{"id":7320,"date":"2018-10-12T15:09:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T19:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=7320"},"modified":"2018-10-12T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T19:09:52","slug":"finra-bars-broker-kyusun-kim-after-multiple-customer-complaints-of-unsuitability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-bars-broker-kyusun-kim-after-multiple-customer-complaints-of-unsuitability\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Bars Broker Kyusun Kim After Multiple Customer Complaints Of Unsuitability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyusun Kim (<a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/2864085\" target=\"_blank\">CRD #2864085<\/a>) is a registered investment advisor and previously registered broker, last employed and registered with Sandlapper Securities, LLC, of San Diego, CA. (He is also known as \u201cKyu Sun Kim\u201d or \u201cKenny Kim.\u201d) Kim\u2019s previous employers include Independent Financial Group, LLC (CRD #7717), Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation (CRD #3978), both also of San Diego, and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (CRD #2580) of Fort Wayne, IN. He began in the industry in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>Kim is the subject of 23 customer disputes dating back to 2007. One dispute was denied; nine are pending, and the remaining thirteen are settled, with one settlement rescinded. The total for Kim\u2019s twelve settled cases is $2,995,443. His nine pending complaints include requested damages totaling $2,950,000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1523 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Broker-Richard-Grant-Cody-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"New Jersey Broker Richard Grant Cody May Be Facing Serious Penalties on elderfinancialfraudattorneys.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Broker-Richard-Grant-Cody-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Broker-Richard-Grant-Cody-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Broker-Richard-Grant-Cody-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Broker-Richard-Grant-Cody-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Broker-Richard-Grant-Cody-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Broker-Richard-Grant-Cody.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Between 2008 and 2015, Kim was accused of soliciting the business of individuals who were retired or near retirement age, and recommended that they liquidate their pension plans and 401(k) to invest with him in so-called \u201calternative investments,\u201d including things like non-traded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/real-estate-investments.html\" target=\"_blank\">real estate investment trusts (REITs.)<\/a> Many of these customers had little or no investment experience, and were unfamiliar with these types of securities. The higher risk involved made them inconsistent with the more conservative objectives. Kim failed to disclose the extra risk involved in many of these securities, and most suffered substantial financial losses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-bars-broker-kyusun-kim-after-multiple-customer-complaints-of-unsuitability\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Bars Broker Kyusun Kim After Multiple Customer Complaints Of Unsuitability\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyusun Kim (CRD #2864085) is a registered investment advisor and previously registered broker, last employed and registered with Sandlapper Securities, LLC, of San Diego, CA. (He is also known as \u201cKyu Sun Kim\u201d or \u201cKenny Kim.\u201d) Kim\u2019s previous employers include Independent Financial Group, LLC (CRD #7717), Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation (CRD #3978), both also of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[725,579,582,577,580],"tags":[1292,680,1293,290],"class_list":["post-7320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breach-of-fiduciary-duty","category-broker-permanently-barred","category-elder-fraud","category-finra-disciplinary-actions","category-stockbroker-misconduct","tag-kyusun-kim","tag-sandlapper-securities","tag-scott-silver-sandlapper-securities","tag-securities-arbitration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FINRA Bars Broker Kyusun Kim After Multiple Customer Complaints Of Unsuitability &#8212; 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