California

May 26th, 2015

Chase Financial Advisor Steals $24,014 From Investor

Louis James Deeley (“Deeley”) in Santa Rosa, California has been banned from the securities industry for stealing $24,014 from an investor. Deeley forged the customer’s signature […]
May 22nd, 2015

Brokerage Firm In Orange, California Fined $190,000 For Selling Overpriced Bonds

B.B. Graham & Company, Inc. has been fined $190,000 after it sold corporate bonds to customers at an unfair price. The company neglected to consider relevant […]
May 11th, 2015

Irvine Firm, Ascendiant Capital Markets, Ignores Customer Complaint And Misrepresents Quality Of Its Financial Advisors

Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC (“Ascendant”) has been reported to FINRA for allegedly not reporting a customer complaint against one of its financial advisors on time. The […]
Apr 29th, 2015

Financial Advisor In Arbuckle Gives Investors Bad Advice, Costing Them $50,000

Dalas Gundersen, a financial advisor formerly with Edward Jones, has been fined and terminated for making a detrimental recommendation to customers. After following Gundersen’s advice, customers […]
Apr 28th, 2015

Financial Advisor In Santa Barbara Falsifies Investors’ Signatures

Gregory Bolduc (“Bolduc”), a financial advisor formerly with UnionBanc Investment Services, has been fined and suspended for falsifying investor signatures. Bolduc photocopied the original signatures, and […]
Apr 27th, 2015

Los Angeles based Wedbush Securities Covers Up Supervisory Failure By Falsifying Documents

Wedbush Securities (“Wedbush” or “the firm”), a brokerage firm located in Los Angeles, California, created and gave FINRA falsified documents regarding its review of the firm’s […]
Apr 15th, 2015

West Hills Financial Advisor Busted for False and Reckless Advertising

According to FINRA, Jonathan Jay Greenfield made reckless material misrepresentations in emails to customers regarding the features of GWG Holdings, Inc. (“GWG”) Renewable Secured Debentures (“Debentures”). […]
Apr 13th, 2015

Calabasas Stockbroker Charged with Stock Manipulation

FINRA alleged that Scott Neal Glazer engaged in matched trading in an attempt to manipulate the price of National Technical Systems, Inc. (“NTSC”) stock and avoid […]
Apr 9th, 2015

Visalia Stockbroker Transfers Half A Million Dollars Using Forged Signatures

Bruce Robert Geiger, a stockbroker at Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. (“Thrivent”), is accused of altering forms and forging signatures on life insurance related documents to process […]
Apr 7th, 2015

Manteca Financial Advisor Barred From Securities Industry For Taking Money From Client’s Account

Randall A. Samson (“Mr. Samson”), a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (“Ameriprise”), was barred from association with any FINRA member after transferring funds out […]