The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently barred Marcus D. Parker, from the industry. Marcus Parker allegedly failed to respond to a FINRA investigation against him. FINRA was investigating him for misappropriating funds from client accounts, and other things. At the time, Parker was associated with Wells Fargo in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Wells Fargo…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) barred former LPL broker Laura Shean from the industry for allegedly converting approximately $124,000 in customer funds between March 2017 and October 2017. Shean allegedly made tax payments for her own benefit to the IRS by improperly directing the IRS to debit funds from a customer’s brokerage account. The…
According to a recent InvestmenNews article, Merrill Lynch has reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to its sale of shares of a Chinese software company that has been found to be operating a fraud scheme. The SEC claimed that Merrill failed to perform proper due diligence functions in the unregistered…
According to a recent Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Pavel Shklyar was accused of violating industry rules and regulations. FINRA was investigating Shklyar for his participation in potential private securities transactions, and he did not provide requested documents to FINRA. This resulted in an automatic bar…
According to a recent Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Marcus Parker was permanently barred from the industry. Parker, a former broker with Wells Fargo, failed to respond to a FINRA investigation against him. This results in a permanent bar from the industry. According to his online,…
Scottsdale, Arizona-based Merrill Lynch broker Jonathan Rankin has customer complaints against him, according to his public records online with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Mr. Rankin, while registered with Merrill Lynch, allegedly misrepresented and omitted material facts regarding a variable annuity issued in May 2017. He also allegedly executed unauthorized trades, made misrepresentations of…
If you were recommended a long term care insurance policy by your financial advisor, and that policy has lapsed, you might be able to recover the premiums paid against the brokerage firm who recommended it. Many brokers recommended long-term care insurance policies with promises and representations that the premiums would not change or fluctuate much.…
Former Merrill Lynch broker Lyle Boudreaux was accused of making an inappropriate investment, breaching contract, violating state securities laws, negligence and for a client of his suffering losses as a result of an exchange-traded fund position in an advisory account. These are all against securities laws and internal firm rules. A brokerage firm like Merrill…
Last week, Merrill Lynch was fined a total of $26 million by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) alleging failures in reporting “suspicious” transactions, according to documentation obtained by Reuters. Allegedly, from 2010 until 2011, the bank failed to properly monitor brokerage accounts for illegal activity, and offered…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today fined Merrill Lynch $1.4 million for failing to establish a reasonable supervisory system and procedures to identify and evaluate extended settlement transactions, and for related rule violations. Extended settlement transactions have a longer time between trade and settlement than routine securities transactions, and therefore involve an extension of…