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 […]

The following is an article from the Reno Gazette-Journal, from Sept. 4th., 2012, written by Jaclyn O'Malley: Former Reno financial advisor indicted by feds related to ponzi scheme Sep 04 A former Reno financial advisor has been indicted on federal charges related to duping elderly and inexperienced investors of at least $2 million with a […]

On the website of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), it was announced August 23, 2012, that FINRA fined Rodman & Renshaw LLC $315,000 for supervisory and other violations relating to the interaction between the firm's research and investment banking functions. Rodman's former CCO, William A. Iommi Sr., was fined $15,000, suspended from acting in […]

Valerie Helen Silverstein (CRD #1413711, Registered Representative, Coconut Creek, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying FINRA's findings, Silverstein consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that she had a pre-existing relationship with an individual when he became a customer of her […]

Marcelo Ivan Jacir (CRD #4860487, Registered Representative, Weston, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Jacir consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he directed two individuals, one of whom was a customer of his member firm, to deposit […]

David Louis Bocchino (CRD #3168609, Registered Representative, Bradenton, Florida) was fined $7,500, which includes disgorgement of $2,850 in commissions, and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for three months. Without admitting or denying the findings, Bocchino consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that he became licensed […]

JP Morgan funds greater that $500 million in assets (does not include money market funds) Symbol Name Fund Total Assets WOBDX US JPMORGAN CORE BOND-SEL $26,955,960,938 HTSXX US JPMORGAN 100% US TREASU-MORG $19,766,330,078 JSOAX US JPMORGAN STRAT INC OPP-A $12,892,559,570 OHYFX US JPMORGAN HIGH YIELD-SEL $11,660,675,781 HLLVX US JPMORGAN SHRT DURAT BND-SEL $11,501,179,688 JAMCX US […]

It was recently reported that Michael Todd Crosswhite, 42, of Forest, Virginia,  a financial adviser, admitted that he stole more than $1 million from his clients. They stated that Michael Todd Crosswhite pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg. The prosecutors in this case said that Crosswhite […]

Thomas Eugene Hendricks (CRD #2622427, Registered Representative, Salem, Ohio) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying thefindings, Hendricks consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he borrowed $3,000 from a customer/personal friend to be repaid by a certain date, but failed to […]