ROBERT J. HEAD (CRD# 240935) has been permanently barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with firms that sell securities to the public. FINRA reports that allegedly from August 2008 until October 2013, Head who was managing a Stifel Nicolaus trust account for a client, exercised […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred Jo Ellen Fisher of Gallipolis, Ohio, a former Raymond James Financial Services Inc. financial advisor, for allegedly stealing more than $924,000 in cash and securities from a 95 year-old client's trust account. Allegedly, Fisher transferred the stolen funds into her own daughter's brokerage account. Jo Ellen Fisher […]

With the growing number of our citizens reaching 60 or above, we are also seeing a growing number of victims of investment fraud in this age group. In fact, people over the age of 60 account for over thirty percent of investment fraud victims. Most seniors are living on a fixed income. These investment losses […]

Redonda Russell, 66, a former investment advisor from Fort Worth, Texas plead guilty to wire fraud on Aug. 26, 2014. Russell went after the inactive accounts of her firm, First Command Financial of Fort Worth, Texas and caused the liquidation of more than $316,000 according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Almost half of these clients […]

Frank C. Stewart, 48, of Ramey, Pennsylvania is facing charges of two counts of forgery, theft by unlawful taking, and theft by deception. He’s is accused of stealing $120,000 from an elderly client. Stewart is currently free on $25,000 unsecured bail. Allegedly, Stewart, without authorization, withdrew $120,000 from his 74 year-old client's Sun Life Financial […]

Virginia broker, Donna Jessee Tucker, (CRD# 4696985) was charged by the SEC in Roanoke, Virginia, with defrauding her elderly clients. Tucker allegedly stole her clients' money for her own personal use and falsified the account statements to cover up her fraud. Allegedly, Tucker stole $730,289 from her elderly clients and then used the money to […]

RALPH H. LORD (CRD# 312708), a stock broker and former investment advisor from Flowood, Mississippi, was fined by the Mississippi Secretary of State for allegedly advising a now-deceased Greenville, Mississippi woman to buy into a risky company. The investigation revealed that in 2003 - 2004, Lord allegedly sold a 90 year-old woman, $230,000 in debt […]

JOSE A. CARBAJAL (CRD# 2691767), a financial advisor from Downey, California, was arrested recently for allegedly stealing $300,000.00 from his elderly clients. Criminal charges have been filed against Carbajal. Jose Carbajal was charged with three counts of theft from an elderly person exceeding $200,000. Carbajal was arraigned in Los Angeles County Superior Court. According to […]

Soreide Law Group, (888) 760-6552, has obtained this summation of information from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, April, 2014.” William Bradford Coolidge (CRD #1636957, Registered Representative, Cordova, Tennessee) was barred by FINRA for allegedly effecting trades in elderly clients’ accounts without written authorization or his firm’s acceptance of their accounts as discretionary. […]