FINRA

Firms designated as “taping firms” due to the high number of brokers they hired from disciplined firms may soon have their status as taping firms disclosed in BrokerCheck.

An overreliance on disclosure isn't enough to protect clients from bad brokers, the investor advocacy group says.

The dispute pits four advisors against big Wall Street names: Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James and Merrill Lynch.

The firm filed a motion arguing one of its ex-brokers did not challenge the proceedings until after the panel ruled against her.

The regulator accused the four firms and the Advisor Group network of supervisory failures in sales of L-share VAs in separate but near-identical cases.

At least 17 individuals invested $13 million in the scheme, and many lost 'substantial portions' of their life savings, prosecutors say.

The funds allegedly paid for summer camp fees and a 1976 Corvette.

The dispute centered on the firm’s handling of Puerto Rican municipal bonds.

When do promotional materials rise to the level of an official “recommendation” and thereby require additional disclosures by brokers?

The rep helped the customer conceal the true source of funds into his accounts, FINRA claimed.

The rep mismarked 105 trades in five PNC customer accounts as unsolicited when in fact they were solicited, FINRA claimed.

The rep cut and pasted or traced the signatures of 16 customers on more than 70 life insurance and annuity replacement forms and other documents.

The regulator barred an ex-Wells Fargo advisor for fooling the bank into reimbursing him for $3,400 after he falsely claimed that he was the victim of fraud.

The No. 1 IBD cleared him of any wrongdoing then said he still faced the probe after leaving the firm months later, according to the lawsuit.

The rep agreed to a six-month suspension and a $5,000 fine to settle claims that he wrote and deposited checks without sufficient funds to cover them.

Scott Wolas assumed other people’s names to pose as a real estate agent, bartender, retired paleontologist and a registered rep, investigators say.

DaRayl Davis spent client funds on a luxury mansion, theater tickets and car rentals, federal prosecutors say.

Former San Diego Chargers guard Kris Dielman says the independent broker dealer failed to supervise his former advisor.

A FINRA arbitration claim followed an asset freeze and the launch of a federal investigation into the fired advisor’s RIA.

Can an RIA take the first bite of the apple when it comes to a dually registered rep’s brokerage commissions?