Nearly all U.S. broker-dealers are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA regulates, and provides oversight and guidance for its member firms. When a broker-dealer becomes a FINRA member, they enter into a membership agreement which, among other things, specifies which financial products and services the broker-dealer is permitted to offer to its
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SEC Charges Two Businesses for Acting as Unlicensed Broker-Dealers in EB-5 sales
By William Mack on
Yesterday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered a US-based foreign finder operation to cease and desist from operation as an unlicensed broker-dealer. The charges are some of the first against brokers handling investments in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and follow earlier SEC actions against fraudulent EB-5 offerings.
According to the SEC’s order…