The White Law Group is investigating a possible securities fraud claim on behalf on an investor involving former NEXT Financial financial advisor Clyde Thornburg. Specifically, we are investigating whether NEXT Financial failed to supervise Thornburg’s frequent trading of Unit Investment Trust (”UITs”) investments. Based on our preliminary investigation, it appears that Thornburg was [...]
FINRA recently announced that Vincent Joseph Farrugia, Jr. of Lawrenceville , Georgia (formerly a financial advisor with Next Financial Group, Inc.) has been fined $15,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for four months. Without admitting or denying the findings, Farrugia consented to the described sanctions and to the [...]
On September 15, 2009, FINRA announced that a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Hearing Panel has barred John Edward Mullins a former registered representative with Morgan Stanley DW, Inc. (now known as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC) for misappropriating $11,156.47 from the charitable foundation of a 97-year old nursing home resident and widow who was [...]