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Robey prepared and submitted an Internal Rollover Withdrawal Request form authorizing the funding of a variable annuity that she mistakenly thought she failed to complete when, in fact, the customer had postponed the variable annuity purchase. Without the customer’s approval or instructions or without speaking to the registered representativefor whom she was assisting, Robey, in an effort to correct her perceived error, filled out and affixed the customer’s signature to the form, in violation of her member firm’s policy prohibiting associated persons from signing a customer’s signature to any paperwork, and submitted the paperwork for processing.
Leslie Klaserner Robey: Fined $5,000; Suspended 60 days