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Broker Spotlight: Michael Hernandez of Arive Capital Markets – Brooklyn, New York
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Michael Joseph Hernandez is a stockbroker with Arive Capital Markets LLC (“Arive Capital Markets”) in Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Hernandez has a history of associations with disreputable broker-dealers and at least one customer complaint, employment termination, and regulatory sanction. If you have lost money with broker Michael Hernandez or Arive Capital Markets, contact New York…

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Arive Capital Markets Broker, Mirsad Muharemovic, Accused of Churning, Excessive Trading, and High-Pressure Sales Tactics
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Mirsad Muharemovic is a stockbroker with Arive Capital Markets LLC (“Arive Capital Markets”) in Brooklyn, NY, with a history of customer complaints and associations with disreputable broker-dealers. Mr. Muharemovic has 22 years of experience in the securities industry. He has been associated with nine different broker-dealers, including a past association with a firm expelled by…

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Broker Spotlight: Daniel Silverstein of Arive Capital Markets – Miami, Florida
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Daniel Louis Silverstein is a stockbroker with Arive Capital Markets LLC (“Arive Capital Markets”) in North Miami Beach, Florida. Mr. Silverstein has a history of associations with disreputable broker-dealers, financial liens, and at least one customer complaint. Mr. Silverstein has 16 years of experience in the securities industry and has been associated with eight different…

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Investigative Report: Iorio Altamirano Llp Investigation into Arive Capital Markets Reveals Troubling Pasts for Owners, Executives, and Brokers
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This post is the first in a series of investigative blog posts that spotlight modern-day boiler rooms that operate under the guise of a reputable brokerage firm. Many of the broker-dealers featured in this series still use boiler room tactics such as cold-calling customers and high pressure or aggressive sales tactics. Other brokerage firms have…

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Former David Lerner Associates Financial Advisor, Charles Bonilla, Suspended by Finra for Unsuitable Energy-Sector Securities – Boca Raton, Fl
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has suspended financial advisor Charles Bonilla from the securities industry for five months, fined him $5,000, and ordered him to disgorge $22,417 in commissions. FINRA suspended Mr. Bonilla for recommending energy-sector securities to customers without having a reasonable basis to believe those investments were suitable. Mr. Bonilla was a…

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Portland Financial Advisor, Lisa Brumm, Suspended by Finra for Unsuitable Variable Annuity Recommendations, Borrowing from a Client, and Negligent Misrepresentation
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has suspended financial advisor Lisa Ann Brumm (also known as Lisa Am Brumm and Lisa Ann Moon) from the securities industry for six months and fined her $7,500. Lisa Brumm was registered with Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. in Portland, Oregon, from April 2017 until December 2020. She was previously…

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Arive Capital Markets Broker, Lon Faccini, Facing Two Pending Disputes Alleging Excessive Trading, Churning, Misrepresentation, and Unsuitability
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Lon Charles Faccini Jr. is a stockbroker with Arive Capital Markets LLC (“Arive Capital Markets”) in Brooklyn, NY, with a history of customer complaints and associations with disreputable broker-dealers. Mr. Faccini has been the subject of seven customer complaints, which include two pending disputes. The pending disputes are securities arbitration claims filed by customers of…

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Columbus, Ohio Financial Advisor Lisa Stevenson, Formerly of the Huntington Investment Company, Barred by Finra
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FINRA has barred stockbroker Lisa Marie Stevenson (Lisa Marie Gastaldo) from the securities industry. FINRA expelled Ms. Stevenson from the brokerage industry because she refused to provide information and documents connected with FINRA’s investigation into the circumstances given rise to her termination from The Huntington Investment Company in December 2020. Ms. Stevenson was a financial…

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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano Llp Continues to Investigate Robinhood, Webull, T.d. Ameritrade, Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab, and Other Brokerage Firms for Market Manipulation and Breach of Contract
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Iorio Altamirano LLP is investigating claims of market manipulation and breach of contract after Robinhood Markets, Webull Financial LLC, T.D. Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, E*Trade Financial Corp., Interactive Brokers Group, and other online brokerage platforms halted the ability of its clients to purchase GameStop (NYSE: GME), AMC (NYSE: AMC), Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX), Express (NYSE: EXPR),…

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Arive Capital Markets’ Roy Failla Suspended by New Jersey for Engaging in Dishonest and Unethical Practices in the Securities Business, Including Excessive Trading
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The State of New Jersey Bureau of Securities has suspended the registration of stockbroker Roy Joseph Failla for 45-days and fined him $15,000. The New Jersey regulator alleged that between October 27, 2014, through September 25, 2019, while employed by First Standard Financial Company in New York, NY, Roy Failla excessively and unsuitably traded two…

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