{"id":18439,"date":"2019-11-05T10:14:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=18439"},"modified":"2019-11-06T15:15:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:15:44","slug":"morgan-stanley-pays-over-200k-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/morgan-stanley-pays-over-200k-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Stanley Pays $182K to Clients of Ex-Broker Justin Amaral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan Stanley Ordered To Pay Over $300K In Fines And Restitution<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Galvin, is ordering Morgan Stanley (MS) to pay a $200K fine, as well as $182K in restitution to four customers who suffered losses while working with former broker Justin E. Amaral.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ex-Morgan Stanley financial advisor was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/morgan-stanley-pays-over-200k-fine\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Morgan Stanley Pays $182K to Clients of Ex-Broker Justin Amaral\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan Stanley Ordered To Pay Over $300K In Fines And Restitution Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Galvin, is ordering Morgan Stanley (MS) to pay a $200K fine, as well as $182K in restitution to four customers who suffered losses while working with former broker Justin E. 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