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RESPONDENT YAO FAILED TO RESPOND TO FINRA REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
Resolution
LETTER
Bar
Bar (Permanent)
Registration Capacities Affected
All Capacities
Duration
Indefinite
Start Date
4/23/2015
Regulator Statement
PURSUANT TO FINRA RULE 9552(H) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH FINRA'S NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND SUSPENSION FROM ASSOCIATION LETTERS DATED JANUARY 20, 2015 AND FEBRUARY 13, 2015, RESPECTIVELY, ON APRIL 23, 2015, YAO IS BARRED FROM ASSOCIATION WITH ANY FINRA MEMBER IN ANY CAPACITY. RESPONDENT FAILED TO REQUEST TERMINATION OF HIS SUSPENSION WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE DATE OF THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION; THEREFORE, HE IS AUTOMATICALLY BARRED FROM ASSOCIATION WITH ANY FINRA MEMBER IN ANY CAPACITY.
7/21/2014
Customer Dispute
Award / Judgment
Allegations
CLIENT ALLEGES THAT IN MARCH 2012 THE FA ABUSED HIS RELATIONSHIP BY CONVINCING THE CLIENT TO MAKE A LOAN TO ANOTHER CLIENT AND MADE FALSE PROMISES OF REPAYMENT.
Damage Amount Requested
$120,000.00
Damages Granted
$124,103.00
4/25/2014
Regulatory
Final
Initiated By
FINRA
Allegations
RESPONDENT YAO 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
ANY CAPACITY
Duration
N/A
Start Date
4/25/2014
Regulator Statement
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3 OF FINRA BY-LAWS, AND FINRA RULE 9554, RESPONDENT YAO IS SUSPENDED APRIL 25, 2014 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.
License(s)
The broker is not currently registered with any state or SRO.
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IA
Investment Adviser
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Disclosures
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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.