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Leon-Vaccarelli-Fined-and-Sanctioned-by-FINRA-300x199-1-300x199Lawrence Fawcett (CRD #5851474) was barred from association with any FINRA member in all capacities. Without admitting or denying the findings, Fawcett consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he failed to produce documents and information requested by FINRA, and failed to appear for on-the-record testimony, in connection with an investigation regarding his outside business activities. Westpark Capital discharged Lawrence Fawcett following allegations that he conducted business from a non-disclosed location as well as made false representations to Westpark.

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If you invested with Lawrence Fawcett, Jr. and believe you have lost money due to his misconduct, you may be able to file a claim to recover your losses through FINRA arbitration. For a free evaluation of your potential case by as securities attorney, please contact Silver Law Group.  Westpark Capital has received two securities arbitration claims from former customers of Lawrence Fawcett.

Joshua Ellis (CRD #5500165) was suspended on March 26, 2018 from associating with any FINRA member firm in all capacities. If Ellis fails to request termination of the suspension within three months of the date of the Notice of Suspension, he will automatically be barred on May 31, 2018 from association with any FINRA member in all capacities pursuant to FINRA Rule 9552(h).

South-Florida-Broker-Brian-Michael-Berger-Permanently-Barred-by-FINRA-1024x683-300x200Joshua Ellis was with LPL Financial in its Kennesaw, Georgia office until October 2017 when he was discharged for failing to timely respond to inquiries from the firm’s compliance department.

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DLeon-Vaccarelli-Fined-and-Sanctioned-by-FINRA-300x199avid Barber (CRD #1165082) was barred from association with any FINRA member in all capacities. Without admitting or denying the findings, Barber consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he failed to produce information and documents requested by FINRA during the course of an ongoing examination to determine whether he engaged in unauthorized trading in the accounts of customers of his member firm, exercised discretion in customer accounts without written authorization, or otherwise acted in violation of FINRA rules.

David Barber has been registered with Madison Avenue Securities in San Diego, California since 2015.  In January 2018, a securities arbitration award granted a California investor over 2 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages and attorney’s fees.  The securities arbitration panel found Madison Avenue and Mr. Barber liable for churning, unauthorized trading and breach of fiduciary duty.

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Leon-Vaccarelli-Fined-and-Sanctioned-by-FINRA-300x199-1-300x199Thomas Meier (CRD #1146044) was barred from association with any FINRA member in all capacities. Without admitting or denying the findings, Meier consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he effected approximately 1,290 unauthorized transactions, including both purchases and sales of equity securities, in eight accounts belonging to six customers. The findings stated that none of the eight accounts were discretionary accounts and Meier did not have discussions with the customers about the trades prior to the transactions and did not obtain the customers’ authorization prior to executing any of the transactions. Meier received approximately $265,000 in commissions for those transactions. Two of the customers realized losses of approximately $78,000. In addition, there were unrealized losses in the accounts. To-date, Meier’s member firm, Morgan Stanley, has paid a total of approximately $1,087,610 to five of the customers in connection with complaints about Meier. The findings also stated that Meier exercised discretion in five accounts belonging to four separate customers. The findings also included that Meier made inaccurate statements on four annual compliance questionnaires that he did not have any accounts in which business was transacted on a discretionary basis.

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If you invested with Thomas Meier and believe you have lost money due to his misconduct, you may be able to file a claim to recover your losses through FINRA arbitration. For a free evaluation of your potential case by as securities attorney, please contact Silver Law Group. Our Florida securities arbitration lawyers can meet with you at our offices or at your home to discuss your potential claims.

Former broker and investment advisor Mitchell Toby Yanow (CRD #2148171) was last employed by Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (CRD #793) of Boca Raton, FL. His previous employers include Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (CRD #249) and Wachovia Securities, LLC (CRD #19616), both of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. No current employment information is available. Yanow has been in the industry since 1991.

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FINRA recently barred Yanow after a disciplinary action after an investigation found that he converted at least $205,586 of an elderly customer’s funds for his own personal use. The 87-year-old customer gave Yanow a series of blank, signed checks to use for paying his caregiver in the event that the client was unable to do it himself. However, Yanow instead used the checks, from the customer’s brokerage account at his own firm, to withdraw funds and pay for personal expenses such as fees for his children’s summer camp, overdue homeowner association fees and for the purchase of a 1976 Corvette.

Without admitting or denying the findings, Yanow signed a Letter of Acceptance, Consent & Waiver on 7/9/2018. Yanow has been barred indefinitely, in all capacities as of 7/11/2018, from any FINRA-registered firm.

