{"id":2704,"date":"2016-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/minnesota-broker-john-heath-allegedly-steals-funds-clients-annuity\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:38:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:38:34","slug":"minnesota-broker-john-heath-allegedly-steals-funds-clients-annuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/minnesota-broker-john-heath-allegedly-steals-funds-clients-annuity\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Broker John Heath Allegedly Steals Funds from a Client\u2019s Annuity"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Minnesota-Broker-John-Heath-Allegedly-Steals-Funds-from-a-Client\u2019s-Annuity.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Broker John Heath Allegedly Steals Funds from a Client\u2019s Annuity on silverlaw.com\" width=\"387\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Minnesota-Broker-John-Heath-Allegedly-Steals-Funds-from-a-Client\u2019s-Annuity.jpg 778w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Minnesota-Broker-John-Heath-Allegedly-Steals-Funds-from-a-Client\u2019s-Annuity-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Minnesota-Broker-John-Heath-Allegedly-Steals-Funds-from-a-Client\u2019s-Annuity-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>FINRA issues permanent bar from securities industry after failing to respond to the allegations and two counts of theft while employed at Independent Financial Group<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of July 2016, Minnesota broker John Vernon Health has been barred by FINRA. <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/Individual\/2331052\"  target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">His history in the financial services industry<\/span><\/a> dates back to 1993 when he was employed by Gardener Financial Services in Minneapolis. He was also employed by Royal Alliance Associates in New York from April 1993 to July 2001 and by QA3 Financial Group in Minnesota from July 2001 to February 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During his most recent position at Independent Financial Group, Heath was suspended by the FINRA for failing to respond to requests for information regarding a complaint from a client for allegedly stealing funds from an annuity. Because he failed to provide the requested information and request a termination of his suspension, Heath was subsequently permanently barred by FINRA and was terminated by Independent Financial Group in March 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/minnesota-broker-john-heath-allegedly-steals-funds-clients-annuity\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Minnesota Broker John Heath Allegedly Steals Funds from a Client\u2019s Annuity\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FINRA issues permanent bar from securities industry after failing to respond to the allegations and two counts of theft while employed at Independent Financial Group As of July 2016, Minnesota broker John Vernon Health has been barred by FINRA. His history in the financial services industry dates back to 1993 when he was employed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[588],"tags":[303],"class_list":["post-2704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finra-arbitration","tag-clients-annuity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minnesota Broker John Heath Allegedly Steals Funds from a Client\u2019s Annuity &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; August 26, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the new article Minnesota Broker John Heath Allegedly Steals Funds from a Client\u2019s Annuity on silverlaw.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/minnesota-broker-john-heath-allegedly-steals-funds-clients-annuity\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Minnesota Broker John Heath Allegedly Steals Funds from a Client\u2019s Annuity &#8212; 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