Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Former Essex Financial CEO Sanctioned by Regulators-Faces Home Confinement

Former Essex Financial CEO Sanctioned by Regulators-Faces Home Confinement 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

January 2017-Old Lyme, Connecticut The Day, an online news service covering a 20 town region in eastern Connecticut reports that John W. Rafal, 66, of Old Lyme, founder and former…

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How to Recover Losses on Payson Petroleum Investments

How to Recover Losses on Payson Petroleum Investments 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

November 2016 -Dallas, Texas Matthew Carl Griffin and his brother William Daniel Griffin were named in a civil action filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charging them with…

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Miami, FL-DOJ Charges Two With Securities Fraud

Miami, FL-DOJ Charges Two With Securities Fraud 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

July 2016-Miami, Florida The Department of Justice announced that stock promoters Daniel McKelvey, 49, of Foster City, CA and Jeffrey L. Lamson, 51, of El Dorado Hills, CA, have been charged…

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Raymond J. Pirrello-Former Garden State Securities Broker-Named in SEC Insider Trading Complaint

Raymond J. Pirrello-Former Garden State Securities Broker-Named in SEC Insider Trading Complaint 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

MARCH 2018 UPDATE-Pirrello Named in customer arbitration alleging churning. See this for details. May 2017 UPDATE-FINRA records disclose that Raymond J. Pirrello, Jr.  has 9 prior final customer disputes and…

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David Williams-WFG Investments Broker- Discloses Settlement of Servergy Suit-Dallas, TX

David Williams-WFG Investments Broker- Discloses Settlement of Servergy Suit-Dallas, TX 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

Dallas, Texas UPDATE JUNE 2017-David W. Williams discloses that FINRA Case 16-00346, see below, was settled for $250,000 in 12/2016. ORIGINAL POST-April 12, 2016 The FINRA records of David W. Williams,…

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Eric Johnson Investigation Update-Former Redridge Securities Stock Broker

Eric Johnson Investigation Update-Former Redridge Securities Stock Broker 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

April 12, 2016 In October 2014, former Redridge Securities stock broker Eric W. Johnson was barred from the securities industry for failing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation of allegations…

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Daniel and Matthew Rivera Ponzi Scheme-Robbins Lane

Daniel and Matthew Rivera Ponzi Scheme-Robbins Lane 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

March 30, 2016 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Daniel Rivera and his brother Matthew Rivera, and their company, with a $2.7 million Ponzi scheme targeting elderly and unsophisticated…

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Michael Donnelly Investigation-Coastal Equities Broker Admits Theft From Elderly Clients

Michael Donnelly Investigation-Coastal Equities Broker Admits Theft From Elderly Clients 150 150 Robert Rex, Esq.

October 19, 2015 Former Coastal Equities broker Michael Donnelly of Lecanto, Florida, admitting defrauding his clients and to disgorge over $2.2 million. In addition he consented to an SEC order…

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