July 21, 2015
John P. Jones entered into a Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent (AWC) with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that he engaged in unsuitable trading in a customer account by recommending purchases of three speculative investments that were not consistent with the customers investment objectives or financial condition, resulting in an over concentration in the customer account.
According to the AWC, between January 2004 and December 2006 Jones recommended that the customer, who had a moderate risk tolerance and an investment objective of preservation of capital, invest a majority of her liquid net worth in five speculative private placements of securities, which collectively represented over 50% of her liquid net worth.
Jones was fined $15,000 and suspended for six months. According to FINRA records he was registered with Maloney Securities from 3/2010-7/2015. Prior to that he was registered with First Legacy Securities and before that Jones, Byrd & Attkisson, Inc.
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