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John Carson Brake Sr.
AWC/2009017202601

Brake shared commissions with an unregistered person, a former employee of his member firm who asked him to submit variable annuity purchase applications on his behalf for execution through the firm. Without meeting or speaking with the prospective customer purchasers, Brake signed the applications, which caused them to reflect that he was the representative for the purchases, and then submitted the applications to the firm. Brake received commissions totaling approximately $9,000 for the purchases and paid approximately $7,850 of the commission to the unregistered person.

John Carson Brake Sr.: Fined $5,000; Suspended 15 business days in all capacities
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