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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
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2011
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.
Brookstone Securities, Inc.
AWC/2009016158302
The Firm failed to disclose and to timely disclose material information and an arbitration on Forms U4, and failed to timely disclose arbitrations on registered representatives’ Uniform Termination Notices for Securities Industry Registration (Forms U5). The firm received separate complaints against a registered representative and reported the statistical and summary information regarding the complaint to FINRA via an NASD Rule 3070 filing, but failed to disclose that the representative was the subject of both complaints.
Brookstone Securities, Inc.: Censured; Fined $15,000
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