FINRA Fined Broker Thomas Z. Tan $5,000 and suspended him for 3 months
FINRA Allegations & Sanctions for Misconduct
FINRA fined Thomas Z. Tan (CRD# 5640035) of A.G.P./ Alliance Global Partners (f/k/a Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.) of Newport Beach, California, $5,000 and suspended him 3 months for allegedly having charged an Issuer for filing a Form 211 in violation of FINRA rules 5250 and 2010. Without admitting or denying the findings, Tan consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that he improperly charged a client of his member firm $6,000 for filing a Form 211 with FINRA. On learning that Tan had improperly charged the client for the Form 211 filing, the firm withdrew the Form 211. After the discovery of the investigation, Tan was permitted to resign from his firm.
Investors Have the Right to Recover Their Losses
When investments are sold by brokerage firms licensed by FINRA, they are subject to the laws that FINRA enforces. The brokerage firms are responsible for ensuring that their brokers are trading fairly, ethically and in the best interest of their clients. Ideally, they would accomplish this through careful supervision. Unfortunately, too often this supervision has been inadequate to fully protect investors. If you purchased any investments through a representative of a registered brokerage firm and suffered losses through negligence or fraud, it immediately puts the brokerage firm at fault for failing to supervise their broker. FINRA law then dictates that you can hold the firm legally liable to recover your damages.
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