The securities fraud lawyers of Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating customer complaints filed with The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) against broker Steven Luftschein (Luftschein). According to BrokerCheck records there are at least 12 customer complaints against Luftschein. The customer complaints against Luftschein allege a number of securities law violations…
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Broker Investigation: Aegis Capital Financial Advisor Edward Jeffery
According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Edward Jeffery (Jeffery) has been the subject of one customer complaint and one regulatory action. The Customers complaint against Jeffery alleges securities law violations that focus primarily on churning and excessive trading. In addition to the churning…
Broker Investigation: Aegis Capital Financial Advisor Louis Baudendistel
According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Louis Baudendistel (Baudendistel) has been the subject of at least 4 customer complaints. Customers have filed complaints against Baudendistel alleging securities law violations that focus primarily on churning and excessive trading. In addition to the churning claims,…
Broker Investigation: Aegis Capital Advisor Damian Mamane
According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Damian Mamane (Mamane) has been the subject of at least one customer complaint. The customer complaint against Mamane alleges that the broker made unsuitable investments in equity and penny stock securities. Mamane entered the securities industry in…
Broker Investigation: Thomas Tedeschi’s Sales Practices
According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Thomas Tedeschi (Tedeschi) has been the subject of at least 6 customer complaints, one judgment and lien over the course of his career. Customers have filed complaints against Tedeschi alleging a litany of securities law violations including…
Broker Investigation: Salvatore Gioe’s Sales Practices
According to the BrokerCheck records kept by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker Salvatore Gioe (Gioe) has been the subject of at least 11 customer complaints, one judgment and lien of over $197,000, and one regulatory action over the course of his career. Customers have filed complaints against Gioe alleging…
Aegis Capital Corp. Broker Malcom Segal Barred From Industry Over Allegations of Outside Business Activities
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently barred former Aegis Capital Corp. (Aegis) broker Malcom Segal (Segal) alleging that Segal may have engaged in unauthorized transfers of funds from customer accounts to an outside business activities (a/k/a “selling away”). According to Segal’s BrokerCheck, Segal was registered with Cumberland Brokerage Corporation…
Coker & Palmer Broker Sanctioned Over Allegations of Failure to Conduct Due Diligence on Private Placement Offering
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently sanctioned broker Michael A. Barina (Barina) over allegations that Barina failed to conduct reasonable due diligence into the offering a private placement security. In addition, FINRA alleged that the broker commingled certain funds. Barina first became registered with FINRA in 1999. Barina was…