{"id":6704,"date":"2018-12-06T13:55:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T19:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/?p=6704"},"modified":"2018-12-06T13:55:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T19:55:49","slug":"finra-bars-broker-for-selling-10-8m-of-notes-in-1-2b-woodbridge-ponzi-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-bars-broker-for-selling-10-8m-of-notes-in-1-2b-woodbridge-ponzi-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Bars Broker For Selling $10.8M of Notes in $1.2B Woodbridge Ponzi Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.finra.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)<\/a> has barred yet another ex-broker for selling promissory notes that have since been linked to the $1.2B Woodbridge Ponzi scam. The fraud is believed to have bilked around 8,400 investors.<\/p>\n<p>According to the self-regulatory authority (SRO), broker Frank Dietrich sold 58 investors $10M of promissory notes that came from the Woodbridge Group of Companies. 30 of these investors were clients of Quest Capital Strategies, Inc., which was Dietrich&#8217;s brokerage firm at the time of the sales. FINRA said that the former Quest Capital broker earned $261K in commissions from selling the Woodbridge investments.<\/p>\n<p>Quest Capital Strategies reportedly did not know that Dietrich was selling the Woodbridge notes to its customers. Earlier this year, the brokerage firm allowed him to step down after finding that he had sold a product it had not approved and for failing to disclose external business activities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/finra-bars-broker-for-selling-10-8m-of-notes-in-1-2b-woodbridge-ponzi-scam\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Bars Broker For Selling $10.8M of Notes in $1.2B Woodbridge Ponzi Scam\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred yet another ex-broker for selling promissory notes that have since been linked to the $1.2B Woodbridge Ponzi scam. The fraud is believed to have bilked around 8,400 investors. 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