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South-Florida-Broker-Brian-Michael-Berger-Permanently-Barred-by-FINRA-1024x683-300x200Bradley Joseph Tennison (CRD #1561988) is a former registered broker and investment advisor who has recently been barred by FINRA. He was last registered with Genos Wealth Management of Mesa, AZ. He was previously employed with Oberlin Financial Corp. (CRD #103717) of Bryan, OH, First Allied Securities, Inc. (CRD #32444) of San Diego, CA, and D.E. Frey & Company, Inc. (CRD #23595) of Denver, CO. No current employment information is available. He has been in the industry since 1989.

Tennison has six disclosures, three of which are related to a client dispute that is currently pending. On 4/24/2018, a former firm client contacted Genos Wealth with a written complaint requesting assistance with a $300,000 investment Tennison recommended, called “The Joseph Project.” The letter alleges no statements were ever issued, and she was unsuccessful in getting her capital back or any of the promised returns. The client was told by Tennison that it was a 12 month “investment” with a 5% enhancement. She wired the $300K from her bank directly to where Tennison instructed her.

Upon examination, it was discovered that this “investment opportunity” was not something recommended or offered by the firm, and there were no records available. Tennison was “minimally responsive” to the firm’s request for information.  On 4/25/2018, Genos Wealth discharged Tennison after he admitted that the former client’s money was wired to a third party that wasn’t investment related.

Senior Citizens in Florida Reportedly Scammed into Investing in Fake Fish Farm on silverlaw.comSeveral older investors reportedly fell victim to the scam, including a former police officer

From 2013 to 2014, several senior citizens living in South Florida invested over $400,000 in Blue Ocean Farm, a fish farm company. Three purported financial professionals reportedly solicited funds for the farm – Rebecca Gonzalez and Matthew Braun of Boca Raton and Michael Creamer of St. Petersburg. There was just one problem: the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says that the company was completely bogus.

The scheme was allegedly spearheaded by Gonzalez, and now she, Braun, and Creamer are facing several charges, including fraud, selling unregistered securities, and the sale of securities by an unregistered person. The trio reportedly targeted six older investors, all of which handed over thousands of dollars.

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for August 2018, 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:

NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS
  Lindsey Brown
  Michael Dalton   Charles Schwab & Co., Inc
  William Downing   Coastal Equities, Inc.
  J.W. Cole Financial, Inc.
  James Flynn   IFS Securities
  VOYA Financial Advisors, Inc
  Keven Gayle   NY Life Securities LLC
  Lloyd Johnston   Capital Financial Services, Inc
  Legacy Financial Services, Inc
  John Kurzhal   UBS Financial Services Inc
  Beatriz Lira   State Farm VP Management Corp
  Beatriz Lira Insurance Company
  Cristhelle Medina   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  Bradley Pace   LPL Financial LLC
  A.J. Pace & Co, Inc.
  Ivan Reyes   Alexander Capital, L.P.
  Craft Capital Management LLC
  David Rodgers   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  Rodgers Capital Management
  Michael Sekusky
  Jimmy Tran   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  Anthony Valois   PHX Financial, Inc
  Meyers Associates, L.P.
  James Ward   Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

 

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for August 2018, 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 Bennett   Bancwest Investment Services, Inc
  U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc
  Eddy Blizzard   Suntrust Investment Services, Inc.
  M & T Securities, Inc
  Vincent Canzoneri   Sigma Financial Corporation
  Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc
  Barry Connell   Morgan Stanley
  UBS Financial Services Inc
  Charles Cox   Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  Chase investment Services Corp
  Shane Dawkins   Westpark Capital
  Joseph Stone Capital LLC
  Mark Flanagan   Citigroup Global Markets Inc
  Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  Donald Gambony III   Invest Financial Corporation
  MetLife Securities Inc.
  Scott Hartman    Morgan Stanley
  Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, LLC
  Evelyn Hernandez   Morgan Stanley
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Alexander Kibrik   Garden State Securities, Inc
  Radnor Research & Trading Company LLC
  James Polese   Morgan Stanley
  UBS Financial Services Inc
  Leslie Slaughter   Waddell & Reed
  TD Ameritrade, Inc
  Kenneth Tyrrell   Cary Street Partners
  UBS Financial Services Inc

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

Our lawyers have extensive experience collecting FINRA arbitration awards, prevailing on Motions to Vacate FINRA arbitration awards and using various collection efforts to enforce FINRA awards after they are received.

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for August 2018, 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

  Gregory Connell
  Ashley Evans
  Valbona Keja-Dasilva   Suntrust Investment Services, Inc
  CCO Investment Services Corp
  Keesang Kim   MML Investors Services, LLC
  Pruco Securities, LLC
  Cynthia Moore   Huntington Investment Company
  Joshua Stephens-Anselm   J.P. Morgan Securities
  J. P. Morgan Chase Bank
  John Stoddard   Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  Investools
  David Wells
  Yuhong Zhou   Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc
  World Financial Group, Inc

FINRA makes this information available, in part, to inform investors about potential red flags or problems with certain stockbrokers.  If you invested with anyone in this report and have questions about your legal rights, our attorneys will talk with you at no cost to explain your legal rights and about how we can help recover your investment losses through securities arbitration or litigation.

