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FINRA Disciplinary Message Cases Against Individuals (second of 2 parts)
July 3, 2012
[ by Howard Haykin ]
FINRA disciplined dozens of individuals last quarter – yet, only a few rise to the status of being a “message case,” or stood out as being particularly egregious to the regulator.
Continue reading to learn from others’ mistakes, in the following categories (cases 4-5-6-7 covered in this posting; cases 1-2-3 were posted on Monday):
- Exercising Discretion Without Approval.
- Engaging in Private Securities Transactions ("PST") and Failing to Respond to Information Requests (“RFI”).
- Converting Customer Funds, Failing to Disclose Outside Business Activities, Misrepresenting Facts and Failing to RFI.
- Selling Unregistered Securities and Communicating With Customers From a Personal Email Account.
- Failing to Provide Notice of Outside Brokerage Accounts and Notice of Broker-Dealer Employment, and Misrepresenting Information.
- Impersonating Customers.
- Recommending Unsuitable Transactions.