INVESTOR ALERT!Customer Complaints About Ralph Quintana II, Centaurus Financial, Inc. Ralph Quintana II (CRD#: 2284803, Upland, California) is currently a broker for Centaurus Financial, Inc. Apparently, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) BrokerCheck Report for Quintana shows that at least five investors filed disputes about his conduct. Notably, Pruco Securities, LLC and Centaurus Financial, Inc. customers […]

Claude Darrell McDougal, 55, Charlotte, NC, pleaded guilty in US District Court to securities fraud. McDougal was accused of running a Ponzi scheme, bilking approximately twenty-five of his Charlotte investors out of $2.5 million between 2006 and 2010. McDougal faces up to 20 years in prison and a $5 million fine. Allegedly, McDougal's told clients […]

A Somerset County, N.J. financial advisor, Ralph A. Saviano, 72, of Bridgewater, was sentenced on Wednesday, September, 25th., 2013, to 27 months in prison for stealing $138,000 from two elderly investors and funding his "lavish lifestyle" with money he claimed to be investing in conservative securities and his business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced […]