Our firm is investigating Equitable Advisors broker Bryan Preston Lubitz (CRD# 4381244) of Melville, New York for potential investment-related misconduct involving alleged unsuitable trading, churning, unauthorized transactions, and other sales-practice violations in customer accounts.
Financial Advisor’s Career History
According to FINRA BrokerCheck, Bryan Preston Lubitz has worked in the securities industry since 2001. He first registered with Trident Partners Ltd. (CRD# 41258) in Woodbury, New York from July 2001 to June 2012, then moved to Newbridge Securities Corporation (CRD# 104065) in Syosset, New York from July 2012 to September 2015, and later joined Aegis Capital Corp. (CRD# 15007) in Melville, New York from August 2015 through December 2022. He has been registered as a broker with Equitable Advisors, LLC (CRD# 6627), working out of the firm’s Melville, New York branch office at 395 North Service Road, Suite 206, since December 20, 2022.

Our firm is investigating Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. broker and investment adviser representative Wilfredo Raul Miranda (CRD# 3273284) of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois for potential investment-related misconduct involving GWG L bonds and other illiquid real estate–related securities.

Financial Advisor’s Career History
According to FINRA BrokerCheck, Wilfredo Raul Miranda has worked in the securities industry since 2000. He is currently registered as a General Securities Representative and investment adviser representative with Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc. (CRD# 7995), based out of a branch office in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and has been associated with the firm since July 2012.
Miranda is licensed in more than two dozen U.S. states and territories, including Illinois, Florida, Texas, California, and others, and has passed the Series 6, Series 7, SIE, Series 63, and Series 66 examinations.

His prior registrations include:

WMA Securities, Inc. (CRD# 32625) – Duluth, Georgia (2000)

United Securities Alliance, Inc. (CRD# 36487) – Greenwood Village, Colorado (2001–2003)
Moloney Securities Co., Inc. (CRD# 38535) – Manchester, Missouri and Bolingbrook, Illinois (2010–2012)

Our firm is investigating Raymond James & Associates, Inc. broker and investment adviser representative William Roy Bredt (CRD# 1621507) of West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania for potential investment-related misconduct involving alleged unsuitable private placement and REIT recommendations, misrepresentations of risks, and other sales-practice violations.
Financial Advisor’s Career History
William Roy Bredt has worked in the securities industry since the late 1980s. FINRA BrokerCheck shows that he is currently registered as a General Securities Representative and investment adviser representative with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and is licensed across numerous self-regulatory organizations and more than forty U.S. states and territories.
According to his registration and employment history:
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (CRD# 705) — Registered associate since approximately February 1999; currently based in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, with prior registration tied to the firm’s St. Petersburg, Florida office.
First Union Capital Markets Corp. (CRD# 6124) — Registered from August 1992 to March 1999 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Herzog, Heine, Geduld, Inc. (CRD# 2186) — Registered from June 1987 to December 1989.

Our firm is investigating Emerson Equity broker and Ridgegate Advisors investment adviser representative Alexander Staverosky (CRD# 7171282) of Englewood, Colorado, for potential investment-related misconduct.

Financial Advisor Alexander Staverosky’s Career History

Alexander Staverosky entered the securities industry in 2019. He has been registered as a broker with Emerson Equity LLC since April 29, 2021, and as an investment adviser representative with Ridgegate Advisors, LLC since September 12, 2025. Both registrations identify an Englewood, Colorado office.

Staverosky’s brokerage and investment adviser registration history includes:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC from September 2019 to December 2020

Emerson Equity LLC as a broker since April 2021

Emerson Equity LLC as an investment adviser representative from July 2021 to September 2022

AE Wealth Management, LLC from December 2022 to December 2025

Ridgegate Advisors, LLC since September 2025

His employment history also identifies roles with Ridgegate Alternatives, Ridgegate Insurance, LLC, and Ridgegate Financial, LLC. Staverosky is currently registered with one self-regulatory organization and licensed in seven U.S. states and territories. He has passed three general industry or product examinations and one state securities law examination.

Our firm is investigating Dominari Securities broker John Russo (CRD# 3245040) of New York, New York, for potential investment-related misconduct.

Stockbroker John Russo’s Career History

John Russo entered the securities industry in 2000. He is currently registered with Dominari Securities LLC and works from the firm’s New York City office. His BrokerCheck employment history identifies his current position as private equity. Russo has been registered with Dominari Securities since March 4, 2024.

