BILL KING Has Multiple Investor Complaints – Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A., May Recover Investor Losses
Former MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED investment adviser, BILL KING Has Multiple Investor Complaints.
WILLIAM WORTHEN KING
BILL KING
CRD#: 1432593
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WILLIAM WORTHEN KING (CRD#: 1432593), a former registered representative for MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, in VERO BEACH, FL, has multiple investor complaints. According to King’s FINRA BrokerCheck report, The most recent complainants allege an unsuitable investment strategy, unauthorized trading, misrepresentation, omission of material facts and that the Financial Advisor was not acting in their best interest in 2020.
FINRA recently suspended King for 30-days and issued a $5,000 fine. FINRA alleges between January 6, 2021, and January 5, 2023, King exercised discretion when placing
204 trades in six brokerage accounts held by four firm customers, three of whom were seniors. Although King discussed investment strategy with the customers, the customers
had not provided prior written authorization for King to exercise discretion. In addition, Merrill Lynch did not accept the accounts as discretionary.
JOHN BEST Has A Settled Investor Complaint.
Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A., is investigating brokers who may have unsuitably recommended investments to its clients.
St. Petersburg, Florida law firm Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A., has a national practice representing victimized investors. The firm continues to investigate brokerage firms that placed elderly retirees and other conservative investors in unsuitable investments.
Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A., has filed numerous cases against brokerage firms selling high-risk investments and has recovered more than $400 million dollars on behalf of victimized investors.
We allege in these cases that these investment recommendations were unsuitable for our clients in view of their financial situation, needs and investment objectives.
There is no charge for an evaluation of your case. We handle our cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that unless we recover money for you, we charge no attorney’s fee.
If you incurred losses on your investment and would like your case evaluated by a securities attorney, please contact us.
Some of the information in this blog post was obtained from FINRA on 2/28/25. If you believe this information was reported incorrectly, please contact our firm: 1-800-500-4442.