September 12, 2016

K.C. Ward Broker Charged with Unauthorized and Unsuitable Trades by FINRA

Investment loss

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) accused a New York broker with K. C. Ward Financial of Long Island, with charging a 72-year-old retiree $376,000 in fees and commissions after allegedly making repeated unauthorized trades of her Colgate-Palmolive Co. stock.

CRAIG D. DIMA (CRD# 2314389), of K.C. Ward Financial, was charged with making unauthorized and unsuitable trades from 2010 to 2015.  Allegedly, Dima sold and then repurchased nearly all of his client's stock 11 times. This blue-chip stock pays dividends.

According to FINRA’s complaint, the client was employed at Colgate-Palmolive for 28 years and held over 7,500 shares of their stock. Dima's trades additionally cost his client $127,000 in lost dividend payments she would have earned if Craig Dima had held her stock as she asked, and $72,000 in losses from three unauthorized trades when Dima sold her Colgate-Palmolive stock and then repurchased it at a higher price.
This client's account was the largest account that Dima managed.  According to the FINRA complaint he made nearly 80 percent of his commissions from trades this client’s account.

CRAIG D. DIMA (CRD# 2314389), according to FINRA's BrokerCheck, has been registered in the securities industry for 20 years and is currently employed since September, 2009, with:
K.C. WARD FINANCIAL

4175 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY, SUITE 300,
RONKONKOMA, NY 11779
Soreide Law Group also has a pending FINRA arbitration against the New York brokerage, K.C. Ward, which makes similar claims.  If you were also a client of K.C. Ward Financial and/or a client of K.C. Ward’s broker, Craig Dima, and you’ve experienced losses due to his actions or recommendations, contact the Soreide Law Group for a free consultation with an attorney regarding the possibility of recovering your investment losses at:  888-760-6552.

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