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THE CUSTOMER ALLEGES UNSUITABLE INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JANUARY 2009 TO JULY 2012.
4/22/2010
Customer Dispute
Settled
Allegations
THE CUSTOMER ALLEGES UNSUITABLE INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND MISREPRESENTATION REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES IN OCTOBER 2009.
Damage Amount Requested
$170,000.00
Settlement Amount
$35,000.00
3/2/2009
Customer Dispute
Denied
Allegations
CLIENT ALLEGES THAT THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR MADE UNSUITABLE INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. NO SPECIFIC DAMAGES ALLEGED. ACTIVITY DATES: 08/00/1999 - 03/00/2009
Broker Comment
THE CLIENT'S ALLEGATIONS WERE FOUND TO BE WITHOUT MERIT AND THE COMPLAINT WAS DENIED.
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Disclosures
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.
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.