The Law Firm of David Chase is investing former Ohio based Merrill Lynch (CRD#7691) broker David R. Kondracke (CRD#849161) following a FINRA bar after he failed to respond to FINRA’s request for information, which FINRA deems to be a failure to cooperate. According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck, FINRA permanently barred Kondracke in June of 2017 while...Read More

The Law Firm Of David Chase is investigating Merrill Lynch (CRD#7691) broker Charles D Watson (CRD#4063528) after a customer filed a $1.2 million FINRA arbitration against him alleging unsuitable investment recommendations. According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck report on Watson, a customer filed a FINRA arbitration complaint in June of 2017 against Watson alleging unsuitable investment recommendations...Read More

Sonya Camarco (CRD #2427529), a longtime Colorado Springs resident and former Broker with LPL Financial LLC (CRD#6413) has been the subject of a SEC requested asset freeze. The SEC complaint that alleged Camarco had, over the past 13 years, systematically defrauded and stolen money from her client’s investment accounts. The SEC further alleged that Sonya...Read More

The Law Firm of David R Chase is investigating Ohio-based Cetera Advisors(CRD#10299) broker David Joseph Schmerber (CRD#2093918) after a customer filed a $1,000,000.00 million dollar FINRA arbitration against him. According to Schmerber’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, the claimants filed a FINRA arbitration complaint in March 2017 against Schmerber alleging he invested their accounts in various complex...Read More

 The Law Firm of David Chase is reviewing claims of unsuitable trades and breach of fiduciary duty by former New York based-based Capitol Securities Management INC. (CRD #14169) broker Andrew Bennett Kramer (CRD#1896558) after FINRA bared him permanently. According to Kramer’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, FINRA suspended Kramer in April of 2017 after he failed to...Read More

The Law Firm of David Chase is reviewing allegations of outside business activity and unsuitable recommendations by former Vanguard Capital (CRD #22081) broker John A. Blake-Zuniga (CRD #1014886) after FINRA suspended him for 22 months. According to Blake-Zuniga’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, FINRA suspended him for 22 months after issuing sanctions related to allegations that he...Read More

The Law Firm of David Chase are investigating claims of unauthorized trading, unsuitable recommendations and breach of fiduciary duty by New York-based Morgan Stanley (CRD # 149777) broker Barry F Connell (CRD #3070984) after FINRA suspended him. According Connell’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, FINRA suspended and permanently barred Connell in January of 2017 after he failed...Read More

The Law Firm of David Chase is analyzing claims of unsuitability and breach of fiduciary duty brought against former Ameritas Investment Corp (CRD #14869) broker Alonza Barnett JR. (CRD #4577695) after a customer filed a $1.75 million FINRA arbitration against him. According to Barnett’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, a customer filed an FINRA arbitration complaint in...Read More

As most individual investors now understand, oil and gas securities, including common stock, bonds and master limited partnerships (MLPs), can be extremely volatile, high-risk and lead to substantial losses. Over the last few years, certain financial advisors and stockbrokers, and the financial institutions for whom they worked, fell in love with oil and gas securities,...Read More

The Law Firm of David R. Chase, PA is investigating potential investor claims involving the following stockbrokers and financial advisors: Kevin Murphy FINRA initiated enforcement action against broker Kevin Murphy alleging that in approximately November 2013, he sold $1.2 million of securities (shares and warrants) in a private placement offering to four individual investors and...Read More