June 22, 2015
Tyler Powell entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that he exercised discretion in a customer’s account without obtaining prior written authorization from his customer in violation of NASD Conduct Rule 2510(b) and FINRA Rule 2010.
According to the AWC, between February 2011 and June 2013, he effected approximately 159 discretionary tranactions the account of a customer without obtaining prior written authority. The customer’s account was a non-discretionary fee-based account and the firm did not permit discretion in these type of accounts.
Powell was fined $5,000 and suspended for 15 days.
According to FINRA records, Powell is currently registered with Stifel Nicolaus. He was previously registered with Wells Fargo Advisors 5/2009-8/2014.
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