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Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. (London, England)
July 30, 2018
An AWC was issued in which the firm was censured, fined $25,000 and required to provide a written certification to FINRA that its systems, policies and procedures, with respect to each of the areas and activities cited in the AWC, are reasonably Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions 3 July 2018 designed to achieve compliance with […]
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Reef Securities, Inc. and Paul Frank Mauceli Jr.
June 25, 2018
A Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) was issued in which the firm was censured and fined $40,000. Mauceli was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA® member in any principal capacity for four months. Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm and Mauceli consented to the sanctions and to the […]
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Dennis Ernest Beeby (San Diego, California)
May 21, 2018
An AWC was issued in which Beeby was assessed a deferred fine of $10,000, suspended from association with any FINRA member in all capacities for eight months and ordered to pay deferred disgorgement of commissions received in the amount of $55,000, plus interest. Without admitting or denying the findings, Beeby consented to the sanctions and […]
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LPL Financial LLC (Boston, Massachusetts)
May 9, 2018
An AWC was issued in which the firm was censured and fined $375,000. Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that it failed to implement a supervisory system reasonably designed to ensure that its registered representatives were trained on all material risks and features […]
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FINRA takes new enforcement action against Charles Acheson Laverty
May 8, 2018
Laverty was named a respondent in a FINRA complaint alleging that that during consecutive associations with several member firms, he borrowed $1,350,000 from an elderly married couple in violation of each firm’s policies. The complaint alleges that three of the firms prohibited their representatives from borrowing money from their customers. Although a firm permitted loans […]
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