November 4, 2015- Tampa, Florida The FBI announced that Gignesh Movalia was sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating a $9 million investment fraud scheme involving Facebook stock. Movalia…
read moreOctober 29, 2015- Alice, Texas The Texas State Securities Board announced that Michael Anthony Collins of Alice, TX, was indicted on charges of securities fraud, theft, and money laundering for…
read moreNovember 9, 2015- The Villages, Florida Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partnership with Merrill Lynch & Seniors vs. Crime is conducting research on elder financial…
read moreUPDATE DECEMBER 2016–FINRA records indicate that Robert M. Hinz, Jr. left VSR Financial Services in July 2016 and is not currently registered with any FINRA broker dealer. ORIGINAL POST – Seatlle,…
read moreRichardson, Texas UPDATE APRIL 2017–Jetmir Ahmeti is not currently registered with any broker dealer according to FINRA records. Ahmeti was discharged from Edward Jones 5/2015. The firm made the following allegation…
read moreSeptember 11, 2015 The Investment News reports that NEXT Financial Group, Inc. , a Houston based brokerage firm founded in 1999, is up for sale. NEXT Financial has over 700…
read moreSeptember 3, 2015- Boca Raton/Plantation, Florida The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Manny J. Shulman and David K. Herschman were charged with violating the securities laws for their involvement…
read moreSeptember 1, 2015- Sherman, Texas Thomas W. Lucas, Jr. , 35 of Plano, Texas was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison following his conviction on 7 counts of wire…
read moreSeptember 4, 2015- Austin, Texas Texas Securities Commissioner John Morgan entered a Disciplinary Order against Dallas based WFG Investments, Inc. , reprimanding and fining the company $175,000 for failing to…
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