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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
U4, U5, RE-3, RULE 3070
2009
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.
LF Financial, LLC and Jed Philip Kaplan (Principal)
AWC/2007007150401

Acting through Kaplan, LF Financial failed to

  • report, or timely report, disclosable settlements and disclosable regulatory orders
  • timely file summary and statistical information for customer complaints that the firm received. 
  • file a Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer (Form U4) amendment and failed to timely file amendments to Uniform Applications for Broker-Dealer Registration (Forms BD), Forms U4 or Uniform Termination Notices for Securities Industry Registration (Forms U5). 

LF Financial, LLC: Censured; Fined $15,000 jt/several with Kaplan

Jed Philip Kaplan (Principal) Censured; Fined $15,000 jt/several with LF Financial

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