A financial advisor in Aptos, California has allegedly made private transactions without the permission of his firm. Daniel McCourt, while working for Foothill Securities, Inc., began […]
A financial advisor with Morgan Stanley has been punished for making sale transactions in an investor’s account, without the investor’s consent. Shawn Richardson forced the investor […]
Mark Cox (“Cox”) and PFS Investments, Inc. (“PFS”) received a fine and suspension for failing to disclose IRS tax liens on his Form U4, withholding crucial […]
National Securities Corporation (“National”) was reprimanded and fined for failing to file customer complaints and settlements with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). National, a member […]
A Danville financial advisor with Grigsby & Associates, Calvin Grigsby, has been fined $10,000 for deliberately violating FINRA rules by acting as a Financial and Operations […]
Key West Investments, LLC (Key West), a California based brokerage firm, was recently fined for improper sales of private placements. Private securities are investments offered to […]
In San Jose, Northwestern Mutual Investment Services hired Patrick Llewellyn as a financial advisor, although he was was not yet licensed. Llewellyn forged twelve customers’ signatures […]
Peter Kim, a former stockbroker with Morgan Stanley, has been barred from the securities industry. According to FINRA, Kim refused to cooperate with an investigation into […]
Wedbush Securities is in hot water for failing to timely and properly disclose its brokers’ bankruptcies, customer complaints, criminal allegations, and other serious matters. According to […]
James Gilbert, formerly of J.P. Morgan, was recently fined and suspended for borrowing money from a client. The new client was both elderly and infirm. FINRA […]