FINRA Bars Morgan Stanley Broker for Knowingly Misrepresenting Customer Account Values

Kim Dee Isaacson, a former registered representative with Morgan Stanley, submitted an Offer of Settlement to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in which he consented to, but did not admit to or deny, FINRA’s findings that he knowingly misrepresented his customer’s account value by more than $3.1 million and willfully executed trades in his customer’s accounts despite express orders not to do so. During the relevant period, Kim Dee Isaacson, of Farmington, Utah, earned nearly $400,000 in commissions and fees from his customer’s accounts, which were valued at approximately $27 million.  Although Mr. Isaacson and his client spoke on the phone nearly every day regarding the accounts’ performance, Mr. Isaacson began providing false and inflated account values to hide the accounts’ losses.  According to FINRA, Mr. Isaacson’s customer believed his accounts held $3.1 million more than their actual value because of his misrepresented account valuations.  Further, FINRA found that Mr. Isaacson continued to purchase securities and long-term bonds despite his customer’s instructions not to do so.  FINRA also found that Mr. Isaacson engaged in unauthorized trading in the accounts, effecting approximately 360 transactions without consent.  Consequently, Kim Dee Isaacson was permanently barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. 

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