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Did Nina Maines Cause You Investment Losses?

Nina Maines of Baldwinsville, New York was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member for a period of 15 business days. The sanctions were based on findings that she exercised discretionary trading without authorization in violation of NASD Rule 2510(b) is also a violation of FINRA Rule 2010. The suspension was in effect from October 19, 2020, through November 6, 2020.

In March 2003, Nina Maines joined Cadaret Grant and registered as a General Securities Representative and an Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Representative. According to the FINRA findings, Maines allegedly exercised 75 discretionary trades in 24 customer accounts. The findings stated that although Maines had contacted each customer days prior and acknowledged her trading, she had not received written consent from them or approval from her firm. Maines is currently still associated with Cadaret Grant.

NASD Rule 2510(b) prohibits registered representatives from “exercising any discretionary power in a customer’s account” unless the customer has provided prior written authorization to the representative and the account has been accepted as a discretionary account, in writing, by the representative’s member firm. A violation of NASD Rule 2510(b) is also a violation of FINRA Rule 2010.

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