{"id":19780,"date":"2021-05-31T09:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=19780"},"modified":"2021-06-01T09:51:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T14:51:19","slug":"broker-adam-belardino-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/broker-adam-belardino-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Suspends Ex-MML Investors Services Broker Adam Belardino"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Financial Adviser Has Multiple Customer Disputes on Record<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 permanent bar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belardino, who is also a former registered investment advisor, has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/5221927\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several disclosures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on his BrokerCheck, including six customer disputes. MML Investors Services fired Belardino in 2019. The firm, in its Form U5, said that this was in connection to a customer complaint accusing the then-broker of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/churning.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">excessive trading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making misrepresentations, and other negligence and broker misconduct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/broker-adam-belardino-suspended\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Suspends Ex-MML Investors Services Broker Adam Belardino\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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