January 24, 2014

Virginia Broker Barred by FINRA for Withdrawing Customer Funds for Personal Use

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

Soreide Law Group, (888) 760-6552, obtained the following summation of information from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, January, 2014.”

Denise Ellen Roy Malin (CRD #3145027, Registered Principal, Grottoes, Virginia)

was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Malin's customer opened variable annuity accounts and a mutual fund brokerage account and invested $16,600 in the mutual fund account and $65,000 in the variable annuities. Malin had a power of attorney for the customer.

FINRA's findings stated that Malin began withdrawing funds from the customer’s brokerage account, totaling approximately $16,660 by logging into the account through the firm’s electronic account system, without the customer’s authorization. Malin gave the customer $5,000 and converted the remaining $11,660 for her personal use. Malin also converted approximately $81,633 from the customer’s mutual fund brokerage account and the variable annuities.
(FINRA Case #2012034386401)

Denise Malin was previously registered with the following FINRA firm:

PFS INVESTMENTS INC. (CRD# 10111) - WEYERS CAVE, VA
03/1999 - 10/2012

This ends the summation of information from FINRA’s website.

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