South Carolina The Securities Commissioner for South Carolina filed a Rule to Show Cause seeking to permanently ban Mark Christopher Hotton from the securities industry. In 2013…
read moreJune 23, 2015 Michael G. Seidel entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that he submitted falsified applications…
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