Articles Posted in FINRA Arbitration

Boca Raton, Florida – Fraudulent Day Trading Scheme FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: SEC Charges Unregistered Broker in Tampa Area With Stealing From Investors in Fraudulent Day Trading Scheme The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged an unregistered broker living outside Tampa, Fla., with stealing investor funds as part of a fraudulent day trading scheme.…

SEC Order Approving FINRA Rule Change Relative to How Member Firms are Required to Calculate the Value of Unlisted Real Estate Investment Trusts and Direct-Participation Programs: The Sec has approved FINRA’s plan to overhaul how member firms calculate the value of unlised real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and direct-participation programs (“DPPs”). Under the new rules…

Bradley Thomas Badger – Boca Raton, Florida Account Executive Unapproved Outside Business Activity FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) is a self-regulatory authority assigned the responsibility, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to license, regulate and discipline securities broker/dealers and their employees, including account executives. In the event that…

Luciano Andres Battioli – Boca Raton, Florida Account Executive Conversion and Theft FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) is a self-regulatory authority assigned the responsibility, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to license, regulate and discipline securities broker/dealers and their employees, including account executives. In the event that FINRA…

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Oscar F. Villarreal, Civil Action No. 14-cv-01891 Former Cleveland-Area Investment Promoter Oscar F. Villarreal Indicted On September 16, 2014, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio obtained a Grand Jury indictment charging Oscar F. Villarreal with ten counts of wire fraud, seven counts of money laundering, one…

Patrick G. Rooney, John R. Rooney and Positron Corporation – Boca Raton, Florida Market Manipulation and Investment Fraud Litigation and Arbitration Attorney SEC v. Patrick G. Rooney, John R. Rooney, and Positron Corporation, Civil Action No. 9:14-cv-81224-KAM (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida) The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on September…

Mutual Fund Unsuitability and Breach of Fiduciary Duty – Boca Raton, Florida FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney. A mutual fund is a fund operated by an investment company that raises money from shareholders and invests in bonds, options, currencies, money market securities, futures, or stocks. Mutual funds are offered by prospectus. The prospectus describes, among…

Affinity and Elder Financial Abuse and Exploitation Fraud, Misrepresentation and Theft – Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach and Deerfield Beach, Florida Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: SEC Announces Cases Targeting International Pyramid Scheme Operators The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges against the operators of an international pyramid scheme that raised more…

Annuity and Insurance Fraud and Misrepresentation – Elder Financial Abuse and Exploitation Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: SEC Charges Four Insurance Agents in Securities Fraud Targeting Elderly Investors The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced charges against four insurance agents for unlawfully selling securities in what turned out to be a multi-million dollar offering fraud targeting…

Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Lantana, Lake Worth and West Palm Beach, Florida Elder Financial Abuse and Exploitation Litigation and FINRA Arbitration Attorney: SEC Charges Virginia-Based Broker With Stealing Funds From Elderly Customers The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a broker based in Roanoke, Va., with defrauding elderly customers, including some who are…