The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has suspended stockbroker Peter Suyama from the securities industry for 20 days. Mr. Suyama consented to the suspension after FINRA alleged that in April 2019, while associated with LPL Financial LLC in McClean, Virginia, Mr. Suyama violated FINRA Rules 3280 and 2010 by participating…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has barred stockbroker Salvatore Pizzimenti from the securities industry. Mr. Pizzimenti was expelled from the brokerage industry for refusing to cooperate with a FINRA investigation related to improper trading in customer accounts while associated with Worden Capital Management LLC in New York. According to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…