STEVEN VICTOR CHANTLER

STEVEN VICTOR CHANTLER is currently employed as a Broker and/or Investment Adviser at CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC. located at 4550 NEW LINDEN HILL ROAD, SUITE #120, WILMINGTON, DE, 19808.

STEVEN VICTOR CHANTLER has worked at CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC. since December 20, 2001

Disclosure History

STEVEN VICTOR CHANTLER has 5 Disclosure Event(s).

Date: December 08, 2004
Category: Customer Dispute
Allegations: MRS. THELMA CAMBURN FILED A COMPLAINT 12/08/2004 WITH AEFA INC. ALLEGING THAT AN UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTION WAS MADE FROM HER MUTUAL FUND TO HER LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
Damage Amount Requested: $8,800.00
Broker Comment: THIS ALLEGATION IS NOT FOUNDED AND AEFA REACHED THE SAME CONCLUSION.

Date: November 04, 1998
Category: Customer Dispute
Allegations: CUSTOMER ALLEGES THAT SHE WAS UNAWARE OF SURRENDER CHARGES AND TAX CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE OF A VARIABLE ANNUITY. ALLEGED COMPENSATORY DAMAGE AMOUNT NOT SPECIFIED.
Settlement Amount: $20,000.00
Broker Comment: SETTLED FOR $20,000.00, REPRESENTATIVE CONTRIBUTED $10,000.00 TOWARDS SETTLEMENT.

Date: November 04, 1998
Category: Regulatory
Initiated By: DELAWARE STATE SECURITIES DEPARTMENT
Allegations: CLIENT ALLEGED THAT SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND CHARGES IN VARIABLE ANNUITIES AND TAX IMPLICATIONS OF SELLING MUTUAL FUNDS. ALSO ALLEGES SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF AN ADDITIONAL PERSON ACTION AS AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY REPRESENTATIVE ON HER ACCOUNTS. REPRESENTATIVE DENIES ALL ALLEGATIONS.
Resolution: Consent SanctionDetails:
Sanctions: Monetary/Fine SanctionDetails:
Amount: $10,000.00 Sanction Details: PAID $10,000.00 FINE IN FULL ON 01/23/2002.
Broker Comment: I WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT IN 1998 WHILE AFFILIATED WITH LINSCO/PRIVATE LEDGER FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. IN THAT COMPLAINT, MY CLIENT, THELMA CAMBURN, ALLEGED THAT SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH HER VARIABLE ANNUITY OR THE TAX IMPLICATIONS OF SELLLING HER MUTUAL FUNDS. SHE ALSO ALLEGED SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF AN ADDITIONAL PERSON ACTING AS AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY REPRESENTATIVE ON HER ACCOUNTS. WHILE I DENY THE VALIDITY AND ACCURACY OF BOTH ALLEGATIONS, I AGREED TO AND DID ENTER INTO A CONSENT ORDER WITH THE SATE OF DELAWARE IN ORDER TO DISPOSE OF THIS MATTER.

Date: September 16, 1998
Category: Customer Dispute
Allegations: DAMAGES ALLEGED TO BE $9,000 +. THE CLIENTCLAIMED THEIR ADVISOR TOLD THEM THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TO PAYPREMIUM INTO A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY AFTER INITIAL REPLACEMENT,THAT THEY COULD ACCESS ANNUITY MONEY ON THEIR CONTRACTANNIVERSARY WITHOUT SURRENDER CHARGES, AND THAT ADVISOR FAILEDTO SUBMIT IRA DISTRIBUTION FORMS AS DIRECTED.

Date: May 01, 1998
Category: Customer Dispute
Allegations: CUSTOMERS ALLEGED THAT REPRESENTATIVE SOLD LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES TO THEM THAT WERE UNSUITABLE AS EDUCATION FUNDING VEHICLES, THAT THEY DID NOT NEED LIFE INSURANCE, AND THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE DISCLOSURE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR MUTUAL FUND PURCHASES. CUSTOMERS ALSO ALLEGED THAT THEY INCURRED ADDITIONAL TAXES RESULTING FROM THESE TRANSACTIONS. REPRESENTATIVE DENIED ANY ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING AND MAINTAINED THAT INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE, GIVEN INFORMATION THAT CUSTOMERS HAD PROVIDED TO HIM. FURTHER, CUSTOMERS HAD EXECUTED ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE INVESTMENTS, WHICH OUTLINED ALL COSTS AND POTENTIAL TAX ASPECTS OF THESE INVESTMENTS, AND ALL DOCUMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS WERE APPROVED BY SUPERVISOR PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS.
Damage Amount Requested: $23,000.00
Settlement Amount: $43,328.00
Broker Comment: AEFA, WITHOUT MY CONSENT, TOOK $15,790.77 FROM MY NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED/COMP PLAN WITH AEFA AND APPLIED IT TO THE SETTLEMENT. THIS WAS DONE ON 10/20/1998. I FEEL THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THEY FELT I WOULD NOT CONTEST IT FOR THE SMALL AMOUNT AND THEY HAD A LESS THAN POSITIVE RESULT IN AN ARBITRATION SETTLEMENT DUE TO A NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT.

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