BEFORE THE NATIONAL ADJUDICATORY COUNCIL FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY In the Matter of Department of Enforcement, Complainant, vs. Paul Eric Flesche, Sherman Oaks, CA, Respondent. DECISION Complaint No. 2016049565901r Dated: September 24, 2025. On remand from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Held, findings of violations dismissed and sanctions reversed.

Between January 2022 and October 2024 (the relevant period), Interactive Brokers failed to establish and maintain a supervisory system, including written procedures, reasonably designed to achieve compliance with the firm's obligation to disclose to customers, at or prior to the time of trade, all material information concerning municipal securities transactions, including instances in which a municipal bond is trading at a market discount.

From July to September 2022, Stockpile Investments distributed retail communications concerning crypto assets or crypto asset-related services that failed to clearly disclose that crypto assets were not offered through a registered broker-dealer or which did not provide a fair and balanced presentation of the benefits and risks of the products discussed. Therefore, Stockpile Investments violated FINRA Rules 2210(d) and 2010 and is censured and fined $50,000.