Customer of Former New York Financial Advisor Is Requesting Over $850K in Damages In July 2022, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) permanently barred Joseph Albert Ambrosole after he refused to testify in the self-regulatory organization’s (SRO) probe. FINRA led this investigation concerning an amended Uniform Termination Notice by Joseph Stone…
New York Broker Allegedly Cost Customers Six-Figure Losses, Trading Costs, and Commissions The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has suspended Spartan Capital Securities financial advisor James Robert Pecoraro for nine months. FINRA ordered him to pay a $10K penalty and nearly $69K restitution for allegedly excessively unauthorized trading in customers’ accounts. The…
Texas Retiree Files Six-Figure FINRA Arbitration Claim Over Her Investment Losses An Austin, TX investor has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Western International Securities, Inc. The investor sustained losses in GWG Holdings L Bonds and the following non-traded real estate investment trusts (non-traded REITs): Griffin…
SSEK Law Firm Represented Client of Fired J.P. Morgan Securities Broker, Ed Turley, and Wins $4 Million FINRA Arbitration Award A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel in Houston, Texas has awarded a client of Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) $4 million in compensatory…
Ex-El Paso Financial Advisor Allegedly Took Over $61K From Client Credit Line On November 29, 2021, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) barred Jesus Rodriguez. The former Texas broker was accused of taking over $61K from a client credit line for his own use. The sanction came after he refused…
Former San Francisco Financial Advisor Costs Investors Over $62 million Our FINRA arbitration lawyers at Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) are continuing to investigate investors’ claims of losses sustained while working with ex-J.P. Morgan Securities LLC broker, Edward Lawrence Turley. Already, SSEK Law Firm has…
Financial Independence President & Ex-Dallas, Texas Financial Advisor Was Barred by FINRA Dana Bruce Vietor, a former CFD Investment Services registered representative is under scrutiny following multiple allegations of broker misconduct that have led to customer losses. The latest still pending claims were brought by investors seeking to collectively recover…
Glacier Point Advisors Managing Partner is Ordered to Pay Customers More Than $1.2M in Restitution Kevin Marshall McCallum, a former LPL Financial stockbroker and the Managing Partner of Glacier Point Advisors has been suspended by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a year. McCallum is ordered to pay over…
SEC Approves New FINRA Rule That Will Designate Some Brokerage Firms as “Restricted” The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rule 4111, which will require certain brokerage firm members with histories of broker misconduct to put aside reserve funds to pay for both future and unpaid investor claims, has now been…
Recent Report to SEC Notes Four Pending Disputes Against Sigma Financial InvestmentNews reports that according to Sigma Financial Corp.’s recent Focus Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm is contending with four pending Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claims from customers alleging damages of approximately $4.5M.…