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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker William Grady (Grady), currently associated with Sequence Financial Specialists LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Grady recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on May 17, 2024.

Respondent Sequence and its agents, including the Individual Respondents, represented themselves to the Claimants as an expert in investing as well as tax and retirement planning. Respondent touted the benefits of conservation easement investments as a reliable tax saving strategy. Claimants were assured that the conservation easement investments offered the best of both worlds.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Scott Thole (Thole), currently associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Thole recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on May 20, 2024.

Customer alleges misrepresentation in January 2024

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Richard Funk (Funk), previously associated with Raymond James & Associates, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Funk recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint with a damage request of $500,000.00 on May 15, 2024.

The situation involves a breach of trust in a currency trading program that promised to use trailing stop losses on all trades, as stated in their documentation and marketing materials. However, the trading algorithm was overridden, and the stop loss on one stock was moved, allowing losses to accumulate. When the trade was eventually closed, it resulted in a significant financial loss.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jose Mendez Perez (Mendez Perez), currently associated with UBS Financial Services INC., has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Mendez Perez recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on May 15, 2024.

Time frame:   Unspecified.\, Allegations: Claimant alleges the investments in Puerto Rico closed-end funds were unsuitable, over-concentrated, and misrepresented as safe investments.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Jaime Rullan (Rullan), currently associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Rullan recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on May 15, 2024.

The client alleges unsuitable investment strategy and misrepresentations.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Reed Smith (Smith), currently associated with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Smith recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on May 21, 2024.

The client alleges misrepresentations, including on his monthly brokerage statements, regarding inter-account transfers and trading from 2007-2021.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Peter Abeles (Abeles), currently associated with Sequence Financial Specialists LLC, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Abeles recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on May 17, 2024.

Respondent Sequence and its agents, including the Individual Respondents, represented themselves to the Claimants as an expert in investing as well as tax and retirement planning. Respondent touted the benefits of conservation easement investments as a reliable tax saving strategy. Claimants were assured that the conservation easement investments offered the best of both worlds.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker James Moriarity (Moriarity), currently associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least one disclosable event. These events include one customer complaint, alleging that Moriarity recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a pending customer complaint on May 21, 2024.

Claim alleges, inter alia, that the short hedge investment strategy he utilized while his account was at Morgan Stanley was not in his best interests. 1998-2004

Previously financial advisor Kevin Mccallum (Mccallum), previously employed by brokerage firm LPL Financial LLC has been subject to at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event. According to a BrokerCheck reports most of the recent customer complaints concern either corporate debt securities or alternative investments such as direct participation products (DPPs) like business development companies (BDCs), non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil & gas programs, annuities, and private placements.  The attorneys at Gana Weinstein LLP have represented hundreds of investors who suffered losses caused by these types of high risk, low reward products.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on May 17, 2024.

Mccallum violated Commission Rule 830-X-3.12 when he overconcentrated clients’ accounts in the BDC when it was not suitable for the clients.

According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Marco Azizi (Azizi), currently associated with Centaurus Financial, INC., has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include 2 customer complaints, alleging that Azizi recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.

FINRA BrokerCheck shows a settled customer complaint on May 20, 2024.

The customer alleges that the Registered Representative recommended an unsuitable, high-risk, illiquid investment and breached his fiduciary duty. No specific dates for the alleged activity were identified in the Statement of Claim.

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