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South Florida businessman Barry Honig of Boca Raton is one of several people named by the SEC in a microcap stock fraud indictment involving manipulation of stock values of three companies. Using a “classic pump-and-dump” technique, the SEC alleges, Honig and others increased the companies’ stock values and dumped them.…
Silver Law Group and The Law Firm of David R. Chase filed a FINRA arbitration claim against Independent Financial Group, a securities firm, after its broker improperly recommended the services of an individual who the SEC claims was engaged in a Ponzi scheme. The statement of claim alleges the Claimant…
Silver Law Group has filed a FINRA arbitration claim against MetLife Securities / MSI Financial Services (“MetLife”), ELE Wealth Advisors and their former broker, Gail Milon (CRD# 1766745) after Milon sold an investment in Tallahassee, Florida-based Cambridge Capital Group LLC. The statement of claim alleges the Claimant had invested with…
Silver Law Group has filed a FINRA arbitration claim against Centaurus Financial, Inc. for unsuitable investment recommendations. The securities arbitration claim alleges the Claimants are both U.S. military veterans who entrusted their life savings to the advisor in 2008 when she was employed by J.P. Turner & Company. They transferred…
Silver Law Group is investigating Minnesota-based Century Securities Associates, Inc. broker Bernard McLaughlin Jr. (CRD# 601178) after he declared bankruptcy. According to McLaughlin’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, McLaughlin declared bankruptcy in August 2017. McLaughlin’s debts incurred in the bankruptcy were discharged in November 2017. A bankruptcy disclosure indicates that the broker…
Silver Law Group is investigating former Illinois-based Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. broker Robert Perta (CRD# 536528) after a customer filed a claim alleging over $4.2 million in damages. The complaint, filed in the Federal Court in December 2017, alleges that Perta was involved with a scheme to misappropriate investor money…
Silver Law Group is investigating Wellington, Florida-based Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (“Raymond James”) broker Victor T. Connor (CRD# 843521). According to Connor’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, in September 2017, a Raymond James customer brought a FINRA arbitration alleging unsuitable recommendations, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, negligence, and failure to supervise.…
Silver Law Group is investigating former Coconut Creek, Florida-based LPL Financial broker Pedro O. Diaz (CRD# 4877003) after LPL Financial discharged him for short-term trading in mutual funds. Short-term trading in mutual funds, according to Diaz’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, a violation of LPL Financial’s policies. LPL Financial had employed Diaz…
Silver Law Group is investigating former Colorado Springs, Colorado-based LPL Financial LLC broker Sonya Camarco (CRD# 2427529) after FINRA permanently barred her from the industry. According to Camarco’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, FINRA barred Camarco in September 2017 after she failed to respond to its inquiry for information. Sonya Camarco’s Employment…
Silver Law Group is investigating former Herbert J. Sims & Co. Inc. (“HJ Sims”) broker Robert B. Delguercio (CRD# 2639851) after FINRA permanently barred him from the acting as a broker or otherwise associating with a brokerage firm. According to Delguercio’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, FINRA barred the New Jersey-based broker…