The following information appeared on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, June, 2013.” Darrah Lee Gleason (CRD #2442684, Registered Representative, Old Greenwich, Connecticut) was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for one month. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Gleason consented to the described sanctions and […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published a news release on their website, May 22, 2012, announcing that it has fined Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. $3.5 million.  This fine was for 'providing inaccurate mortgage performance information, supervisory failures and other violations in connection with subprime residential mortgage-backed securitizations (RMBS).' FINRA notes in their article that the issuers of RMBS […]

This past Tuesday, May 1st., FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. fined four major brokerages $9.1 million for selling complex ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) to investors whose portfolios were otherwise conservative.  Without admitting or denying the charges, the brokerges will be paying $7.3 million in fines, and $1.8 million in restitution to the clients who […]

WASHINGTON – On FINRA's website, August, 10, 2011, The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it has fined Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. $500,000 for failing to supervise Tamara Moon, a former registered sales assistant at the firm's branch office in Palo Alto, California. Over an 8 year period, Moon misappropriated $749,978 from 22 customers, falsified […]