Thomas Buck spent 33 years with Merrill Lynch before he was fired in 2015.

The barred advisor and his brother defrauded a widow as part of a real estate investment scheme, according to federal prosecutors.

The stolen funds allegedly went to pay for college expenses and credit card bills, according to federal prosecutors.

The stolen funds went to pay for his daughter’s college expenses and to reimburse other clients, according to federal prosecutors.

Investigators say the broker spent his clients’ money on luxury cars and home improvements.

The regulator outlined the top priorities for 2018 examinations.

Caleb Fackrell repeatedly called his behavior “insane” in his testimony, according to transcripts obtained by Financial Planning.

To get in on hot IPOs, a client delivered cash payments to the broker at bars and restaurants, the regulator alleges.

Authorities say the now barred broker concealed his fraud through a variety of methods, including by creating falsified tax forms and lying to accountants.

Brash and bumbling? Or genuinely caring? Truth and fiction are blurred in depictions of planners in movies and TV shows.