The investment fraud lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are examining multiple customer disputes filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against broker Michael Jay Sharenow (Sharenow). Sharenow’s FINRA BrokerCheck record shows several disclosures mainly pertaining to unsuitable investments. In November 2016, a customer alleged that he or she instructed…
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Massachusetts Fines LPL Financial and Roger Zullo $3.7 Million Over Annuity Sales
Our firm’s investment attorneys are investigating a complaint filed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Securities Division (Massachusetts) against LPL Financial LLC (LPL) and the firm’s broker Roger Zullo (Zullo) Zullo alleging that Zullo fabricated the financial suitability profiles of numerous LPL clients, selling them scores of large, illiquid, unsuitable, high-commission…
Advisor James Vernon Regier Receives Customer Complaints Over Unsuitable Trades
Our law firm, Gana Weinstein LLP, is investigating claims made by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against broker James Vernon Regier (Regier), formerly associated with Summit Brokerage Services, Inc. The customer complaints allege that Regier engaged in securities law violations, including making unsuitable investments in clients’ accounts. The most recent…
TradingBlock Financial Advisor Joshua Arnold Subject to Multiple Customer Complaints
Our investment attorneys are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against financial advisor Joshua Arnold (Arnold) currently registered with TradingBlock, alleging negligence, unsuitable recommendations, negligent supervision, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract among other claims. According to brokercheck records Arnold has been subject…
FINRA Bars Broker Thomas Schober Over Variable Annuity Practices
The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating the regulatory complaint filed by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against broker Thomas Schober (Schober). The FINRA regulatory action alleges that Schober recommended unsuitable variable annuity exchanges in the accounts of two senior customers ages 84 and 83. According to…
Broker Investigation: VSR Financial Broker Robert Hardcastle
The securities lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against broker Robert Hardcastle (Hardcastle). According to BrokerCheck records Hardcastle is subject to 11 customer complaints. The customer complaints against Hardcastle allege securities law violations that including unsuitable investments, misrepresentations, and…
Andrew Yocum Customers Complaint About Unsuitable Oil and Gas Investments
The investment attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating investor claims of unsuitable investments in oil and gas related products. Our firm is currently representing a number of investors who lost substantial savings due to poor advice to concentrate holdings in speculative commodities investments like master limited partnerships (MLPs). According…
Broker Investigation: George Merhoff Unsuitable Oil and Gas Investments
The investment attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating investor claims of unsuitable investments in oil and gas related products. Our firm is currently representing a number of investors who lost substantial savings due to poor advice to concentrate holdings in speculative commodities investments like master limited partnerships (MLPs). According…
Recovery Options for Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund Investors
The investment attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating potential recovery options for investors in the Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund (TFCIX) managed by Third Avenue Management LLC. According to the Wall Street Journal, the mutual fund halted redemptions and announced plans to liquidate effectively freezing investor’s $789 million in…
Advisor Investigation: Morgan Stanley Broker Kirk Gill
The securities and investment attorneys of Gana Weinstein LLP are interested in speaking with clients of Kirk Gill (Gill). According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Gill has been the subject of at least 7 customer complaints. The customer complaints against Gill allege securities law…