{"id":6098,"date":"2018-06-14T19:03:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T23:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6098"},"modified":"2018-06-19T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:18:06","slug":"century-securities-associates-broker-bernard-mclaughlin-jr-under-investigation-after-declaring-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/century-securities-associates-broker-bernard-mclaughlin-jr-under-investigation-after-declaring-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Century Securities Associates Broker Bernard McLaughlin Jr. Under Investigation After Declaring Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Silver Law Group is investigating Minnesota-based Century Securities Associates, Inc. broker <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/601178\" target=\"_blank\">Bernard McLaughlin Jr. (CRD# 601178)<\/a> after he declared bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>According to McLaughlin\u2019s FINRA BrokerCheck report, McLaughlin declared bankruptcy in August 2017. McLaughlin\u2019s debts incurred in the bankruptcy were discharged in November 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A bankruptcy disclosure indicates that the broker may have financially struggled leading up to the bankruptcy. This financial distress can sometimes lead brokers to recommend unsuitable, risky products with high commissions and fees or engage in other securities misconduct such as excessively trading (churning) customers\u2019 accounts in order to generate higher commissions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/century-securities-associates-broker-bernard-mclaughlin-jr-under-investigation-after-declaring-bankruptcy\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Century Securities Associates Broker Bernard McLaughlin Jr. Under Investigation After Declaring Bankruptcy\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver Law Group is investigating Minnesota-based Century Securities Associates, Inc. broker Bernard McLaughlin Jr. (CRD# 601178) after he declared bankruptcy. According to McLaughlin\u2019s FINRA BrokerCheck report, McLaughlin declared bankruptcy in August 2017. McLaughlin\u2019s debts incurred in the bankruptcy were discharged in November 2017. A bankruptcy disclosure indicates that the broker may have financially struggled leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[891,892],"class_list":["post-6098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bernard-mclaughlin-jr","tag-century-securities-associates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Century Securities Associates Broker Bernard McLaughlin Jr. Under Investigation After Declaring Bankruptcy &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; June 14, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Silver Law Group is investigating Minnesota-based Century Securities Associates, Inc. broker Bernard McLaughlin Jr. (CRD# 601178) after he declared &#8212; 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