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2018, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules:

NAME

FORMER EMPLOYERS

  Mona Ali   JP Morgan Securities
  Bobbie Jo Bressler   Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC
  State Farm VP Management Corp
  Jeffrey Scott Cederberg   Primex
  Capwest Securities, Inc
  Gregory James Connell
  Vicente Davila   Morgan Stanely
  Merill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  Miguel Eduardo Guzman   JP Morgan Securities LLC
  MA Investment Corp
  John Matthew Kurzhal   UBS Financial Services Inc.
  John Cochran Maccoll   UBS Financial Services Inc.
  Morgan Stanley DW Inc
  Cynthia Mae Moore   The Huntington Investment Company
  Felipe De Jesus U Munive   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  Gordon Beecher Nitka   MML Investors Services, LLC
  MassMutual Life Insurance Company
  Daniel Ochoa   Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC
  Joshua Alexander Stephens-Anselm   JP Morgan Securities LLC
  Capital One Bank NA
  John Bradford Stoddard   Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  Zions Bank
  Christopher Robert Threet   JP Morgan Securities LLC
  Capital One Bank
  David Wells
  Yuhong Zhou   Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc
  World Financial Group, Inc

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

 

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2018, the following individuals were barred from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules:

NAME

FORMER EMPLOYERS

  Donald Nelson Bower III   Edward Jones
  Invest Financial Corp
  Christopher Masharn Bruce   Statefarm VP Management Corp
  Chris Bruce Insurance Agency
  Geoffrey Bret Davidson   Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  Miriam Fry   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  First Clearing, LLC
  Melanie Haning   UBS Financial Services Inc
  Merrill Lync, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  Ashley Marie Hostetter
  David Wayne Krumrey   Oppenheimer & Co., Inc
  Stanford Group Company
  Gregory Alan Levine   First Allied Securities, Inc
  MBM Capital Management
  Thomas Williams Manley II   RBC Capital Markets, LLC
  Lloyds Securities
  Gurdey Singh Mann   NYLife Securities LLC
  Christopher Quocthai Nguyen   TD Ameritrade, Inc
  WellsFargo Bank
  Brett Michael Williams   NY Life Securities LLC

FINRA makes this information available, in part, to inform investors about potential red flags or problems with certain stockbrokers.  If you invested with anyone in this report and have questions about your legal rights, our attorneys will talk with you at no cost to explain your legal rights and about how we can help recover your investment losses through securities arbitration or litigation.

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

 

 

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2018, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA for failing to comply with a FINRA arbitration award or settlement agreement pursuant to FINRA rules:

NAME

FORMER EMPLOYERS

  Daniel Harry Curkan   Sigma Financial Corporation
  Morgan Stanley
  Diaz, Anthony   IBN Financial Services, Inc
  Sandlapper Securities, LLC
  Brandon Avery Duncan   Royal Alliance Associates, Inc
  Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
  Timothy Stephen Fannin   UBS Financial Services Inc.
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  Michael P. Gopie   AXA Advisors, LLC
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  Louis Karl Kittlaus   Wall Street Strategies, Inc
  Edwin C. Blitz Investments, Inc
  Michael Scott Lavolpe   Meyers Associates, LP
  Robert M Marks Jr.   Cape Securities Inc.
  Synergy Investment Group, LLC
  Michael James McGraw   Morgan Stanley
  Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  Curtis Dean Milakovich   Kovack Securities Inc.
  Lincoln Investment
  Matthew Jacob Paparazzo   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

Our lawyers have extensive experience collecting FINRA arbitration awards, prevailing on Motions to Vacate FINRA arbitration awards and using various collection efforts to enforce FINRA awards after they are received.

Carlos Evertsz-Seda is barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity.  Respondent failed to request termination of his suspension within three months of the date of the Notice of Suspension; therefore, he is automatically barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Carlos Evertsz-Seda was employed by K.C. Ward Financial in Ronkonkoma, NY from 2010 – May 2017.  Mr. Evertsz-Seda is the subject of two securities arbitration claims for damages due to unsuitable investments.  K.C. Ward Financial is a Long Island based brokerage firm owned by Louis Ward.

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If you invested with Carlos Evertsz-Seda and believe you have lost money due to his misconduct, you may be able to file a claim to recover your losses through FINRA arbitration. For a free evaluation of your potential case by as securities attorney, please contact Silver Law Group.

Craig Blattner has been in the securities industry for 31 years most recently with Cetera Advisors LLC in Longwood, FL from September 2016 – February 2018. Previous registrations include Investors Capital Corp in Longwood, FL form May 2006 – October 2016.  Mr. Blattner is no longer a registered stockbroker.

Blattner was assessed a deferred fine of $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in all capacities for 15 business days following allegations that he settled a client complaint away from his member firm.

FINRA’s findings stated that the value of a joint account of two clients served by Blattner allegedly declined by approximately $75,000. One of these clients complained, orally and in writing by e-mail, to Blattner about his management of their account and the losses they had suffered. Blattner did not disclose the client’s complaint to the firm, and that the complaint was never reported on his Form U4.

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