News Items tag as: Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada

Using pre-signed forms costs BC financial advisor $30,000
August 09, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A BC financial advisor is on the hook for $30,000 for using photocopied and pre-signed account forms from clients to make trades.
BC financial advisor accused of fraud, took $330K from seniors
July 22, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A BC financial advisor accused of fraud for taking $330,000 from a senior couple is still not facing criminal charges two and a half years after the regulator reported him to the police.
Scotiabank fined $1M by regulator after staff fiddled with sales numbers
December 25, 2022 - 3:30 PM

An investment firm owned by the Bank of Nova Scotia has been fined $1 million and ordered to pay $10.8 million to customers in compensation following a series of errors whereby some staff members fiddled with their sales numbers.
Merritt bank employee guilty of fraud
June 07, 2022 - 7:00 AM

A former Merritt banker has pleaded guilty to fraud.
Salmon Arm man fined after recommending mining shares to clients
September 15, 2016 - 1:00 PM

SALMON ARM - A mutual fund salesperson from Salmon Arm was slapped with a heavy fine after wrongfully recommending and selling shares for a mining company to 29 clients.
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Penticton company building 60 tiny homes for Kelowna's homeless
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Using pre-signed forms costs BC financial advisor $30,000