In  a September 30th., 2011 article from InvestmentNews.com, Darla Mercado writes that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission today charged a Miami man with fraud  and other allegations, claiming that he ran a phony $3 million commodity pool. It was announced that Oscar Hernandez, and his companies Midway Trading Co. LLC and Conquest Investment Group Inc. are […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, has filed ten FINRA arbitrations against Rockwell Global Capital, LLC, for their involvement in the sale of the Simply Fit Beverage Company's private placement. Rockwell Global Capital acted as the placement agent for the $3,000,000 offering of Simply Fit. Simply Fit was a beverage company located in Pompano Beach, Florida. Most all […]

WASHINGTON —On FINRA's website, it was announced that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Northern Trust Securities $600,000 for deficiencies in supervising sales of collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and failure to have adequate systems in place to monitor certain high-volume securities trades. The article said that FINRA found from October 2006 through October 2009, Northern […]

WASHINGTON — It was announced on FINRA's website that The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Southwest Securities, Inc., of Dallas, $650,000 for deficiencies in due diligence, risk assessment and written supervisory procedures that permitted one of its correspondent firms, Cutler Securities, to create risk for Southwest through improper short sales. FINRA also required Southwest […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, has been investigating Erickson Retirement Community STAMPS (Subordinated Tax Advantaged Mezzanine Put Securities)  sold by B.C. Ziegler and Company in particular or other brokers. Erickson Retirement Communities develops and manages retirement communities for middle-income people in the United States. Erickson Retirement Communities, LLC  was formerly known as Senior Campus Living, LLC. Erickson has retirement communities in […]

WASHINGTON — In an article posted on FINRA's website it was announced that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined Santander Securities of Puerto Rico $2 million for deficiencies in its structured product business, including unsuitable sales of reverse convertible securities to retail customers, inadequate supervision of sales of structured products, inadequate supervision of accounts […]

WASHINGTON — From the FINRA Newsroom, it was announced that The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has filed a complaint against David Lerner & Associates, Inc. (DLA), of Syosset, NY, charging the firm with soliciting investors to purchase shares in Apple REIT Ten, a non-traded $2 billion Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), without conducting a […]

WASHINGTON —It was announced on FINRA's website that The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has suspended William Bailey, a former NEXT Financial Group, Inc. broker of Mesa, Arizona, from the securities industry for two years for unsuitable and excessive trading of mutual funds and variable annuities. Bailey also engaged in discretionary trading without receiving prior written […]

WASHINGTON — In an article from FINRA's website, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (SunTrust RH) and SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. (SunTrust IS) for violations related to the sale of auction rate securities (ARS). SunTrust RH, which underwrote the ARS, was fined $4.6 million for failing to […]