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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: J.P. Morgan Securities
Current Parent Company: JPMorgan Chase
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Penalty: $54,000
Year: 2014
Date: November 3, 2014
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The SEC sanctioned 13 firms for violating a rule primarily designed to protect retail investors in the municipal securities market. In its surveillance of trading in the municipal bond market, the SEC Enforcement Division's Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Unit detected improper sales below a $100,000 minimum denomination set in a $3.5 billion offering of junk bonds by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking & securities
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