It has been determined that the Offer be accepted and that findings be made as follows: For nearly six years, Reid & Rudiger LLC churned and/or excessively traded 20 customers' accounts, causing significant harm to those customers while generating millions in revenue for the firm. The two representatives whose trading resulted in this egregious customer harm have their names on the firm's door-Respondents Edward J. Rudiger Jr. and Clifford R. Reid. They were supervised by the firm's majority owner, Respondent Marc Harrison, and by Respondent Kelli A.

In July 2024, Blackburn provided false and misleading documents to FINRA during an examination. Additionally, in August 2024, Blackburn affixed the signatures of four firm employees to attestations without the employees’ permission and provided the documents to FINRA in response to a subsequent request during the examination. As a result, Blackburn violated FINRA Rule 2010 and is suspended in all capacities for nine months and fined $5,000.