George Wayne Hoffman (CRD #5068220, Parkville, Maryland) was barred by FINRA for allegedly converting $17,000 from an elderly client for his own benefit, without the client’s knowledge or authorization. FINRA's findings stated that Hoffman used falsified letters of authorization (LOAs) to cause his firm to transfer money from the client’s account at the firm to […]

John Charles Hanson (CRD #2420584, Spokane, Washington) was barred by FINRA for refusing to respond to FINRA requests for information, documents and testimony in connection with an investigation involving allegations that he misappropriated more than $300,000 from at least two member firm clients. FINRA's findings stated that Hanson stated that he would not produce any […]

The Florida-based Soreide Law Group, (888) 760-6552, recently obtained the following information from FINRA's website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2015.” Jeffrey Brian Grove (CRD #3000877, Viera, Florida) was barred by FINRA for allegedly converting the proceeds of office equipment sales, totaling nearly $1 million, for his own personal use and benefit. Allegedly […]

Scott Dee Barker (CRD #4754577, Layton, Utah) was barred by FINRA for allegedly failing to provide FINRA-requested documents and information in connection with an investigation into whether he misused insurance premiums for business and/or office expenses. (FINRA Case #2014041073701) FINRA has permanently barred Scott Dee Barker from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with […]

Soreide Law Group, Securities Arbitration Law Firm (888) 760-6552, recently obtained this information from the FINRA website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2015.” BMA Securities aka Burt Martin Arnold Securities, Inc. (CRD #108219, El Segundo, California) was censured, fined $325,000 and ordered to retain, within 30 days of the date of the Notice […]

Patrick Richard Harrison (CRD #4976695, Fircrest, Washington) was barred by FINRA for allegedly participating in a series of private securities transactions by introducing two senior investors to an individual who purported to sell the investors discounted shares in a publically traded regional bank without providing prior notice to his member firm. FINRA's findings stated that […]

Marc William Evans (CRD #859585, Tulsa, Oklahoma) was fined $10,000, suspended by FINRA for 13 months and ordered to pay $56,572, plus interest, in disgorgement of commission. The sanctions take into account the suspension and fine the Oklahoma Department of Securities imposed against Marc Evans. Allegedly Evans participated in private securities transactions for selling compensation […]

Radcliffe Robert Daly (CRD #4663605, Granger, Indiana) was assessed a deferred fine of $15,000 and suspended by FINRA for nine months for allegedly mismarking order tickets for solicited transactions as "unsolicited." FINRA's findings stated that Daly recommended a penny stock to many clients and continued to solicit purchases of the stock and marked the trades […]

KIRSTEN F. HAWKINS (CRD# 2509324) a 45 year-old Staunton, Virginia financial advisor, has admitted to wire fraud and agreed to make restitution of $500,000. According to the U.S. attorney's office, Kirsten Flynn Hawkins was employed at Bank One in Staunton, Virginia, from August 2011 to August 2014, and Hawkins transferred funds to her own personal […]