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Daniel N. Winger Barred by FINRA
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Brian Stephan Named Respondent in FINRA Complaint
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FINRA Complaint Filed Against John W. Cutshall
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McCoy Fined and Barred by FINRA
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Preston Suspended by FINRA
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Harold Connell of CP Capital Securities Barred and Expelled by FINRA
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Allan Suspended by FINRA and order to pay Disgorgement
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Swingle Fined & Suspended for Borrowing Money from Clients for Gambling Debt
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Anastos Suspended for Four Months
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Richard Foster Fined and Suspended for Six Months
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Parker Fined & Suspended by FINRA
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Eckstein Named as Respondent in FINRA Complaint
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Craig E. Walker Barred by FINRA
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Kaplan Barred for Churning and Unsuitable Excessive Trading by FINRA
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Meier Barred by FINRA
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LaMarre Fined and Suspended for Unsuitable Recommendations
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Degner Fined and Suspended by FINRA
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Lawrence J. Fawcett Jr. Fined and Suspended by FINRA
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Moscoso Barred by FINRA
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US Court of Appeals Upholds SEC Decision to Barr Talman A. Harris
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Larry Boggs Barred by FINRA
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OHO Issues Decision regarding David O. Braeger
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FINRA Fines and Suspends Jeffrey Kinder for 15 Months
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FINRA Fines and Suspends Shotz
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FINRA Fines and Suspends Michael N. Guifoyle for 10 months.
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Herauf Terminated from Edward Jones due to FINRA Allegations
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FINRA Suspends and Fines Brenton L. Bataille
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Hank M. Werner Suspended, Fined, and Ordered to Pay Restitution
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Summit Brokerage Services, Inc. Censured
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FINRA Fines and Suspends Marlon Cole for 16 Months.
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Timothy T. Gibbons Fined, Suspended and Order to Pay Restitution by FINRA
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Oromaner, Suspended, Fined and Order to Pay Restitution by FINRA
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Sica Required by FINRA to Attend Continuing Education
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Lawing Suspended for Disclosing Nonpublic Client Information
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FINRA Complaint Filed Against Bruce Martin Zipper
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Walter Marino Suspended for One Year
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Steven Meyer Barred by FINRA
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Cotter Suspended and Fined by FINRA
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Southwick Suspended from FINRA
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FINRA Suspends Perry for 18 months
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Jackson Barred from FINRA
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Craig Scott Capital Expelled
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Esteva Barred from FINRA
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Complaint filed against Meyers Associates and Two of it’s Brokers
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Fleming Suspended by FINRA for Four Months
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Lomedico Supended & Fined by FINRA
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FINRA Suspends LaCerte
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Taboada, NAC Decision Appealed to SEC
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NAC Barred David Joseph Excarcega from FINRA
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Kimberlin Suspended from FINRA for 18 Months
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Jay Jordan Barred from FINRA
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Complaint Filed with FINRA Against Marino
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FINRA Fined and Suspended Donald Bergeron for 15 Days
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Serth Suspended for Three Months by FINRA
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FINRA Complaint Filed Against Lawrence for Unapproved Loan from Customer
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Likens, Suspended and Fined for Unapproved Loans from Customers
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Hushek Suspended and Fined by FINRA
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Carolina Financial Securities, LLC Fined and Bruce Roberts Sanctioned
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Geraldine Gordon Suspended for 10 days by FINRA
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Larry Wolfe Fined and Suspended by FINRA
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FINRA Censures and Fines Trustfirst Inc.
