UPDATED JULY 2018 Lumberton/Beaumont , Texas According to FINRA records,  Wesley “Clint” Smith ,  a stockbroker  who formerly worked for Edward Jones discloses  a pending customer dispute, 7 prior customer disputes and one final…
read moreJune 14, 2016- Tyler, Texas The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas announced the sentencing of Carol D. Rushton to 36 months of federal probation, a fine…
read moreUPDATE APRIL 2018-In December 2017, Investors Capital Corp. was hit with another FINRA regulatory sanction involving mutual funds. The firm was censured and agreed to pay $437,674 in restitution to…
read moreAugust 2019-Huntington Beach, CA According to FINRA records,  Jack G. Merritt ,  a stockbroker  who works  for Crown Capital Securities discloses the settlement of a customer dispute . The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is…
read moreTampa, Florida A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel awarded damages of over $150,000 to two former customers of Legend Securities, Inc. who brought the action for losses suffered…
read moreWeatherford, Texas Stanley Brian Catlin, a CPA and Weatherford ISD school board trustee was fined $6,000 by the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) for acting as an investment adviser representative…
read moreFEBRUARY 2017 UPDATE–VSR Financial has closed operations. Many of its brokers and clients have been transferred to Summit Brokerage Services, a related entity. See below for discussion of VSR’s regulatory…
read moreJune 2016-Grapevine, Texas According to FINRA records,  Richard M. Ohlhaber ,   a stockbroker  who most recently was  employed by FSC Securities Corp., Inc. , discloses two pending customer disputes. He also discloses  3 prior final regulatory events…
read moreLos Angeles, CA In an arbitration conducted by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Morgan Stanley was ordered to pay a retiree over $8.6 million in damages for unauthorized trading…
read moreThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)Â is the agency that licenses and regulates stockbrokers and brokerage firms. FINRA requires brokers and brokerage firms to report customer complaints and disputes as well…
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