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January 25, 2019
Unauthorized Trading, Suitability, and Customer Abuse Complaints Catch Up to Wedbush's William Mark Heiden of Southern California
September 07, 2018
Richard Hughes Suspended for Coaxing Elderly Client to Lie About Excessive Commissions for Unsuitable UIT and Mutual Fund Recommendations
June 06, 2019
Ron Ray Willoughby Cited for Unsuitable Short-Term UIT Trading
January 23, 2019
FINRA's 2019 Exam Priorities Feature Senior Protections, Suitability, Outside Business Activities
August 14, 2018
StockCross Financial Services, LA Broker Peter Cunningham Accused of Fraudulent, Unethical UIT Trading Practices
July 26, 2018
National Planning Corp, Investment Centers of America, SII Investments and IFC Holdings Fined $1.7 Million, Ordered to Pay $6 Million in Restitution for Variable Annuity Sales Misconduct
November 03, 2022
FINRA Slams Anaheim's Centaurus Financial for Supervisory Failure, Allowing Broker Donnie Ingram to Hire His Own Supervisor
July 14, 2022
McDermott Investment Advisors Loses to SEC in Court, Held Liable for Fraud Against UIT Clients
January 14, 2022
Royal Alliance Associates, Sagepoint Financial & FSC Securities Sanctioned for Supervisory Failures; SagePoint Cited for Failing to Monitor Known Problem Brokers
July 16, 2021
Merrill Lynch to Pay $11.7 Million Over Unit Investment Trust (UIT) Supervisory Failures
November 27, 2020
FINRA Cracks Down on Unit Investment Trust (UIT) Short-Term Trading Abuse at Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
September 03, 2020
Wells Fargo Variable Annuity Supervision Violations Net $2 Million in Fines and Restitution
August 04, 2020
Oppenheimer, Already Sanctioned $3.8 Million, Sees Broker Penalized for Premature & Unsuitable UIT Sales & Trades
January 06, 2020
FINRA Penalizes Oppenheimer & Co $3.8 Million After UIT Supervisory Failures
January 16, 2018
FINRA's 2018 Priorities Include Suitability, Cryptocurrency, High-Risk Brokers & Firms, Microcap/Penny Stocks, and Margin
December 11, 2017
NEXT Financial to Pay $750,000 in Latest Disciplinary Action Concerning Habitual Deficiencies and Systematic VA Failures
September 25, 2017
Morgan Stanley Ordered to Pay Over $13 Million for Unit Investment Trust (UIT) Supervisory Failures
September 19, 2017
With 33rd Disclosure Since 2002, Broker Tiffany Ann De Ruosi (Rigali), Criminal Record in Hand, is Suspended
September 01, 2017
FINRA Sanctions Elaine LaCerte for Unsuitable UIT Sales, Causing Unnecessary Sales Charges
August 15, 2017
FSC Securities Corporation Fined for Non-Traditional ETF Failures, Unsuitable Recommendations
July 28, 2017
FINRA Bars Kim Dee Isaacson for Defrauding Elderly Customer
March 29, 2017
CUSO Financial Services to Pay $172.5k in Fines and Restitution for Mathew Hartshorn's Unsuitable UIT Sales
October 21, 2016
Ex-LPL Broker Mark Tauzin Suspended, Ordered to Pay $225,000 for Unsuitable UIT Short-Term Trading
October 06, 2016
Cetera Financial Group's Investors Capital Corp to Pay $1.1 Million Over Unit Investment Trust, Steepener Note Sales
May 04, 2016
David Miller Barred, Ordered to Pay $800k in Restitution for Unsuitable UIT Recommendations
March 29, 2016
Coburn & Meredith Fined $75k, Ordered to Pay $203k in Restitution for Failing to Apply UIT Sales Charge Discounts
February 08, 2016
Next Financial Group, Key Investment Services & Stephens, Inc. to Pay $1.2 Million in Fines and Restitution for Discount Failures
June 06, 2014
Concentration Risk: The Implications of Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
November 17, 2013
Dangerous Words: SEC Cautions Firms to Stop Using "Protected," "Guaranteed" in Fund Names