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CORNELIUS PETERSON (CRD#: 5769919) a former MORGAN STANLEY of Boston financial advisor, was sentenced by a federal judge in Boston to 20 months in prison for misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in clients’ money. Peterson pleaded guilty in February to fraud and conspiracy due to unauthorized investments in a wind farm. According to the […]

Soreide Law Group has filed a FINRA arbitration on behalf of their clients (Claimants) against:  AMERITAS INVESTMENT CORP. (Respondent)  The Claimants are a retired, married couple who allegedly relied upon AMERITAS INVESTMENT CORP. and its former financial advisor, Michael Arteca. The lawsuit states that Arteca had sold the Claimants an annuity with a guaranteed income benefit. […]

Soreide Law Group, based in Florida, obtained the following information from the June 2018 FINRA Disciplinary Report, available to the public on FINRA’s website.  Vincent Santoro (CRD #3006826, Lake Mary, Florida)  was barred by FINRA all capacities for allegedly refusing to appear for a FINRA on-the-record testimony in connection with an investigation into allegations regarding […]

BRADLEY EVERETT GARDNER (CRD#: 4423724) an advisor formerly with LPL Financial in Fort Bragg, California, has been barred by FINRA from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm, following allegations of misappropriating $7,400 from an elderly client. According to FINRA, Gardner allegedly accepted a $7,400 personal check from the elderly client […]

ATTENTION PAYSON PETROLEUM INVESTORS – CALL Our Securities Lawyers if You’ve Invested with Payson Petroleum, Payson Operating, or any of Their Private Placements If you have invested in any of Payson Petroleum/Payson Operating’s private placements, including the 3 Well Programs, contact our securities lawyers for a free consultation.  Our lawyers have recovered tens of millions […]

JOHN DOUGLAS WADE (JOHN D WADE) CRD#: 4486552, of Buena Park, California , a former U.S. Bancorp Investments broker, was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm following allegations of converting more than $200,000 from clients' accounts for his own personal […]

Donnell Noah Bowen CRD#: 5641822 has been barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.  (FINRA) from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm. FINRA barred Bowen, formerly a representative with Northwestern Mutual in Washington D.C., for failing to provide requested information and for failing to appear at FINRA hearing. Bowen […]

MARK JOSEPH GILLIS (MARK J GILLIS) CRD#: 2381496, 48 years-old from Saranac Lake, New York, was sentenced to time served and a year of home detention for defrauding clients of his brokerage firm out of nearly $400,000. Gillis was ordered by the Senior U.S. District Judge to forfeit $379,562 and to pay $226,500 in restitution […]

The following four registered representatives were barred from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a broker-dealer firm by FINRA in May of 2018 for allegedly failing to cooperate with FINRA investigations: LEONA LYNN PARSONS (LEONA PARSONS) CRD#: 6164352  AMY ELIZABETH PESINA (AMY ELIZABETH O'CONNOR) CRD#: 6503149   DALLAS RICHARDSON YORK (DALLAS YORK) CRD#: […]