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for July 2018, 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

  Anthony Carpenter   UBS Financial Services Inc
  A.G. Edwards  & Sons, Inc
  James Benjamin Fellus   Spencer-Winston Securities Corp
  White, Weld & Co. Securities, LLC
  Robert Lee Maupin   Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  Cuso Financial Services, L.P.
  Gary Lee Wright   Pensionmark Financial Group, LLC
  Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services, Inc

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

Our lawyers have extensive experience collecting FINRA arbitration awards, prevailing on Motions to Vacate FINRA arbitration awards and using various collection efforts to enforce FINRA awards after they are received.

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for July 2018, 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

  Fernando Enrique Acosta
  Paul Anthony Bustamante   Empire Asset Management Company
  Bishop, Rosen & Co, Inc
 Janna L. Carruth-Vogler
  Xavier Dwight Clinton   J.P.  Morgan Securities LLC
  Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins Co
  Thomas Matthew Dunlap   AXA Advisors LLC
  Saima Ashraf Durrani   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Chase Investment Services Corp
   Joshua David Ellis   LPL Financial LLC
  BCG Securities, Inc
   James Benjamin Farris   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  UBS Financial Services Inc
  Samuel LaWayne Haddix   Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc
  IDS Life Insurance Company
  Mark Anthony Hernandez   UBS Financial Services Inc
  Morgan Stanley
  Christopher Lee Hibbard   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  Abed William Lulu   Worden Capital Management LLC
  Rockwell Global Capital LLC
  Michael Ray Matos   J.P.  Morgan Securities LLC
  Michael Patrick Nanto   J.P.  Morgan Securities LLC
  Mutual of Omaha Investor Services, Inc.
  Albert John Papada   Horace Mann Investors, Inc
  Zachary T. Rawson   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  Bank of America, NA
  Anteneh A. Roberts   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
  PNC Investments
  Jeanette Maria Sanchez

FINRA makes this information available, in part, to inform investors about potential red flags or problems with certain stockbrokers.  If you invested with anyone in this report and have questions about your legal rights, our attorneys will talk with you at no cost to explain your legal rights and about how we can help recover your investment losses through securities arbitration or litigation.

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

 

 

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for July 2018, 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:

NAME

FORMER EMPLOYERS

  Alan Demond Garrett   Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  Shawn Arthur Goding   Allstate Financial Services, LLC
  Shawn Goding Insurance
  Ramon Arturo Herrera   Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
  Michael Dennis Jackson   Securities America, Inc
  Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc
  Mandee Khu   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  Chase Investment Services Corp
  Spencer Joseph Lassetter   Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  Andrea Marie Milinkovic   PNC Investments
  Suntrust Investment Services, Inc
  Stephen Allen Murray   Raymond James & Associates, Inc
  Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc
  George James Oldoerp   H. Beck, Inc
  Diversified Securities, Inc
   Mary E. Olson
  Paul Joseph Prestia   Laidlaw & Company
  Network 1 Financial Securities, Inc
  Amanda Justine Sarabia
  David Warren Taylor   Lincoln Financial Securities Corporation

Silver Law Group represents investors in securities and investment fraud cases through FINRA arbitration or court.  Our lawyers are admitted to practice in New York and Florida and represent investors nationwide in securities arbitration to help recover investment losses due to stockbroker misconduct.  If you have any questions about how your account has been handled, call to speak with an experienced securities attorney. Most cases handled on a contingent fee basis meaning that you do not pay legal fees unless we are successful.

 

Securities Arbitration Claims Against National Securities Corp. on silverlaw.comAccording to some reports, nearly 1/3 of National Securities brokers have had regulatory issues, legal disputes, or personal financial problems that have been disclosed to investors

National Securities Corporation is one of the oldest financial firms in the U.S., dating back over 70 years. Its the main office is in Seattle, Washington, but the company has licenses to operate in every state in the country, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

National Securities Corporation is registered with the SEC and three self-regulatory organizations: Nasdaq, Cboe BZX Exchanged, Inc., and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) – and it is with the latter agency that the company has come under intense scrutiny over the last couple of decades.

Ernest Julius Romer III (CRD #2311741) is a former registered broker and investment broker, last employed with CoreCap Investments, Inc. (CRD #37068) of Sterling Heights, MI. Previous employers include L.M. Kohn & Company (CRD #27913) and Leonard & Company (CRD #36527), both of Sterling Heights, and Comerica Securities (CRD #17079) of Warren, MI.  No current employment information is available. He has been in the industry since 1993, and has a total of 36 disclosures in his FINRA record

Romer is currently the subject of two investigations by the state of Michigan into allegations from two clients that he “stole” money from them. The first was filed on 8/28/2017, the second on 9/1/2017. Both are accompanied by correlating FINRA arbitration cases.

The State of Michigan has also barred Romer from working as a broker in the state of Michigan and permanently revoked his license, and levied fines of $1.5 million against him.

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