By Jeff Dale2023-09-07T19:27:00
A New Jersey-based broker-dealer and its chief compliance officer agreed to pay approximately $740,000 combined, plus interest, as part of a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) addressing alleged Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) compliance failures.
Network 1 Financial Securities will pay a $200,000 fine, approximately $534,000 in restitution, and be censured, according to a FINRA consent order filed Aug. 31.
The firm’s CCO, Michael Molinaro, will pay a $5,000 fine and be banned for three months from association with any FINRA member in all principal capacities, per the order. The self-regulatory organization noted this is Molinaro’s second such suspension, after a 45-day ban in 2015 for alleged supervision failures.
2024-02-19T16:00:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
A subsidiary of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America agreed to pay more than $2.2 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for not acting in the best interest of its retail customers regarding their retirement accounts.
2023-11-21T16:56:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Registered broker-dealer Laidlaw and Company agreed to pay more than $800,000 as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing multiple alleged violations of Regulation Best Interest.
2023-09-25T18:57:00Z By Jeff Dale
Wisconsin-based broker-dealer Carl M. Hennig agreed to pay a $50,000 fine to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission it failed to comply with Regulation Best Interest.
2025-09-05T18:10:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and has returned $5 million in fee overcharges to customers as part of a resolution with Hong Kong’s financial services regulator.
2025-09-04T17:31:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The majority owner of a Pennsylvania investment firm faces 100 years of prison time and huge fines for allegedly running a $770 million Ponzi scheme centered on an ATM company he also owned.
2025-09-03T17:43:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed an enforcement action against Disney for allegedly collecting personal information about children, and then threw salt in the wound by calling the company out in an alert emailed to an untold number of businesses.
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