**Update 4/13/2021** The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has barred broker Evan Schottenstein from the securities industry for refusing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation into issues related to his discharge from J.P. Morgan Securities, including illegal trading activity in his Grandmother’s account. Original Post: Former JP Morgan Broker Evan…
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Former Broker Ryan Tarjanyi Barred by FINRA – Kettering, OH
FINRA has barred former Bankers Life Securities broker Ryan Tarjanyi from the securities industry for providing inaccurate information during on-the-record testimony regarding a customer’s execution of an annuity partial withdrawal form, in violation of FINRA Rules 8210 and 2010. FINRA initially opened an examination of Tarjanyi’s sales practices in 2019.…
Former Broker Lang Phu Nguyen Suspended by FINRA for Exercising Discretion in Customer Accounts without Prior Written Authorization – Campton Hills, IL
FINRA has suspended former Edward Jones broker Lang Phu Nguyen from associating with any FINRA member for 45 days for exercising discretion in customer accounts without prior written authorization and violating firm policies prohibiting the use of personal email for business purposes. Nguyen was also fined $5,000. He is no…
Update: Broker Scott Reed, Formerly of Wells Fargo in Scottsdale, Arizona, Appears to Have a History of Recommending High Risk and High Commission Investments to Customers
**Update: July 29, 2021** On July 28, 2021, Iorio Altamirano LLP announced that it is investigating potential claims involving investments in L Bonds offered by GWG Holdings (GWGH). Upon information and belief, former Wells Fargo broker Scott Reed recommended GWG “L Bonds” to customers. Customers of Scott Reed can contact…
Palm City, Florida Financial Advisor, Richard Shelley, Formerly of Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc., Suspended by FINRA
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has suspended broker Richard Scott Shelley from the securities industry for one month and ordered him to pay a $5,000 fine. FINRA sanctioned Mr. Shelley because he solicited a client to purchase $29,500 worth of Future Income Payments, LLC. This blog has previously written…
How to Recover Puerto Rico Bond Losses From David Lerner Associates, Inc.
Numerous stockbrokers at David Lerner Associates Inc. (“David Lerner Associates”) recommended risky and speculative Puerto Rico municipal bonds to customers. An investor may be able to recover financial losses if the recommendation was not suitable for the customer or if David Lerner misrepresented or omitted material facts about the bonds…
Rodgers, Arkansas Financial Advisor Rhett Bedwell BARRED by FINRA
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has barred stockbroker Rhett Douglas Bedwell from the securities industry. Mr. Bedwell was expelled from the brokerage industry for refusing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation in whether Mr. Bedwell moved a client’s IRA to a different administrator and used forged documentation to invest…
Broker Megurditch Mike Patatian, Formerly of Western International Securities, Inc. Facing Disciplinary Charges by FINRA for Recommending Unsuitable Illiquid REITs to 59 Customers, Including 21 Elderly Customers – Westlake Village, California
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Department of Enforcement has filed a disciplinary proceeding complaint against broker Megurditch Patatian (aka Mike Patatian) alleging that, while associated with Western International Securities, Inc., Mr. Patatian engaged in conduct in violation of FINRA rules, including: making 81 unsuitable recommendations to purchase over $7.8 million…
Great Nation Investment Corporation President and CEO, Bryon Pat Treat, BARRED by FINRA – Amarillo, Texas
FINRA has barred Great Nation Investment Corporation President, and CEO Bryon Pat Treat from the securities industry. Mr. Treat has been barred from associating with any FINRA member firm in any capacity because he refused to provide information and documents connected with FINRA’s investigation into whether he reasonably supervised the…
Former LPL Financial Broker Bradley Allen Goodbred BARRED by FINRA – Roselle, IL
FINRA has barred former LPL stockbroker Bradley Allen Goodbred from the securities industry for refusing to respond to an information request issued pursuant to FINRA Rule 8210. On February 1, 2021, LPL terminated Goodbred’s registration by filing a Form U5, stating that Goodbred had been terminated because he failed to…