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Silver Law Group, a nationally-recognized law firm representing investors, continues to file FINRA arbitration claims on behalf of clients against Voya Financial Advisors regarding its former employee James Flynn (a/k/a Jim Flynn CRD# 3082615) of Greenville, South Carolina.  The claims request compensation to recover investment losses suffered by our clients…

Scott J. Donato (CRD#: 2336331) is a former registered broker and investment advisor who was last employed with Morgan Stanley (CRD#:149777) of Miami, FL, until 2017. He previously worked for two different Morgan Stanley companies, (CRD#: 8209 and 7556) since 1993. No current employment information is available. Scott Donato is…

Silver Law Group is investigating Boca Raton, Florida-based Newbridge Securities Corporation broker David Fagenson (CRD# 1652012) after FINRA suspended him for eight (8) months for alleged misconduct in elder customer brokerage accounts. According to Fagenson’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, FINRA suspended the Florida-based broker in November 2018. FINRA suspended Fagenson after…

Dan Brown (CRD#: 3184347) is a previously registered broker whose last employer was Joseph Stone Capital L.L.C. (CRD#:159744) of Center Moriches, NY. His previous employers include First Standard Financial Company LLC (CRD#:168340), Legend Securities, Inc. (CRD#:44952, expelled by FINRA on 4/17/2017) and Tryco Securities, Inc. (CRD#:104025), all of Miller Place,…

Richard Lynn Pittman (CRD#: 2845145) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Cetera Advisors LLC (CRD#: 10299) of Memphis, TN. His previous employers include Investors Capital Corp. (CRD#:30613), also of Memphis, Washington Square Securities, Inc. (CRD#:2882) of Des Moines, IA, and WMA Securities, Inc. (CRD#:32625) of Duluth,…

Robert David Child (CRD#: 500359) is a former registered broker and investment advisor whose last employer was National Securities Corporation (CRD#:7569) of Boca Raton, FL. Previous employers include Vfinance Investments, Inc (CRD#:44962 and #25121), also of Boca Raton, and UBS Painewebber Inc. (CRD#:8174) of Weehawken, NJ. He has been in…

Robert Daniel Witt (CRD#: 2926506) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor whose last employer was Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. (CRD#:2882) of Libertyville, IL. His previous employers include ING Financial Partners, Inc. (CRD#:2882) of Bloomington, IN, Oneamerica Securities, Inc. (CRD#:4173) and American United Life Insurance Company (CRD#:1075), both of…

Omar K. Henry (CRD#: 5751648) is a former registered broker and investment advisor whose last employer was Cetera Advisors LLC (CRD#:10299) of New York, NY. His previous employers include J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (CRD#:79) of Franklin, NJ, and Chase Investment Services Corp. (CRD#:25574) of Sussex, NJ. He has been in…

Broker Christoper Bice (CRD#: 3222439) is a currently-registered broker employed by SagePoint Financial, Inc (CRD#: 133763) of Greensboro, NC. He has been in the industry since 1999. Bice’s publicly-available FINRA BrokerCheck report includes five disclosures, four customer disputes and one employment separation after allegations. The first disclosure on Bice’s BrokerCheck…

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of New York State Inc. (“NAIFA”) filed a lawsuit on November 16 in the New York Supreme Court alleging New York regulation requiring insurance agents and brokers to act in the best interest of their clients when selling life insurance and annuity…