The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” Paul Elvidge Jr. (CRD #1852650, Registered Principal, Port St. Lucie, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity and ordered to pay $620,177.90, plus interest, in restitution to customers. Without admitting or denying the findings, Elvidge […]

Soreide Law Group, a Securities Arbitration Law Firm, (888) 760-6552, found the following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” Joseph Kenneth Critelli (CRD #2707711, Registered Representative, Northport, New York) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Critelli consented to […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” William Howard Coons (CRD #2049465, Registered Supervisor, West Hartford, Connecticut) was fined $10,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for 20 business days. Without admitting or denying the findings, Coons consented to the described sanctions […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, a Securities Arbitration Law Firm, (888) 760-6552, found the following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” Robert Keith Brooks aka Robert Keith Stuart (CRD #1571789, Registered Principal, Miami, Florida) was fined $7,500 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for two […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” David Appel (CRD #1026798, Registered Representative, Brooklyn, New York) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Appel consented to the described sanction and to the entry of FINRA's findings that […]

Soreide Law Group, a Securities Arbitration Law Firm, (888) 760-6552, found the following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” Johan Mary-Lyn Akal (CRD #4050242, Registered Representative, Sarasota, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. This sanction was based on findings that Akal forged a […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” Newbridge Securities Corporation (CRD #104065, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) was censured, fined $50,000, and required to revise its WSPs to address the requirements of an imposed undertaking, relating to its handling fee on equity security trades, and provide related training to […]

Soreide Law Group, Securities Arbitration Law Firm (888) 760-6552, recently obtained this information from the FINRA website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2013.” Lampost Capital, L.C. (CRD® #43706, Boca Raton, Florida)and Gregg Allan Pollack (CRD #2653630, Registered Principal, Boca Raton, Florida) firm was censured and fined $50,000, Pollack was fined $5,000 and suspended […]

Joseph Gennaco, 68, of Winthrop, MA, also a resident of Jupiter, Fla., pleaded guilty to 11 counts of wire fraud and 16 counts of mail fraud in connection to an alleged investment scam that ran from 2001 to 2011. He will be sentenced May, 2013. Gennaco was involved with several companies; Crescent Management Group, GCT […]