SEC fines registered rep for causing firm’s SARs filing lapses

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A registered representative at an unnamed brokerage firm will pay $20,000 to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that he failed to notify the firm’s anti-money laundering (AML) department of apparent suspicious transactions linked to an acquisition announcement.

Pierre Economacos agreed to cease and desist from further violations in reaching settlement, the SEC announced in an administrative proceeding Monday. He neither admitted nor denied the agency’s findings.

Two Republican commissioners dissented in the case, arguing the alleged suspicious activity Economacos failed to report was repayment of a loan.

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