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FINRA Decision Regarding Legend Securities, FINAL
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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Censured & Fined by FINRA
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FINRA Suspends James Flower for Three Months (Requires Continuing Education)
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Hickman, Fined, Suspended and Ordered to Pay Restitution by FINRA
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Fined 3.2 Million Dollars
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FINRA Suspends Landa for Two Months
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An Offer of Settlement issued for James Davis Trent
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MSI Financial Service, INC Censured and Required to Provide Remediation Plan
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Burris Suspended by FINRA for Five Business Days
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Bullock Censured and Fined by FINRA
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Cetera Advisors LLC Sanctioned by FINRA
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FINRA Fines and Suspends Jeffrey Davis for One Month
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Spencer Edwards, Inc. Suspended and Fined by FINRA
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Cagle Fined and Suspended for Two Months by FINRA
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Scott Sibley Barred from FINRA
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FSC Securities Corporation censured and Fined by FINRA
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Todurge Barred by FINRA
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Enrique Mercado Jr. Submits Offer of Settlement to FINRA
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Legend Equities Corporation Sanctioned by FINRA
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Jimenez Fined and Suspended by FINRA for Engaging in Securities Activities without being Registered
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FINRA Suspends Harold Stephen Pomeranz for Three Months
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Jeffrey Paul Dragon and Berthel, Fisher & Company Financial Service, Inc. Named in FINRA Complaint
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Derek Wayne Border Suspended for Three Months
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Individuals Suspended for Failure to Provide Information or Keep Information Current Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9552(d)
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Mark Schklar Fined and Suspended for Eight Months by FINRA
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Individuals Barred for Failure to Provide Information or Keep Information Current Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9552(h)
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Cecil Ernest Nivens named in FINRA Complaint
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Ultralat Capital Markets, Inc. Censured and Fined by FINRA
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Individuals Suspended for Failure to Provide Information or Keep Information Current Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9552(d)
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Jarred Lawson Suspended by FINRA for One Year
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FINRA Censures Santander Securities LLC and Orders them to Pay Fined and Restitution
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FINRA Complaint filed against Legend Securities, Inc.
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FINRA Barred Jaoshiang Luo (CRD #2143876, Flushing, New York)
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J. Michael Casas Barred from FINRA
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Maczko Barred from FINRA for Taking Advantage of Elderly Customers
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Adam Fritzsche Suspended by FINRA for one Year
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Kelly Clayton Althar submitted an Offer of Settlement, and Barred by FINRA.
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Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. sanctioned for overcharging interest on margin loans totaling approximately $708,000
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Individuals Barred for Failure to Provide Information or Keep Information Current Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9552(h) February 2017
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James Rose, Suspended for Six Months for Engaging in Business Activities without Disclosure or Approval.
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Statim Holdings Inc., has guaranteed investors its main hedge fund won’t lose money.
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Individuals Barred for Failure to Provide Information or Keep Information Current Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9552(h) February 2017
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Alejandro Falla (Miami, Florida) Barred from acting as Broker and Associating with any FINRA member in any capacity. (FINRA Case #2013035313902)
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Securities-based Loans (SBLs): What are they and what is the risk
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FINRA Expelled Fox Financial Management Corporation and Suspends Chief Compliance Officer Brian Andrew Murphy & President James Edward Rooney Jr. (FINRA Case #2012030724101)
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Legendary Sports Gambler Billy Walters Convicted of Insider Trading
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New Sanction Guidelines for NAC
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Investor Alert issued by FINRA regarding Binary Options Follow-up Schemes
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Will Allen (Former Dolphins, Giants, and Patriots NFL Player) was Charged with 23 Federal Felonies in Alleged Ponzi Scheme
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FINRA bars North Carolina Broker/Dealer for False Testimony, and Fabricated Documents
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Morgan Stanley pays penalty after allegations of inverse ETF investments
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Large FINRA Arbitration Award Against UBS of Puerto Rico Regarding Bond Funds
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FINRA Questioning Brokerage Firm “Culture”
