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FINRA Suspends Registered Individuals For Violations Of FINRA Rules June 2020
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. |
Silver Law Group recently filed a FINRA arbitration claim against Madison Avenue Securities, LLC and registered representatives Angela Sloan, Robert Luley, Jr., and Katherine Spearman (a/k/a Katherine McConnell). The investor’s claims arise out of recommendations to invest in GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, a private placement managed by 
Ricardo Turlan is a previously registered broker who last worked for UBS Financial Services in San Antonio, Texas. Turlan’s record shows that in 2019 he was discharged from UBS after an investigation allegedly determined that he exercised discretion in client accounts without proper authorization and traded at unsuitable levels.
Dustin Shafer (Dustin Paul Shafer) is a currently-registered broker employed by Newbridge Securities Corporation (CRD# 104065) in Springfield, Illinois. He previously worked for Money Concepts Capital Corp (CRD# 12963), Chase Investment Services Corp (CRD# 25574), Banc One Securities Corporation (CRD# 16999), and Edward Jones (CRD# 250). Shafer has been in the industry since 2000. 
George Schmidt, Jr. is a barred broker who was last registered with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation in Melville, NY. In February, 2020 Schmidt was terminated after an allegation of misappropriation. After that, he was barred from associating with any FINRA member.
Christopher Parris, who is facing federal charges related to a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that robbed hundreds of people of their savings, has now been accused of running a coronavirus scam by taking millions of dollars from people looking for COVID-19 personal protection equipment (PPE).