The following information was obtained on FINRA’s website’s ‘Disciplinary Actions, February 2012.”   Charles Rainsford Marks Jr. (CRD #4727907, Registered Representative, South Jacksonville, Florida)   submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for 10 business days. The […]

Lars K. Soreide, of Soreide Law Group, PLLC, filed a FINRA arbitration in February of 2012, against National Securities Corporation alleging: negligence, negligent supervision, and breach of fiduciary duty, due to among other unsuitable investments, the sale of Roundstone Healthcare Capital Partners. Recently, Roundstone Healthcare Partners, and its affiliates, have filed a RICO suit against numerous defendants in […]

ATTENTION Tenant-in-Common ("TIC") Investors.   If you have sustained losses in the following Tenant-in-Common ("TIC") investments, call attorney Lars K. Soreide of the Soreide Law Group today at 1 (888) 760-6552 or visit securitieslawyer.com: DBSI Tenant In Common (TIC) Investment TSG Tenant in Common (TIC) Investment Evergreen Tenant in Common (TIC) Investment US Advisors Tenancies […]

In a February 16th., 2012, article in InvestmentNews.com, Jason Kephart writes that John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group Inc., believes low-cost, passive indexes are the best way to invest — as long as they're not offered through an exchange-traded fund. “There's no question that ETFs are the greatest trading innovation of the 21st century,” […]

The following information was obtained on FINRA’s website’s ‘Disciplinary Actions, January 2012.”   Andrew James Aragona (CRD #1320844, Registered Representative, Deerfield Beach, Florida)   was named as a respondent in a FINRA complaint alleging that he recommended variable annuity switches to an elderly customer who had a moderate risk tolerance and a primary investment objective […]

In a February 17th., 2012, article for InvestmentNews.com, Bruce Kelly writes that a broker formally affiliated with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Berthel Fisher & Co. Financial Services Inc. and LPL Financial LLC was arrested in Oregon this month for allegedly stealing $584,000 from three investors. The now ex-broker, James Scott McKee, was charged Feb. 9 […]

The following information was obtained on FINRA’s website’s ‘Disciplinary Actions, January 2012.”   Tyge Thomas Tuccillo (CRD #3075541, Registered Representative, Venice, Florida)   submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Tuccillo consented to the […]

The following appeared on FINRA's website's 'Disciplinary Actions, November, 2011: Tom Douglas Hamsher (CRD #1708793, Registered Supervisor, Webb City, Missouri) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Hamsher consented to the described sanction and […]

The following information was obtained on FINRA’s website’s ‘Disciplinary Actions, January 2012.”   Joseph James Sciarra Jr. (CRD #1576322, Registered Principal, Wellington, Florida)   was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity and ordered to pay $393,935, plus interest, in restitution to a customer’s estate. The sanctions were based on findings that […]