In a November 15th., 2011, Bloomberg Businessweek article they write that a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. was ordered to reimburse investment customers more than $1.9 million and was fined $1.7 million over how it sold unit investment trusts and floating-rate loan funds. FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced the settlement on Tuesday after […]

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (CRD #705, St. Petersburg, Florida)   submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm was censured, fined $12,500 and ordered to pay $1,849.33, plus interest, in restitution to investors.   Also, without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the described sanctions and to […]

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (CRD #705, St. Petersburg, Florida) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm was censured and fined $15,000. Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that it failed to transmit ROEs ( Return On Equity […]

Newbridge Securities Corporation (CRD #104065, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)   submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm was censured and fined $20,000.   Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that it failed to provide material information to customers […]

Brookstone Securities, Inc. (CRD® #13366, Lakeland, Florida), David William Locy (CRD #4682865, Registered Principal, Overland Park, Kansas), Mark Mather Mercier (CRD #1884246, Registered Principal, Lutz, Florida) and Antony Lee Turbeville (CRD #1721014, Registered Principal, Lakeland, Florida) submitted Offers of Settlement in which the firm was censured and fined $200,000; Locy was fined $10,000 and suspended […]

Recently, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ordered Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (RJFS) to pay restitution of $1.69 million to more than 15,500 investors who were charged unfair and unreasonable commissions on securities transactions. FINRA also fined RJA $225,000 and RJFS $200,000.   FINRA found that from […]

Andrew Paul Arno (CRD #2643104, Registered Representative, West Melbourne, Florida) was named as a respondent in a FINRA complaint alleging that he misused customers’ funds by depositing them into a bank account that he controlled instead of investing them in IRAs as he had represented to the customers and their relatives. The complaint alleges that […]

Dale David Twardowski (CRD #4056379, Registered Principal, Palm Harbor, Florida) submitted an Offer of Settlement in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Twardowski consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he failed to respond to FINRA requests […]

On the SEC's website we learn that the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts has charged Andrey C. Hicks of Boston, Mass., in a criminal complaint unsealed on Friday, October 28, 2011. Hicks was charged with committing wire fraud, attempting to commit wire fraud, and aiding and abetting wire fraud, […]