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Claimant alleges lack of suitability, failure to supervise, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and fraud relating to transactions placed in claimant's brokerage account.
Damage Amount Requested
$5,000.00
Settlement Amount
$150,000.00
1/14/2016
Regulatory
Final
Initiated By
FINRA
Allegations
Respondent Shuttlesworth failed to respond to FINRA request for information.
Resolution
Letter
Bar
Bar (Permanent)
Registration Capacities Affected
All Capacities
Start Date
4/18/2016
Regulator Statement
Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9552(h) and in accordance with FINRA's Notice of Suspension and Suspension from Association letters dated 1/14/2016 and 2/8/2016, respectively, on 4/18/2016, Shuttlesworth is barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Respondent failed to request termination of his suspension within three months of the date of the Notice of Suspension; therefore, he is automatically barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity.
10/19/2015
Employment Separation After Allegations
Firm Name
Crown Capital Securities, L.P.
Termination Type
Permitted to Resign
Allegations
Failure to properly report five outstanding liens and one judgement on form U-4.
10/1/2007
Customer Dispute
Settled
Allegations
FRAUD, RESTITUTION UNJUST ENRICHMENT, NEGLIGENCE & WANTONNESS, VIOLATION OF THE ALABAMA SECURITIES ACT.
Damage Amount Requested
$10,000.00
Settlement Amount
$20,000.00
Broker Comment
CUSTOMERS INSTRUCTED ENTRY & EXIT OF POSITIONS IN ADVERSE MARKET CONDITIONS, SHIFTING BLAME TO BROKER. THE COMPLAINT IS WITHOUT MERIT AND IS A MALICIOUS LIBELOUS ACTION AGAINST MYSELF INCLUDING SLANDER AND DEFAMATION.
SENT TO ARBITRATION ON 01/11/2008
3/25/2005
Judgment / Lien
Judgment/Lien Amount
$39,526.00
Judgment/Lien Type
Tax
Broker Comment
THIS LIEN IS CURRENTLY BEING DISPUTED
3/20/2003
Judgment / Lien
Judgment/Lien Amount
$8,296.00
Judgment/Lien Type
Tax
Broker Comment
TAX LIEN IS BEING DISPUTED
10/22/1996
Customer Dispute
Settled
Allegations
ALLEGED OMISSION AND MISSTATEMENT OF
INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN INVESTMENTS OF CUSTOMERS.
Settlement Amount
$10,000.00
Broker Comment
SETTLEMENT WAS MADE BY BROKER DEALER, VSR
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.00. NO
MONETARY CONTRIBUTION WAS MADE BY REPRESENTATIVE SHUTTLESWORTH.
CUSTOMER BROUGHT LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MYSELF, MY
FORMER BROKER DEALER (VSR FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC) AND FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OF ONAGA (CUSTODIAN FOR THE CUSTOMERS ACCOUNT).
THE CUSTOMERS SETTLED WITH BROKER DEALER VSR FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC AND DISMISSED ALL CLAIMS AGAINST ALL OTHER
PARTIES INCLUDING MYSELF. I DID NOT MAKE ANY CONTRIBUTION TO
THE SETTLEMENT NOR DO I ACKNOWLEDGE OR ACCEPT ANY
RESPONSIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ALLEGATIONS. I FURTHER
STATE THAT THEIR ALLEGATIONS WERE WITHOUT MERIT OR BASIS IN
FACT AND FEEL I HAVE BEEN VINDICATED.
License(s)
The broker is not currently registered with any state or SRO.
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IA
Investment Adviser
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Disclosures can be customer complaints or arbitrations, regulatory actions, employment terminations, bankruptcy filings and certain civil or criminal proceedings that they were a part of.