American Trust Investment Services Broker Accused of Recommending Unsuitable Investments to Investors David Richard Geake, an Indiana-based broker and investment advisor with American Trust Investment Services, is currently facing three customer disputes in which the claimants are accusing him of making unsuitable investment recommendations. Geake, who has been in the…
Sanctuary Wealth Ordered To Pay Over $370K in Restitution to ETF Customers Independent broker-dealer Sanctuary Wealth, formerly David A. Noyes & Co., has been censured by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). It must now pay a $160K fine and over $370K in restitution for its failure to supervise certain…
Former Tucson, Arizona Financial Advisor Has Two Pending Complaints on Record If you suffered losses while working with ex-Morgan Stanley registered representative Francisco Javier Valenzuela, you may have grounds for a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim to recover your losses. Valenzuela, who is also a former registered investment…
Old Mutual Investor Seeks Up To $500K in Damages An investor from Mexico has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration case against J.P. Morgan Securities over the losses she suffered in Old Mutual (Bermuda). The off-shore entity is owned by Greg Lindberg’s Global Bankers, which also owns Northstar…
Customers of Lion Street Financial Broker Richard Baer Suffered Over $1.8m in Investment Losses Lion Street Financial stockbroker, Richard Evan Baer, who is also a registered investment advisor with both React Investment Solutions, LLC and Legacy Capital California, has been named by investors in two pending complaints seeking $1.8M in…
Denver Financial Advisor Mark Barrand Named in Pending Customer Disputes Mark Allen Barrand, an Ameriprise Financial broker based in Denver, has nine customer claims on his BrokerCheck record. The most recent one, brought in February 2021, was from his time as a Cetera Advisors registered representative. Barrand has worked 14…
New Jersey Financial Advisor’s Victims Included Older Investors Who Spoke Spanish Ramon Arturo Herrera, a former Wells Fargo (WFC) registered representative, is sentenced to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The former New Jersey financial advisor pleaded guilty to wire fraud for bilking approximately 40 clients…
Ohio National Financial Services Broker-Dealer Accused of Failing to Properly Supervise The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that brokerage firm O.N. Equity Sales Co., an Ohio National Financial Services brokerage firm, must pay a $1.3M penalty for not adequately supervising a former broker who is accused of recommending an…
Big Banks Anticipate Losses in the Billions Last week, Archegos Capital Management, the $10 billion hedge fund founded by Bill Hwang, was forced to liquidate over $30 billion in equities including millions of shares in ViacomCBS, media company Discovery, and a number of Chinese tech companies. The move came after…
Settlement in FINRA Case Involves Repaying Nearly $44K to Affected Customers The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered Triad Advisors to pay a $150K fine for not adequately supervising both short-term trades involving Class A shares of mutual funds and variable annuity exchanges. The self-regulatory organization (SRO) also accused…