LELAND BLAIR WHITING (BLAIR WHITING) CRD#: 465663 formerly with HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, INC. of SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, was one of dozens of financial advisors, stockbrokers, financial planners and insurance agents who are being named in a lawsuit as part of an alleged investment fraud that allegedly cost more than 1,000 investors, many retirees, […]

Raymond James Sued George Edward Mathis (CRD #4271854, The Villages, Florida) has been a registered representative of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. since November 18, 2011. His activities between January 24, 2014 and September 30, 2016 – a time he was employed by Raymond James – resulted in a customer-initiated investment-related arbitration dated May 2, […]

Capitol Securities Management Fined For Failing To Supervise Trading In Unit Investment Trusts Capitol Securities Management, Inc. (CRD #14169, Glen Allen Virginia) consented to being censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and paying a $100,000 fine pursuant to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”) #2017052215401 that was executed on May 25, 2018. […]

BRIAN LAWRENCE STEPHAN (Brian L. Stephan) CRD#: 4222796, a broker from Ohio, was accused by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) of recommending and causing the execution of unsuitable investments for an 88-year-old client. The FINRA complaint alleges that Brian L. Stephan recommended that the elderly client invest in mutual fund Class A shares in […]

Soreide Law Group has been contacted by investors who purchased the following stock through their stock brokers/financial advisors at Securities America Inc or other brokerages:  Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: FGP) Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (FGP), through its operating partnership, and subsidiaries, serves propane customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and […]

DAVID JAY HOMAN (DAVE HOMAN) CRD#: 1516973, a former Wells Fargo Advisors financial advisor in Bay City, Michigan was arraigned in Bay County District Court on one count of embezzlement of between $50,000 and $100,000.  Homan is facing a felony charge which could lead to a 15-year prison sentence.  DAVE HOMAN is due to appear […]

Soreide Law Group is investigating claims involving Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG) and its financial advisor, Wenjinn (James) Chang, out of the firm’s Rockville, Maryland office regarding recommendations to investors to purchase concentrated investments in AFIN. Mr. Chang has been registered with IFG since 2012. Mr. Chang was previously registered with Ameritas from 2004-2012, AXA […]

Wells Fargo’s Francisco Ortiz Suspended For Falsifying Wire Request Francisco Jose Ortiz (CRD #4677135, Miami, Florida), who was a registered representative of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC between June 5, 2013 and June 16, 2015, was required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to pay a $5,000.00 fine and suspend acting as a broker or […]

Massachusetts Regulator Investigates Firms Selling Private Placements Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Francis Galvin, announced in a public statement on July 2, 2018 that his office will be conducting an inquiry into ten brokerage firms within the state of Massachusetts that sell private placements out of concern that the investments are being sold […]