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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Current Parent Company: Oppenheimer Holdings
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Penalty: $3,750,000
Year: 2015
Date: March 26, 2015
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: financial institution supervision failures
Violation Description: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. $2.5 million and ordered the firm to pay restitution of $1.25 million for failing to supervise a former Oppenheimer broker who stole money from his customers and excessively traded their brokerage accounts.
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: financial services
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