Merrill Lynch’s Thomas Buck Is Going To Jail For Defrauding Investors Thomas Joseph Buck (CRD#: 1024868, Indianapolis, Indiana), the general securities representative of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”), will go to prison for forty months for committing securities fraud. Supposedly, Buck charged $2,000,000.00 in excessive commissions to customers holding commission-based trading […]

IFS Broker Richard Grant Cody Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges Richard Grant Cody (CRD#: 2794558, Spring Lake, New Jersey), a former IFS Securities registered representative, has pleaded guilty to the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts’ charges of Cody committing investment advisor fraud against retired investors in the state of Massachusetts, and making […]

Merrill Lynch Broker Christopher Lee Hibbard Indicted For Fraud Christopher Lee Hibbard (CRD#: 3176484, Louisville, Kentucky) is a prior registered representative of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) who was indicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on nine counts of wire fraud and one count […]

Next Financial Group Broker Douglas Simanski Guilty Of Fraud Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of investors who purchased investments from Douglas Simanski (CRD#: 2606998, Altoona, Pennsylvania), a former Next Financial Group, Inc. registered representative and investment advisor. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced on November 3, […]

Investment Disputes Against Ameriprise Alleging Unsuitability, Fraud Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. (CRD#: 6363, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a brokerage firm regulated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). It has reported 78 regulatory events and 96 arbitrations concerning allegations of Ameriprise’s violations of investment-related rules or regulations. The firm has also reported instances in which customers were […]

Western International Securities Broker Dawn Bennett Guilty Of Fraud Dawn Bennett (CRD#: 1567051, Chevy Chase, Maryland) has been a registered representative of Western International Securities, Inc. between October 1, 2009 and December 1, 2015. On October 17, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that a federal jury found Bennett […]

Did A Broker Sell You PixarBio Corporation Investments? Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of investors who have been sold PixarBio Corp. by a broker or financial advisor. PixarBio is a biotechnology company headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey who purports to be developing “NeuroRelease,” a proprietary method of treating post-operative pain through […]

SEC Charges Midtown Partners Broker Kevin Gillespie With Fraud Kevin Patrick Gillespie (CRD #2485051, New York, New York) has been a registered representative and part-owner of Midtown Partners from April 27, 2016 to August 10, 2018. He is also the chief executive officer of Arias Intel Corp. (ASNT) – a digital media company headquartered in […]

Soreide Law Investigating Claims On Behalf Of 1 Global Investors Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of those who invested in 1 Global Capital, LLC – a private company headquartered in Hallandale Beach, Florida. On September 7, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a Complaint against 1 Global and its previous […]