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2012
NOTE: Stipulations of Fact and Consent to Penalty (SFC); Offers of Settlement (OS); and Letters of Acceptance Waiver, and Consent (AWC) are entered into by Respondents without admitting or denying the allegations, but consent is given to the described sanctions & to the entry of findings. Additionally, for AWCs, if FINRA has reason to believe a violation has occurred and the member or associated person does not dispute the violation, FINRA may prepare and request that the member or associated person execute a letter accepting a finding of violation, consenting to the imposition of sanctions, and agreeing to waive such member's or associated person's right to a hearing before a hearing panel, and any right of appeal to the National Adjudicatory Council, the SEC, and the courts, or to otherwise challenge the validity of the letter, if the letter is accepted. The letter shall describe the act or practice engaged in or omitted, the rule, regulation, or statutory provision violated, and the sanction or sanctions to be imposed.
Shawn David Young
AWC/2011028116701
Young effected multiple option transactions in his personal brokerage account held at his then-member firm when he lacked the necessary funds to pay for them.
Shawn David Young: Barred
Bill Singer's Comment
So --- explain this to me.  

You bar a broker for trading in his personal account when he lacked the funds to pay for his trades. Okay, seems a tad harsh to me but let's just say that I concur if for no other reason than the principle that a broker shouldn't be trading without having the funds on hand.

Now, how come, when a bunch of brokerage firms went belly up, had to be acquired by a competitor, or had to be bailed out by the taxpayers because they entered into transactions that were far too risky for their net capital, the bosses behind those decisions often got paid their bonuses or severance but nary a regulator's hand fell upon them. Wall Street as an industry wrote out one big NSF check that the taxpayers had to cover and just send me a list of the folks who authored that mess who were named by FINRA or any regulator on the same "principle" that resulted in Young's bar.


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