The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) reports allegations of sales practice violations by securities broker Steven Kiyoto Hirata [CRD #: 1188927, Fresno, CA]. Hirata worked for PFS Investments Inc. from 2010-2021 and PFS Investments Inc. from 1984-2009. Notably, FINRA barred the securities broker. Read on to learn more about the allegations against him. FINRA Sanctions […]

The Pompano Beach, Florida-based Soreide Law Group obtained the following information on a complaint filed against a Florida broker from FINRA’s website under, “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, May 2016.” Dennis Mark Adam Merritt (CRD #1748115, Palm Harbor, Florida) was named a respondent in a FINRA complaint alleging that he participated in private securities transactions […]

Jodie Linn Miller (CRD #4772684, St. Petersburg, Florida) was assessed a deferred fine of $53,225, including disgorgement of $38,225, plus interest, and suspended by FINRA 18 months. Miller allegedly participated in private sales of $764,500 worth of a company’s securities for which she earned commissions of approximately $38,225 without notifying either of her member firms […]

JODIE L. MILLER (CRD# 4772684) was suspended by FINRA for 18 months and a fined $53,225, included in this figure was a disgorgement in the amount of $38,225 plus interest. This was due to Miller's alleged "selling away" securities in Tri-Med Corporation. According to the reports, in 2012 Miller allegedly participated in the private sales […]

Fort-Lauderdale-based Soreide Law Group obtained the following summation of information from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, November, 2014.” James Clifford Eastman (CRD #1385303, Naples, Florida) was given a deferred fine of $20,000 and suspended by FINRA for nine months for allegedly participating in the sales of private securities without prior written notice […]

The following summation of information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, May, 2014.” Call Soreide Law Group at (888) 760-6552. Jeremy Gerald Tintle (CRD #2817173, Hawley, Pennsylvania) was barred by FINRA for allegedly participating in private securities transactions without providing his firm with prior written notice of the proposed transactions. Tintle […]

Marilyn T. Myers, CRD No. 1620382, has been fined $20,000 and suspended for two years by FINRA. According to FINRA's investigation, from September 2009 through February 2011, Marylin T. Myers participated in private securities transactions without notifying her firm, or obtaining the written approval from her firm. Myers invested in a privately-held company known as […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, a Securities Arbitration Law Firm, (888) 760-6552, found the following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, April, 2013.” Forrest Nolan Jackson (CRD #4222253, Registered Representative, Austin, Texas) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Jackson consented to […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2013.” Alison Marie Janke (CRD #4409155, Registered Representative, Port Richey, Florida) was fined $11,600, which includes the disgorgement of financial benefit received of $6,600, and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for three months. Without admitting or […]