MFDA Hearing Panel approves settlement agreement with James Scholes
TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2018 /CNW/ - A settlement hearing in the matter of James Brewes Scholes ("Respondent") took place yesterday in Vancouver, British Columbia before a Hearing Panel of the Pacific Regional Council of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA").
The Hearing Panel approved the settlement agreement dated July 25, 2018 ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and the Respondent, as a consequence of which the following sanctions were imposed on the Respondent:
- a fine in the amount of $11,000;
- costs in the amount of $2,500; and
- shall in the future comply with MFDA Rule 2.1.1.
In the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent admitted that:
a) |
between October 13, 2013 and January 31, 2017, he obtained, possessed, and in some instances, used to process transactions, 23 pre-signed account forms in respect of 16 clients, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1; and |
b) |
between August 19, 2013 and August 19, 2016, he falsified and used to process transactions, ten client account form in respect of nine clients, by altering the client account forms without having the clients initial the alterations, 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 Victoria, British Columbia 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 82,000 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, Director, Litigation, 416-943-4619, [email protected]; Jeff Mount, Vice-President, Pacific Region, 604-694-8846, [email protected]
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