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June 5, 2012
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Blog, Securities Fraud
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently announced that a FINRA hearing panel ruled that Brookstone Securities of Lakeland, FL, and the firm’s Owner/CEO Antony Turbeville and one of the firm’s brokers, Christopher Kline, made fraudulent sales of collateralized mortgage obligations
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April 6, 2011
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Blog, Securities Fraud
According to the Investment News, home loan giant Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay $11.2 million to settle federal securities charges involving mortgage-based investments that Wachovia Capital Markets LLC sold to the Zuni American Indian tribe and other investors. According to a complaint filed by the
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October 14, 2010
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Blog, Securities Fraud
FINRA recently announced that it has fined HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. $375,000 for recommending unsuitable sales of inverse floating rate Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) to retail customers. HSBC failed to adequately supervise the suitability of the CMO sales and fully explain the risks of an inverse
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