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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: StateTrust Investments, Inc.
Penalty: $1,398,000
Year: 2013
Date: June 26, 2013
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined StateTrust Investments, Inc. $1.045 million and sanctioned the firm's head trader for charging excessive markups and markdowns in corporate bond transactions including some that operated as a fraud or deceit upon the customers. FINRA also ordered StateTrust to pay more than $353,000 in restitution, plus interest, to customers who received unfair prices.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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