{"id":21629,"date":"2022-02-09T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T19:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=21629"},"modified":"2022-02-10T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:27:23","slug":"anthony-cottone-misappropriated-client-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/anthony-cottone-misappropriated-client-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Landolt Securities Broker Anthony Cottone Allegedly Misappropriated $2.8M of Client Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ex-Landolt Securities Broker Ran Now-Defunct Retirement Planning Institute\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Matthew Cottone, an ex-Landolt Securities stockbroker, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraudulently running Secured Capital Strategies Fund. This is a private fund in which 11 investors were persuaded to invest about $2.8M. Cottone was permanently barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2018.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The owner and manager of the now-defunct Retirement Planning Institute LLC (RPI), Anthony Cottone, was a securities industry member for 13 years. His <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/4394861\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broker Check record<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> notes that he was a registered broker and investment adviser with several firms during this time. Most recently, he worked with Landolt Securities from 2016 to 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/anthony-cottone-misappropriated-client-funds\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Ex-Landolt Securities Broker Anthony Cottone Allegedly Misappropriated $2.8M of Client Funds\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-Landolt Securities Broker Ran Now-Defunct Retirement Planning Institute\u00a0 Anthony Matthew Cottone, an ex-Landolt Securities stockbroker, has been charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraudulently running Secured Capital Strategies Fund. This is a private fund in which 11 investors were persuaded to invest about $2.8M. 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