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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: UBS Financial Services, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC
Current Parent Company: UBS
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $35,000,000
Year: 2008
Date: May 7, 2008
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: toxic securities abuses
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Mega-Scandal: Toxic Securities
Violation Description: UBS agreed to return the funds invested by various Massachusetts town, cities and government entities in Auction Rate Securities. This was in settlement of allegations UBS misled the investors that the securities were permissable investments under Massachusetts law.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: Switzerland
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.