The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) against broker Matthew Silato (Silato). According to BrokerCheck records there are at least six customer complaints, two financial disclosures, and one criminal matter involving Silato. The most recent customer complaints against…
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FINRA Sanctions Broker Peyton Jackson Over Outside Business Activities
The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against broker Peyton Jackson (Jackson). According to BrokerCheck records Jackson has been subject to at least eleven customer complaints. The customer complaints against Jackson allege securities law violations that including unsuitable…
Gana LLP Investigates Investor Losses in Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Until about August 2015, Valeant Pharmaceuticals (Valeant)(Stock Symbol: VRX) was one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies on the market. Then its stock price all but collapsed. After shares peaked at more than $260 a share in August of 2015, it is now trading at about $26 a share and…
Customers File Numerous Complaints Against Broker Marc Jaffe
The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against former Finance 500, Inc. (Finance 500) broker Marc Jaffe (Jaffe). According to BrokerCheck records Jaffe was recently sanctioned by FINRA and discharged by his prior employer in or about September…
FINRA Bars Former National Securities Corporation Broker John Labarca
The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against former National Securities Corporation (National Securities) broker John Labarca (Labarca). According to BrokerCheck records Labarca was barred from the securities industry in February 2016 after he refused to provide information…
Broker Investigations: Complaints Against Aegis Capital Broker Shadi “Sean” Barakat
The securities fraud lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) against broker Shadi “Sean” Barakat (Barakat). According to BrokerCheck records Barakat has been the subject of at least two customer complaints and two judgements or liens. The customer complaints against…
Broker Investigation: VSR Financial Broker Timothy Hobbs
The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against broker Timothy Hobbs (Hobbs). According to BrokerCheck records Hobbs is subject to three customer complaints. The customer complaints against Hobbs allege securities law violations that including unsuitable investments and breach…
Ridgewood Energy Oil and Gas Private Placements
The investment attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating the potential unsuitable sales of securities sponsored by Ridgewood Energy Corporation (Ridgewood Energy). Ridgewood Energy is a private upstream oil and gas investment company based in Houston, Texas and Montvale, New Jersey and sponsors several oil and gas private placements and…
Baytex Energy Corp. (BTE) Investor Loss Recovery
The investment attorneys with Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating and representing investors who were inappropriately recommended oil and gas and commodities related investments. Investors may have potential legal remedies due to unsuitable recommendations by their broker to invest in this speculative and volatile area. One royalty trust that has suffered…
Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) Investor Loss Recovery
The investment attorneys with Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating and representing investors who were inappropriately recommended oil and gas and commodities related investments. Investors may have potential legal remedies due to unsuitable recommendations by their broker to invest in this speculative and volatile area. One royalty trust that has suffered…