The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating recommendations by brokerage firms for their clients to invest in NorthStar Healthcare Income Inc., (NorthStar Healthcare) – a non-traded real estate investment trust (Non-Traded REIT). According to newsources, NorthStar Healthcare has suffered massive losses and may only be worth less than…
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Ricky Flatt Terminated Over Taking Money From Clients – Investor Recovery
The law offices of Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating claims that advisor Ricky Flatt (Flatt) has taken loans from a client and engaged in certain business activities not approved by his advisory firm. Flatt, formerly registered with Royal Fund Management, LLC (Royal Fund) out of Troy, Michigan has been…
Advisor Michael Lyle Has Annuity Complaints
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Michael Lyle (Lyle), currently employed by Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (Transamerica) has been subject to four customer complaints and one tax lien during during his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), many of the customer complaints against Lyle…
Xavier Patino Sanctioned Over Variable Annuity Sales Practices
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Xavier Patino (Patino), currently employed by Newbridge Securities Corporation (Newbridge Securities) and formerly with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JP Morgan) has been subject to one regulatory action, one one employment termination for cause, and two customer disputes during his career. According to records kept…
Advisor Christopher Bennett Alleged to Have Recommended Unsuitable Energy Securities
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Christopher Bennett (Bennett), formerly employed by J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC (JJB Hilliard), has been subject to at least thirteen customer complaints and one regulatory action during the course of his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Bennett…
Advisor Dean Grant Arrested On Charges of Defrauding His Investment Clients
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) advisor Dean Grant (Grant), formerly associated with M Holdings Securities, Inc. (M Holdings), and operating under the d/b/a name Dean Grant Financial and GFG Strategic Advisors was arrested in February 2019 on charges of fraud. Grant’s company purportedly…
Advisor Dudley Stephens Accused of Churning and Unapproved Product Sales
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) advisor Dudley Stephens (Stephens), formerly associated with Coastal Equities, Inc. (Coastal Equities), in September 2018, was sanctioned and barred from the securities industry by FINRA due to failures to provide documents and information requested by the regulator. In…
Advisor James Schwartz Subject to Multiple Churning Claim
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker James Schwartz (Schwartz) has been subject to nine customer complaints, one tax lien, and one bankruptcy during his career. Schwartz is currently not registered but was previously employed by Joseph Gannar & Co. LLC (Joseph Gunnar). Many…
Brandon Stimpson Subject to Multiple Customer Complaints Over Put Options Trading
According to BrokerCheck records former financial advisor Brandon Stimpson (Stimpson), formerly employed by Allegis Investment Services, LLC (Allegis Investment) has been subject to at least eight customer complaints. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), many of the complaints against Stimpson concern allegations of unsuitable investments…
Bradley Ford Subject to Multiple Complaints Alleging False Representation of Investments
The investment fraud attorneys are currently investigating USA Financial Securities Corporation (USA Financial) broker Bradley Ford (Ford). According to BrokerCheck Records held by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Ford has been subject to eight customer disputes and three regulatory disputes. The majority of these disputes concern the misrepresentation of…