{"id":9665,"date":"2021-01-22T15:13:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T20:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2022-07-06T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T20:22:42","slug":"broker-gregory-williams-accused-of-unsuitability-in-multiple-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/broker-gregory-williams-accused-of-unsuitability-in-multiple-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Suspends Broker Gregory Williams After Multiple Customer Disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gregory-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"Gregory Williams (Gregory Jon Williams CRD#: 1561089) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Forta Financial Group, Inc. (CRD#:28784) of Greenwood Village, CO. His previous employers include Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (CRD#:149777) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD#:7059) of Denver, CO, and Banc One Securities Corporation (CRD#:16999) of Chicago, IL. He has been in the industry since 1986. Williams is currently the subject of four pending customer disputes with nearly identical allegations of unsuitability, misrepresentation, and negligence. The claims were filed between 3\/31\/2020 and 10\/26\/2020. The collective requested damages total $1,349,000. In two of the four claims, the firm denies the claims and will defend themselves. A previous customer dispute filed on 3\/29\/2020 involving multiple claimants also included allegations of unsuitability, negligence, fraud, and misrepresentation. This case went into FINRA arbitration. Although the six claimants requested damages of $578,821.00, ultimately, only two of the claimants were awarded anything, damages totaling $45,818.00. The other four claimants were denied damages.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gregory-Williams.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gregory-Williams-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gregory Williams (Gregory Jon Williams, CRD# <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/individual\/summary\/1561089\" target=\"_blank\">1561089<\/a>) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Forta Financial Group, Inc. (CRD#:28784) of Greenwood Village, CO. His previous employers include Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (CRD#:149777) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD#:7059) of Denver, CO, and Banc One Securities Corporation (CRD#:16999) of Chicago, IL. He has been in the industry since 1986. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/broker-gregory-williams-accused-of-unsuitability-in-multiple-claims\/#more-9665\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory Williams (Gregory Jon Williams, CRD# 1561089) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Forta Financial Group, Inc. (CRD#:28784) of Greenwood Village, CO. His previous employers include Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (CRD#:149777) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CRD#:7059) of Denver, CO, and Banc One Securities Corporation (CRD#:16999) of Chicago, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580,576],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stockbroker-misconduct","category-unsuitable-investment-advice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FINRA Suspends Broker Gregory Williams After Multiple Customer Disputes &#8212;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gregory Williams is a previously registered broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Forta Financial Group,of Greenwood Village, CO.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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