NOTE: Stipulations of Fact and Consent to Penalty (SFC); Offers of Settlement (OS); and Letters of Acceptance Waiver, and Consent (AWC) are entered into by Respondents without admitting or denying the allegations, but consent is given to the described sanctions & to the entry of findings. Additionally, for AWCs, if FINRA has reason to believe a violation has occurred and the member or associated person does not dispute the violation, FINRA may prepare and request that the member or associated person execute a letter accepting a finding of violation, consenting to the imposition of sanctions, and agreeing to waive such member's or associated person's right to a hearing before a hearing panel, and any right of appeal to the National Adjudicatory Council, the SEC, and the courts, or to otherwise challenge the validity of the letter, if the letter is accepted. The letter shall describe the act or practice engaged in or omitted, the rule, regulation, or statutory provision violated, and the sanction or sanctions to be imposed.

Eric Langholtz
AWC/2009017282801

Langholtz sold EIAs outside the scope of his employment relationship with his member firm and received approximately $74,498.65 in compensation. Langholtz did not provide prompt written notice to his firm of the outside business activity and on at least one occasion, represented on a firm outside business activity form that he was not engaged in outside business activity regarding non-variable insurance or annuities of other companies except through an approved firm agency selling agreement; that representation was false since he had received compensation from the outside sale of EIAs. Langholtz continued to engage in selling EIAs outside the firm’s agency despite its specific prohibition against doing so in its WSPs.

Eric Langholtz: Fined $5,000; Suspended 5 months

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