The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority also known as FINRA, is hoping to make information about brokers more accessible to the investors, which they feel would hold those in the industry more accountable for their actions. In September, FINRA voted to submit proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would make information in […]

Stephen Paul Tommelleo (CRD #1597585, Registered Principal, Boca Raton, Florida) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was fined $5,000, suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for three months and ordered to pay $14,990, plus interest, in restitution to a customer. Without admitting or denying the findings, […]

Robert Nunes Da Frota (CRD #2137208, Registered Representative, Fort Myers, Florida) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was fined $10,000, suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for six months and ordered to make full repayment of the outstanding balance on a customer’s loan. Without admitting or […]

Brokers have made 354 requests so far in 2012 to expunge information such as details of customer arbitration complaints from records that investors and securities firms use to research brokers' professional histories. During the entire year last year, 2011, the number was 372 expungement requests as stated in a recent Rueters article. According to the […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged three former brokers at JP Turner & Co. in Atlanta, traded excessively in accounts of seven clients from January, 2008, through December, 2009. Regulators reported that these three brokers churned their client's accounts and received $845,000 in commissions and fees for themselves and the brokerage. Unfortunately, their customers lost […]

On September 9th, 2012, at the annual meeting of the North American Securities Administrators Association Inc. (NASAA) in Coronado, California, the top five types of violations in some areas of supervision at broker-dealers were: failure to follow written supervisory policies, suitability, correspondence/e-mail, maintenance of customer account information and internal audits, according to the results of […]

Did your broker/dealer sell you, an unaccredited investor, private placements in Breakthrough Ventures? Soreide Law Group is currently investigating claims against the brokers who sold these private placements to clients in the United States and Europe. This private placement may not be suitable for some investors, especially the more conservative investor, not willing to take […]

Soreide Law Group is currently investigating the sale of shares in Club 50, Inc., through a private placement offering by various FINRA registered broker dealers. Club 50 Inc., is located at 360 South Center Street, Suite 500, Reno, Nevada 89501. If your broker/dealer sold you this private placement, offering it to you as a “safe” […]

In a California appeals court ruling that makes it easier for brokers to expunge customer complaints and disciplinary actions from their records, many feel it could have far-reaching implications for brokers everywhere, writes Dan Jamieson in an August 31st. article from InvestmentNews.com. In an Aug. 23, 2012, decision, the California Court of Appeal for the […]