UPDATE MARCH 2017-In April 2016 Robert K. Smith was suspended by FINRA for three. The suspension was lifted July 12, 2016. Smith currently discloses a total of 13 prior customer…
read moreJuly 2 , 2015-Tampa, FL The FBI announced that Juliet Ellis, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with the embezzlement of funds from Palma Ceia…
read moreJune 15, 2015 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Investor Education issued an Investor Alert pointing out the Five Red Flags of Investment Fraud: Promises of High Returns…
read moreJune 18, 2015-Boston, MA Lucian D. Hodgman entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that between May and July…
read moreJune 8, 2015-Boston, MA An all public FINRA arbitration panel ordered Ausdal Financial Partners and broker Joan Norton to pay a customer over $1.2 million on claims of negligence, unsuitability, breach…
read moreJune 17, 2015-Palm Beach County Florida Jeffrey Schuler, 54, of Boynton Beach, Florida pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, in connection with the operation of Fort Lauderdale based…
read moreJune 16, 2015-Austin, Texas Kenneth Wayne Graves, a former investment adviser from Corpus Christi has been indicted in Nueces County on fraud and other charges related to the sale of…
read moreJune 11, 2015 FINRA Department of Enforcement filed Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2012031181001 against Scottsdale, AZ, broker John Anthony Waszolek alleging that he attempted to have his 81 year old customer…
read moreJune 2015 In the June 2015 Newsletter the North Carolina Securities Division announced their involvement in the following cases: Darren Joseph Capote, of Patterson, NY, was indicted on July 11,…
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