{"id":6135,"date":"2018-06-22T17:04:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T21:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6135"},"modified":"2018-06-22T17:04:56","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T21:04:56","slug":"finra-permanently-bars-kimberly-pine-kitts-after-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-permanently-bars-kimberly-pine-kitts-after-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"FINRA Permanently Bars Kimberly Pine Kitts After Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly Pine Kitts (CRD #2768200) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor, last employed with Royal Alliance Associates Inc., (CRD #23131) from 2004 through 2017. In the industry since 1993, she was previously employed with ING Financial Partners, Inc. (CRD #2882) in Des Moines, IA, and Forum Fund Services, LLC (CRD #46106) in Portland, ME, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Kitts was discharged from Royal Alliance on 11\/15\/2017 when the firm received a letter from the attorney of one of her clients. This letter alleged <em>\u201cconversion or misappropriation of funds\u201d<\/em> on Kitts\u2019 part.<\/p>\n<p>On 12\/8\/2017, FINRA requested information from Kitts regarding her termination from Royal Alliance. She failed to respond to the request, and was suspended for three months. When she failed to request her suspension to be ended, FINRA permanently barred Kitts, effective 03\/12\/2018. Kitts is not allowed to have any association with any FINRA member in any capacity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/finra-permanently-bars-kimberly-pine-kitts-after-allegations\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading FINRA Permanently Bars Kimberly Pine Kitts After Allegations\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly Pine Kitts (CRD #2768200) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor, last employed with Royal Alliance Associates Inc., (CRD #23131) from 2004 through 2017. In the industry since 1993, she was previously employed with ING Financial Partners, Inc. (CRD #2882) in Des Moines, IA, and Forum Fund Services, LLC (CRD #46106) in Portland, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[579,591,580],"tags":[781,919,290],"class_list":["post-6135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broker-permanently-barred","category-misappropriation","category-stockbroker-misconduct","tag-kimberly-kitts","tag-royal-alliance-associates-inc","tag-securities-arbitration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FINRA Permanently Bars Kimberly Pine Kitts After Allegations &#8212; Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog &#8212; June 22, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kimberly Pine Kitts (CRD #2768200) is a previously registered broker and investment advisor, last employed with Royal Alliance Associates Inc., (CRD &#8212; 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