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LAUREN L WING Ph.D., LAUREN LEE WING, Lauren Wingyee
CRD#: 5803987
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Previous Investment Adviser
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Without admitting or denying the findings, Wing consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that she engaged in unauthorized trading by purchasing brokered certificates of deposit in a senior customer's brokerage account totaling $314,000 without first obtaining the customer's authorization. The findings stated that shortly thereafter, the customer complained by email, and Wing forwarded the communication to her managers. Wing's member firm reversed the trades, reimbursed the $135 trading loss, and terminated Wing.
Resolution
Acceptance, Waiver & Consent(AWC)
Sanctions
Civil and Administrative Penalty(ies)/Fine(s)
Amount
$5,000.00
Sanctions
Suspension
Registration Capacities Affected
All Capacities
Duration
one month
Start Date
9/21/2020
End Date
10/20/2020
4/2/2019
Employment Separation After Allegations
Firm Name
JPMORGAN SECURITIES LLC
Termination Type
Discharged
Allegations
REGISTERED REP ADMITTED TO EXERCISING DISCRETION WHEN PLACING TRADES ON BEHALF OF A CUSTOMER WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION, IN VIOLATION OF FIRM POLICY. THE FIRM REIMBURSED THE CLIENT $135.00 FOR ALLEGED LOSSES.
License(s)
The broker is not currently registered with any state or SRO.
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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.