Matthew Douglas McFarland (Matt McFarland, Matthew D McFarland) is currently registered as a broker with FNEX CAPITAL, LLC of Torrence, California since 1/23/2022.
Matthew D McFarland was formerly registered as a broker with GROWTH CAPITAL SERVICES INC of Claymont, Delaware from 07/23/2020 - 01/14/2022, and WEALTHFORGE SECURITIES LLC of Torrence, California, from 11/22/2017 - 07/28/2020.
According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck, available to the public on FINRA’s website, Matthew D McFarland has been in the securities industry for 7 years and has been listed with 3 firms. McFarland has 3 disclosures on his FINRA CRD report. All three disclosures are “Customer Disputes.”
There is a dispute listed on Matthew D McFarland’s FINRA report dated 4/9/2021 that has a damage amount requested of $327,902.73. The allegations are, “McFarland was a subject of the customer's complaint against his member firm that asserted the following causes of action: violations of federal securities laws; violations of California securities laws; breach of contract; common law fraud; breach of fiduciary duty; and negligence and gross negligence.” There is a Broker Comment listed, “The allegations are inaccurate and misleading as there was no formal complaint against the representative. The investor has filed an arbitration against the former broker-dealer, WealthForge Securities, and not the representative. The investor is alleging that WealthForge Securities failed to conduct necessary due diligence. The investor is a satisfied client of the representative as evidenced by the investor completing numerous additional investments with the representative after the time of this arbitration and dispute between the investor and WealthForge Securities.”
There is a dispute on Matthew D McFarland’s BrokerCheck report that settled for $1,500,000.00 dated 3/10/2022. The allegations were, “Claimants allege that WealthForge Securities did not conduct reasonable due diligence on an offering and that the salesperson misrepresented to them that the investment was a safe investment and recommended an unsuitable investment as a result in May 2019.” The Broker Comment listed with this dispute states in part, “The allegations are inaccurate. The complaint was filed against the broker dealer - WealthForge Securities - and NOT the Representative. The investor stated WealthForge failed to conduct necessary due diligence...”
There is a pending “Customer Dispute” listed on Matthew D McFarland’s report dated 5/23/2025. The allegations are, “From investment activity in January and February 2020, claimants allege the following: negligence, misrepresentation, omission, breach of contract, lack of suitability, breach of fiduciary duty, elder abuse.” The damage amount requested is $570,000.00. McFarland has a comment listed which states, “Mr. McFarland is not named as a respondent in this claim, nor are there any allegations of wrongdoing against him. The allegations pertain to WealthForge Securities, where he was registered at the relevant time. Mr. McFarland is not a party to the claim and will not participate in any settlement.”
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