{"id":18424,"date":"2019-10-31T11:26:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=18424"},"modified":"2019-10-31T13:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:22:57","slug":"ex-raymond-james-advisor-investigated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/ex-raymond-james-advisor-investigated\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepherd Smith Edwards &#038; Kantas Investigates Ex-Raymond James &#038; Associates Advisor Stuart Nichols"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSEK Investigating Ex-Raymond James Advisor, Stuart Nichols\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another former Raymond James advisor has gotten into trouble over fraud allegations. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently barred Stuart Nichols, a former broker with the firm, after he failed to participate in the self-regulatory authority\u2019s probe into churning allegations made against him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Churning involves engaging in excessive trading in a brokerage account for the purposes of making commissions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/ex-raymond-james-advisor-investigated\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Shepherd Smith Edwards &#038; Kantas Investigates Ex-Raymond James &#038; Associates Advisor Stuart Nichols\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSEK Investigating Ex-Raymond James Advisor, Stuart Nichols\u00a0 Another former Raymond James advisor has gotten into trouble over fraud allegations. 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