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Broker Spotlight:  Philip Connors of Worden Capital Management LLC – New York, NY

Philip Connors is a stockbroker with Worden Capital Management LLC (“Worden Capital Management”) in New York, New York.  Mr. Connors has a history of customer disputes and a past association with a disreputable brokerage firm that has been expelled by FINRA. If you have lost money with broker Philip Connors…

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Broker Spotlight:  David Murray of Worden Capital Management LLC – New York, NY

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…

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Investor Alert: Iorio Altamirano LLP Investigates Titan Securities Over Sale of Future Income Payments  

On June 8, 2021, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and Titan Securities entered into a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent (“AWC”) whereby Titan Securities consented to a censure and $20,000 fine.  The sanctions are a result of Titan Securities’ failure to properly conduct an evaluation of a broker’s…

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Titan Securities CEO and Owner Brad Brooks Suspended for One Year

On June 2, 2021, FINRA’s National Adjudicatory Council modified a FINRA’s Office of Hearing Officers decision from 2019 that was filed by FINRA’s Department of Enforcement against Titan Securities, Brad Brooks, and broker Richard Demetriou.   The modified order has resulted in a one-year suspension of Titan Securities’ CEO and owner…

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Broker Louis Kreisberg, Formerly with Wavecrest Securities, LLC and Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC, BARRED by FINRA

FINRA has barred former Wavecrest Securities, LLC and Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC broker Louis Kreisberg from the securities industry for failing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation. The matter originated from a FINRA investigation of Kreisberg’s potential participation in private placement offerings. If you have lost money with Louis Kreisberg,…

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Former UBS Broker, Ricardo Turlan, Suspended by FINRA – San Antonio, Texas

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…

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Former SagePoint Financial, Inc. Broker Grant Birkley BARRED by FINRA – Barrington, Illinois

FINRA has barred former SagePoint Financial, Inc. broker Grant Birkley from the securities industry for failing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation of the Form U5 filed by SagePoint Financial, which stated that the firm had discharged Birkley after he admitted making referrals to an outside asset manager without the…

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Former SagePoint Financial, Inc. Broker Cynthia Komarek BARRED by FINRA – Barrington, Illinois

FINRA has barred former SagePoint Financial, Inc. broker Cynthia Komarek from the securities industry for failing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation of the Form U5 filed by SagePoint Financial, which stated that the firm had discharged Komarek after she admitted making referrals to an outside asset manager without the…

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Cadaret Grant Broker Matthew Zanowiak Suspended by FINRA – Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority “(FINRA”) has suspended Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc. broker Matthew Zanowiak from the securities industry for ten business days for exercising discretion without written authorization in approximately 15 customer accounts. Mr. Zanowiak was also fined $5,000. If you have lost money with Matthew Zanowiak or…

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Mario Rivero, Jr., Formerly with Wells Fargo, BARRED by FINRA – Elizabeth, New Jersey

FINRA has barred former Wells Fargo broker Mario Rivero, Jr. from the securities industry for failing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into allegations made by two former customers. If you have lost money with Mario Rivero, Jr., Wells Fargo, or LPL Financial LLC, contact FINRA arbitration lawyers Iorio Altamirano…

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