Investors potentially experienced sales practice violations due to securities broker Katy Yun Zhao (also known as Katy Zhao) [CRD: 5264406, Pasadena, California], according to disclosures on FINRA BrokerCheck. Evidently, Katy Zhao worked for Morgan Stanley from November 3, 2009, as a broker and from December 23, 2016, as an investment adviser. Keep reading to find […]

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) BrokerCheck reveals disclosures about securities broker Matthew Jason Childs (also known as Matt Childs) [CRD#: 3110916, San Francisco, California]. Childs worked for Portsmouth Financial Services from February 2016 to December 2024. Recent disclosures reveal concerns about Childs’ conduct, including allegations of unsuitable recommendations and regulatory sanctions. FINRA Brings Regulatory Action […]

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD #7059, New York, New York) was censured and fined $3,000,000, to be paid jointly to FINRA and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for allegedly failing to deliver prospectuses in connection with sales of certain ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) to customers. FINRA's findings stated that Citigroup Global Markets failed to […]

Soreide Law Group, Securities Arbitration Law Firm (888) 760-6552, recently obtained this information from the FINRA website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2015.” BMA Securities aka Burt Martin Arnold Securities, Inc. (CRD #108219, El Segundo, California) was censured, fined $325,000 and ordered to retain, within 30 days of the date of the Notice […]

NOAH L. MYERS (CRD# 2387620) a former investment advisor from Lyme, Connecticut, was sentenced to prison for 40 months. Myers pled guilty to engaging in fraudulent trade allocations involving “cherry picking.” Myers "picked" good investments for himself and left his clients with the bad ones, according to the SEC. Noah L. Myers the former owner […]

Moloney Securities Co., Inc. (CRD #38535, Manchester, Missouri) was censured and fined $20,000 for allegedly allowing their representatives to recommend and sell non¬traditional ETFs to their clients. FINRA's report stated that Moloney Securities' Written Supervisory Procedures (WSPs) didn't address the sale or the supervision of non-traditional exchange traded funds (ETFs), and Moloney Securities did not […]

Infinex Investments, Inc. (CRD #35371, Meriden, Connecticut) was censured, fined $75,000 by FINRA, and ordered to pay $287,171.75 in restitution to it's clients. Infinex Investments, Inc., allegedly failed to review non-traditional exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at the same level that other new products offered for sale to their customers. FINRA's findings stated that Infinex Investments registered […]

The Fort Lauderdale-based Soreide Law Group, phone (888) 760-6552, obtained the following summation of information from FINRA’s website, under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, May, 2014.” Jon Fred Larson (CRD #861915, Lakeland, Florida) was assessed a deferred fine of $5,000 and suspended by FINRA for 10 business days. According to FINRA's findings, allegedly Larson entered […]

On January 9th., 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ordered two St. Louis-based broker/dealers, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Century Securities Associates, Inc., to pay fines of $550,000 and $475,000 in restitution to 65 customers in connection with sales of leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds (ETFs). Stifel and Century are affiliates and […]