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Respondent Tyrrell failed to comply with an arbitration award or settlement agreement or to satisfactorily respond to a FINRA request to provide information concerning the status of compliance.
Resolution
letter
Sanctions
Suspension
Registration Capacities Affected
All capacities
Duration
Indefinite
Duration Explanation
Continues until required payment is made or discharged.
Start Date
6/19/2018
Regulator Statement
Pursuant to Article VI, Section 3 of FINRA By-Laws, and FINRA Rule 9554, Respondent Tyrrell is suspended on June 19, 2018, for failure to comply with an arbitration award or settlement agreement or to satisfactorily respond to a FINRA request to provide information concerning the status of compliance.
12/8/2017
Regulatory
Final
Initiated By
FINRA
Allegations
Without admitting or denying the findings, Tyrrell consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he participated in undisclosed private securities transactions without providing prior written notice to his member firm. The findings stated that Tyrrell participated in private securities transactions totaling more than $13 million with a customer involving the customer's investment in private equity and debt securities in companies in a variety of industries as part of the customer's overall financial plan. Although Tyrrell was not compensated for these transactions, he participated in them by, among other things, referring investments to the customer, conducting due diligence and relaying his views on the transactions at the customer's request, helping the customer establish certain holding companies to make the investments, and facilitating transfers of funds from the customer's firm accounts to the companies. The findings also stated that Tyrrell engaged in outside business activities without providing prior written notice to his firm. All of the outside business activities involved the same customer mentioned above. Three of the outside business activities involved Tyrrell, at the customer's request, serving as an officer of the holding companies the customer used to make his outside investments. A fourth was a company Tyrrell co-founded in which the customer invested. The fifth was a concierge services company owned by Tyrrell's spouse with which Tyrrell was also involved which was formed in part to provide personal services to Tyrrell's customer. Between June 2013 and June 2016, Tyrrell caused approximately $498,000 to be transferred from the customer's firm accounts to the concierge services company to pay for goods and services on the customer's behalf. In June 2016, the customer raised questions about the concierge services company. Thereafter, Tyrrell performed an audit of the concierge company's expenditures and returned approximately $130,000 to the customer's firm accounts, consisting of the balance of the customer's unspent funds held in the concierge service company's bank account, and repayment of certain operating expenses which the concierge services company had charged to the customer. The findings also included that Tyrrell provided his firm with compliance questionnaires that failed to disclose his participation in the private securities transactions and outside business activities.
Resolution
Acceptance, Waiver & Consent(AWC)
Bar
Bar (Permanent)
Registration Capacities Affected
All capacities
Duration
Indefinite
Start Date
12/8/2017
9/29/2017
Employment Separation After Allegations
Firm Name
Cary Street Partners
Termination Type
Voluntary Resignation
Allegations
FINRA investigation regarding private securities transactions, outside business activities and compliance certifications
9/29/2017
Employment Separation After Allegations
Firm Name
Cary Street Partners
Termination Type
Permitted to Resign
Allegations
FINRA investigation regarding private securities transactions, outside business activities and compliance certifications.
8/8/2016
Employment Separation After Allegations
Firm Name
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Termination Type
Discharged
Allegations
Financial Advisor was discharged because he had undisclosed outside activities and investments, failed to disclose conflict of interest involving his wife's business that serviced a client of the firm, and engaged in selling away, all in violation of firm policy.
11/14/2001
Customer Dispute
Denied
Allegations
CLIENT ALLEGES UNAUTHORIZED TRADES.
Damage Amount Requested
$73,000.00
Broker Comment
AFTER THORGOUGH REVIEW OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THE FIRM FOUND NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE ALLEGATIONS.
5/4/2001
Customer Dispute
Denied
Allegations
CLIENT'S ACCOUNTANT ALLEGES INVESTMENTS ARE UNSUITABLE
Damage Amount Requested
$23,000.00
Broker Comment
AFTER THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THE FIRM FOUND NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE ACCOUNTANT'S ALLEGATIONS.
License(s)
The broker is not currently registered with any state or SRO.
A brokerage firm, also called a broker-dealer, is in the business of buying and selling securities – stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and certain other investment products – on behalf of its customer (as broker), for its own bank (dealer), or both. Individuals who work for broker-dealers - the sales personnel are commonly referred to as brokers.
IA
Investment Adviser
An investment adviser is paid for providing advice about securities to clients. In addition, some investment advisers manage investment portfolios and offer financial planning services.
Disclosures
Disclosures can be customer complaints or arbitrations, regulatory actions, employment terminations, bankruptcy filings and certain civil or criminal proceedings that they were a part of.
Disclosures can be customer complaints or arbitrations, regulatory actions, employment terminations, bankruptcy filings and certain civil or criminal proceedings that they were a part of.