Goodman & Nekvasil P.A., May Recover Investor Losses – Ellen Vratoric Barred from Securities Industry, Formerly Licensed with The Huntington Investment Company
From 2008 until Ellen Vratoric’s discharge in 2016, Ellen Vratoric was licensed with The Huntington Investment Company. According to FINRA’s records, Ellen Vratoric was discharged from The Huntington Investment Company on March 16, 2016. The Huntington Investment Company reported to FINRA that Ellen Vratoric had an increased number of customer complaints and also during a routine branch review, a compliance specialist discovered a document integrity issue related to a variable annuity purchase. The signature page on the document was undated, there appeared to be use of white our and the signature page appeared to be re-used.
Subsequent to Ellen Vratoric’s discharge from The Huntington Investment Company, FINRA investigated Ellen Vratoric and brought a disciplinary action against Ellen Vratoric. Ellen Vratoric was barred from the securities and investment banking industry on June 29, 2018. FINRA reports that Ellen Vratoric was named a respondent in a FINRA complaint alleging that on two occasions she failed to appear and provide investigative testimony requested by FINRA following FINRA’s review of allegations contained the Uniform Termination Notice for Securities Industry Registration (Form U5) and subsequent amendments filed by Ellen Vratoric’s member firm and after additional customers complained about her sales of variable and fixed annuities.
If you lost any money on investments with Ellen Vratoric, you may be able to recover your losses from The Huntington Investment Company. This is because The Huntington Investment Company had a duty to supervise Ellen Vratoric.
If you lost money on investments with Ellen Vratoric and believe the investments may have been unsuitable or otherwise improper for you, we would like to discuss the possibility of your retaining our firm to represent you in an arbitration action against The Huntington Investment Company concerning Ellen Vratoric’s conduct. There is no charge for an evaluation of your case. Further, we handle our cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that unless we recover money for you, we charge no attorney’s fee. Unless you recover any money, you pay us nothing, not even the costs and expenses which the firm will advance on your behalf.
Our firm has a unique, unparalleled track record. Kalju Nekvasil, Esq., has not lost a securities arbitration case in more than 13 years. Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A. has recovered approximately $180 million on behalf of victimized investors. If you lost money on investments with Ellen Vratoric and would like your case evaluated by a securities attorney (again, there is no charge for an evaluation and all cases are handled on a purely contingency fee basis), please contact us.