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Claimants contend that their financial advisor made unsuitable investment recommendations from August 2019 to July 2021.
Damage Amount Requested
$1,500,000.00
Settlement Amount
$500,000.00
6/6/2023
Regulatory
Final
Initiated By
FINRA
Allegations
Without admitting or denying the findings, Matalon consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he refused to provide documents and information requested by FINRA in connection with its investigation of allegations made in a statement of claim filed against his member firm by one his clients.
Resolution
Acceptance, Waiver & Consent(AWC)
Bar
Bar (Permanent)
Registration Capacities Affected
All capacities
Duration
Indefinite
Start Date
6/6/2023
7/21/2022
Customer Dispute
Award / Judgment
Allegations
Claimants allege an advisor formerly associated with Respondent allowed a now deceased client to make withdrawals from accounts owned solely or jointly by the client and allowed the client to surrender his insurance policy despite the advisor being aware of the client's alleged health issues. Claimants further allege the former advisor recommended an accountant to Claimants who the former advisor then colluded with to convert funds from the Claimants. In addition, Claimants allege the former advisor charged excessive fees, made unsuitable investment recommendations, and failed to notify them regarding activity in their accounts. Claimants' causes of action are negligence, misrepresentation, failure to supervise, conspiracy to convert funds, breach of fiduciary duty, and unsuitability. Claimants allege compensatory damages of $2.5m, punitive damages, interest, fees and costs. At the final hearing, Claimants requested damages of $5,324,441.22.
Damage Amount Requested
$5,324,441.22
Damages Granted
$901,542.30
7/5/2021
Criminal
Pending Charge
Charges
Kidnap-Inflict Bodily Harm
False Imprisonment - adult
Domestic Battery by Strangulation
Touch or Strike Battery/D
License(s)
The broker is not currently registered with any state or SRO.
A brokerage firm, also called a broker-dealer, is in the business of buying and selling securities – stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and certain other investment products – on behalf of its customer (as broker), for its own bank (dealer), or both. Individuals who work for broker-dealers - the sales personnel are commonly referred to as brokers.
IA
Investment Adviser
An investment adviser is paid for providing advice about securities to clients. In addition, some investment advisers manage investment portfolios and offer financial planning services.
Disclosures
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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.