The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint, February 21, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, alleging Charles P. O'Brien, from 1998 - 2008, engaged in a fraudulent scheme to misappropriate money from his client--over $298,000. The complaint alleged O'Brien had issued checks in the client's name from the […]

The Soreide Law Group, PLLC, (888) 760-6552, has obtained he following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, August, 2013.” David Albert Urovsky (CRD #1806732, Registered Principal, Rockville, Maryland) was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for one month. FINRA took into account the sanctions […]

The Soreide Law Group, PLLC, (888) 760-6552, has obtained he following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, August, 2013.” David Albert Urovsky (CRD #1806732, Registered Principal, Rockville, Maryland) was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for one month. FINRA took into account the sanctions […]

This information appeared on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other Actions, August, 2013.” Giles Anthony Hoagland (CRD #4160185, Registered Representative, Peru, Indiana) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. This sanction was based on findings that Hoagland began using his client’s monthly insurance premiums to pay his own personal expenses. Giles […]

Jonathan "Jay" Warren Brooks, of Aiken, South Carolina, was arrested on one count of securities fraud on Friday, July, 19th., according to a news release from South Carolina Attorney General, Alan Wilson. The arrest warrant claims that Brooks collected investment money for a fictional entity, the "Charles Howell Trust," and took the money for his […]

Soreide Law Group, a Securities Arbitration Law Firm, (888) 760-6552, obtained the following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, July, 2013.” Timothy Ruben Ward (CRD #2600718, Registered Representative, Dexter, Missouri) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Ward consented to the […]

Marcelo Ivan Jacir (CRD #4860487, Registered Representative, Weston, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Jacir consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he directed two individuals, one of whom was a customer of his member firm, to deposit […]