Former Honolulu, Hawaii, ING financial advisor, Bruce Harada, 57, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for stealing more than $2.5 million in retirement money from 21 current and former city employees. The judge also ordered Harada to pay back his former employer, ING North American Corp., more than $1.8 million it reimbursed Harada's victims. […]

The following information has been obtained on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, September, 2013.” Bruce Martin Harada (CRD #2324524, Registered Representative, Honolulu, Hawaii) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Harada consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings […]