Carolina Financial Securities, LLC (CRD #41970, Brevard, North Carolina) was censured and fined $50,000 by FINRA for allegedly selling an unregistered private placement offering to their investors for approximately $1.1 million. FINRA's findings stated that allegedly Carolina Financial Securities failed to follow their own procedures in regards to the selling of private placements and conduct […]

The following information appeared on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, May, 2013.” Ronald Wayne Lankford (CRD #1751588, Registered Principal, Tampa, Florida) was suspended from association with any FINRA member firm in any principal capacity other than as a FINOP (Series 27) and Introducing Broker-Dealer/FINOP (Series 28) for 18 months; suspended from association […]