Exhibit 31.1




                                CERTIFICATION OF
       INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                       OF
                          FIRST MONTAUK FINANCIAL CORP.
                 PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of First Montauk Financial Corp. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2008 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Mindy A. Horowitz, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted
pursuant to ss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that:

 (1) The report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date: May 18, 2009                    By:    /s/ Mindy A. Horowitz
                                             ---------------------
                                             Mindy A. Horowitz
                                             Interim Chief Executive Officer
                                             and Acting Chief Financial Officer

     This Certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed "filed" by the Company for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the
date of this Report, irrespective of any general incorporation language
contained in such filing. A signed original of this written statement required
by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the
Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff
upon request.