{"id":7830,"date":"2019-02-19T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T22:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=7830"},"modified":"2019-02-20T08:44:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T13:44:26","slug":"paul-murans-settles-250k-customer-dispute-fights-unsuitability-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/paul-murans-settles-250k-customer-dispute-fights-unsuitability-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Murans Settles $250K Customer Dispute, Fights Unsuitability Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Have-You-Lost-Money-Investing-With-Bennett-Broad-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Have-You-Lost-Money-Investing-With-Bennett-Broad-300x225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Have-You-Lost-Money-Investing-With-Bennett-Broad-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Have-You-Lost-Money-Investing-With-Bennett-Broad-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Have-You-Lost-Money-Investing-With-Bennett-Broad-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Have-You-Lost-Money-Investing-With-Bennett-Broad.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Paul William Murans (<a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/3266607\" target=\"_blank\">CRD #3266607<\/a>, aka \u201cPeace Murans\u201d) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Thurston Springer Financial (CRD #8478) of Indianapolis, IN. His previous employers include UBS Financial Services Inc. (CRD #8174) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated (CRD #7691), also of Indianapolis, and UBS Painewebber Inc. (CRD #8174) of Weehawken, NJ. He has been in the industry since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Murans is the subject of six disclosures, two of which are employment separations. His most recent disclosure was filed on 11\/18\/2018, carried over from his previous employment with UBS Financial Services. The client claims that from 12\/2\/2013 through 10\/20\/2017, Murans misrepresented a \u201clife settlement contract\u201d that was ultimately unsuitable, and unauthorized trading of \u201cstructured products.\u201d The client also alleged that she was completely unaware that she was borrowing from her loan account. Murans denies the allegations, and has requested copies of the complaint, as has Thurston Springer Financial, but UBS has not supplied the requested information to verify the complaint. The case was settled for $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>A customer dispute filed on 5\/16\/2018 is currently listed as \u201cpending.\u201d The customer alleges <em>\u201cUnsuitable investments, unauthorized credit line agreement, unauthorized trades, uninvested funds, lost market opportunity,\u201d<\/em> and requests damages of $183,000. Murans denies the allegations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/paul-murans-settles-250k-customer-dispute-fights-unsuitability-allegations\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Paul Murans Settles $250K Customer Dispute, Fights Unsuitability Allegations\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul William Murans (CRD #3266607, aka \u201cPeace Murans\u201d) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Thurston Springer Financial (CRD #8478) of Indianapolis, IN. His previous employers include UBS Financial Services Inc. (CRD #8174) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated (CRD #7691), also of Indianapolis, and UBS Painewebber Inc. (CRD #8174) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[588,580,581,576],"tags":[1359,1584,1586,546,1585],"class_list":["post-7830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finra-arbitration","category-stockbroker-misconduct","category-unauthorized-trading","category-unsuitable-investment-advice","tag-finra-arbitration-lawyer","tag-paul-murans","tag-paul-murans-thurston-springer-financial","tag-suitability","tag-thurston-springer-financial"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paul Murans Settles $250K Customer Dispute, Fights Unsuitability Allegations &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; February 19, 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paul William Murans (CRD #3266607, aka \u201cPeace Murans\u201d) is a registered broker and investment advisor currently employed with Thurston Springer Financial &#8212; 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