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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Gabriel Block Subject to Regulatory Actions and Churning Complaints
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Gabriel Block (Block) has been subject to at least 12 customer complaints and five regulatory actions during his career. Block is currently barred from the industry but was formerly employed by First Standard Financial Company LLC (First…
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…
Wells Fargo Employed Risky Broker Leonard Kinsman
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Leonard Kinsman (Kinsman), currently employed by Wells Fargo Advisors Network, LLC (Wells Fargo) has been subject to at least five customer complaints during the course of his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Kinsman’s customer complaints allege that…
Laidlaw’s Peter Viglione Subject to Multiple Churning Complaints
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Peter Viglione (Viglione) has been subject to at least four customer complaints during his career. Viglione is currently employed by Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. (Laidlaw). The majority of the customer complaints against Viglione concern allegations of…
Dana Hawkins Subject to Customer Disputes Over Structured Products
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Dana Hawkins (Hawkins), currently employed by Centaurus Financial, Inc. (Centaurus Financial) has been subject to three customer complaints. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), most of Hawkins’ customer complaints allege that Hawkins made unsuitable recommendations in certain structured products.…
SEC Brings Action Against Christopher McClure Over Undisclosed Fees
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Christopher McClure (McClure), currently employed by Westport Capital Markets, LLC (Westport Capital) has been subject to at least two customer complaints and a regulatory action brought by the SEC during the course of his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory…
Demos Argyros Subject to Investment Disputes
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Demos Argyros (Argyros), currently employed by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (Oppenheimer) has been subject to at least five customer complaints during the course of his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Argyros’ customer complaints allege that Argyros recommended…
Mitchell Black Has Several Variable Annuity Sales Practice Complaints
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Mitchell Black (Black), currently employed by Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (Ameriprise) has been subject to six customer disputes during his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the majority of customer complaints against Black concerns allegations over variable annuity…
Merrill Lynch Advisor Jeffrey Smith Subject to Multiple Investment Complaints
According to BrokerCheck records financial advisor Jeffrey Smith (Smith), currently employed by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Smith) has been subject to at least eight customer complaints during the course of his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Smith’s customer complaints allege…