FINRA Cracks Down on “Cockroaches”

Posted on September 24th, 2015 at 2:09 PM
FINRA Cracks Down on “Cockroaches”

From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:

FINRA has cracked down on a group of brokers who have jumped from one risky firm to another while simultaneously committing securities violations. The group of 10 employees, including a president of a now defunct corporation, has all been barred from the securities industry.

The 10 barred brokers were from a now defunct New York City-based broker-dealer, Global Arena Capital Corp, where FINRA said brokers were using misleading sales pitches, churning accounts and committing various other abuses. 

The case is an example of a practice known as “cockroaching”, in which brokers are able to stay in the securities industry by moving between risky or expelled firms while committing securities violations.

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