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Meyer withdrew approximately $553,000 from a customer’s bank account by presenting withdrawal slips to bank tellers on which he wrote “at the customer’s request” and deposited the funds into his personal brokerage account for his own use. In addition, Meyer misappropriated approximately $85,000 from another bank customer by depositing the proceeds of the sale of the customer’s annuity into his personal accounts for his own use. Meyer exercised discretionary authority over a customer’s securities account without her written authorization, did not speak with the customer in connection with every transaction, and did not obtain approval from his member firm to engage in discretionary trading. Meyer engaged in private securities transactions, for compensation, without prior written notice to, or prior written approval from, his member firm. The findings also included that Meyer failed to respond to FINRA requests for information and to appear for a FINRA on-the-record interview.