On April 20, 2017, the former South Florida broker, SCOTT ALLEN SIBLEY (CRD#: 1523981) was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) for allegedly making unauthorized trades for one client, making unsuitable recommendations for 10 clients, and creating false records of the trades. FINRA stated that Sibley was employed at Raymond James, November […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) accused a New York broker with K. C. Ward Financial of Long Island, with charging a 72-year-old retiree $376,000 in fees and commissions after allegedly making repeated unauthorized trades of her Colgate-Palmolive Co. stock. CRAIG D. DIMA (CRD# 2314389), of K.C. Ward Financial, was charged with making unauthorized and […]

FINRA has ordered Fifth Third Securities and one of its registered reps, Mark Vernon Rottler (CRD# 2369550), to pay a client for allegedly making unsuitable investments which cost the client over $125,000. Allegedly, Rottler made unsuitable recommendations of mutual funds, structured products, and equities. The client opened an account with Fifth Third Securities in 2002, […]

Soreide Law Group, (888) 760-6552, obtained this summation of information from FINRA’s website listed under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, March, 2014.” Peter Bruno (CRD #1180960, Registered Principal, Boca Raton, Florida) was fined $20,000 and suspended by FINRA for three months. FINRA's findings stated that Bruno marketed his investment services through various media, however it […]

The following summation was obtained on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, October, 2013.” Mark Christopher Hotton (CRD #2346843, Registered Principal, West Islip, New York) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Hotton consented to the described sanction and to the entry of […]

The following summation was obtained on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, October, 2013.” Mark Christopher Hotton (CRD #2346843, Registered Principal, West Islip, New York) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Hotton consented to the described sanction and to the entry of […]