Lawrence 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…
Articles Posted in Misrepresentation and Omission of Material Facts
Akers Bioscience and Aegis
Akers Bioscience went public in 2014 using Aegis Financial as its investment banker and underwriter. In a subsequent offering in 2017, Akers investment banker and underwriter was Joseph Gunnar. Akers Bioscience develops, manufactures, and supplies rapid screening and testing products designed to deliver quicker and more cost-effective healthcare information to…
Recro Pharma’s Investment Banker and Underwriter was Aegis Financial in Recro Pharma’s 2014 IPO
Recro is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops non-opioid therapeutics for the treatment of pain in the post-operative setting. Recro offers its products to the medical industry. The Company’s lead product is a proprietary injectable form of meloxicam, a long-acting preferential COX-2 inhibitor (“IV meloxicam”) to be used for the…
FINRA Bars Broker Christopher Hibbard After Separation from Merrill Lynch
Christopher Lee Hibbard (CRD #3176484) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor who has been barred from association with any FINRA-associated broker. His most recent employer was Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (CRD #7691) of Louisville, KY, from 07/16/2010 through 01/26/2018. His previous employers include Morgan Keegan…
National Securities Corporation and Restoration Robotics, Inc. Subject of Class Action
A class action has been filed against Restoration Robotics, Inc. (“HAIR”), National Securities Corporation (“National Securities”) and others. The complaint alleges that Restoration Robotics negligently issued untrue statements of material facts in, and omitted to state material facts required to be started from, the prospectus issued in connection with the…
Broker Adam Goodman Subject of FINRA Arbitration Claims
Adam Goodman (CRD #2263780) is a currently registered broker and investment advisor employed by Stoever, Glass & Company Inc. (CRD #7031) of Boca Raton, FL. His previous employers include Herbert J. Sims & Co. Inc. (CRD #3420) and Wien Securities Corp. (CRD #10467.) He has been in the industry since…
Centaurus Financial
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…
Silver Law Group is Investigating Joseph Alan Lavigne of Spencer Edwards, Inc.
Silver Law Group is currently investigating Centennial, Colorado based broker Joseph Alan Lavigne regarding complaints pertaining to failure to provide due diligence to investor clients and misrepresentation. Based on FINRA’s BrokerCheck report on Lavigne, a complaint was filed on December 4, 2017 alleging that Lavigne provided misleading information to investor…
Silver Law Group is Investigating John Greg Schmidt of Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc. and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC
Silver Law Group is currently investigating Dayton, Ohio based broker John Greg Schmidt regarding complaints pertaining to theft of client funds and elder financial abuse. Based on FINRA’s BrokerCheck report on Schmidt, a complaint was filed on October 9, 2007 alleging that Schmidt caused an investor client upwards of $500,000…
Silver Law Group is Investigating Sonya D. Camarco of LPL Financial LLC
Silver Law Group is currently investigating Colorado Springs, CO based broker Sonya D. Camarco regarding complaints pertaining to failure to provide due diligence to investor clients, misappropriation of client funds, and misrepresentation. Based on FINRA’s BrokerCheck report on Camarco, a complaint was filed on August 23, 2017 alleging that Camarco…