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ALLEGED MISREPRSENTATION AND UNSUITABILITY
CONCERNING DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000
Damage Amount Requested
$175,000.00
Settlement Amount
$68,000.00
Broker Comment
SETTLED FOR $68,000
I REPRESENTED THE PRODUCTS OF PRUDENTIAL
SECURITIES IN GOOD FAITH AND WITH FULL RELIANCE ON THEIR DUE
DILIGENCE PROCESS FOR DIRECT INVESTMENTS. THE PRODUCTS AS
REPRESENTED TO ME BY PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES WERE FULLY SUITABLE
FOR THE CUSTOMER IN THE SELECTION AND AMOUNT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL
INVESTMENT. THERE WERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENTS
REPRESENTED IN THIS CLAIM. THE TOTAL DAMAGES WERE THE RESULT OF
THE NON PERFORMANCE OF SEVERAL "PRUDENTIAL SPONSORED" DIRECT
INVESTMENTS. I WAS NEVER INCLUDED IN, OR EVEN NOTIFIED OF THIS
PROCEEDING, PRIOR TO ITS CONCLUSION. THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY PRUDENTIAL AND SHOULD
IN NO WAY REFLECT ON ME.
6/26/1992
Customer Dispute
Settled
Allegations
ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATION AND UNSUITABILITY
CONCERNING DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000.
Damage Amount Requested
$150,000.00
Settlement Amount
$61,500.00
Broker Comment
SETTLED FOR $68,000
I PROVIDED AND REPRESENTED THE PRODUCTS OF
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES IN GOOD FAITH AND WITH FULL RELIANCE ON
THEIR DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS FOR DIRECT INVESTMENTS. THE
PRODUCTS AS REPRESENTED TO ME BY PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES WERE
FULLY SUITABLE FOR THE CLIENT IN THE SELECTION AND AMOUNT OF
EACH INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENT. THERE WERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL
INVESTMENTS REPRESENTED IN THIS CLAIM AND THE ACTION OF LEGAL
RECOURSE WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF A REFERRAL FROM ANOTHER
CUSTOMER WHO WAS SIMILARLY "DAMAGED" THE TOTAL DAMAGES WERE THE
RESULT OF THE NON-PERFORMANCE OF SEVERAL "PRUDENTIAL SPONSORED"
DIRECT INVESTMENTS. I WAS NEVER INCLUDED IN, OR EVEN GIVEN A
COURTESY NOTICE OF THIS ACTION, PRIOR TO ITS CONCLUSION AND
NEGATIVE REFLECTION ON ME. THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS
COMPLAINT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN FULL BY PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES
AND SHOULD IN NO WAY REFLECT ON ME.
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