Denver, Colorado Financial Advisor Has 21 Disclosures on BrokerCheck If you suffered losses while working with Western International Securities registered investment advisor Peter Benedict Steege, our Denver, Colorado broker misconduct lawyers want to speak with you. Steege, who has been with this firm for 19 years, has 21 disclosures listed…
Determinación Similar Hecha en Procedimientos de Liquidación de Old Mutual (Islas Bermudas) El juez presidente de Islas Bermudas, Narinder Hargun y los Liquidadores Provisionales Conjuntos (LPCs) están de acuerdo en que sean nombrados representantes para toda clase de acreedores en los procedimientos de liquidación tanto para Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda)…
Ex-Wisconsin Financial Advisor Bilked 27 Victims of $2.6M, Many of Them Older Investors Edward Earl Matthes, an ex-Mutual of Omaha Investor Services broker, is sentenced to 63 months behind bars for defrauding over two dozen investors, most of them older customers, in a $2.6M investment scam. He had pleaded guilty…
New York Financial Adviser Has Multiple Customer Disputes on Record The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has suspended ex-MML Investors Services LLC broker Adam Gerard Belardino. The suspension runs from February 2021 until Belardino either provides the information that the self-regulatory organization (SRO) has requested or the suspension becomes a…
Wealth Enhancement & Preservation CEO Named in Two Pending Investor Claims Triad Advisors stockbroker, Darrin Stuart Cohen, is currently the subject of two pending Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claims from customers collectively seeking $600K in damages. The allegations involve the unsuitability of investments, including alternative investments, that were…
FINRA Bars Former Charlotte, North Carolina Financial Advisor The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration has permanently barred Gary Wayne Hammond, an ex-North Carolina broker, following allegations that he took part in more than $1.6M in private securities transactions without having given written notice to his then-firm. The transactions appear…
California Stockbroker Accused Of Unsuitability & Misrepresentations David Omori Bibo, a Western International Securities, Inc. registered representative is named in two pending customer disputes collectively seeking $1.8M in damages. The San Jose broker has been part of the industry for 25 years. He has seven disclosures on his BrokerCheck record.…
Crown Capital Securities Broker Has Four Customer Disputes On Record Lanny Ray Howarter, a Crown Capital Securities registered representative, is named in a more than $624K Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim accusing him of unsuitability, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, omissions, and negligence involving alternative investment products. This…
Pending Customer Disputes Involving David Lerner Associates Broker Rafael Klein Seek $300K in Damages Rafael Scott Klein, a David Lerner Associates broker and Spirit of America Management Corp. investment advisor, may have unsuitably sold investments in Energy 11, LP to customers. Energy 11 is a non-traded limited partnership set up…
Worden Capital Management’s Settlement Includes $1.2M in Customer Restitution In December 2020, Worden Capital Management, a New York-based broker-dealer, arrived at an over $1.5M settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) over excessive trades made by the firm’s registered representatives. The self-regulatory organization (SRO) contends that from January 2015…