March 19, 2015

New Jersey Broker Barred by FINRA Over Failure to Produce Emails Concerning Alleged Suspicious Trading Activities

business man holding his head with text asking questions about stock broker misconduct

Sergey Pustelnik (CRD #4439199, Jersey City, New Jersey)

was barred by FINRA for refusing to produce FINRA requested emails in his possession, custody and control, as part of an investigation into, among other things, certain suspicious trading activities occurring through a member firm.

FINRA's findings stated that Pustelnik refused to produce a copy of a .pst file containing emails in a gmail account he used for business and personal purposes.

(FINRA Case #2011029713003)

Sergey Pustelnik was previously registered with the following securities firms:

03/2011 - 01/2015 LEK SECURITIES CORPORATION (CRD# 33135) - NEW YORK, NY
01/2002 - 09/2010 GENESIS SECURITIES, LLC (CRD# 46992) - NEW YORK, NY (FINRA expelled the firm in 05/2012)

The information from FINRA's Disciplinary Report March 2015 ends here.

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