Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. dba Edward Jones (CRD #250, St. Louis, Missouri)   was censured, fined $55,000 and ordered to pay $13,231.52, plus interest, in restitution to customers. Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that in corporate fixed income […]

Soreide Law Group is currently investigating claims relating to the sale of stock and debentures in Havoc Energy Drink. HAVOC is owned by American Enterprise Development Corporation (OTC: AEND) and manufactures and distributes the popular HAVOC Energy Drink.   If your stock broker or financial advisor recommended the purchase of AEND call Soreide Law Group for a […]

  Alan Jay Davidofsky (CRD #1389312, Registered Representative, Delray Beach, Florida) has been fined by FINRA in the amount of $11,741.78, which represents disgorgement, and he has been barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. These sanctions were based on the findings that Davidofsky made unauthorized transactions in his customer’s account, controlled the customer’s […]

Enrique Roy (CRD #5339904, Registered Representative, Miami Beach, Florida)  has been barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. This FINRA sanction was based on their findings that Enrique Roy failed to respond to requests from FINRA for information about an outside brokerage account at a member firm he had opened on a customer’s […]

Alison Marie Janke (CRD #4409155, Registered Representative, Port Richey, Florida) was fined $7,500 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for six months. Without admitting or denying the findings, Janke consented to the described sanctions. According to FINRA's findings, she borrowed $100,000 from a customer which was based upon a personal […]

Yesterday, June 12, 2012,  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 14 sales agents who misled investors and illegally sold securities for a Long Island-based investment firm at the center of a reported $415 million Ponzi scheme.  The SEC alleges that the agents promised falsely that investor returns would be as high as 12 to 14 percent […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, is currently investigating Tim Cerny and M & I Financial Advisors. Tim Cerny recently entered into a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent with FINRA, suspending him for 10 days and was fined $20,000. This action was related to the sales practices of the First Trust Income Allocation UIT (Unit Investment Trust) for a 66 year-old […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) has recently hired Robert Colby, a former high-ranking SEC official, as the regulator’s top lawyer. Mr. Colby is a partner in the Washington office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and will join FINRA on June 18th. as the new chief legal officer. Grant Callery, current Finra general counsel, […]

A group of retirees ambushed financial advisor James Amburn, 56, outside his home in Speyer, Germany. The group attacked him and put him into the trunk of a car. "It took them quite a while because they ran out of breath," said Amburn, who was then driven to one of their homes where he was held prisoner. They were angry because Amburn had […]