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Mark Kaplan Barred by Regulator Over Churning a Customer Account

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) former Vanderbilt Securities, LLC (Vanderbilt Securities) broker Mark Kaplan (Kaplan) has been subject to eight disclosed customer complaints, one employment termination for cause, and one regulatory action resulting in an industry bar.  Many of the customer complaints against…

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Rocco Roveccio Subject to Customer Complaint Requesting over $1,500,000 in Damages

The securities attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating First Standard Financial Company LLC (First Standard Financial) broker Rocco Roveccio (Roveccio). According to BrokerCheck Records, Roveccio has been subject to five customer complaints, two of which are still pending. Roveccio has also been subject to a pending regulatory matter,…

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FINRA Suspends Mason Gann for Unauthorized Trades at Berthel Fisher

The investment fraud attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating previously registered broker Mason Gann (Gann). According to BrokerCheck Records, Gann has been subject to a regulatory matter in which the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) sanctioned Gann for violations of the securities laws concerning unauthorized trading. In addition,…

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David Manor Subject to Multiple Complaints Alleging Unsuitable Investments

The securities attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating previously registered broker David Manor (Manor). According to BrokerCheck Records kept by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Manor has been subject to two customer disputes concerning unsuitable investment recommendations and false representations of investments. One of these disputes is…

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FINRA Bars Matthew Singer for Alleged Unsuitable Option Investments

Investment attorneys with our offices are currently investigating previously registered broker Matthew Singer (Singer). According to BrokerCheck Records,  in March 2018, Singer was barred from the financial industry for failing to appear at an on-the-record testimony concerning allegations that he was recommending unsuitable investments to customers while employed at Morgan Stanley.…

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Broker Michael Morrissett Subject to $2,300,000 Unsuitable Hedge Fund Dispute

The securities attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC (Wells Fargo) broker Michael Morrissett (Morrissett). According to BrokerCheck Records kept by the Financial Industry Regulative Authority, Morrissett has been subject to 4 disputes, one of which is still pending. The majority of these concern…

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Synery Investment Advisor Alan New Accused of Selling Fraudulent Woodbridge Mortgage Investments

The law offices of Gana Weinstein LLP continue to investigate the Woodbridge Group of Companies and the Woodbridge Mortgage Funds (Woodbridge).  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has alleged that the Woodbridge operated a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme ensnaring about 8,400 investors. Woodbridge solicited hundreds of disreputable insurance agents and investment…

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Gana Weinstein LLP Wins $5 Million FINRA Arbitration Award against a New York Broker-Dealer for Churning

A FINRA arbitration panel ordered Windsor Street Capital, to pay two customers more than $1.3 million in compensatory damages, interest, punitive damages of over $3,000,000, attorneys fees in the amount of $552,321 and sanctions in the amount of $44,450 for churning customer accounts. The total award will be in excess…

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FINRA Bars Bradley Tennison for Alleged Selling Away Practices

The investment attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently investigating previously registered broker Bradley Tennison (Tennison). According to BrokerCheck Records, the Financial Industry Regulative Authority (FINRA) barred Tennison indefinitely from the financial industry for failing to appear to an on the record testimony regarding an investigation of Tennison’s outside business…

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Financial Advisor Edward Klug Subject to Multiple Tax Liens

According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) former Newbridge Securities Corporation (Newbridge Securities) broker Edward Klug (Klug) left the securities industry in May 2018 after disclosing several large tax liens in the prior years.  Klug has made seven financial related disclosures and lists four customer…

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