April 2018-Shreveport, LA Shreveport resident Gregory Alan Smith, 55, and Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, 64, of Houston, TX, were indicted by a federal grand jury in a 13 count indictment for…
read moreMarch 2018-Columbiana, Alabama The Alabaster Reporter reports that the Alabaster Police Department is warning elderly local residents to beware of a scam targeting senior citizens. According to the police a…
read moreMarch 2018- Charlotte, N. Carolina The FINRA records of Joseph L. Cotter , a stockbroker who is currently not registered and who was last employed by Petersen Investments disclose a recent regulatory matter resulting…
read moreMay 2019- Delray Beach, FL According to publicly available records Christopher Robert Hickman. (CRD#3267599) , a stockbroker who is not currently registered, and who last was employed by Cetera Advisors , disclose a regulatory event and seven…
read moreJune 20, 2018 UPDATE–Shawn O’Sullivan was sentenced to 16 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release for his role in the theft which took place in the Manalapan…
read moreIf you have tried to redeem investments you made in real estate investment trusts (REITs) or limited partnerships (LPs) recently you may have received the bad news that the redemption…
read moreFebruary 2018-Jacksonville, FL According to publicly available records Melvin E. Case , (CRD# 2393464) , a former stockbroker who last worked for LPL Financial LLC, discloses that he was recently sanctioned by securities regulators…
read moreDecember 2017-Boca Raton, FL According to a complaint filed in MIami, FL, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Robert H. Shapiro and a group of unregistered investment companies called…
read moreAugust 2017 The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) recently released a study showing that financial fraud on the elderly has increased, despite increased awareness and regulatory attempts to protect…
read moreApril 2017- Palm Bay, FL The FINRA records of William B. Wyman , a former stockbroker who was employed by Royal Alliance Associates disclose a prior regulatory event, a pending customer dispute, two prior…
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