Anselmo Contreras Jr. said to have borrowed $30,000 from clients.
David Zoll and Sarah Pifer join New York firm, which is a unit of HighTower.
Qui Xue Yang works at firm's Summa Group unit in Los Angeles.
Christopher D. Dougherty charged with defrauding clients with fake private placements.
Houston-based Americana Partners is using Dynasty, Schwab and Addepar.
Mark Scaglione is based in the firm's Tampa, Fla., office.
Buckman, Buckman & Reid settles charges it failed to supervise two reps.
Merger of New York-based firms will create company managing $7 billion.
Meloria Wealth and Allied Financial link with Evolution Financial Advisors.
J.R. Koeijmans and Lance Whitworth join firm's Dallas office.
