ROBERT MONTES Barred By FINRA The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced July 24, 2019 that it barred Morgan Stanley securities broker Robert Montes (CRD#: 835488, Palm Harbor, Florida). Evidently, Montes, who worked for Morgan Stanley from 2014 until 2019,  flat out refused to cooperate with FINRA who investigated him for his possible misuse of […]

MARCUS DEBAISE Recommend Unsuitable Investments? The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) shows on BrokerCheck that client disputes keep piling on for barred Wells Fargo securities broker, Marcus Debaise (CRD#: 2404266, Glastonbury, Connecticut). Indeed, at least 44 clients filed complaints or arbitration actions about Debaise. 10 of the 44 client disputes come after FINRA announced that […]

FINRA Complaint Alleges Wells Fargo’s DAVID MANOR Made Unsuitable Trades On April 16, 2019, FINRA brought Complaint #2017056648801 against Wells Fargo broker David Manor (CRD#: 6033220, Boston, Massachusetts), alleging Manor broke FINRA rules by engaging in outside business activities. FINRA Department of Enforcement claims Manor was involved in an undisclosed outside business activity and engaged […]

Soreide Law Group Investigating Possible Claims Against Adam Thomas Marquardt Soreide Law Group is investigating possible claims on behalf of those who invested with Adam Marquardt (CRD#: 5307192, Rochester, Minnesota), a securities representative who joined Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC on April 23, 2010. Notably, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) reported that a customer […]

Complaints Filed Against Wells Fargo Brokers Joseph Esposito, Keith Keply Jr., Thomas Jackson Wells Fargo Clearing Services (CRD#: 19616, St. Louis Missouri), which also does business as Wells Fargo Advisors, is a brokerage firm and investment adviser firm regulated by Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and state securities regulators. Apparently, […]

Claims Against Wells Fargo’s Scott Hilton, Ricardo Guimaraes, Jason Pokorny Soreide Law Group is investigating possible claims of unsuitability against Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC brokers Scott Hilton, Ricardo Guimaraes and Jason Pokorny. Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC is a brokerage firm regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and investment adviser firm regulated […]

Wells Fargo Sued For Misappropriation and Unsuitable Recommendations Jeffrey Scott Thompson (CRD#: 4602601, Lakeland, Florida) has been a Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC registered representative between November 6, 2013 and June 1, 2017. Wells Fargo Advisors disclosed on Thompson’s FINRA BrokerCheck file that Thompson’s activities in the customer’s account between January 29, 2016 and August […]

FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that it fined two firms $2.15 million and ordered the firms to pay more than $3 million in restitution to customers for losses incurred from unsuitable sales of floating-rate bank loan funds. Floating-rate bank loan funds are mutual funds that generally invest in a portfolio of secured senior […]

Soreide Law Group is filing FINRA Arbitrations on behalf of investors who invested in Direxion 3x Funds: FAZ, ERY, BGZ, and TZA.  Leveraged ETF’s have now imploded and regulators and investors have finally woken up and are beginning to pay attention. Major fines have just been handed down to the industries top brokerage houses for […]