Articles Posted in Stockbroker Misconduct

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for April 2025, 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 Mark Brosa  …

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for April 2025, 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. However, these individuals remain bound by…

Stewart Ginn (a/k/a Stewart Taylor or Paxton Ginn Jr.), who is the owner of Paxton Financial Services, has been a broker Independent Financial Group, LLC since 2015. In 2023 Ginn was suspended by FINRA after FINRA found that Ginn “excessively traded five customers’ accounts” even though “[n]one of the five…

Silver Law Group founder and managing partner Scott Silver recently commented on a case in which a former Wells Fargo customer requested to have an arbitration decision overturned because he felt that he was “improperly induced” into signing a release agreement prior to seeking arbitration. “This case highlights the way…

Sean Righter (CRD# 5419832) is a previously registered broker and currently registered investment advisor. His last known employer was Morgan Stanley (CRD# 149777) of Irvine, CA. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Righter was employed with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD# 7059) of Laguna Nigel, CA. He has been in the industry…

Charles Weldon (Charles Raymond Weldon, CRD# 1030659, aka “C. Raymond Weldon”) is a currently registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Independent Financial Group, LLC (CRD# 7717) of Boca Raton, Fl, and as an investment advisor with Weldon & Company (CRD# 129099), also of Boca Raton. His previous employers include…

Mario Martinez (Mario L. Martinez, CRD# 6144561) is a former registered broker and investment advisor last employed with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (CRD# 7691) of Fort Lauderdale, FL. He was previously employed with AXA Advisors, LLC (CRD# 6627) of Miami, FL, and has been in the industry since…

When a broker-dealer terminates a broker, it doesn’t mean the problems are gone. Some firms continue to deal with those problems for some time. In the case of United Planners’ Financial Services of America, they are still handling the fallout from the firm’s former broker, Philip Anthony Riposo (CRD# 400056),…

Have you suffered losses after your broker recommended buying shares of the Aegis-underwritten company Farmmi? This is one of many Aegis-backed companies that has cost investors big losses. Silver Law Group is a securities law firm that looks after investors’ interests. If you or someone you know have suffered losses…

Sanford Simmons (Sanford Graham Simmons CRD# 1018907, aka, “Sandy Simmons Jr, Sanford Graham Simmons Jr, Sanford Graham (Jr) Simmons”) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor last employed with Saxony Securities, Inc. (CRD# 115547) of Castle Rock, CO. Recent employers include Patrick Capital Markets, LLC (CRD# 16518), also of…