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Broker Spotlight: David Murray of Worden Capital Management Llc – New York, Ny
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David Murray is a stockbroker with Worden Capital Management LLC (“Worden Capital Management”) in New York, New York. Mr. Murray has a history of customer disputes and associations with disreputable brokerage firms that have been expelled by FINRA. If you have lost money with broker David Murray or Worden Capital Management, contact New York securities…

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Former Ubs Broker, Ricardo Turlan, Suspended by Finra – San Antonio, Texas
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has suspended financial advisor Ricardo Turlan from the securities industry for two months. Mr. Turlan consented to the suspension after FINRA alleged that he engaged in discretionary trading without written authorization in two customer accounts between June 2017 and February 2019. Mr. Turlan also allegedly mismarked approximately 72 trades…

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Boiler Room Broker, James Flower, Barred by Finra for Excessive Trading, Churning, Unauthorized Trading, Mismarking Orders, and Targeting Elderly Investors
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Office of Hearing Officers has barred stockbroker James W. Flower from the securities industry for excessively trading in five customers’ accounts, executing 17 unauthorized trades, and mismarking 58 transactions. According to the findings, although he is based in New York, Mr. Flower generated business by cold calling people all over…

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Investor Alert: Finra Files Enforcement Action Against Broker-Dealer Nyppex, Llc, and Two Executives Alleging They Made Material Misrepresentations and Omissions to Prospective Investors of Nyppex Holdings
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Department of Enforcement has filed a disciplinary proceeding complaint against brokerage firm NYPPEX, LLC (CRD No. 47654), Former Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Laurence Allen (CRD No. 1063970), and Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) Michael Schunk (CRD No. 732595). The complaint alleges: Laurence Allen is the CEO of NYPPEX, LLC and has…

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Broker Spotlight: Ross Barish of Joseph Stone Capital L.l.c. – Mineola, Ny
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Ross Barish is a stockbroker with Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. (“Joseph Stone Capital”) in Mineola, New York. Mr. Barish is currently under investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for defrauding sixteen retail customers by executing a high-cost, in-and-out pattern of trading that lost his customers over $800,000 while generating commissions and…

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Former Oppenheimer Broker, Jeffrey Warren, Barred by Finra – Boca Raton, Florida
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has barred stockbroker Jeffrey Warren from the securities industry. Mr. Warren was expelled from the brokerage industry for refusing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into a gift that Mr. Warren received from a former Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. customer. Mr. Warren was associated with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.…

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Finra Arbitration Award: Westpark Capital, Inc. Ordered to Pay Customers Nearly $800,000 for Actions of Former Broker, Lawrence Fawcett, Including Churning and Recommending Risky Private Placements
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A FINRA Dispute Resolution Services arbitration panel in Richmond, Virginia, found Westpark Capital, Inc. to be liable for actions of its disgraced former broker, Lawrence Fawcett, and ordered the firm to pay nearly $800,000 to customers Charles and Karen Hailey. The award included over $545,000 in compensatory damages, $33,500 in costs, and $215,000 in attorneys’…

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Broker Spotlight: Robert Yasnis of Worden Capital Management Llc – New York, Ny
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Robert Yasnis is a stockbroker with Worden Capital Management LLC (“Worden Capital Management”) in New York, New York. Mr. Yasnis has a history of customer disputes, regulatory actions, and association with disreputable brokerage firms that have been expelled by FINRA. If you have lost money with broker Robert Yasnis or Worden Capital Management, contact New…

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Broker Spotlight: Kevin Wilson of Worden Capital Management Llc – New York, Ny
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Kevin Wilson is a stockbroker with Worden Capital Management LLC (“Worden Capital Management”) in New York, New York. Since December 2017, Mr. Wilson has been the subject of at least eleven customer complaints, most involving allegedly unsuitable recommendations of private placements. If you have lost money with broker Kevin Wilson or Worden Capital Management, contact…

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Pinehurst, North Carolina Broker, Mercer Hicks Iii, Barred by Finra for Making Unsuitable Recommendations to Five Senior Customers
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Office of Hearing Officers has barred stockbroker Mercer (“Toby”) Hicks III from the securities industry for making unsuitable investment recommendations to five elderly customers ranging in age from 73 to 88 years old. The recommendations involved non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITS”) and a Business Development Company, Business Development Company…

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