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.

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The former broker met some of his roughly 60 victims through his associations with the NFL and the University of Virginia, where he also played football, federal prosecutors said.

Bradley Mascho helped Bennett defraud at least 46 investors, including many seniors, the regulator charges.

The rep used an unauthorized ATM card he secretly created to swipe $120 from a customer's bank account, FINRA claimed.

The wire fraud charge came nearly four years after the CFP Board revoked his certification.

The firm previously accused its former employee of using company stationery to continue to pass herself off as an Ameriprise advisor.

A 75-year-old widowed retiree allegedly lost nearly half of her $3 million investment in the scheme.

Jurors in New York federal court awarded Jennifer Sharkey $563,000 in back pay and $563,000 for emotional damage.

Lies about being in contact with clients were the real reason the whisteblower was fired, according to a defendant and key witness for the bank.

Tom Buck was once a top-ranked Barron's advisor at the wirehouse, where he worked for more than 30 years.