The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are currently representing victims of financial advisor Stewart Ginn (Ginn), currently employed by Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG). BrokerCheck records reports that Ginn has been subject to at least six customer complaints during the course of his career and one pending regulatory action. According…
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Kirk Badii Has Six Customer Complaints and Multiple Terminations
According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial advisor Kirk Badii (Badii) has at least eight disclosable events. These events include six customer complaints alleging that Badii engaged in some form of investment related misconduct in the handling of the client’s accounts. In addition, Badii has…
Broker Jerry Tuma Has Customer Suitability Complaints
Advisor Jerry Tuma (Tuma), currently employed by brokerage firm Independent Financial Group, LLC (Independent Financial) has been subject to at least five disclosures and customer complaints. According to a BrokerCheck report the customer complaints concern investment advisory activity and one complaint involves alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs)…
Advisor William Morrow Accused by Over a Dozen Investors of Selling Unsuitable Alternative Investments
Advisor William Morrow (Morrow), currently employed by Concorde Investment Services, LLC (Concorde Investment) and formerly employed by Independent Financial Group, LLC (Independent Financial) has been subject to at least 14 customer complaints and one employment termination for cause during the course of his career. According to a BrokerCheck report the…
Independent Financial Advisor Morgan Arford Has Customer Complaints
The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that financial advisor Morgan Arford (Arford), currently employed by Independent Financial Group, LLC (Independent Financial) has been subject to at least four customer complaints during the course of his career. According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory…
Advisor Brian Lockett Suspended By Regulator; Subject to Multiple Client Complaints
The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating BrokerCheck records reports that financial advisor Brian Lockett (Lockett), formerly employed by Independent Financial Group, LLC (Independent Financial) has been subject to at least nine customer complaints and one regulatory action during the course of his career. According to records kept by…
Advisor Herbert Shiraishi Has Several Variable Annuity Sales Practice Complaints
The securities attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP are investigating advisor Herbert Shiraishi (Shiraishi), currently registered with Independent Financial Group, LLC (Independent Financial) out of Honolulu, Hawaii and Hilo, Hawaii. According to a BrokerCheck report, Shiraishi has been subject to at least four customer complaints and one employment termination for cause…
Advisor Shimshon Plotkin Has Complaints Over Alternative Investments
Advisor Shimshon Plotkin (Plotkin), currently employed by Independent Financial Group, LLC (Independent Financial) has been subject to at least seven customer complaints during the course of his career. According to a BrokerCheck report the customer complaints mostly concerns alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs) like non-traded real estate…
Advisor Robert Jamison Sanctioned Over Unapproved Securities Sales
According to BrokerCheck records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) advisor Robert Jamison (Jamison), formerly associated with PNC Investments, in December 2018, was sanctioned and barred from the securities industry by FINRA over accusations of potentially selling unapproved products. In December 2018 FINRA alleged that Jamison consented to…
Wenjinn Chang Subject to Complaints Over REITs and Alternative Investments
Advisor Wenjinn Chang (Chang), currently employed by Independent Financial Group, LLC (Independent Financial) has been subject to at least two customer complaints. According to a BrokerCheck report the customer complaints concern alternative investments and direct participation products (DPPs) such as non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil & gas programs,…