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LPL Financial Fraught with Allegations of Supervisory Failures
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Total Wealth Management Sanctions Kickbacks
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Files Parallel Action in Response to Previous CFTC Fraud Charges
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Judge Orders Attorney to Pay Nearly $4 Million in Prime Bank Investment Scheme
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Florida Transfer Agent Charged by SEC with Defrauding Investors
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Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. to Face Judge in September
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Oppenheimer Advisor Targets Elderly Widow
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Barred Investment Advisor Swindles Clients for Nearly $9 Million
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UBS Continues to Face Controversy over Puerto Rico Muni Bonds
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Rafferty Capital Markets Enables Unregistered Firm to Engage in Illegal Trades
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Private Fund Manager Charged by SEC for Theft of Investor Funds
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FINRA Castigates Prodigious Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for Supervisory Failures
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Feds, SEC Tag Qualcomm Managers for Insider Trading
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Barred Stock Broker Dupes Investors in Florida Real Estate Deal
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SEC Landmark Non-prosecution Deal in Insider Trading Racket
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Widespread “Expert Networks” Investigation by SEC Snags Dozens for Insider Trading
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SEC and Homeland Security Squash TelexFree Pyramid Scheme
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Transamerica Financial Advisors Breakpoint Discounts? Nor for Everyone
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Defunct Direct Access Partners Scuttled by Shady Practices
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IT Giant Hewlett-Packard Charged with FCPA Violations
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FINRA Fines LPL Financial Nearly $1,000,000 for Supervisory Short-Falls
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Florida-based YouTube Ponzi Scam Draws Attention of SEC, Criminal Authorities
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Bitcoin Continues to be of Concern to Regulatory Authorities
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Two Guys Walked into a Bar: Investment Broker, Law Clerk, and “Middleman” Bilk $5.6 Million Through Insider Trading
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Puerto Rico Municipal Bonds: Not Just Another Muni
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UBS Puerto Rico, Executives Shill Investors
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International Pyramid Scheme Gouges Investors Through Use of Social Media
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Berthel Fisher and Affiliate, Securities Management & Research, Fined $775,000
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Global Conglomerate, Credit Suisse Group AG, Fined for SEC Violations
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AML Violations Lead to Historic Penalty for Brown Brothers Harriman
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SEC Takes Action to Minimize Microcap Fraud: Targets Hundreds of Shell Companies
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Know Your Stock Attorney
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Legg Mason Affiliate Charged with Defrauding Clients
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SEC’s Risk Alert Regarding Alternative Investments Due Diligence
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KPMG Violates Directives Regarding Auditor Independence
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What is Breach of Fiduciary Duty?
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Wife of Florida Ponzi scammer sent to prison for 18 months
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FINRA Investor Alert
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Lost Money in Puerto Rico Bonds or Bonds Funds?
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UBS facing Millions of Dollars in Claims
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Blum Law Group Investigates David Lerner Associates, Inc.
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Blum Law Group Investigates JW Korth & Company
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Peregrine CEO pleads Not Guilty even After he admits to wrongdoing in a note
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Blum Law Group Investigates Liberty Trading Group and Peregrine Financial Group
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February 2012 FINRA Florida Disciplinary Actions
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January 2012 FINRA Florida Disciplinary Actions
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FINRA Issued Investor Alert on Public Non-Traded REITs
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Blum Law Group Files Securities Class Action Against Regions Bank Alleging Regions Aided and Abetted the Sale of Securities by an Unregistered Dealer
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FINRA Fined Raymond James for Charging Unfair Commissions and Ordered Restitution
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Blum Law Group Files Claims on Behalf of McGinn Smith Investors Against National Financial Services, LLC
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Lehman Investor Alert: Continued Findings that UBS Misled Lehman Structured Notes Investors
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FINRA Fines Pointe Capital, Inc. (n/k/a JHS Capital Advisors, Inc.) for Excessive Commissions
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Recovering Investment Losses in Desert Capital REIT
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Blum Law Group Announces its Investigation of the Laeroc Funds
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Investors in Lehman Structured Notes Awarded the Return of the Their Entire Investment from Neuberger Berman
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Broker-Dealers Charging Excessive “Postage and Handling” Fees
