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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Current Parent Company: Citigroup
Penalty: $1,115,000
Year: 2006
Date: August 10, 2006
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: NASD fined Citigroup Global Markets Inc. $400,000 for supervisory and recordkeeping violations in connection with a ploy by more than 100 of its brokers to improperly obtain waivers of mutual fund sales charges by falsely claiming that their customers were disabled. The firm was also ordered to pay $715,000 in restitution to the affected mutual fund entities.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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
Source of Data: NASD Orders Citigroup To Pay Over $1.1 Million For Failing To Prevent Brokers' Submission Of False Information To Mutual Funds, PR Newswire, August 10, 2006 (via Nexis).
Notes: FINRA is a securities industry self-regulatory body authorized by the federal government. This case was handled by its predecessor, the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.