Restitution Also Paid to 22 Customers Who Were Highly Concentrated and Highly Leveraged in Puerto Rican Securities
WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. $6.25 million and the firm will pay approximately $780,000 in restitution for inadequately supervising its customers’ use of leverage in their Merrill brokerage accounts.