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Wedbush Securities Inc. and Edward William Wedbush

A judgment issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became final in which the firm was fined $300,000. Mr. Wedbush was fined $50,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA® member in any principal capacity for 31 days. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the […]

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Jonathan George Sweeney (Oceanside, California)

An AWC was issued in which Sweeney was barred from association with any FINRA member in all capacities. Without admitting or denying the findings, Sweeney consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he made material misrepresentations and omitted material information in an unsuitable recommendation 14 Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions July […]

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Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. (London, England)

An AWC was issued in which the firm was censured, fined $25,000 and required to provide a written certification to FINRA that its systems, policies and procedures, with respect to each of the areas and activities cited in the AWC, are reasonably Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions 3 July 2018 designed to achieve compliance with […]

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Reef Securities, Inc. and Paul Frank Mauceli Jr.

A Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) was issued in which the firm was censured and fined $40,000. Mauceli was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA® member in any principal capacity for four months. Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm and Mauceli consented to the sanctions and to the […]

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Dennis Ernest Beeby (San Diego, California)

An AWC was issued in which Beeby was assessed a deferred fine of $10,000, suspended from association with any FINRA member in all capacities for eight months and ordered to pay deferred disgorgement of commissions received in the amount of $55,000, plus interest. Without admitting or denying the findings, Beeby consented to the sanctions and […]

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