Craig Josephberg

Craig Josephberg (CRD #2709288, New York, New York) submitted an AWC in which hewas barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Josephberg consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he willfully violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5(a) and (c), when he, his member firm, two principals of the firm, and others engaged in a fraudulent scheme to conceal a kickback of a portion of a private placement fee by pretending to act as a placement agent, accepting fees for services the firm did not perform, and agreeing to “purchase” illusory consulting services from an institutional investor’s affiliate. The findings stated that Craig Josephberg introduced his firm and the principals to the institutional investor to be the placement agent for the institutional investor’s investment in a company. The parties entered into a fraudulent scheme with the private investor to secretly kick back nearly 5 percent of the investor’s investment in a company and misrepresent to investors the actual price the institutional investor paid for the shares. The findings also stated that Craig Josephberg willfully violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5(b) when he made unauthorized transactions in customers’ accounts without disclosing that one of his firm’s principals had loaned money to the issuer, purchased the issuer’s stock at a deep discount and was selling the issuer’s discounted stock. The findings also included that Josephberg falsified the firm’s books and records by submitting documents that concealed his sales of securities in states where he was not registered. FINRA found that Josephberg willfully violated Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act when he, with the assistance of principals and agents of his firm, engaged in excessive trading in two customers’ accounts.

Craig Josephberg also made unauthorized trades of stock in five customers’ accounts. (FINRA

Case #2012033877801)

Craig Josephberg’s registration and disciplinary history

Craig Josephberg was registered with the following firms

According to FINRA’s CRD disclosure report, Craig Josephberg has been the subject of ten customer complaints and three regulatory investigations.

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