Windsor Street Capital

SEC Charges Broker Jovannie Aquino

October 11, 2018 | Silver Law Group

Jovannie Aquino (CRD #4876661, aka John Aquino) is a former registered broker of New York, NY. Previous employers include Windsor Street Capital (CRD #34171), also in New York City, John Carris Investments LLC (CRD #145767), John Thomas Financial (CRD #40982) and Hallmark Investments, Inc. (CRD #135003) of New York City.

Aquino has worked for a total of 12 brokerages, holds Series 7 and 63 licenses and began working in the industry in 2004. Aquino has two LinkedIn pages that do appear to be updated, and no current employment information is available.

SEC Announces Charges in Massive Telemarketing Boiler Room Scheme Targeting Seniors on elderfinancialfraudattorneys.com On September 7, 2018, the SEC charged Aquino with defrauding customers by engaging in “churning” to generate excessive commissions for himself, in the amount of $930,000. Aquino’s customers lost a total of $881,000. At the time of these allegations, May 2014 through November 2017, Aquino was registered with Meyers Associates, L.P. (now known as Windsor Street Capital.) The SEC complaint also states that in 2015 and 2016, Aquino and an unnamed colleague engaged in cold-calling leads acquired from a publicly available database.

Meyers Associates Changes Name to Windsor Street Capital

March 14, 2017 | Silver Law Group

Meyers Associates, L.P. changed its name in 2016 from “Meyers Associates, L.P.” to “Windsor Street Capital, LP.”

Under the moniker Meyers Associates (CRD# 34171), the firm was known for hiring brokers whose FINRA BrokerCheck reports were riddled with disclosures. According to an InvestmentNews report in 2014, Meyers Associates “stands out as a haven for registered representatives with black marks on their employment histories.”

According to that InvestmentNews report, about 12% of registered securities professionals have some type of disclosure event on their records. The percentage of registered representatives with disclosure events at Meyers Associates was five times higher than the industry average. Additionally, according to the report, of the 63% of the firm’s brokers with disclosure on their BrokerCheck reports, the average amount of disclosures was 4.5 per broker.

SEC Charges Windsor Street Capital/Meyers Associates for Alleged Conduct in Pump-and-Dump Scheme

February 27, 2017 | Silver Law Group

The SEC announced charges against New York-based brokerage firm Windsor Street Capital (CRD# 34171), formerly Meyers Associates, L.P., for gatekeeper failures related to a pump-and-dump scheme. John D. Telfer (CRD# 1099745) was also charged as chief compliance officer and anti-money laundering officer of Windsor Street Capital from November 2013 to his separation from the firm in September 2016.

According to the SEC complaint, Windsor Street Capital (“Windsor Street”) violated Section 5 of the Securities Act after it facilitated the unregistered sale of hundreds of millions of penny stock shares without performing adequate due diligence regarding the Section 5 compliance of the shares.

The penny stock companies were MedGen, Inc.; Alternaturals, Inc.; Manzo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Solpower, Inc. According to the complaint, Windsor Street Capital failed to file suspicious activity reports for $24.8 million in suspicious transactions, including those occurring in accounts controlled by microcap stock financiers Raymond H. Barton and William G. Goode, who were separately charged.