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Firm and Principals Sanctioned for Ongoing Compliance Failures

In the Matter of Trust & Investment Advisors, Inc., Larry K. Pitts and George M. Prugh, Respondents

  • 2015
  • $60,000

Administrative proceeding against RIA and principals for alleged correct ongoing securities violations. Specifically, the SEC found that the RIA was cited for numerous deficiencies in on-site exams, including the failure to complete an annual compliance review or develop a compliance manual and continued use
of misleading statements in its marketing materials. Despite the RIA’s undertaking to correct this, the same deficiencies in were identified again in another exam 4 years later.

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