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April 16, 2024
Advisor on FBI's 'Most Wanted' List Arrested on Fraud ChargesAuthorities say William Jack Berg defrauded his clients, using their $1.5 million for his own benefit.
April 11, 2024
Fiduciary Rule Meetings Disappointed Agent GroupsAnalysts appear to be rubber-stamping the draft, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors said.
April 08, 2024
FINRA Suspends Ex-Rep Over Reg BI ViolationsOver an 11-month period the rep effected 91 trades in the account of a customer in her early sixties.
April 08, 2024
FINRA Hits BD With $500k Fine Over TextingIt also suspended the firm's CEO for not preserving and checking 10,900 text messages sent or received by 27 associated persons.
April 05, 2024
Ex-Ameriprise Advisor Awaits Sentencing in $1.2M Fraud CaseThe Texas-based planner pleaded guilty to defrauding clients; she used money to buy a house and shotgun.
April 05, 2024
FINRA Hits Another BD in Finfluencers SweepThe promotional communications on social media platforms contained promissory language and violated organizational rules.
April 04, 2024
Get Ready! FINRA's New Home Office Rules Are Nearly HereThe new rules "will be key in defining ... how firms conduct branch office inspections," says ACA Group's Patrycja Savignano.
March 29, 2024
FINRA Hits BD With $250K Fine Over Emails, IMsH2C Securities failed to preserve and review over 1.25 million business-related electronic communications on four platforms.
March 26, 2024
Stifel to Pay $2.3M Over Sales of Complex ETFsThe reps' 'misuse' of the nontraditional funds caused clients to lose $1.3 million, FINRA says.
March 25, 2024
Morgan Stanley to Pay $3M in FINRA Arbitration Over Deferred CompAmounts of deferred compensation to be paid to former advisors range from about $70,000 to more than $600,000.