Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (CRD #7784, Smithfield, Rhode Island was censured and fined $350,000 by FINRA for allegedly overcharging 20,663 client accounts approximately $2.4 million. FINRA's findings stated that Fidelity Brokerage Services did not have reasonable supervisory systems or procedures to ensure that clients were charged accurate fees for accounts managed by third-party investment advisors. […]

Daryl Richard Lemon (CRD #2473133, Los Angeles, California) was barred by FINRA for allegedly executing 1,236 transactions in an elderly client’s discount brokerage account maintained at another broker-dealer without providing prior written notice, or any notice at all, to his member firm. FINRA's findings stated that Lemon periodically charged the customer amounts that he characterized […]

The Florida Office of Financial Regulation recently filed a complaint in state administrative court against Regent Investment Advisors and Timothy C. Mingo, president and chief compliance officer of Aventura, Florida. They are seeking civil penalties and fines for allegedly overcharging clients and issuing false financial statements. The Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) has proposed a […]

In a September 7, 2011 article in InvestmentNews.com, Bruce Kelly writes that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA), living up to its warnings of this year, said today that it has fined several firms for overcharging for postage and handling. The article states that in May, Finra chief executive Richard Ketchum warned an audience of brokerage […]