Investors potentially experienced sales practice violations by securities broker Nathan Cole Wells [CRD: 5553359, Morrison, Illinois], based on publicly available information on Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) BrokerCheck. It appears that Wells worked for Voya Financial Advisors Inc. from February 2, 2012, to June 9, 2021; Cetera Advisor Networks LLC from June 9, 2021, to June 29, 2023; Cetera Wealth Services LLC from June 9, 2021, to the present; and Cetera Investment Advisers LLC from June 29, 2023, to the present. Read on to find out more about Wells’s disclosures.
Notably, a Voya Financial Advisors Inc. client filed FINRA Arbitration No. 24-00196 about Nathan Wells. Primarily, the client alleged that Wells made misrepresentations and made unsuitable recommendations. Because of this, the client allegedly incurred damages relating to real estate securities. As a result, on August 7, 2025, Voya Financial Advisors Inc. settled this matter by paying the client $79,469.45 in damages.
Evidently, a Voya Financial Advisors Inc. client filed FINRA Arbitration No. 23-01832 about Nathan Wells. Mainly, the client alleged that Wells made omissions and made unsuitable recommendations. For this reason, the client allegedly sustained damages connected to oil and gas investments and real estate securities. Therefore, on October 24, 2024, Voya Financial Advisors Inc. settled this matter by paying the client $92,500 in damages.
Specifically, a client of Voya Financial Advisors Inc. disputed Nathan Wells’s sales practices by filing FINRA Arbitration No. 23-01468. Allegedly, Wells made unsuitable recommendations and made omissions. It appears that Wells allegedly caused the investor to sustain damages associated with real estate securities. Consequently, Voya Financial Advisors Inc. opted to settle the matter on May 14, 2024, by compensating the client in the amount of $60,000.
Are you concerned regarding investments you made with Nathan Wells? You can contact Soreide Law Group online or at (888) 760-6552 and speak with a securities lawyer concerning a potential recovery of your investment losses. Soreide Law Group has recovered losses for investors throughout the United States. Also, the firm takes cases on a contingency fee basis and advances all costs. Wells and brokerage firms Wells worked for deny accusations of sales practice violations.
On August 6, 2026, a customer filed a $400,000 FINRA arbitration naming Chad McQuade (CRD 5436281) and Northwestern Mutual. The claim involves outside, third-party real estate investments. It is pending, and McQuade disputes it in a written response.
Christopher Miller (CRD 4044818) has a customer dispute on BrokerCheck that settled on October 7, 2026 for $50,901. The disclosure lists Emerson Equity as the firm.
A customer dispute that settled for $80,000 on July 16, 2026 is the newest entry on the BrokerCheck report of Stephen Kerutis (CRD 2345517). The clients in that matter alleged unsuitable recommendations, and Truist Investment Services is the firm on the disclosure.
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