A federal jury in Boise today returned guilty verdicts against four DBSI principals, Douglas L. Swenson, Mark Ellison, David D. Swenson, and Jeremy S. Swenson on multiple fraud charges, announced U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson. The jury convicted Douglas Swenson, 65, of Eagle, Idaho, on thirty-four counts of wire fraud and forty-four counts of securities […]
Finra chairman and CEO Richard G. Ketchum said the regulator is no longer interested in expanding its oversight to financial advisers. Mr. Ketchum told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, “We are not pursuing it at the present time.” “We don’t perceive any likelihood that it would be successful,” Mr. Ketchum told the WSJ, referring to […]
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has filed a regulatory complaint against two former MetLife Securities Inc. brokers for allegedly engaging in a seven-year scheme to inflate commissions by encouraging customers to switch $21 million in annuities, Reuters reports. According to the FINRA complaint, Christopher Birli and Patrick Chapin, who were both employees of MetLife in Williamsville, […]
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined LPL Financial LLC $950,000 for supervisory deficiencies related to the sales of alternative investment products, including non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), oil and gas partnerships, business development companies (BDCs), hedge funds, managed futures and other illiquid pass-through investments. As part of the sanction, […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and asset freezes against the operators of a worldwide pyramid scheme targeting Asian and Latino communities in the U.S. and abroad. The SEC alleges that three entities collectively operating under the business names WCM and WCM777 are posing as multi-level marketing companies in the business of selling […]