Steven Pagartanis (CRD #1958879) was employed by Lombard Securities Inc. from September 2017 through March 2018. Previous employment included Cadaretm Grant & Co, Inc. from September 2012 to March 2017 and Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. from August 2011 to September 2012. Pagartanis was barred from association with any FINRA member…
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Marc Korsch of Centaurus Financial, Inc.
Marc Korsch (CRD #5525226) has been employed by Centaurus Financial, Inc. since February 2014. Korsch was registered with the following firms: Trustmont Financial Group, Inc. from March 2011 to March 2014, Capital Financial Services, Inc. from July 2010 to March 2011, Variable Investment Advisors, Inc. from April 2010 to July…
Broker John Cione Subject of $600K Customer Dispute
John Michael Cione (CRD #1742561) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Independent Financial Group (CRD #7717) of San Diego, CA. His previous employers include Sentra Securities Corporation (CRD #10249) and Spelman & Co., Inc. (CRD #10232) both of Phoenix, AZ and Foresters Equity Services, Inc. (CRD…
Ex-broker, Robert Basile, Pleads Guilty to Stealing $130,000 from his Elderly Mother
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. has barred former Waddell & Reed broker, Robert Lee Basile (CRD #2392772). He faces two years of probation after pleading guilty to embezzlement and theft from an elder. Basile’s mother opened a brokerage account with Waddell and Reed in 2014, shortly after his son…
FINRA Suspends Broker Jonathan Iraggi For Compliance Issue
Jonathan William Iraggi (CRD #5857254) is a former registered broker whose last employer was National Securities Corporation (CRD #7569) of Morganville, NJ. His previous employers include Garden State Securities, Inc. (CRD #10083) of Red Bank, NJ, Spartan Capital Securities, LLC (CRD #146251) and Portfolio Advisors Alliance, Inc. (CRD #101680) of…
Atul Makharia Customer Disputes Allege Unsuitability
Atul Makharia (CRD #5070762) is a registered broker currently employed with Centaurus Financial, Inc. (CRD #30833) of Lexington, SC. Makharia’s previous employers are J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C. (CRD #43177), Gunnallen Financial, Inc. (CRD #17609), and First Allied Securities, Inc. (CRD #32444), also of Lexington, SC. Makharia has been in…
Broker Ricky Mantei Subject To Allegations Of Unsuitability
Ricky Allen Mantei (CRD #1098981, aka “Ricky Allen Mantel”) is a registered broker currently employed with Centaurus Financial, Inc. (CRD #30833) of Lexington, SC. His previous employers include J.P. Turner & Company, L.L.C. (CRD #43177), Gunnallen Financial, Inc. (CRD #17609), First Allied Securities, Inc. (CRD #32444), also of Lexington, SC.…
Kevin Wilson Subject of Two Disputes Totaling $2.4M
Kevin Richard Wilson (CRD #326701) is a registered broker currently employed with National Securities Corporation (CRD #7569) of New York, NY. His previous employers include Laidlaw & Company (UK) LTD. (CRD #119037), Aegis Capital Corp. (CRD #15007) and Gilford Securities Incorporated (CRD #8076), all of New York, NY. He has…
Three Customer Disputes Filed Against Robert Abramowitz
Robert Abramowitz (CRD #4437589) is a currently registered broker and investment advisor employed with National Securities Corporation (CRD #7569) of Melville, NY. Previous employers include Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (CRD #249) of Jericho, NY, Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (CRD #6694) of Garden City, NY, and Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC…
Silver Law Group and the Law Firm of David R. Chase Files a Second FINRA Arbitration Claim Against Independent Financial Group Concerning Selling Away Claims
Silver Law Group and The Law Firm of David R. Chase have filed their second FINRA arbitration claim against Independent Financial Group alleging its broker recommended the services of an individual who was running a Ponzi scheme. According to the securities arbitration complaint, the Claimant’s elderly father became a client…