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A Look at Broker Michael Whitaker's BrokerCheck

Broker Michael Whitaker (CRD# 1739854) currently is registered at NSFG Corporation in The Villages, Florida. Whitaker has ten customer disputes acc...

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Broker Michael Sloan Has Ten Customer Disputes According to BrokerCheck

Broker Michael Sloan currently is registered at LPL Financial in Elgin, Illinois, and previously was registered at Wintrust Investments in Chicago,...

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Broker Jeffrey Bangerter Has Three Customer Disputes on His BrokerCheck

Broker Jeffrey Bangerter (CRD# 1687028) currently is registered at Concorde Asset Management LLC, in Roseville, California, and previously was regi...

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Broker Robert Obraitis Has Six Customer Disputes on His BrokerCheck

Broker Robert Obraitis (CRD# 2124486) currently is registered at Summit Financial LLC, in Lansdowne, Virginia, and previously was registered at Cam...

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A Look at Broker Anthony Jovanovich's BrokerCheck

Broker Anthony Jovanovich (CRD# 2948544) currently is registered at LPL Financial LLC, in Elgen, Illinois, and previously was registered at Wintrus...

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A Look at Broker Robert Fagan's BrokerCheck

Broker Robert Fagan (CRD# 1572927) currently is registered at Cetera Investment Services LLC, in San Diego, California. Fagan has four customer dis...

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A Look at Broker Cataldo Panici's BrokerCheck

Broker Cataldo Panici (CRD# 2112617 ) currently is registered at LPL Financial LLC, in Frankfort, IL and was previously registered at Wintrust Inve...

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A Look at Former Broker Michael Venturino's BrokerCheck

Former Broker Michael Venturino (CRD# 5872439) previously was registered at Spartan Capitol Securities LLC, in Garden City, New York. Venturino has...

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Broker Kevin Kelly Has Ten Customer Disputes on His BrokerCheck

Broker Kevin Kelly (CRD# 2293119) currently is registered at Avantax Advisory Services in Atlanta, Georgia. Kelly has 10 customer disputes accordin...

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A Look at Broker Thomas Rapp's BrokerCheck

Broker Thomas Rapp (CRD# 1792438) currently is registered at M Holdings Securities, Inc, in Fort Lauderdale, FL and at M Holdings Securities, Inc, ...

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Florida FINRA Arbitration Panel Orders Charles Schwab to Pay $3.8 Millio...

A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has ordered Charles Schwab & Co.

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Cybersecurity Breach at Edelman Financial Engines Highlights Growing Ris...

A recent cybersecurity incident involving Edelman Financial Engines has drawn attention to the increasing number of cyberattacks targeting regis...

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SEC and CFTC Plan Coordinated Examinations and Enforcement Efforts

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) plan to coordinate examinations and enforcement...

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