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Former Assistant Equities Trader at W.J. Nolan Sanctioned/Ordered to Cease-and-Desist

In the Matter of Thomas J. Palazzolo, Respondent

  • 2002
  • $15,978

Respondent was responsible for calculating the prevailing market price from which markups were calculated on principal transactions, and received a percentage of the commissions and markups charged on trades he executed. The SEC found that, during the relevant time period, customers were charged approximately $227,153 in excessive, undisclosed markups on sales of Globalnet Systems Ltd. (Globalnet), a microcap stock for which there was no real demand outside of respondent’s firm.

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