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CaseNo: 34-41229, Defendant: Eliezer Gurfel, Plaintiff: SEC, State: WA Washington, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-41229, Gurfel, Nasd, Commission, Immg, Securities, Termination, Disciplinary Action, Nasd Member, Firm, President, Sanctions, Itt-hartford, Dbcc, Jurisdiction, Complaint, Bank Account, Proceeds, Violation, Receiving, Depositing, Nasd By-laws, Evidence, Form U-5, Review, Converting, Exchange Act, Practice, Registered Representatives, Impose, Sustaining , ContentID: 120247192

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1 1999-03-30 SEC COMMISSION OPINION
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1 . SEC COMMISSION OPINION

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SECURITIES
TERMINATION
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
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FIRM
PRESIDENT
SANCTIONS
ITT-HARTFORD
DBCC
JURISDICTION
COMPLAINT
BANK ACCOUNT
PROCEEDS
VIOLATION
RECEIVING
DEPOSITING
NASD BY-LAWS
EVIDENCE
FORM U-5
REVIEW
CONVERTING
EXCHANGE ACT
PRACTICE
REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVES
IMPOSE
SUSTAINING
                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                   Washington, D.C.


          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
          Rel. No. 41229 / March 30, 1999

          Admin. Proc. File No. 3-9651

                                                             :
              In the Matter of the Application of            :
                                                             :
                        ELIEZER GURFEL                       :
                  c/o David W. O' Brien, Esq.                :
                Michaels, Wishner & Bonner, P.C.             :
             1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 900          :
                     Washington, D.C. 20036                  :
                                                             :
          For Review of the Disciplinary Action Taken by the :
                                                             :
          NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS, INC.   :
                                                             :

          OPINION OF THE COMMISSION

               REGISTERED SECURITIES ASSOCIATION -- REVIEW OF DISCIPLINARY
               PROCEEDINGS

                    Violation of Rules of Fair Practice

                    Conduct Inconsistent with Just and Equitable
                    Principles of Trade

               Former registered representative of NASD member firm forged,
               or caused to be forged, the signature of the firm's
               president on commission checks, and converted the proceeds
               to his own use.  Held, association's findings of violation
               and sanctions it imposed are sustained.

          APPEARANCES:

               David W. O'Brien, of Michaels, Wishner & Bonner, P.C., for
          Eliezer Gurfel.

               Alden S. Adkins, Susan L. Beesley, and James S. Wrona, for
          NASD Regulation, Inc.

          Appeal filed:  July 14, 1998
          Last brief received:  October 27, 1998
SNIPPETS:
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • REGISTERED SECURITIES ASSOCIATION -- REVIEW OF DISCIPLINARY
  • Violation of Rules of Fair Practice
  • Former registered representative of NASD member firm forged,
  • Eliezer Gurfel, a former registered representative of International Money Management Group,
  • The NASD held that Gurfel violated NASD Conduct Rule 2110 when he forged or caused to be
  • The NASD censured Gurfel and barred him from associating with any NASD member in any capacity.
  • Gurfel entered the securities industry in 1985 and became a general securities representative
  • These checks were for commissions that Gurfel generated from his sales of an ITT-Hartford
  • IMMG's president testified that it was not ITT-Hartford's "normal practice" to mail
  • Gurfel admitted that he forged the president's signature on the checks and deposited the
  • On November 30, 1995, the NASD's District Business Conduct Committee (DBCC) filed a complaint
  • the NASD introduced into evidence the four commission checks issued by ITT-Hartford.
  • The NAC affirmed the DBCC's finding of jurisdiction, holding that the complaint was filed
  • This case presents the threshold issue of whether the NASD properly asserted disciplinary
  • which commenced prior to the termination or revocation.
  • Section 3 requires an NASD member firm to notify the NASD of the termination of an associated
  • Gurfel's actions in forging or causing to be forged commission checks on four separate
  • Gurfel challenges the NASD's sanctions as unduly harsh.
  • We conclude that, given the nature of Gurfel's misconduct, the NASD's sanctions are neither
  • Gurfel had been receiving approximately ten to
  • :Securities Exchange Act Rel.
  • ORDER SUSTAINING DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN BY REGISTERED SECURITIES ASSOCIATION
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