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Broker-Dealer Piper Jaffray Charged with Failure to Supervise; Ordered to Cease-and-Desist

In the Matter of U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., Respondent

  • 2002
  • $100,000

Respondent was found to have failed to reasonably supervise a registered representative at its Sioux Falls branch office who, along with his customer, engaged in a “marking the close” scheme from January 1998 through September 2001 to affect the closing price of a publicly-traded stock.

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