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2021071094401_Pelletier_4205289_NAC_jhjr (2025-1761958190622).pdf

BEFORE THE NATIONAL ADJUDICATORY COUNCIL FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY In the Matter of Department of Enforcement, Complainant, vs. John E. Pelletier, Hartland, WI, Respondent. DECISION Complaint No. 2021071094401 Dated: October 1, 2025. Respondent executed unauthorized trades in his customer's account. Held, findings and sanctions affirmed.

2024080232801 William Coppa CRD 1223438 AWC ks (2025-1761956407765).pdf

From April 2023 through April 2024, Coppa falsified the representative code for approximately 2,800 trades in USIC's order entry system, causing the firm's order memoranda to show an inaccurate representative code. As a result, Coppa violated FINRA Rule 2010, and he separately violated FINRA Rules 4511 and 2010 by causing USIC to maintain inaccurate books and records. For these violations, Coppa is suspended in all capacities for six months and fined $10,000.

2020066079903_Centeno_6368188_NAC_jhjr (2025-1761956407380).pdf

BEFORE THE NATIONAL ADJUDICATORY COUNCIL FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY In the Matter of Department of Enforcement, Complainant, vs. Jose L. Centeno, Nutley, NJ, Respondent. DECISION Complaint No. 2020066079903 Dated: September 30, 2025. Registered representative and principal entered false information in firm records to reflect that he had reviewed exception reports when, in fact, he had not reviewed them. Held, findings of violation modified and sanctions affirmed.

2020066741301 Velocity Clearing, LLC CRD 126588 AWC vr (2025-1761871797199).pdf

From December 2019 through the present, Velocity violated FINRA Rules 3110 and 2010 by failing to establish, maintain, and enforce a supervisory system, including written supervisory procedures (WSPs), reasonably designed to achieve compliance with rules prohibiting manipulative trading activity by its customers. For this violation, Velocity has agreed to a censure, a $1,000,000 fine, and an undertaking to hire an independent consultant...

2019060753512 John N. Girgis CRD 5021526 AWC vr (2025-1761871797255).pdf

Girgis refused to appear for on-the-record testimony requested pursuant to FINRA Rule 8210 in connection with an investigation into Girgis’s outside business activities and his trading activity in his Worden Capital and SW Financial customers’ accounts. As a result, Girgis violated FINRA Rules 8210 and 2010 and is barred from associating with any FINRA member in all capacities...