Russo’s brokerage registration history includes:

Citicorp Investment Services from May 2000 to July 2000

Worldco, L.L.C. from July 2000 to August 2000

Prudential Securities Incorporated from October 2000 to November 2000

Andover Brokerage, L.L.C. from January 2002 to March 2003

Assent LLC from March 2003 to September 2004

Hold Brothers On-Line Investment Services L.L.C. from September 2004 to August 2006

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated from September 2006 to October 2007

Assent LLC from October 2007 to June 2008

Chase Investment Services Corp. from January 2009 to August 2010

Dimension Trading Group, LLC from May 2011 to October 2011

Hold Brothers Capital LLC from June 2013 to July 2014

Benjamin & Jerold Brokerage I, LLC from August 2014 to November 2015

Paulson Investment Company LLC from November 2015 to April 2016

Osprey Partners LLC from May 2016 to June 2017

T3 Trading Group, LLC from January 2018 to June 2018

Aegis Capital Corp. from June 2018 to April 2024

Dominari Securities LLC from March 2024 to the present

Russo is currently registered with FINRA as a general securities representative and securities trader. He is licensed in 35 U.S. states and territories and has passed one principal or supervisory examination, four general industry or product examinations, and one state securities law examination.

Our firm is investigating Creand Securities broker and financial advisor Javier Adolfo Naselli (CRD# 2425401) of Miami, Florida, for potential investment-related misconduct.

Financial Advisor Javier Adolfo Naselli’s Career History

Javier Adolfo Naselli began working in the securities industry in 1993. He has been registered as a broker with Creand Securities since August 7, 2025, and works from the firm’s Miami, Florida office. His BrokerCheck report also states that he serves as an investment adviser representative of affiliated investment advisory firm Creand Management.

Naselli’s brokerage and investment adviser registrations include:

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated from December 1993 to March 2000

Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. from March 2000 to April 2000

Morgan Stanley DW Inc. from June 2000 to December 2005

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC from December 2005 to July 2011

UBS Financial Services Inc. from June 2011 to July 2024

Creand Securities from August 2025 to the present

Naselli was reportedly unemployed from June 2024 through July 2025. He is currently registered through two self-regulatory organizations and licensed as a securities agent in Florida and Texas. He has passed three general industry or product examinations and two state securities law examinations.

Our firm is investigating former Cambridge Investment Research and SCF Securities broker Matthew Robert Westberry (CRD# 4908745), who is reported as an investment adviser representative in Marion, Iowa, for potential investment-related misconduct.

Financial Advisor Matthew Robert Westberry’s Career History

Matthew Robert Westberry began working in the securities industry in 2005. He is not currently registered as a broker, although his BrokerCheck employment history reports that he has served as an investment adviser representative of Secure Asset Management, L.L.C. since May 2025 and as the owner and advisor of Westberry Wealth Management, LLC since March 2022.

Westberry’s brokerage registrations include:

National Planning Corporation from June 2005 to June 2008

Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. from June 2008 to September 2018

LPL Financial LLC from August 2018 to March 2022

SCF Securities, Inc. from February 2022 to October 2024

Westberry has passed three general industry or product examinations and two state securities law examinations. He has not passed a principal or supervisory examination.

Jeremy Lee Bouwman (CRD# 5530522) is a financial advisor and stockbroker with Edward Jones in Austin, Texas, and our firm is investigating customer complaints alleging unsuitable investment recommendations and related sales practice violations.

Financial Advisor’s Career History
According to his FINRA BrokerCheck report, Jeremy Lee Bouwman has been employed by Edward Jones since May 2008, working as a financial advisor in the firm’s Austin, Texas branch offices.

He first became registered with Edward Jones as a General Securities Representative in June 2008 and later qualified as an Investment Adviser Representative in Texas in October 2009. Over the years, he has obtained registrations with multiple self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American, and the Nasdaq Stock Market, and has been licensed as an agent in numerous states, including Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, California, and others.

Since entering the securities industry, Bouwman’s entire reported investment-related employment history has been with Edward Jones, where he continues to service retail customers through the firm’s Austin-area branch locations.

Our firm is investigating A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners broker and investment adviser representative Matt Ward (CRD# 2075525) of Santa Monica, California, for potential investment-related misconduct.

Financial Advisor Matt Ward’s Career History

Matt Ward began working in the securities industry in 1990. He has been registered as a broker with A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners since April 2012 and works from the firm’s Santa Monica, California branch. The report also identifies Ward as an investment adviser representative in California.

Ward’s prior brokerage registrations include:

Lehman Brothers Inc. from October 1990 to July 1993

Smith Barney Shearson Inc. from July 1993 to December 1993

Sutro & Co. Incorporated from December 1993 to July 1995

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated from July 1995 to September 1996

Maxwell Capital, Inc. from October 1996 to July 1997

National Securities Corporation from July 1997 to April 2012

A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners from April 2012 to the present

Ward is currently registered through two self-regulatory organizations and licensed in 49 U.S. states and territories. He has passed one principal or supervisory examination, two general industry or product examinations, and one state securities law examination.