Goodman & Nekvasil P.A, May Recover Investor Losses | Giovanni Acevedo, Financial Advisor Barred from Securities Industry
From 2006 until Giovanni Acevedo’s discharge in 2014, Giovanni Acevedo was licensed with ING Financial Partners, Inc n/k/a Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. According to FINRA’s records, Giovanni Acevedo was fired by ING Financial Partners, Inc. on August 12, 2014. ING Financial Partners, Inc. reported to FINRA that in the course of investigating allegations in a FINRA arbitration, ING Financial Partners, Inc. discovered that Giovanni Acevedo did not follow firm policies, including failing to report criminal charges, tax liens and a civil judgment. ING Financial Partners, Inc. decided it no longer wished to supervise Giovanni Acevedo.
Following Giovanni Acevedo’s firing, FINRA investigated Giovanni Acevedo and brought a disciplinary action against Giovanni Acevedo. Giovanni Acevedo was permanently barred from the securities and investment banking industry on February 8, 2016. Giovanni Acevedo consented to the sanction and to FINRA findings that Giovanni Acevedo converted more than $160,000 from people, including customers, for his own personal use. The findings stated that Giovanni Acevedo also provided false information to FINRA during its investigation of Giovanni Acevedo’s conversion of funds. The findings also stated that Giovanni Acevedo failed to provide information requested by FINRA during the course of its investigation.
FINRA also reports that two complaints and/or arbitration claims have been filed involving Giovanni Acevedo’s conduct with ING Financial Partners, Inc. alleging fraud, conversion, and/or negligent investment advice. Both of these complaints and/or arbitration claims settled, with the largest settling for $220,000.
If you lost any money on investments with Giovanni Acevedo while Giovanni Acevedo was employed with ING Financial Partners, Inc. n/k/a Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. you may be able to recover your losses from ING Financial Partners, Inc. n/k/a Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. This is because ING Financial Partners, Inc. n/k/a Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. had a duty to supervise Giovanni Acevedo.
If you lost money on investments with Giovanni Acevedo 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 ING Financial Partners, Inc. n/k/a Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. concerning Giovanni Acevedo’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.
Kalju Nekvasil, Esq., formerly regional counsel with the NASD, now known as FINRA, has practiced in this area of the law for more than 35 years. Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A. has recovered more than $170 million on behalf of victimized investors. If you lost money on investments with Giovanni Acevedo 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.
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