January 15, 2016-Boca Raton, FL Morissa F. Rivo, formerly a broker with Signator Investors,   entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)…
read moreFebruary 19, 2016- Dallas, TX The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Nathan Halsey, 35, of Dallas, TXÂ and TexStar Oil, Ltd. charging them with fraudulently offering securities through misleading…
read moreMarch 2, 2016-Texarkana, Texas The US Attorney’s Office announced the indictment of eleven individuals on federal charges including conspiracy to commit an offense and to defraud the U.S. government. The…
read moreMarch 22, 2016- Tampa, FL A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel ordered Morgan Stanley and two of its broker to pay $34 million to the estate of Roy M.…
read moreMarch 21, 2016- Austin, Texas The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) entered an order revoking the registration of Fort Worth investment adviser James Poe as well as his company, James…
read moreMarch 2016 According to FINRA records, Citadel Securities has a number of regulatory sanctions over the recent years, including the following: October 2015Â FINRA Sanction-Â The firm used a trading logic that…
read more MARCH 2016-After the dramatic collapse of oil prices in the past year, it is apparent that a 2013 SEC investor alert, which we discussed nearly three years ago, was something investor would…
read moreMarch 16, 2016-Uniondale, New York Beyn’s Excessive Trading Generated Commissions of $1.7M The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed a complaint against former Craig Scott Capital broker Edward Beyn alleging…
read moreUPDATE MARCH 2017– Thomas Schober, formerly a broker with SII Investments discloses a pending customer dispute and two prior customer disputes that have been resolved. All of the disputes relate…
read moreMarch 2016 With oil down 60% from just a year ago, it is no surprise that investments in oil and gas have followed a similar path, generating significant losses in…
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