May 2019 UPDATE- Dion Padilla/ AT&T Retirement Account investigation. See this for details. Â Original Post-JUNE 2018 -San Antonio, Texas We continue our investigation of former NEXT Financial Group broker…
read moreSeptember 2017 -Fulshear, Texas According to publicly available records Jason H. LeBlanc (CRD#2483182) , a former stockbroker who was last employed by Girard Securities , disclose a prior regulatory event, 3 prior customer disputes and a…
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 moreAugust 2017-Ft. Lauderdale, FL/ Gallatin, TN The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two men from Tennessee and a man from Florida with allegedly defrauding investors by false promises of high…
read moreSeptember 2017-St. Louis, MO A FINRA arbitration panel ordered J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons to pay a couple $450,000 in compensatory damages, $100,000 in punitive damages and costs of over $18,000.…
read moreSeptember 2017 -Fulshear, Texas According to publicly available records Jason H. LeBlanc (CRD#2483182) , a former stockbroker who was last employed by Girard Securities , disclose a prior regulatory event, 3 prior customer disputes and a…
read moreSeptember 2017 – Frisco, Texas According to publicly available records Tye C. Williams (CRD#1271046) , a former stockbroker  who was most recently employed by NEXT Financial Group , disclose  a regulatory event that resulted in…
read moreAugust 2018- The FINRA records of  Kelly Gene Richards , (CRD 4918409),   a  stockbroker who is currently  employed by  First Allied Securities, disclose a prior termination from employment. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
read moreJuly 2017 -Castle Rock, CO-Brenham, Texas According to publicly available records James K. Pheney  (CRD#1272932) ,  a  stockbroker who currently is employed by Mid Atlantic Capital Corp. ,  disclose a pending customer dispute. The…
read moreAugust 2017-Austin, Texas Travis J. Lies was appointed Securities Commissioner of the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) effective September 1, 2017. Lies has worked for the TSSB for 16 years and…
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