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\t\t\t\tOnce again, financial adviser Dawn Bennett is in the news. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has reportedly filed a securities case<\/a> against Bennett, who is the owner of Bennett Group Financial Services, for not appearing four times to testify in the regulator\u2019s probe into her retail clothing business, DJBennett.com. FiNRA said that her failure to appear to testify violates its rules. Bennett was recently investigated for fraud while she was an independent broker at Western International Securities.<\/p>\n

She stepped down from that firm last year after FINRA found that she may have committed securities fraud<\/a>, as well as been involved in private securities transactions, undisclosed external business activities, and the misappropriation of investor funds.<\/p>\n

It was in 2015 that she allegedly solicited Western clients in a debt deal that her retail clothing company was supposed to guarantee. Bennett sold $6M of convertible and promissory notes to about 30 investors.<\/p>\n

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Once again, financial adviser Dawn Bennett is in the news. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has reportedly filed a securities case against Bennett, who is the owner of Bennett Group Financial Services, for not appearing four times to testify in the regulator\u2019s probe into her retail clothing business, DJBennett.com. 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