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WILLIAM CALEB BENNETT TERMINATED FROM PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC

By |2024-06-06T13:28:15-04:00June 6th, 2024|Uncategorized|

The Financial Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has reported on its BrokerCheck website that WILLIAM CALEB BENNETT was terminated from employment at PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC.The FINRA Form U5 says: “ DISCHARGE RR [finanical advisor] violated the Firm’s policies by facilitating outside investments not approved by the Firm,” and was reported publicly by FINRA on February 9, [...]

6 Infamous Ponzi Schemes and How To Avoid Them

By |2024-05-23T13:43:02-04:00May 23rd, 2024|BLOG|

Ponzi schemes represent some of the most devastating types of financial fraud. They mislead investors with the allure of guaranteed high returns with minimal risk. These schemes use the funds from new investors to pay earlier participants, creating a cycle that inevitably collapses under its own weight.  In this post, you’ll learn about six famous [...]

What Are the Complaints & Regulatory Actions Against Spartan Capital Securities?

By |2026-02-02T15:38:26-05:00May 3rd, 2024|Broker / Advisor Investigations|

Spartan Capital Securities has garnered regulatory and investor scrutiny due to numerous complaints and regulatory actions that spotlight its trading and compliance issues, including churning, excessive trading and significant compliance failures. As a firm registered under the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), these allegations have shaken the trust [...]

MICHAEL SCOTT ROSENBACH TERMINATED FROM UBS FINANICAL SERVICES

By |2024-04-18T18:12:41-04:00April 18th, 2024|Broker / Advisor Investigations|

The Financial Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has reported on its BrokerCheck website that  MICHAEL SCOTT ROSENBACH was terminated from employment at UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.  The FINRA Form U5 says:  “DISCHARGE Employee discharged after violating Firm policies by failing to escalate the receipt of material non-public information, violating the Firm's Order Entry Policy, failing to disclose [...]

Sonn Law Announces That Morgan Stanley Finanical Advisors Win $3 Million in Deferred Compensation in FINRA Arbitration

By |2024-11-27T19:43:12-05:00March 25th, 2024|Broker / Advisor Investigations|

March 2, 2024, Miami, Florida. — Sonn Law Group PA announced today that several former Morgan Stanley financial advisors won a collective $3 million in damages in a FINRA arbitration over claims that Morgan Stanley wrongfully withheld payments of their deferred compensation. “This is a big win for former Morgan Stanley financial advisors,” said Jeffrey [...]

FINRA FINES BOLTON CAPITAL; CUSTOMER RECORDS EXPOSED IN A DATA BREACH

By |2024-10-30T16:57:53-04:00February 28th, 2024|Broker / Advisor Investigations|

November 3, 2023 November 3, 2023 – The Financial Regulatory Authority fined Bolton Global Capital (CRD #15650, Bolton, Massachusetts) $75,000, in part, for exposing customer records in a data breach. Bolton Global Capital entered into a settlement agreement, called a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent, in which FINRA found in part that "From October [...]

Investor Lost $300,000 to an LPL Financial Advisor Who Recommended a Loan Strategy

By |2024-11-21T04:35:27-05:00February 28th, 2024|Broker / Advisor Investigations|

According to the Finanical Regulatory Authority (FINRA) John Aloysius Dougherty entered the securities industry in December 1997. In January 2021, Dougherty became associated with LPL Financial LLC (LPL), a FINRA member firm, as a Financial Advisor. In a Uniform Termination Notice for Securities IndustryRegistration (Form U5) dated August 11, 2023, LPL reported that it terminatedDougherty [...]

Ex-Morgan Stanley Brokers Must Arbitrate Class Claim Over Deferred Comp, Judge Rules

By |2024-10-30T16:56:39-04:00February 28th, 2024|Broker / Advisor Investigations|

by Miriam Rozen November 22, 2023 Edited with comments from Sonn Law Group A federal judge has granted Morgan Stanley’s motion to send to arbitration a putative class action claim that it violates federal law by withholding deferred compensation from brokers who move to other firms. Morgan Stanley “demonstrated” that the advisors agreed in employment [...]

Ex-Oppenheimer advisor sentenced to 8 years for $50M Ponzi scheme, Horizon Private Equity III

By |2024-10-30T16:56:59-04:00February 28th, 2024|Broker / Advisor Investigations|

FROM INVESTMENTNEWS.COM The disgraced advisor fleeced more than 400 investors in a fraudulent 'private equity' fund over a 13-year period.February 13, 2024By Leo AlmazoraA former advisor who masterminded a Ponzi scheme (Horizon Private Equity III) that defrauded more than 400 investors across at least 20 states, resulting in losses exceeding $49 million, has been brought [...]

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