FINRA Fines Albert Fried & Company

On February 22, 2017, Albert Fried & Company, LLC (CRD #1914, New York, New York) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”) in which the firm was censured and fined $27,500.

Without admitting or denying the findings, Albert Fried & Company consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that it failed to report 28 short positions totaling 8,757,100 shares in foreign-listed securities that shared a common International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) with a U.S.-listed or traded security. The findings stated that Albert Fried & Company’s supervisory system did not provide for supervision reasonably designed to achieve compliance with respect to the applicable securities laws and regulations and FINRA rules. Albert Fried & Company’s WSPs failed to provide for one or more of the minimum requirements for adequate WSPs concerning short interest reporting, including the reporting of foreign-listed securities, under FINRA Rule 4560.

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