Customer Files Suitability Complaint Against Summit Brokerage Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of customers who invested with David Charles Hill (CRD #818407, Port Orange, Florida). Hill was a registered representative of Summit Brokerage Services, Inc. who was discharged on November 16, 2017. Summit Brokerage Services alleged that Hill did not disclose the […]

FINRA Suspends Securities Services Rep For Private Securities Transactions Peter D. Holler (CRD #838897, Bristol, Tennessee) who was a registered representative of Securities Services Network, Inc., consented to being fined $10,000 and suspended until May 20, 2020 from acting as a broker or associating with FINRA member broker-dealer firms pursuant to a Letter of Acceptance, […]

Raymond James Sued George Edward Mathis (CRD #4271854, The Villages, Florida) has been a registered representative of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. since November 18, 2011. His activities between January 24, 2014 and September 30, 2016 – a time he was employed by Raymond James – resulted in a customer-initiated investment-related arbitration dated May 2, […]

Capitol Securities Management Fined For Failing To Supervise Trading In Unit Investment Trusts Capitol Securities Management, Inc. (CRD #14169, Glen Allen Virginia) consented to being censured by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and paying a $100,000 fine pursuant to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”) #2017052215401 that was executed on May 25, 2018. […]

Wells Fargo’s Francisco Ortiz Suspended For Falsifying Wire Request Francisco Jose Ortiz (CRD #4677135, Miami, Florida), who was a registered representative of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC between June 5, 2013 and June 16, 2015, was required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to pay a $5,000.00 fine and suspend acting as a broker or […]

Janney Montgomery Scott Sued For Unsuitable Trading for broker Barry Falk Barry Falk (CRD #870874, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida), who has been a registered representative of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC since December 19, 2002, disclosed on Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) BrokerCheck that his activities have prompted customers to collectively bring a civil suit in […]

Raymond James Settles Customer Arbitration for broker Mitchell Silverman Mitchell Louis Silverman (CRD #500504, Boca Raton, Florida), who has been a financial advisor of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. since May 3, 2002, disclosed via Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) BrokerCheck that his activities are the subject of a customer investment-related arbitration dated May 17, […]

MetLife’s Kelly Barnett Sanctioned For Trading Without Authorization Kelly Marvin Barnett (CRD #4127608, Sarasota, Florida), who was a registered representative of MSI Financial Services from August 27, 2012 until being discharged on November 19, 2015, has consented to paying a $15,000.00 fine and being suspended by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) from acting as a […]

FINRA Bars Broker Dealer Financial Corp’s Norman R. Sicard Jr. Norman R. Sicard Jr. (CRD #2269472, West Des Moines, Iowa), who was a registered representative of Broker Dealer Financial Services Corp. between May 26, 2011 and December 15, 2016, consented to being barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) from acting as a broker […]