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听证小组的决定还要求 XFA 的高管兼关联人,Timothy Francis Hendricks,
与公司对 40 万美元罚金中的 10 万美元承担连带责任。此外,决定禁止 Hendricks
在 90 天内担任 XFA 或任何其他 NFA 会员公司的管理职务。
在另一份决定中,听证小组命令 XFA 的前高管兼关联人,Peter Gordon
Scheffler,在 2024 年 12 月 31 日之前不得重新申请成为 NFA 会员、非正式会员
或担任会员负责人。此后若申请 NFA 会员或担任会员负责人,需支付 15 万美元
罚金。该决定还禁止 Scheffler 在 2025 年 3 月 31 日之前在任何 NFA 会员公司担
任管理职务或行使管理职责。
听证小组基于商业行为委员会对 XFA 提出的相同控告书以及他们各自提交
的和解申请作出对 Hendricks 和 Scheffler 的决定。两人在和解申请中同样既未承
认也未否认投诉中的指控。听证小组认定,Hendricks 和 Scheffler 违反了《NFA
合规规则》第 2-9(a)条,未能充分监督公司的运营和员工。
NFA Sanctions Chicago-based Introducing Broker X-Change Financial Access
LLC and Two Employees (2024/11/20)
NFA has ordered X-Change Financial Access LLC (XFA) to pay a $400,000 fine.
XFA is an NFA Member introducing broker located in Chicago, Ill.
The Decision, issued by an NFA Hearing Panel, is based on Complaint issued by
NFA’s Business Conduct Committee (BCC) and a settlement offer submitted by XFA,
in which the firm neither admitted nor denied the allegations in the Complaint. The
Decision found that XFA failed to keep full, complete and systematic records of all
transactions and maintain pre-trade communications, in violation of NFA Compliance
Rule 2-10(a); allowed two unregistered individuals to act as associated persons (AP)
without being NFA Associates, in violation of NFA Bylaw 301(b); and failed to
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