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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.
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Jason David Fox
AWC/2009017154401
Fox improperly refunded a member firm’s bank affiliate service fees to customer bank accounts where such fees were never actually charged, and converted at least $52,000 of the refunded fees after first moving them to other bank accounts. The converted monies were repaid.
Jason David Fox : Barred
Tags: Bank  
Bill Singer's Comment
I don't know about you, but I'm getting the sense that banks don't exactly keep a close eye on things.  If you read some of the cases I've reported under "Banks" here, you may find yourself similarly ill at ease -- of course, nearly all of the reports in the Cases of Note at http://RRBDlaw.com involve folks who were caught, so there is that savings grace.  Still, it seems awfully easy to rip off a bank these days.

Consider the idiocy here.  The bank (unnamed for some reason -- as if FINRA should be protecting the "reputation" of such a bank) apparently lacks the ability to recognize that service fees are being credited to accounts that were never charged for such fees in the first place.  Think about that. What kind of lousy computer system would permit the payment of a  reimbursement  in the absence of proof that the reimbursed charge previously existed?
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