I was contacted by Brett Friedberg about one week ago who tried to pressure me to transfer my account to his firm, Global Arena. He gave me some pitch about some junk bond for a company that he said was going to get acquired this month. When I told him I wasn't interested, he transferred me to his secretary, Carlin Glyptis, who tried to flirt with me over the phone and made sexual passes at me, which I found highly inappropriate. When I told her, just as I told Brett, that I wasn't interested, she suggested that we ""grab some drinks and have some fun"" the next time she was in Dallas. I told her to take me off her list and not contact me again.
Three days ago I got a call from Jon Sheklow of Global Arena, who gave me the same high pressured sales pitch as Brett. When I told him no thanks and to take me off of his list, guess what he did?? That's right, transferred me to his secretary Theresa Hutchins, who made similar sexual passes as Carlin. She said that if I transferred my account that she'd email me some photos of herself so I could ""think about her when I'm in bed at night.""
Are you kidding me? Are these guys brokers or are they running a brothel?!??
Then just this morning I got a call from Josh Turney. Same routine about buying junk bonds, and same bull* pitch about the company being acquired before the end of the year. When I told him to take me off his list he challenged my manhood and yelled expletives at me. Classy.
Enough was enough. After some simple googling I found out that these guys are part of group of brokers that have worked together for the past 10 years. They're led by two senior brokers, Jonah Engler and Michael Tannen, who started working together at a place called First Republic Group, which is now out of business. I pulled up their licenses on FINRA and they're more entertaining to read than this week's National Enquirer. Jonah has 14 customer complaints and 1 Well's Notice by FINRA.Michael Tannen has 6 customer complaints with 1 pending. The previous complaints against these guys? FRAUD, CHURNING, UNAUTHORIZED TRADING, EXCESSIVE COMMISSIONS, UNSUITABLE INVESTMENTS, FAILURE TO DO DUE DILIGENCE, etc.
Who uses aliases?? Look them up on FINRA's BrokerCheck! They all have tons of customer disputes, regulatory action against them and Jonah Engler, Jon Sheklow, and Brett Friedberg are all under current FINRA investigations! Brett Friedberg isn't even a licensed broker any more because he got kicked out of the business! I thought you weren't supposed to call people if you aren't even licensed!!
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I was contacted by Brett Friedberg about one week ago who tried to pressure me to transfer my account to his firm, Global Arena. He gave me some pitch about some junk bond for a company that he said was going to get acquired this month. When I told him I wasn't interested, he transferred me to his secretary, Carlin Glyptis, who tried to flirt with me over the phone and made sexual passes at me, which I found highly inappropriate. When I told her, just as I told Brett, that I wasn't interested, she suggested that we ""grab some drinks and have some fun"" the next time she was in Dallas. I told her to take me off her list and not contact me again.
Three days ago I got a call from Jon Sheklow of Global Arena, who gave me the same high pressured sales pitch as Brett. When I told him no thanks and to take me off of his list, guess what he did?? That's right, transferred me to his secretary Theresa Hutchins, who made similar sexual passes as Carlin. She said that if I transferred my account that she'd email me some photos of herself so I could ""think about her when I'm in bed at night.""
Are you kidding me? Are these guys brokers or are they running a brothel?!??
Then just this morning I got a call from Josh Turney. Same routine about buying junk bonds, and same bull* pitch about the company being acquired before the end of the year. When I told him to take me off his list he challenged my manhood and yelled expletives at me. Classy.
Enough was enough. After some simple googling I found out that these guys are part of group of brokers that have worked together for the past 10 years. They're led by two senior brokers, Jonah Engler and Michael Tannen, who started working together at a place called First Republic Group, which is now out of business. I pulled up their licenses on FINRA and they're more entertaining to read than this week's National Enquirer. Jonah has 14 customer complaints and 1 Well's Notice by FINRA.Michael Tannen has 6 customer complaints with 1 pending. The previous complaints against these guys? FRAUD, CHURNING, UNAUTHORIZED TRADING, EXCESSIVE COMMISSIONS, UNSUITABLE INVESTMENTS, FAILURE TO DO DUE DILIGENCE, etc.
Who uses aliases?? Look them up on FINRA's BrokerCheck! They all have tons of customer disputes, regulatory action against them and Jonah Engler, Jon Sheklow, and Brett Friedberg are all under current FINRA investigations! Brett Friedberg isn't even a licensed broker any more because he got kicked out of the business! I thought you weren't supposed to call people if you aren't even licensed!!