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Felix Chu (Felix S Chu CRD# 2427593) is a barred broker last registered with NYLife Securities in Pleasant Hill, California. FINRA indefinitely barred Chu from association with any FINRA member in all capacities for failing to respond to a request for information. Chu’s publicly-available FINRA BrokerCheck report shows that he has been registered with NYLife Securities his whole career, from 1994 until his barring in 2019.Felix Chu (Felix S Chu CRD# 2427593) is a barred broker last registered with NYLife Securities in Pleasant Hill, California. FINRA indefinitely barred Chu from association with any FINRA member in all capacities for failing to respond to a request for information.

Chu’s publicly-available FINRA BrokerCheck report shows that he has been registered with NYLife Securities his whole career, from 1994 until his barring in 2019. Continue reading ›

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2020, 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 the securities arbitration agreement to arbitrate any disputes between themselves and their former customers:

NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS
  Joanna Abdelhadi   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Credit Suisse Securities LLC
  Kenneth Butschek   ProEquities, Inc.
  Securities Management & Research, Inc.
  Nathaniel Clay   Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd
  National Securities Corporation
  Alan Lau   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
  Scott Levine   Craft Capital Management LLC
  PHX Financial, Inc.
  Stefano Listella   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Great Point Capital, LLC
  Stanley Martin   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc.
  Scott Mason   Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.
  LPL Financial LLC
  Jon Scheier   Edward Jones
  Scott Snelling   Kestra Investment Services, LLC
  National Planning Corporation
  Elizabeth Sollars   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  Marc Winters   Wedbush Securities Inc.
  UBS Financial Services Inc.

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2020, 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
  Timothy Crowley   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Chase Investment Services Corp
  Christian Evans   Morgan Stanley
  Highland Capital Funds Distributor, Inc.
  Randy Jackson   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  E*Trade Securities LLC
  Fernando Landicho   Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
  World Group Securities, Inc.
  Grizelle Perez   USC Securities LLC
  Sanders Morris Harris LLC
  John Wyshak   Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
  Wedbush Securities Inc.

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for July 2020, 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
  Robert Cacioppo   MML Investors Services, LLC
  NYLIfe Securities LLC
  Michael Davis   Allied Millennial Partners, LLC
  Syren Capital Advisors
  David Del Rio   LPL Financial LLC
  SunTrust Investment Services, Inc.
  Mary Beth Frassetto   Thrivent Investment Management Inc.
  Megan Hoffman   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Chase Investment Services Corp.
  Jody Pullium   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  PNC Investments
  Ana Rivera   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  George Schmidt, Jr.   Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation
  Hornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc.
  Kevin Williams   Lucia Securities, LLC
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for July 2020, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA for failing to comply with a FINRA arbitration award or settlement agreement pursuant to FINRA rules:

NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS
  Thomas Ambrose   Ambrose Wealth Management
  Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
  Matthew Beaver   Grit Wealth Management, LLC
  Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
  Neal Carlson   Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Karl Foust, Jr.   H.D. Vest Investment Services
  GunnAllen Financial, Inc.
  Ryan Kaufman   Securities America, Inc.
  Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.
  Henry Osorio, Jr.   Westrock Advisors, Inc.
  S.W. Bach & Company
  Damion Smith   Great Gable Wealth Management
  Morgan Stanley
  Walter Taylor, Jr.   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
  Howard Walzer   BB&T Securities, LLC
  UBS Financial Services Inc.
  Xianyu Yu Zhang   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  LPL Financial LLC

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2020, 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 the securities arbitration agreement to arbitrate any disputes between themselves and their former customers:

NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS
  Conrad Coggeshall   Packerland Brokerage Services, Inc.
  USA Financial Securities Corporation
  Madeline Colon
  Jennifer Holmes   Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.
  ING Financial Advisers, LLC
  Yee Yee Htwe   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC
  Jennifer Pendley   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  David Stateman   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  AXA Advisors, LLC
  Alexander Walker   Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

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SagePoint Financial has been ordered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to pay $1.3 million in restitution to customers for alleged failings related to unit investment trusts (UITs). SagePoint was also ordered by FINRA to pay $300,000 for supervisory violations related to UITs.DID YOUR SAGEPOINT ADVISOR SELL YOU UITs?

SagePoint Financial has been ordered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to pay $1.3 million in restitution to customers for alleged failings related to unit investment trusts (UITs). SagePoint was also ordered by FINRA to pay $300,000 for supervisory violations related to UITs. Continue reading ›

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for May 2020, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA for failing to comply with a FINRA arbitration award or settlement agreement pursuant to FINRA rules:

NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS
  Thomas Bock   Mutual Securities, Inc.
  Securities America, Inc.
  Richard Brown   Arive Capital Markets
  Chelsea Financial Services
  Mary Evans   Mutual Securities, Inc.
  Securities America, Inc.
  Matthew Francis   Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
  Morgan Stanley & Co Incorporated
  James Heafner   Retirement Wealth Advisors, Inc.
  Taylor Capital Management Inc.
  Christopher Kennedy   Oppenheimer & Co, Inc.
  Liberty Tree Advisors, LLC
  Rachael Konz   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Morgan Stanley
  Jonathan Lake   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Morgan Stanley
  Douglas Leone   Salomon Whitney Financial
  Newport Coast Securities, Inc.
  Yousuf Saljooki   Worden Capital Management LLC
  Salomon Whitney Financial
  Ricardo Urrutia   Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc.
  AXA Advisors, LLC
  Frank Wroblewski   National Securities Corporation
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for May 2020, 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
  George Belesis   Portfolio Advisors Alliance, LLC
  John Thomas Financial
  Dustin Blount   MML Investors Services, LLC
  Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC
  Barry Carson   Farmers Financial Solutions, LLC
  Felix Chu   NYLife Securities LLC
  Brian Colburn   Maxim Group LLC
  The Buckingham Research Group Incorporated
  Prithviraj Dhandapani   LPL Financial LLC
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
  Michael Drury   Stillpoint Capital LLC
  Davrion Hemphill
  Robert Lee
  Eric Zakarin   Lombard Securities Incorporated
  Independent Financial Group, LLC

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According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for May 2020, 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 the securities arbitration agreement to arbitrate any disputes between themselves and their former customers:

NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS
  Robert Cacioppo   MML Investors Services, LLC
  NYLife Securities LLC
  Paula Collins   TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC
  OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.
  Michael Davis   Allied Millennial Partners, LLC
  Syren Capital Advisors
  Megan Hoffman   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Chase Investment Services Corp
  Jody Pullium   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  PNC Investments
  Ana Rivera   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  John Santariello   Arive Capital Markets
  Cape Securities Inc.
  George Schmidt, Jr.   Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation
  Horner, Townsend & Kent, Inc.
  Ricardo Turlan   UBS Financial Services Inc.
  BBVA Securities Inc.
  Kevin Williams   Lucia Securities, LLC
  Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC

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