The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has permanently barred five financial advisors from using the CFP mark for violating various CFP Board or Finra regulations, the CFP Board announced Monday.

Among those who can no longer practice under the CFP designtion is Brynt Caveness of Kingsport, Tenn. According to the CFP Board, Caveness refused to cooperate with an investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority about his handling of checks from senior clients. The board determined that the “seriousness, scope and harmfulness of Mr. Caveness’s conduct” warranted a permanent revokation of his right to practice as a CFP.

The board retains the right to permanently bar CFP holders from using the designation, suspending the right for a period of time or imposing a public censure for violating its rules. The disciplinary actions and additional details on the infractions and any complaints against the advisors can be found on the board’s website, https://www.cfp.net/verify-a-cfp-professional.

Marco Rivera of Windsor, Calif., also had his right to use the mark permanently revoked after he failed to respond to a request for information about two federal tax liens he was subject to.

The board revoked the privileges of David Harrison Miller of Atlanta, Ga., for failing to answer a CFP Board request for information about a customer complaint against him and his subsequent termination from the firm he was working for.

The right of F. Stephen Lambert of Decatur, Ga., to use the designation was revoked after he failed to respond to the board’s investigation of liens filed against him by the Georgia Department of Labor from 2016 to 2019.

Wesley W. Griffin of Sparks, Nev., had his right to use the CFP designation revoked after he failed to respond to requests for information about outstanding federal tax liens imposed against him im 2010 and 2012.

The right of Michael S. Behner of San Diego was suspended for a year and a day for failing to respond to the board’s inquiry about Behner’s failure to pay federal and state taxes.

The right of Marie Isabel Laurion of Washington, D.C., to use the mark was suspended for a year and a day for her failure to respond to the board’s investigation of her alleged failure to pay federal taxes for several years.

Robert E. Kauffman of Lancaster, Pa., had his right to use the mark revoked for a year and a day for failing to respond to the board about an investigation of a civil suit filed against him for breaching his fiduciary duty.

A public censure was filed against Charles D. Etzweiler of San Diego for failing to pay $263,000 in federal income taxes for five years. Etzweiler entered a consent order admitting he failed to pay the taxes.

Likewise, public censures were issued against the following advisors on various complaints:

Grant Ter-Avanesyan of Dublin, Calif.; Jeffrey A. Grimes of Colorado Springs; James A. Colley of Lake Placid, Fla.; Michael J. Corbett of Osseo, Minn.; David Beston of New York City; Peyton K. Gravely Jr. of Mount Airy, N.C.; Charles B. Atwill of Richmond, Va.; Mark C. Giometti of Warren, Vt.; Jonathan M. Hurley, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Harold G. Minton of Houston, Texas.