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FINRA Accuses Apple REITs/David Lerner Associates of Fraud
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SEC Implements Whistleblower Award Program
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FTC Shuts Down American Precious Metals, LLC, a Precious Metals Boiler Room Based out of Deerfield Beach, Florida that Preyed on Seniors
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SEC Charges Subprime Auto Loan Lender and Executives With Fraud
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FINRA Sanctions UBS Nearly $11 Million for Down Playing Risks Associated with Lehman Principal Protected Notes Sold to its Customers
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SEC Shuts Down Multiple Chinese Companies Listed on U.S. Stock Exchanges and Investigates their Practices
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Lehman Bankruptcy Trustee Sued Citibank for $1.3 Billion
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Investors Recoup Madoff Losses through FINRA Arbitration
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Regulators Continue Efforts to Rein in New Ponzi Schemes
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Sean Premock & Premock Financial: Sale of Fraudulent Investment Products
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Another Victory for Investors Who Purchased Lehman Brothers Structured Notes
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Former Television Star Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud
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South Florida brokerage firm targeted in $5 million lawsuit filed by Rothstein trustee
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Investors Continue to Recover from UBS over Lehman Notes in FINRA Arbitration
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Brewer Investment Group Promissory Note Fraud
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The Lehman Bankruptcy – Everyone is Getting Paid But the Victims
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Banyon Investors Unlikely to Recover Significant Money from Scott Rothstein Restitution Fund or from the Receivership
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New Law Provides Financial Incentives and Increased Protection for Securities Fraud Whistleblowers
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Montana Regulator Sues Securities America over Medical Capital
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Blum & Silver Representing Investors in ProShares and other Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
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Scott L. Silver, Esq. Selected for Florida Trend’s 2010 Florida Legal Elite
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SEC Looking at the Sale of Principal Protected Notes
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SEC Brings Securities Fraud Action against Goldman Sachs in Connection With the Creation and Sale of Subprime CDOs
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Broker and Investment Author Bambi Holzer Facing Complaints for the Sale of Provident Shale Royalties Ponzi Scheme
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FINRA Expels Provident Asset Management and is Investigating Other Provident Selling Broker-Dealers
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FINRA Fines H&R Block Financial Advisors for Inadequate Supervision of Reverse Convertible Notes Sales and Issues Guidelines for the Sale of These Products
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Blum Law Group Investigates Michael DiMare Losses Against ING and Signator Investors
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Medical Capital Investor Alert: Massachusetts Securities Regulators Have Sued Securities America, Inc. for Securities Fraud
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Medical Capital Investors Still Owed $1.7 Billion
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Increased FINRA Arbitration in 2009
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2009: “The Year of the Ponzi Scheme”
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FINRA Expresses Concern about Principal Protected Notes
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Scott Silver of Blum Law Group Wins Most Effective Securities Lawyer Award
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Investor Wins Arbitration Award Against UBS Over Lehman PPN
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Broker-Dealers Negligent in Their Due Diligence
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Securities America May Have Suspected Problems with Medical Capital Notes
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Stockbroker ordered to pay $7 million securities arbitration judgment
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OUR LAW FIRMS INVESTIGATION INTO MEDICAL CAPITAL LOSSES CONTINUE
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Blum Law Group to represent investors for losses in Medical Capital
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SEC OBTAINS ASSET FREEZE IN $485 MILLION NATIONWIDE OFFERING FRAUD BY PROVIDENT ROYALTIES, LLC
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SEC Hits Morgan Keegan With Wells Notice
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BLUM & SILVER CONTINUES TO FILE ARBITRATION CLAIMS AGAINST UBS FOR THE SALE OF LEHMAN PRINCIPAL PROTECTED NOTES
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Blum Law Group Files FINRA Arbitration Against Deutsche Bank Securities for Sale of the Aravali Fund
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SEC lawsuit targets Aura
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NEW HAMPSHIRE REGULATORS CLAIM UBS MISLED INVESTORS ABOUT LEHMAN PRINCIPAL PROTECTED NOTES
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Lehman Good-for-Retirement Notes Worth Pennies for UBS Clients
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BofA Sues Bear Stearns For Hedge Fund Blow Up
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NOTICE TO ALL UBS CLIENTS WHO PURCHASED LEHMAN STRUCTURED NOTES AND LEHMAN PREFERRED SHARES
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Blum Law Group obtains a FINRA arbitration award against CIBC World Markets Corp., Jeff Bank, and Arthur Lewis
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FINRA ARBITRATION PANEL AWARDS Blum Law Group CLIENT LARGE PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARD AGAINST STOCKBROKER GARY GROSS
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