The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2013.” William Earl Manley (CRD #1177744, Registered Representative, Sarasota, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Manley consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2013.” John Boyd Dexter (CRD #1354376, Registered Principal, North Miami, Florida) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Dexter consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that […]

In an effort to protect investors over the sale of private placements, the new Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Rule 5123, was effective on December 3, 2012. Under the new FINRA Rule 5123, FINRA member firms that sell an issuer’s securities in a private placement will be required, subject to certain exemptions (which include private […]

As a general rule, investment performance for the last ten years has generally been mediocre. This is true not only for most individual investors, but also for many institutional investors and insurance companies. From early 2000 through 2007, the insurance industry sold a significant amount of variable annuity contracts that included a guaranteed minimum income […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, December, 2012.” Shari Robin Frimer (CRD #2503895, Registered Representative, Eastport, New York) and Thomas Joseph Heaphy Jr. (CRD #2540325, Registered Representative, Boynton Beach, Florida) submitted an Offer of Settlement in which Frimer was fined $32,407.50, which includes disgorgement of financial benefits of […]

Straccia v. Focus Capital, FINRA ID # 11-02737 (Manchester, NH, 11/27/2012) - A FINRA Arbitration Panel awarded $1.8 million in compensatory damages, interest, attorney fees and costs to a group of customers who complained about various trading strategies. Securities Lawyer, Lars Soreide, of Soreide Law Group, represents clients nationwide before FINRA. If you or a […]

Soreide Law Group securities attorney, Lars Soreide, is currently investigating Cyprus Equipment Fund 14, LLC. If your broker sold you this private placement, and you experienced financial losses, we would like to speak to you. The following are the other Cyprus Equiment Funds: Cypress Equipment Fund VII Cypress Equipment Fund VIII Cypress Equipment Fund IX […]

Soreide Law Group is currently investigating these collateralized loan obligations (CLOs): Bryn Mawr CLO II Ltd., and LCM VII Ltd(Lyon Capital Management). Bank of America was the underwriter and sold several CLO’s, including Bryn Mawr and LCM VII. Many of these CLOs resulted in huge losses for the investors. The state of Massachusetts is currently […]

Levinski Dealexis Barnes (CRD #2292179, Registered Representative, Lutz, Florida) has been named a respondent in a FINRA complaint alleging that he discussed with a customer an investment in an accounting business that Barnes and other individuals were contemplating purchasing. The FINRA complaint alleges that Barnes told the customer that if the offer for the business […]