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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Mutual Service Corporation
Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2009
Date: May 18, 2009
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) hearing panel fined Mutual Service Corporation (MSC) of West Palm Beach, FL, more than $1.5 million for failing to conduct timely reviews of variable annuity transactions, falsifying various books and records of the firm to make it appear that the variable annuity transactions were reviewed in a timely manner, and providing false and misleading information to FINRA during its investigation. The hearing panel sanctioned six current and former MSC personnel for their roles in the wrongdoing.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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