{"id":4803,"date":"2017-11-09T20:05:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T02:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2022-04-01T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:51:45","slug":"finra-bars-ny-broker-excessive-trading-blind-senior-investors-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-bars-ny-broker-excessive-trading-blind-senior-investors-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Bars NY Broker For Excessive Trading in Blind Senior Investor\u2019s Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tA Financial Industry Regulatory Authority hearing panel has barred New York broker Hank Mark Werner for excessive trading and churning in the accounts of an elderly, blind widow. Now, Werner must pay over $155K in restitution to his former client, disgorge more than $10K for commissions from recommending that she buy a variable annuity (VA) that was not suitable for her, and pay an $80K fine.<\/p>\n<p>Werner is accused of employing an \u201cactive trading strategy\u201d that allowed him to charge high commissions while making it \u201cimpossible\u201d for her to \u201cmake money.\u201d He was the broker of the widow and her blind husband, who died in 2012, for two decades. <\/p>\n<p>According to the panel, the widow was in poor health and 77 years of age when he started churning her accounts after her husband passed away. FINRA, in its 2016 complaint, said that only was the client blind, but also she required in-home care. She relied on Werner to keep her abreast of her accounts.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-bars-ny-broker-excessive-trading-blind-senior-investors-accounts\/#more-4803\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority hearing panel has barred New York broker Hank Mark Werner for excessive trading and churning in the accounts of an elderly, blind widow. 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