Articles Posted in Unsuitable Investment Advice

John Maloney (CRD #726108) has been employed by Woodbury Financial Services Inc. since June 2016. Maloney was previously employed by Edward Jones from January 1981 to June 2016. According to the FINRA BrokerCheck, there have been several complaints against Mr. Maloney.  In 2016 Claimants allege Mr. Maloney’s recommendations to purchase…

Centaurus Financial has been the recipient of multiple FINRA actions, including 11 regulatory events and 8 reported arbitration claims. Not all of these are major issues, but they could be relevant to an investor doing business with Centaurus. The SEC has strict rules about how a broker-dealer operates, runs their…

Carlos Mejia CRD#5011069 Silver Law Group is investigating Former Albany, New York-based Purshe Kaplan Sterling broker Carlos Mejia after he settled a customer complaint alleging unsuitable investment recommendations. According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck report on Mejia, a complaint was received in February of 2016 alleging that Mejia provided unsuitable investment recommendations…

Michael J. Keane CRD#265697 Silver Law Group is investigating former Melville, New York-based UBS Financial Services Inc broker Michael Keane, after multiple customer allegations of unsuitable investment recommendations where received by FINRA. According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck report on Keane, a complaint was filed in October of 2017 alleging that during…

David W Krumrey CRD#4121845 Silver Law Group is investigating The Woodlands, Texas-based Oppenheimer & Co broker David Krumrey following a customer complaint alleging unauthorized trading, According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck report on Krumrey, a complaint was received in October of 2017 alleging that Krumrey had engaged in unsuitable trading relating to…

Silver Law Group is investigating former Memphis, Tennessee-based Wunderlich Securities Inc. (CRD#2543) broker David K. Mallett (CRD#5145838) over allegations that Mallett excessively traded customers’ accounts and made unsuitable recommendations. According to Mallett’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, a customer filed a complaint in October of 2016 against Mallett alleging churning in the customer’s…

Silver Law Group is investigating former Clearwater, Florida broker Dennis M. Merritt (CRD# 1748115) after FINRA suspended him for four months and his employing firm terminated him for alleged unsuitable recommendations among other things. In March 2016, FINRA and Merritt entered into an order accepting offer of settlement (the “Order”). …

Cetera Financial Group is placing advisers at Summit and other firms Independent financial adviser network Cetera Financial Group has taken steps toward relocating advisers at J. P. Turner & Co. after making the decision to close the firm. According to Investment News, about 50 percent of its current advisers have…

Hedge fund firm owners agree to $5 million combined settlement On June 1, 2015 the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Greenwich, Connecticut-based AlphaBridge Capital Management and its two owners with fraudulently inflating the prices of securities in funds they managed. These inflated valuations caused the funds to pay higher management…

Tips on how how to be alert so you do not fall victim to an investment scheme. The old adage “don’t believe everything you hear or read” rings true in the case of a recent Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Alert. This particular alert warns investors about financial professionals that…