On December 10, 2014, the SEC filed civil fraud charges against TIMOTHY S. DEMBSKI and WALTER F. GRENDA JR., from the Buffalo area and their company, Reliance Financial Advisors. According to the SEC, financial advisor, Timothy S. Dembski, allegedly lost nearly $4 million of his client’s money through investing it in a hedge fund. His […]

MICHAEL J. FREW (CRD# 812805) San Francisco, has been permanently barred by FINRA for allegedly accepting loans from his clients and/or converting clients funds. Frew has not cooperated completely with FINRA in their investigation. Michael Frew was also permanently barred from the securities industry in the State of California. Michael J. Frew was employed by […]

JEFFREY A. CASHMORE (CRD# 1928725) former LPL broker, was suspended and fined by FINRA for alleged misconduct for distributing misleading sales information to his clients and prospective clients. According to a recent article in Reuters, in one case, six retirees of the former Niagara Mohawk Power Corp, now a part of National Grid USA, a […]

The Fort Lauderdale-based Soreide Law Group has obtained the following summation of information from FINRA's Website under "Disciplinary and Other Actions, November 2014." Herbert Leonard Kaye (CRD #265572, Delray Beach, Florida) was assessed a deferred fine of $25,000, which includes disgorgement of $11,000 of commissions and was suspended by FINRA for four months for allegedly […]

Clark Smith Gardner (CRD #2930356, Orem, Utah) was barred by FINRA member for allegedly converting client funds for his own use and benefit. FINRA's findings stated that Gardner's client gave him a check for $243,000 to invest, however Gardner deposited that check into his own personal bank account and did not invest any of the […]

The following summation of information was obtained by Soreide Law Group on FINRA's Website under "Disciplinary and Other Actions, November 2014." Mark Foster (CRD #719105, Pasadena, California) was barred by FINRA for failure to respond to FINRA's requests for information and documents and failure to appear before FINRA and provide on-the-record testimony. The requests from […]

Keith Michael Rogers (CRD #4987615, Huntsville, Alabama) was barred by FINRA for his failure to cooperate with FINRA in an investigation. Rogers did not appear for testimony with FINRA. FINRA's findings stated that the FINRA investigation was into whether Rogers had misappropriated funds by, among other things, improperly diverting funds from the bank accounts of […]

Kenneth William Schulz (CRD #4605235, Tomahawk, Wisconsin) was barred by FINRA for allegedly directing a registered assistant to impersonate Schulz's former clients. The assistant was told to make phone calls to Schulz's former firm and request that the client's accounts be liquidated, then they could invest with Schulz at his new firm. FINRA's findings stated […]

Soreide Law Group recently obtained the following summary of information from FINRA's Website under "Disciplinary and Other Actions, November 2014." William Brian Mulder (CRD #1474998, Tulsa, Oklahoma) was barred by FINRA for failure to provide FINRA with documents and information. FINRA's findings stated that their requests for information were related to their investigation into the […]