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BROKER REPORT: Former UBS Broker Jeffrey Howell Barred by FINRA

The investment and securities fraud attorneys at Malecki Law are interested in hearing from investors who have complaints regarding former UBS financial adviser Jeffrey Howell. Per reports, Mr. Howell has been barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)for providing a customer with false weekly account statements for over six…

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Jenice Malecki Speaks at PLI’s Securities Arbitration 2016

Ms. Malecki was a panelist recently at the Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) Securities Arbitration 2016 all-day seminar, where she spoke about ethical and other issues in securities arbitration. Ms. Malecki has spoken at PLI consistently for many years. Her panel Practicum on Experts and Closings focused on expert witnesses and…

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BROKER REPORT: Anthony Librizzi Suspended By FINRA

The investment and securities fraud attorneys at Malecki Law are interested in hearing from investors who have complaints regarding L.O. Thomas & Co , Inc. financial advisor Anthony Librizzi. According to his BrokerCheck report maintained by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), Mr. Librizzi was most recently with Wells Fargo…

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BROKER REPORT: Financial Advisor Robert Austin McAllister

The securities fraud attorneys at Malecki Law are interested in hearing from investors who have complaints against stockbroker Robert A. McAllister.  Mr. McAllister was formerly registered to sell securities from December 2011 to February 2016 with Edward Jones a broker-dealer in Ocean City, New Jersey, according to his publicly available…

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BROKER REPORT: Financial Advisor Christopher B. Ariola

The securities fraud attorneys at Malecki Law are interested in hearing from investors who have complaints against stockbroker Christopher B Ariola.  Mr. Ariola was last employed and registered with Financial Telesis, Inc., an Aliso Viejo broker-dealer, from November 2012 to September 2014, according to his publicly available BrokerCheck, as maintained…

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Top Wealth Managers with Questionable Records

  Forbes recently published a list of America’s Top Wealth Advisors. This list is published annually and rates thousands of advisors based on asset under their management, revenue, experience, and compliance. The Malecki Law team noticed that some top managers have several disclosure events in their BrokerCheck record. BrokerCheck is…

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BROKER REPORT: Brett Baffa

Malecki Law’s team of investment fraud attorneys are interested in hearing from investors who have complaints regarding broker Brett A. Baffa. Mr. Baffa was most recently licensed through NYLife Securities before being terminated by the firm, per industry records. According to his BrokerCheck report maintained by the Financial Industry Regulatory…

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FINRA Files Complaint Against Broker Craig Dima for Unauthorized Trades in a Senior Citizen’s Securities Account

It was reported by Reuters on August 20, 2016 that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed a complaint against a broker alleging that they broker engaged in unauthorized trading in the account of a senior aged investor. According to the Reuters Article, the investor was a 72 years old…

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FINRA Fines UBS Financial Services, Inc. $250,000 For Mutual Fund Supervisory Failures

Generally speaking, it’s usually not a good thing when when a company is fined for similar conduct multiple times. Just this month, UBS Financial Services, Inc. submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent No. 2013038351701 (AWC) that detailed a $250,000 fine for failures in supervision regarding sales of mutual…

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FINRA Suspends Broker Joseph L. Bess, II for Mismarking Order Tickets

The securities attorneys at Malecki Law are interested in hearing from customers who have complaints against Joseph L. Bess, II.  Mr. Bess was recently registered to sell securities with Waddell & Reed, in Edmond, Oklahoma, From April 2014 to July 2016, according to his publicly available BrokerCheck records maintained by…

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