FINRA has suspended James Alan Schumaker from the securities industry for nine months for allowing a former registered representative, who had been barred from the securities industry in 2014, to conduct a securities business. The barred registered representative was identified as Mr. Schumaker’s father. In addition to his suspension, Mr.…
FINRA has suspended Stewart Schram from the securities industry for four-months for engaging in outside business activity and private securities transactions without firm approval. In addition to his suspension, Mr. Schram was also fined $7,500. FINRA began its investigation after receiving a regulatory tip. Mr. Schram is no longer associated…
On behalf of a client, securities arbitration law firm Iorio Altamirano LLP has filed an arbitration claim through FINRA Dispute Resolution Services against David Lerner Associates Inc. (“David Lerner”). The claim alleges that President and CEO Martin Walcoe and David Lerner unsuitably recommended that the customer purchase and hold Puerto…
Iorio Altamirano LLP is investigating The GMS Group LLC (“GMS”) after the firm was censured and fined $90,000 for charging unfair and unreasonable prices to customers in 49 transactions involving below investment grade municipal bonds. As part of the AWC, GMS was also ordered to pay approximately $42,446 plus interest…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has barred broker Scott Wayne Reed from the securities industry over allegations that Mr. Reed, while associated with Wells Fargo, participated in private securities transactions totaling at least $3.5 million without providing prior written notice to his firm. Mr. Reed was a financial advisor…
FINRA has fined Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. (“Network 1”) $25,000 over best execution rule violations. The firm was also censured and consented to revise its written supervisory procedures to comply with best execution rules. Network 1 is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey, and has been a FINRA member…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has barred stockbroker Paul John Halvorson from the securities industry. FINRA expelled Mr. Halvorson from the brokerage industry because he refused to provide information and documents connected with FINRA’s investigation into the circumstances given rise to his termination from Morgan Stanley in November 2020.…
FINRA has suspended financial advisors Wenru Liang (“Liang”) and Jenny Xinfang Feng (“Feng”) from the securities industry for a six-month period. Neither is currently associated with any FINRA member. FINRA found that Liang and Feng engaged in unethical conduct between April 2017 and August 2020 by designating themselves as beneficiaries…
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…
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…