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Censure, Bar and Cease-and-Desist Orders for Fee-Gouging by Investment Adviser

In the Matter of Fry Hensley and Company and Nicholas L. Fry, II, Respondents

  • 2013
  • $894,657

Respondents were a RIA and its principal, and the SEC found that they profited at their clients’ expense by causing them to pay higher-than-necessary broker-dealer transaction charges. Respondent Fry, II’s wife was a registered representative at the broker-dealer, and received credit for 50% of the transaction charges paid by FHC’s advisory clients. The SEC found that she was credited with more than $775,669.09 from inflated transaction charges, and that much of this money found its way back to Fry, II.

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