Broker Bill Hightower Barred By SEC And Faces Investor Lawsuits The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) reports troubling information in regard to securities broker William Andrew Hightower who is known as Bill Hightower (CRD#: 2152369, Houston, Texas). It is not commonplace for brokers to have 12 disclosures on their BrokerCheck record like Hightower has. Namely, […]

SEAN BRADY Barred, Sued By Investors The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) barred First Allied Securities Inc. broker Sean Brady (CRD#: 4365173, St. Louis, Missouri). Evidently, Brady – who First Allied discharged on November 15, 2017 for falsifying clients’ documents – evidently stonewalled a FINRA investigation. That investigation supposedly concerned Brady’s sales practice violations at […]

GPB Capital Holdings Fraud? Soreide Law Group is investigating possible claims against brokers who may have recommended and sold investors GPB Capital Holdings funds. Evidently, the company operates out of New York as an alternative asset management firm that aims to acquire private income-producing companies. Notably, it has $1.5 billion dollars in capital and more […]

FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has filed a complaint against Kimberly Springsteen-Abbott, the owner, chief executive and head of compliance for Commonwealth Capital Securities Corp. This firm, which is the broker-dealer arm of Commonwealth Capital Corp., employs about 22 registered reps and conducts business in private placements and direct investments. According to the […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, has filed ten FINRA arbitrations against Rockwell Global Capital, LLC, for their involvement in the sale of the Simply Fit Beverage Company's private placement. Rockwell Global Capital acted as the placement agent for the $3,000,000 offering of Simply Fit. Simply Fit was a beverage company located in Pompano Beach, Florida. Most all […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, announced that they are currently investigating the sale of the Laeroc Funds, including the Laeroc 2002 Income Fund LP, Laeroc 2004-2005 Income Fund LP, Laeroc 2005-2006 Income Fund LP, Laeroc Edge Fund LP and Laeroc Income Fund 2007, LP. These Laeroc funds were sold as real estate private placements (under Regulation D).  […]

Bruce Kelly writes in a Sept. 13th, 2011, article in InvestmentNews.com that a broker-dealer who sold millions of dollars of failed private placements reached a $200,000 settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. last month, with the money going to the investors. In a Finra letter of acceptance, waiver and consent, Capital Financial Services Inc. of Minot, […]