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Donald L. Watson-Former Jeffrey Matthews Broker- Discloses Discharge from Employment

Donald L. Watson-Former Jeffrey Matthews Broker- Discloses Discharge from Employment

Donald L. Watson-Former Jeffrey Matthews Broker- Discloses Discharge from Employment 150 150 Rex Securities Law

UPDATE April 2018– IN 3/2017 FINRA permanently barred Donald Lee Watson, Jr. from the securities industry for refusing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation.

November 2016-Sarasota, FL

The FINRA records of  Donald Lee Watson, Jr. ,  a  former stockbroker with Jeffrey Matthews Financial Group,  who is not currently  employed disclose a prior customer dispute that has been resolved and two terminations from employment after allegations.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 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 as regulatory sanctions. In addition brokers are required to disclose certain financial matters such as personal bankruptcies, judgments and liens.

Watson’s FINRA record discloses that on 1/5/2015 he was discharged by FirstTrust LLC. The company made the following allegations in connection with the discharge: “Disregard for compliance procedures. Failure to repay debt to company. Donald Watson did not comply with requests for personal securities transaction reports and repeatedly violated email compliance protocols. Furthermore, Watson collected a 4-month series of loan payments secured by his personal and unconditional guarantee. He is now disputing the loan and expressing his intent to default.”

His record further discloses that on 12/15/2015, Watson was discharged by The Jeffrey Matthews Financial Group who made the following allegations in connection therewith: “Don Watson (DW) alleged he produced over $700k/yr in gross production at his prior employer. He produced a W2 as evidence to Jeffrey Matthews (JM). JM relied on his assertion adn W-2 as the basis for issuing a corporate advance of $200K. While employed at JM from 9/29/15-12/15/15 DW did not transition any client assets to the firm and had no gross production. DW misrepresented the W2 information as production-related, but JM subsequently learned it was not. In addition, we learned DW’s client spreadsheet presented to JM was also fraudulent.”

Jeffrey Matthews Financial Group filed a FINRA arbitration against Watson seeking recovery of the $200,000 advance plus costs and fees. In November 2016, a FINRA arbitration panel ordered Watson to pay the company $260,000. FINRA Case 16-0548. 

Watson’s prior employment in the securities industry includes:

  • Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.
  • International Assets Advisory
  • PNC Investments
  • LPL Financial
  • UVest Financial Services Group
  • Raymond James Financial Services

If you have losses in an account in an account handled by Donald Watson , contact us to discuss how you may be able to recover damages for those losses.

Rex Securities Law , with offices in Boca Raton, FL,  and  Austin, TX,   provides representation to  investors  nationwide who are seeking recovery of investment losses due to the negligence or fraud of stockbrokers and broker dealers. If you have questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney.

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