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Regulatory Notice 20-27

FINRA is warning member firms of a new imposter website www.finnra.org (please notice the extra “n” in the domain name).

One portion of the website contains a link to a registration site that is not legitimate (see images, below).

In addition, it is possible bad actors could leverage the domain to send fake emails including those with imbedded phishing links or attachments containing malware.

The domain of “finnra.org” is not connected to FINRA and firms should delete all emails originating from this domain name.

2019063917801 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC CRD 149777 AWC VA (2020-1599869969493).pdf

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER AND CONSENT NO. 2019063917801 TO: Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) RE: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, Respondent Member Firm CRD No. 149777 Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9216 of FINRA's Code of Procedure, Respondent Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC ("Morgan Stanley" or the "Firm") submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below.

2019061646403 Yvonne M. Nirelli CRD 1364313 AWC jlg (2020-1599869969481).pdf

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER AND CONSENT NO. 2019061646403 TO: Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) RE: Yvonne M. Nirelli, Respondent General Securities Representative, Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Representative, and Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Principal CRD No. 1364313 Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9216 of FINRA’s Code of Procedure, Respondent Yvonne M.

SR-FINRA-2020-024

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to eliminate the Order Audit Trail System (“OATS”) rules in the FINRA Rule 7400 Series and FINRA Rule 4554 (Alternative Trading Systems — Recording and Reporting Requirements of Order and Execution Information for NMS Stocks) once members are effectively reporting to the consolidated audit trail (“CAT”) and the CAT’s accuracy and reliability meet certain standards.

2019063293701 Michael Edward Feeley CRD 4439025 AWC sl (2020-1599783569692).pdf

FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER AND CONSENT NO. 2019063293701 TO: Department of Enforcement Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) RE: Michael Edward Feeley, Respondent Former Registered Representative CRD No. 4439025 Pursuant to FINRA Rule 9216 of FINRA’s Code of Procedure, Respondent Michael Edward Feeley (Feeley) submits this Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC) for the purpose of proposing a settlement of the alleged rule violations described below. This AWC is submitted on