The allegations read: Tranchina was named a respondent in a finra complaint alleging that, after being fired by his former member firm and being instructed not to return to the office, he broke into his locked office and stole client-related files belonging to the firm and its affiliated insurance company. The complaint alleges that the files that tranchina stole related to firm clients and prospective clients, and that he had no authorization or right to take them. Tranchina accessed this information, which included firm customer names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses, in an effort to take these customers with him to a new firm. The complaint also alleges that tranchina willfully failed to amend his form u4 to disclose that he was criminally charged with theft by unlawful taking due to his breaking-and-entering and theft of firm files.
