Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog

A man whose account was churned down to $10,000 was awarded both compensatory damages of $375,000 for his original investment plus an additional $700,000 in punitive damages. The client, Herbert W. Voss, was awarded $1.075 million by FINRA. Mr. Voss’ attorney was quoted as saying that “It was like the…

Ralph Michael Byer (CRD #1038411) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (CRD #7691) of Plantation, Florida, where he has been since 1982. Byer has a total of seven disclosures, all of them customer disputes. The most recent was filed…

Andrew Jason Mandell (CRD #194970) is a previously registered broker whose last employer was Network 1 Financial Securities Inc. (CRD #13577) of Oakland, CA. Previous employers include Olympus Securities, LLC (CRD #114050), Halcyon Cabot Partners, LTD. (CRD #32664, one of four previous employers expelled by FINRA, on 10/06/2015) and The…

Roger Kroeger (CRD #1526864) is a former registered broker and investment advisor who was employed with Invest Financial Corporation (CRD #12984) of Fort Lauderdale, FL for 27 years. He was previously employed with Glenfed Brokerage Services (CRD #13648) of Glendale CA and Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. (CRD #7506). Although Kroeger…

Daniel Noah Winger (CRD #1542674) is a former registered broker whose last employer was PFS Investments Inc. (CRD #10111) of Federal Way, WA. No current employment information is available. He began in the industry in 1986. Winger was discharged by PFS on 8/10/2018 after a customer alleged that he took…

Dexter Leroy Thomas (CRD #1074222) is a formerly registered broker and investment advisor who was last employed with United Planners’ Financial Services Of America A Limited Partner (CRD #20804) of Dallas, TX. His previous employers include LPL Financial LLC (CRD #6413), National Planning Corporation (CRD #29604) and Invest Financial Corporation…

Christopher David Sinkula (CRD #2001512) is a currently registered broker and investment advisor who is currently employed with Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (CRD #463) of Stuart, FL. His previous employers include Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD #7059), also of Stuart, A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (CRD #4) of St.…

Back in June, we told you about Yousuf Saljooki (CRD #5045123), who was suspended by the state of Arkansas after failing to disclose an outstanding federal tax lien. This failure led to his discharge of employment by Worden Capital. He was previously discharged by SW Financial in 2017 for opening…

Would you listen if a company selling its stock asked you to reject a buyer’s offer? That’s the conundrum facing stockholders of American Finance Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFIN.) This REIT was formerly not traded, and sponsored by AR Global. The company has 75% of its Class A and former Class…

The SEC recently published some guidance on variable annuities, an investment contract between an investor and an insurance company. What It Is A variable annuity is an investment account purchased from an insurance company that includes different types of insurance features. It can grow on a tax-deferred basis, and you…