{"id":2499,"date":"2017-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/james-p-scullin-ubs-florida\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T04:00:00","slug":"james-p-scullin-ubs-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/james-p-scullin-ubs-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Coral Gables, Florida-based UBS Broker Under Investigation for Allegations of Unauthorized Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/John-Hurry-May-Face-FINRA-Charges-Sanctions-Following-Allegations.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/John-Hurry-May-Face-FINRA-Charges-Sanctions-Following-Allegations-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"John Hurry May Face FINRA Charges, Sanctions Following Allegations on silverlaw.com\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/John-Hurry-May-Face-FINRA-Charges-Sanctions-Following-Allegations-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/John-Hurry-May-Face-FINRA-Charges-Sanctions-Following-Allegations-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>Silver Law Group is investigating former Coral Gables, Florida broker <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/Individual\/Summary\/1577362\" target=\"_blank\">James P. Scullin (CRD# 1577362)<\/a> for unauthorized trading in customer accounts among other allegations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Scullin\u2019s FINRA BrokerCheck report, <a href=\"https:\/\/brokercheck.finra.org\/Firm\/Summary\/8174\" target=\"_blank\">UBS Financial Services Inc. (CRD# 8174)<\/a> terminated Scullin when UBS learned that he actively traded in an undisclosed commodities account outside UBS, exercised discretion without written authorization in violation of firm policy, and entered an unauthorized trade.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"http:\/\/disciplinaryactions.finra.org\/Search\/ViewDocument\/66183\" target=\"_blank\">Acceptance, Waiver &amp; Consent (\u201cAWC\u201d)<\/a> entered into between FINRA and Scullin in May 2016, FINRA found that Scullin placed a trade of over $5 million without informing the individuals with authority over the account.\u00a0 Further, when one of the individuals questioned the unauthorized trade, Scullin concealed the trade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/james-p-scullin-ubs-florida\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Former Coral Gables, Florida-based UBS Broker Under Investigation for Allegations of Unauthorized Trading\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver Law Group is investigating former Coral Gables, Florida broker James P. Scullin (CRD# 1577362) for unauthorized trading in customer accounts among other allegations. According to Scullin\u2019s FINRA BrokerCheck report, UBS Financial Services Inc. (CRD# 8174) terminated Scullin when UBS learned that he actively traded in an undisclosed commodities account outside UBS, exercised discretion without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580,581],"tags":[622,623,35],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stockbroker-misconduct","category-unauthorized-trading","tag-james-p-sculling","tag-ubs-financial-services","tag-unauthorized-trading"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Coral Gables, Florida-based UBS Broker Under Investigation for Allegations of Unauthorized Trading &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; May 25, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you&#039;ve lost money with Coral Gables-based James P. 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