According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Pasquale “Pat” Vitucci (Vitucci) has been the subject of at least 19 customer complaints over the course of his career. Customers have filed complaints against Vitucci alleging that the broker made unsuitable investments primarily in variable annuity…
According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Jack McBride (McBride) has been the subject of at least 4 customer complaints over the course of his career. Customers have filed to recent complaints against McBride alleging that the broker made unsuitable investments in leveraged ETFs…
According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Marcus Debaise (Debaise) has been the subject of at least 14 different customer complaints over the course of his career. Beginning in 2011 and continuing into 2015, customers have been filing complaints against Debaise alleging that the…
This is the second regulatory action that our firm has tracked concerning brokerage firms recommending concentrated positions in Puerto Rico bond funds without having appropriate supervisory system and procedures designed to identify and review concentrated securities purchases in Puerto Rico closed-end funds. As we reported, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed a complaint against broker Darnell Deans (Deans) concerning allegations that while associated with Garden State Securities, Inc. (GSS), Deans willfully failed to amend his Form U4 documents to disclose three unsatisfied federal tax liens totaling approximately $254,995. FINRA also alleged that from…
As we previously reported, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sanctioned brokerage firm World Equity Group, Inc. (World Equity) concerning at least seven different allegations of supervisory failures that occurred between 2009 through 2012. These failures included failures to implement an adequate supervisory system reasonably designed to detect and prevent…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed a complaint against broker Allen Green (Green) concerning allegations that Green violated FINRA’s suitability rule by making unsuitable recommendations to a disabled customer, and also by having no reasonable basis to recommend non-traditional exchange traded funds (Non-traditional ETFs) to his customers. Green…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sanctioned broker Stephen Dealy (Dealy) concerning allegations that Dealy willfully failed to timely amend his Form U4 to disclose a federal tax lien. FINRA also alleged that Dealy failed to report written complaints he received from his customers to Investors Capital Corp. (ICC). Dealy…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sanctioned broker Douglas Campbell Jr. (Campbell) concerning allegations that between May 2008 and September 2008, while registered with Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. (Wedbush), he engaged in unsuitable trading a customer’s account by recommending purchases of three speculative private placement investments that were not consistent…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently sanctioned brokerage firm Felt & Company (Felt) alleging that between January 2009, and September 2012, Felt failed to establish and supervisory system that was reasonably designed to ensure that sales leveraged or inverse exchange-traded funds (Non-Traditional ETFs) complied with all applicable securities laws.…