MFDA Hearing Panel accepts settlement agreement with Leonard Coronel
TORONTO, June 26, 2020 /CNW/ - A settlement hearing in the matter of Leonard Coronel ("Respondent") was held on June 25, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario by electronic hearing before a three-member Hearing Panel of the Central Regional Council of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA").
The Hearing Panel accepted the settlement agreement dated May 28, 2020 ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and the Respondent, as a consequence of which the following sanctions were imposed on the Respondent:
- a suspension from conducting securities related business in any capacity while in the employ of or associated with any Member of the MFDA for a period of nine months;
- a fine in the amount of $2,500, payable in instalments as follows:
- $400 on or before July 31, 2020;
- $400 on or before August 31, 2020;
- $400 on or before September 30, 2020;
- $400 on or before October 30, 2020;
- $400 on or before November 30, 2020; and
- $500 on or before December 30, 2020;
- costs in the amount of $2,500; and
- shall in future comply with MFDA Rule 2.1.1.
In the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent admitted that:
a) |
between January 2018 and September 2018, on eight occasions, signed the initials of clients next to alterations he made to information on accounts forms, and submitted them to the Member for processing, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1; |
b) |
in May 2018, altered and used to process a transaction one account form in respect of one client by altering information on the account form without having the client initial the alterations, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1; and |
c) |
between January 2015 and October 2018, obtained, possessed and used to process transactions, 30 pre-signed account forms in respect of 21 clients, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1. |
A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent carried on business in the Toronto, Ontario, area.
The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its Members and their approximately 81,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest. For more information about the MFDA's complaint and enforcement processes, as well as links to 'Check an Advisor' and other Investor Tools, visit the For Investors page on the MFDA website.
SOURCE Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
Charles Toth, Vice-President, Enforcement, 416-943-4619, [email protected]
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