Compliance

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

Jack Brod, the chair-elect of the board of directors, plans to heighten enforcement efforts to ensure CFPs are consistently acting as fiduciaries.

The broker-dealer failed to supervise Infinex registered reps selling annuities and other products to seniors and other investors at local banks.

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

The industry is imagining more vibrant, more agile and more inclusive processes that deliver results, says Confluence CEO Mark Evans.

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.

The SEC claims Schwab failed to file reports on suspicious transactions by independent advisors.

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.

The banker was accused of directing a scheme that tacked hidden fees onto billions of dollars’ worth of trades by sovereign funds and other investors.

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

The firm arranged to make transactions differently on the days that it was required to calculate its reserve deposits, the regulator says.

The firm agreed to settle and admitted wrongdoing, according to the regulator.

Some of the proceeds went to commission a song with the lyrics: “Pop champagne in L.A., New York to Florida; buy another bottle just to spray it all over ya,” says the SEC.

The client, who was the co-founder of the HSN, suffered from dementia and was declared legally incompetent, according to a FINRA letter of acceptance, waiver and consent.