Enforcement actions

Federal prosecutors alleged James K. Couture had reached an agreement to sell a home in Cape Cod before the proceeds could go toward restitution.

The trade group’s continued support comes with caveats as advocates for a stronger rule express hope that the Biden administration will change the 2019 regulation.

Nearly 100 clients Mata allegedly defrauded for $14.5 million have received paltry restitution after exhausting every possible method.

The Houston, Texas-based firm was also censured and required to retain an independent consultant.

The wirehouse is the latest firm to have its financial advisors called out publicly by the regulator for disregarding warnings about holding the ETNs for a long time.

Former clients of Isaiah L. Goodman shared the financial losses and other harmful impact of the $2.3-million scheme.

The Advisor Group IBD missed 55 alerts suggesting suspicious disbursements by clients of Hector May, according to the SEC.

Thousands of clients paid sales charges that they wouldn’t have incurred had they held the pricey alternative products until maturity, according to FINRA.

The case against Centaurus Financial comes after the industry and consumer advocates decried the previous administration’s approach for different reasons.

The judge declined the barred rep’s request for sentence reduction based on his “severe” bipolar disorder and restitution efforts.

The barred ex-rep funneled clients’ money into a shell company he falsely called a sub advisor, according to investigators.

The barred ex-Mutual of Omaha rep stole from 27 mostly older fellow members of his church, YMCA and local business organizations, investigators say.

FINRA arbitrators ordered the wealth manager and closed-end funds manager to pay damages as it resolves outstanding claims stemming from the island’s fiscal crisis.

After Brooklynn Chandler Willy recommended that the clients invest $100,000 into an LLC, its principals were arrested on federal fraud charges, the filing says.

The giant retirement plan recordkeeper’s BD didn’t adequately file suspicious activity reports for more than three years, according to investigators.

A barred broker’s alleged version of the “infinite banking” strategy recommended that clients liquidate their 401(k)s or IRAs to buy variable annuities.

Anthony Diaz began the sentence immediately after a hearing in which a victim said he should “rot in hell” for the felonies.

The wealth managers paid victims restitution prior to one barred rep’s guilty plea and another one’s sentencing.

The broker allegedly spent his client’s money on luxury items then pivoted to a Medicare fraud scam a couple of years later.

The rare move to set aside the regulator’s ruling came more than a decade after the rep ran into trouble by adding notes about his client into a software program.