UPDATE 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 moreJune 23, 2015- New York A FINRA arbitration panel ordered BNP Paribas Securities Corp. to pay a former customer over $16 million dollars for the sale and marketing of an unsuitable…
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 19, 2015 Justin Amaral  entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that he refused to appear…
read moreUPDATE FEBRUARY 2017-RIverhead, New York In February 2017 the Florida Office of Financial Regulation entered a Final Order against Shaun Paul Golden permanently barring him from applying for registration. Â Case#…
read moreJune 8, 2015-Boston, MA An all public FINRA arbitration panel ordered Ausdal Financial Partners and broker Joan Norton to pay  a customer over $1.2 million on claims of negligence, unsuitability, breach…
read moreApril 21, 2015 Daniel Grieco  entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that he recommended and caused…
read moreJune 15,2015, Cushing & Royalty Income Fund (SRF) which traded at $25 in February 2012 currently trades at less than $5. It is a leveraged fund which invests in oil…
read moreMay 15, 2015-Houston, Texas A FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) arbitration panel in Houston, Texas, awarded over $1.1 million to a couple who filed a claim alleging that the annuities…
read moreApril 9, 2015-Point Pleasant, NJ Douglas William Finlay, Jr.  , entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that effected…
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