Former NYLIFE SECURITIES LLC Broker STEPHEN MELLINGER III Pleads Guilty to Stealing Client Funds – Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A. 

Former NYLIFE SECURITIES LLC Broker STEPHEN MELLINGER III Pleads Guilty to Stealing Client Funds – Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A.

Former NYLIFE SECURITIES LLC Broker STEPHEN MELLINGER III Pleads Guilty to Stealing Client Funds.  

Call 800-500-4442 if you think that you have received unsuitable investment recommendations from your adviser.

STEPHEN THEODORE MELLINGER III
CRD#: 2819752
STEPHEN THEODORE MELLINGER III (CRD#: 2819752), a former registered representative for NYLIFE SECURITIES LLC in NILES, MI pleads guilty to promoting illegal tax shelter and stealing client funds.According to court documents and statements made in court, Stephen T. Mellinger III, of Delray Beach, was a financial advisor, insurance salesman, and securities broker operating in Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, and elsewhere. Beginning in late 2013, Mellinger conspired with others to promote an illegal tax shelter whereby clients would claim false tax deductions for so-called “royalty payments” to fraudulently reduce their taxes.

In total, Mellinger and his co-conspirators helped clients prepare tax returns that claimed over $106 million in false tax deductions, which caused a tax loss to the IRS of approximately $37 million.

Mellinger also has two pending customer complaints that appear on his FINRA BrokerCheck Report.

STEPHEN THEODORE MELLINGER IIICRD#: 2819752

Former NYLIFE SECURITIES LLC Broker STEPHEN MELLINGER III Pleads Guilty to Stealing Client Funds.  

Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A., is investigating brokers who may have unsuitably recommended investments to their 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 3/3/25. If you believe this information was reported incorrectly, please contact our firm: 1-800-500-4442.

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