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Thomas Bonds: $5 Million Complaint Against Morgan Stanley Advisor

San Francisco financial advisor Thomas Bonds (CRD# 1867556) recently received an investor complaint alleging his investment recommendations resulted in damages of $5 million. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records show that he is a broker and an investment advisor with Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Bonds’ BrokerCheck report discloses several investor complaints. The most recent, filed in December 2021, alleges that as a representative of Morgan Stanley, he made unsuitable recommendations regarding a managed account between April 2015 and September 2021. The pending complaint alleges damages of $5 million.

An earlier investor complaint, filed in 1992, alleged that as a representative of Salomon Smith Barney, Mr. Bonds committed fraud and breached his fiduciary duty. The complaint reached a settlement of $11,115.47.

A third investor complaint, filed in 1994, alleged excessive and unauthorized trading while Mr. Bonds was a Salomon Smith Barney representative. The complaint reached a settlement of $60,631.

A fourth investor complaint, filed in 1993, alleged unauthorized trading while he was a representative of Shearman Lehman Brothers. The complaint reached a settlement of $12,000.

According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Thomas Bonds holds 33 years of securities industry experience. Based in San Francisco, California, he has been a broker and an investment advisor with Morgan Stanley since 2009. His past registrations include Morgan Stanley & Company (Newport Beach, California; 2007-2009), Morgan Stanley DW (Merrillville, Indiana; 2004-2007), Merrill Lynch (New York, New York; 1994-2004), Smith Barney (New York, New York; 1993-1994), and Lehman Brothers (New York, New York; 1988-1993). His credentials include the passage of seven securities industry qualifying exams: the General Securities Sales Supervisor – Options Module Examination, or Series 9; the General Securities Sales Supervisor – General Module Examination, or Series 10; the General Securities Representative Examination, or Series 7; the National Commodity Futures Examination, or Series 3; the Securities Industry Essentials Examination, or SIE; the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, or Series 63; and the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination, or Series 65. He is holds 47 state licenses. (Information current as of September 3, 2022.)

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