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Silver Law Group is investigating FINRA-barred broker John Vernon Heath (CRD# 2331052)<\/a> for stealing client funds and recommending unsuitable investments.<\/p>\n

Heath was employed most recently at Independent Financial Group, LLC in Bloomington, Minnesota. \u00a0Independent Financial Group then discharged Heath after he admitted to wrongfully taking client funds, according to his FINRA BrokerCheck report.\u00a0 Shortly thereafter, FINRA permanently barred Heath from securities industry for failing to respond to FINRA\u2019s request for information.<\/p>\n

The State of Minnesota Department of Commerce (\u201cMDOC\u201d) commenced a formal criminal action against Heath on the allegations.\u00a0 In the MDOC complaint<\/a>, the MDOC alleges that Heath stole the identity of an elderly client and used the client\u2019s funds on various personal expenditures totaling $78,744.54.<\/p>\n

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Silver Law Group is investigating FINRA-barred broker John Vernon Heath (CRD# 2331052) for stealing client funds and recommending unsuitable investments. Heath was employed most recently at Independent Financial Group, LLC in Bloomington, Minnesota. \u00a0Independent Financial Group then discharged Heath after he admitted to wrongfully taking client funds, according to his FINRA BrokerCheck report.\u00a0 Shortly thereafter, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[578],"tags":[281,222,282,283],"class_list":["post-2686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-releases","tag-criminal-action","tag-independent-financial-group","tag-john-vernon-heath","tag-llc"],"yoast_head":"\nSilver Law Group Investigates Broker John Vernon Heath<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Silver Law Group investigates Independent Financial Group broker John Vernon Heath after the State of Minnesota brings criminal action against him.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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