Jason Sayles suspended 10 months.
In March, 2016, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced that Jason Sayles of St. Petersburg, FL, formerly with Cetera Financial of St. Petersburg, FL was suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for ten months and fined $15,000. The suspension and fine arise out of FINRA’s investigation into Sayles’ outside CPA business, and his practice of helping clients establish self-directed individual retirement account to purchase investments. Sayles played a role in helping transfer nearly $2,000,000 in client funds from his member firm to an outside third party self-directed IRA custodian where the clients purchased unregistered securities. Sayles was required to notify his firm of these activities in writing, but he failed to do so.
Registration and disciplinary history
In order to lawfully sell investments to the public, a registered rep must either be registered or exempt from registration. Jason Sayles was registered with Cetera Financial from December, 2007 through June, 2013.
According to FINRA’s CRD disclosure report, Jason Sayles has been the subject of one regulatory investigation.
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