A broker-dealer settled SEC charges for operating as an unregistered municipal advisory firm by providing advice to a municipality regarding securities that were purchased with the proceeds from an issuance of bonds.
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A broker-dealer settled FINRA charges for failing to conduct reasonable due diligence in connection with a private-placement offering and for failing to maintain the minimum net capital required to operate as a securities business.
A broker-dealer settled SEC charges for (i) the offer and sale of unregistered microcap securities, and (ii) failure to file suspicious activity reports for transactions it executed as agent for one of its offshore customers.
A broker-dealer agreed to pay over $1.4 million to settle SEC charges of failing to adequately investigate red flags concerning the unregistered sale of securities.
A broker-dealer agreed to settle state charges concerning supervisory deficiencies that resulted in the sale of unregistered, non-exempt securities to customers.