Investment Fraud: Capital Securities Must Pay Retired Teachers $3.8M and Investors Ask Court for Nearly $2.7M Judgment over High Risk Investment Losses

FINRA Panel Orders Capital Securities to Pay Retired Teachers $2.38M A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel has awarded retired schoolteachers Beryl Lakin and Janice Patin $2.38M for losses they sustained while they were clients of Capitol Securities Management, which is based in Virginia. The two claimants, who are former coworkers, alleged excessive trading, fraud, and unauthorized withdrawals and fund transfers. They accused one of the financial firm’s former registered representatives of stealing money out of their Capitol accounts. The financial rep. whom they are accusing was Patin’s nephew, who has since committed suicide. Finra documents name him as “Mr. T.” According to the FINRA arbitration panel, automatic monitoring programs had raised alerts of suspect activity in Patin’s account, including trades that appeared to be “unsolicited.” There also were reportedly signs of “excessive…

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