FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY OFFICE OF HEARING OFFICERS DEPARTMENT OF ENFORCEMENT, Complainant, v. KEITH C. BARON (CRD No. 3231494), Respondent. Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2022073772701 Hearing Officer–RES EXTENDED HEARING PANEL DECISION January 15, 2025 Respondent Keith C.

From at least September 2020 until March 2025, TP ICAP failed to establish and maintain a supervisory system reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations and FINRA rules prohibiting potentially manipulative trading, in violation of FINRA Rules 3110(a), 3110(b), and 2010. For these violations, the firm is censured, fined $80,000, and required to certify within 180 days that it has implemented a supervisory system reasonably designed to remediate the supervisory failures at issue in this AWC...

From August 2018 through April 2021, while associated with Lincoln, Harpin caused at least 638 solicited transactions in 53 customer accounts to be inaccurately recorded as unsolicited. As a result, Harpin violated FINRA Rules 4511 and 2010 and is suspended for two months and fined $5,000.

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY OFFICE OF HEARING OFFICERS DEPARTMENT OF ENFORCEMENT, Complainant, v. SAM JAKOBS (CRD No. 6623905), Respondent. Disciplinary Proceeding No. 2023077022402 Hearing Officer–LOM DEFAULT DECISION March 20, 2025 Respondent failed to produce information and documents he was required to produce pursuant to FINRA Rule 8210. For violating FINRA Rules 8210 and 2010, he is barred from associating with any FINRA member in any capacity.

Between January 2020 and March 2021, Conn exercised discretion without prior written authorization in connection with 465 transactions in 12 accounts held by five customers. As a result, Conn violated FINRA Rules 3260(b) and 2010. In addition, from August 2019 through March 2020, Conn provided $120,000 in monetary gifts to one of those customers in circumvention of firm policy. As a result, Conn violated FINRA Rule 2010. For these violations, Conn is suspended for three months in all capacities and fined $15,000.