Enforcement Notice - Decision - IN THE MATTER OF Ali Reza Sultani - Penalty Decision

MONTREAL, Sept. 20, 2017 /CNW/ - Following a penalty hearing held on May 30, 2017, a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) imposed the following penalty on Mr. Sultani:

a)	A fine of $2,000;
b)	A suspension of 6 months from registration in any capacity with IIROC; and
c)	To rewrite the Conduct and Pratices Handbook (CPH) before any new registration.

The penalty decision can be found at: http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=F626CB7A3A0E4252870BC5C3DBA2FC10&Language=en.

In an earlier decision dated February 7, 2017, the Hearing Panel found that Mr. Sultani has made, on at least four occasions, misrepresentations about the reasons and timing for the termination of his previous employment with CIBC Securities Inc. in order to be hired for a new position with RBC Direct Investing Inc., going so far as to falsify a document to this effect.

The decision on Liability can be found at: http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=2236395EA72C481E91FC101EAC6BADBB&Language=en.

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IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Sultani's conduct in May 2014. Mr. Sultani is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm.

IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and their trading activity in Canada's debt and equity markets. IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while supporting healthy Canadian capital markets. IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian debt equity marketplaces.

IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.

All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1 877 442-4322.

SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News

Enforcement Contact: Claudyne Bienvenu, Vice-president Québec & Atlantic, 514 878-2854, [email protected]; Media Contact: Paul Howard, Director, Communications & Public Affairs, 416 646-7279, [email protected]

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