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 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 […]

Bruce Kelly writes in a February 9th., 2012 article for InvestmentNews.com that securities regulators are taking a close and careful look at a fast-growing alternative investment known as a nontraded business development company. The InvestmentNews.com article states that the North American Securities Administrators Association is “gearing up to draft a statement of policy” on nontraded […]

The following information was obtained on FINRA’s website’s ‘Disciplinary Actions, January 2012.”   Jan D. Narrine (CRD #5738183, Associated Person, Winter Garden, 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, Narrine consented […]

In an InvestmentNews.com article from January 29th., 2012, Liz Skinner and Dan Jamieson write that Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it circumvented Finra rules that require firms to arbitrate disputes with employees, rather than bring them to court. FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. […]