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FINRA Suspends Broker Efrain Trujillo After Borrowing Money From Customers

Efrain Trujillo (CRD# 3106482) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Western International Securities, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA. His previous employers were Financial West Group and SRM Securities, Incorporated. Trujillo was in the securities industry since 1998. Trujillo has three FINRA actions in his CRD. The most recent […]

SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Former President of Wilmington Trust

On November 2, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware entered a final consent judgment against Robert V.A. Harra, Jr., the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Wilmington Trust. The SEC charged Harra and three other defendants in 2015 with fraud for their roles in Wilmington Trust’s making of false or misleading […]

SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Investment Advisers Charged with Defrauding Their Advisory Clients

On October 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a final judgment against defendants Cetera Advisors, LLC and Cetera Advisor Networks, LLC, whom the SEC previously charged with defrauding their advisory clients by failing to disclose several sources of compensation. According to the SEC’s amended complaint filed on October 11, 2019, in the United […]

SEC Charges Promoters of Desilu Studios Offering Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed an injunctive action against Manhattan Beach, California-based Desilu Studios, Inc. and its founder, Charles B. Hensley, from Torrance, California for an alleged offering fraud that raised at least $596,360 from investors. The SEC’s complaint alleges that from June 2017 through at least July 2018, Desilu […]

UBS to Pay $25 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Charges Involving Complex Options Trading Strategy

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that UBS Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay approximately $25 million to settle fraud charges relating to a complex investment strategy referred to as YES, or Yield Enhancement Strategy. According to the SEC’s order, UBS marketed and sold YES to approximately 600 investors through its platform of […]