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FINRA Broker Allegations

Allegations against: Thomas Williams Rinek

Allegation type: Regulatory

Allegation status: Final

The allegations read: Without admitting or denying the findings, rinek consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that he improperly sent nonpublic personal information of his member firms' customers to his personal email address without the customers' knowledge or consent and in contravention of his firm's procedures. The findings stated that the information included customer names, social security and tax identification numbers, dates of birth, securities account numbers, securities positions, physical addresses, and phone numbers. Rinek improperly retained this information after his termination from his member firm, while associated with another firm, but has since deleted it.

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