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CaseNo: 34-40654, Defendant: Robert L. Wallace, Plaintiff: SEC, State: WA Washington, UniqueCaseRef: SEC>34-40654, Wallace, Advertisement, Nasd, Securities, Publication, Investment, Principles, District Committee, Sanctions, News, Viatical Settlements, Gehrke, Misleading, Representations, Witness, Commission, Review, Imposes, Authorization, Testify, Testimony, Evidence, Exchange, Disciplinary Action, Registering, Violation, Nasd Member Firm, Contract, Risk , ContentID: 120247209

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1 1998-11-10 SEC COMMISSION OPINION
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1 . SEC COMMISSION OPINION

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
ADVERTISEMENT
NASD
SECURITIES
PUBLICATION
INVESTMENT
MEMBER
PRINCIPLES
DISTRICT COMMITTEE
SANCTIONS
NEWS
VIATICAL SETTLEMENTS
GEHRKE
MISLEADING
REPRESENTATIONS
WITNESS
COMMISSION
REVIEW
IMPOSES
AUTHORIZATION
TESTIFY
TESTIMONY
EVIDENCE
EXCHANGE
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
REGISTERING
VIOLATION
NASD MEMBER FIRM
CONTRACT
RISK
                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                   Washington, D.C.


          SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
          Rel. No. 40654 / November 10, 1998

          Admin. Proc. File No. 3-9549
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                                                             :
                  In the Matter of the Application of        :
                                                             :
                           Robert L. Wallace                 :
                  1819 Imperial Golf Course Boulevard        :
                            Naples, FL 34110                 :
                                                             :
             For Review of Disciplinary Action Taken by the  :
                                                             :
            NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS, INC. :
                                                             :


          OPINION OF THE COMMISSION

               REGISTERED SECURITIES ASSOCIATION -- REVIEW OF DISCIPLINARY
               PROCEEDINGS

                    Exaggerated and Misleading Advertisements

               Registered principal and representative of NASD member
               caused the distribution of exaggerated and misleading
               advertisements.  Held, association's findings of violation
               and sanctions it imposed are sustained.


          APPEARANCES:

               Robert L. Wallace, pro se.

               Alden S. Adkins, Norman Sue, Jr., Susan L. Beesley, and
          Shirley H. Weiss, for NASD Regulation, Inc.


          Appeal filed:  March 2, 1998
          Last brief filed:  May 22, 1998
                                         I.

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  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • REGISTERED SECURITIES ASSOCIATION -- REVIEW OF DISCIPLINARY
  • Exaggerated and Misleading Advertisements
  • Registered principal and representative of NASD member
  • Robert L. Wallace appeals from disciplinary action taken against him by the National
  • The NASD found that Wallace was responsible for the publication of an advertisement that was
  • The NASD censured Wallace, fined him $5,000, and suspended him for 60 days from association
  • Wallace was a registered principal and representative with NASD member firm Securities
  • For information on the investment of the
  • The compliance officer attached to his letter to the NASD a statement by Wallace asserting
  • Wallace, however, did not complain to the News or SA that the News had published the
  • Subsequently, at the District Business Conduct Committee ("District Committee") hearing in
  • the Advertisement was one of four form advertisements that he received from the insurance
  • While Gehrke's testimony contrasts starkly with that of Wallace, the District Committee found
  • As a part of this attempt, Wallace seeks to introduce hearsay evidence that Gehrke has run
  • The NASD regional attorney in this matter stated before the District Committee that Wallace
  • Wallace advertised that an investor in the product offered could realize gains of up to 42%
  • Wallace asserts that this statement is true, because once the insured dies, as he or she
  • By registering as a representative and a principal of an NASD member firm, Wallace agreed to
  • Wallace asserts that the sanctions imposed by the NASD are "extremely harsh and do not fit
  • We may cancel, reduce or require remission of a sanction imposed by the NASD where we find,
  • communications with the public shall be based on principles
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