Bill Singer posts about the overkill by FINRA Enforcement in obtaining a default order against an 89 year old registered representative who had been out of the business for 17 months.
No one disputes FINRA’s need to sanction those who do not make timely disclosures on their CRD filings, but “Four Enforcement attorneys, one OHO Hearing Officer, pre-hearings, an Order to Show Cause, a show-cause hearing, a default hearing, a DEFAULT DECISION, and a raging Covid pandemic — and all of that to go after an 89-year-old Respondent who had been in our biz since 1970 and was last terminated in July 2020.”
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