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FINRA Disciplinary Actions For April 2020 Names Registered Individuals Barred For Failure To Provide Information
According to FINRA disciplinary actions for April 2020, 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 |
| Joseph Berghausen | ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc. |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | |
| Stephanie Dannenberg | |
| Gregory Morgan | Allstate Financial Services, LLC |
| ProEquities,Inc. | |
| Wesley Rayner | Santander Securities LLC |
| JP Morgan Securities LLC | |
| David Rockwell | Cetera Advisor Networks LLC |
| Suntrust Investment Services, Inc. | |
| Paul Ross | Hantz Financial Services, Inc. |
| Thrivent Investment Management Inc. | |
| Mark Schneck | Northwestern Mutual Investment Services LLC |
| MML Investors Services,LLC | |
| Cynthia Tarner | |
| Dennis Taylor | Taylor Capital Management Inc. |
| Independent Financial Group, LLC |
In the wake of recent market turbulence, it is important to remember that some investment losses are not “investment” losses at all, but rather losses that are the result of stockbroker theft, fraud, Ponzi schemes, and otherwise.
On April 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief (Complaint) against Steven L. Brickner. According to the SEC, Brickner “falsely represented to prospective investors that he would use their money to purchase the assets of a Colorado-licensed marijuana dispensary network . . .” and ultimately net investors substantial gains through a reverse merger IPO. In reality, Brickner did not own the assets he represented to investors and never filed any necessary documents to complete his promised merger or IPO. 
Cetera Financial Group, comprised of Cetera Advisors, Cetera Advisor Networks, First Allied Securities, and Summit Brokerage Services, recently announced that it is halting sales of non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) and interval funds, citing the likely inaccuracy of real estate valuations leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cetera Financial Group has approximately 8,000 registered representatives operating across the country who are subject to this policy. 
Investors in YayYo (YAYO), a ride-hailing vehicle supply company, were disappointed to find out that their shares, which originally sold for $4.00 per share, are now worth pennies. A lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York, FirstFire Global Opportunities Fund, LLC v. Aegis Capital Corp., et al., alleges that this decimation of stock value was the result of fraud. Specifically, the suit accuses the IPO underwriters, including 
Silver Law Group is investigating Cetera Advisors, LLC and its registered representative David Rockwell. According to Rockwell’s CRD Report, published by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Rockwell was permanently barred from the securities industry and has been the subject of several customer disputes arising out of his misconduct over the past several years, involving allegations of fraud and misappropriation of customer’s funds. 
Silver Law Group recently filed a FINRA arbitration claim on behalf of a customer of David Krumrey of Oppenheimer & Co. Among other things, the suit alleges breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, breach of contract, and failure to supervise resulting in substantial investment losses in the customer’s account.
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