Business Development Corporation of America (BDCA) Losses? Soreide Law Group is investigating possible claims on behalf of investors who purchased Business Development Corporation of America (BDCA). BDCA is a New York, New York based business development company making debt investments in middle-market companies. Soreide Law Investigating (BDCA) Losses? Business development companies (BDCs) are entities investing […]

Customer Files Suitability Complaint Against Summit Brokerage Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of customers who invested with David Charles Hill (CRD #818407, Port Orange, Florida). Hill was a registered representative of Summit Brokerage Services, Inc. who was discharged on November 16, 2017. Summit Brokerage Services alleged that Hill did not disclose the […]

FINRA Suspends Securities Services Rep For Private Securities Transactions Peter D. Holler (CRD #838897, Bristol, Tennessee) who was a registered representative of Securities Services Network, Inc., consented to being fined $10,000 and suspended until May 20, 2020 from acting as a broker or associating with FINRA member broker-dealer firms pursuant to a Letter of Acceptance, […]

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, […]

Harold Couglar Barred From Trading Harold F. Couglar (CRD #1193367, San Diego, California) who was a registered representative of Montage Securities, LLC, consented to being barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) from acting as a broker or associating with FINRA member broker-dealer firms pursuant to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”) […]

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 […]