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According to a recent InvestmentNews article, Paul Lebel was barred from the industry on Tuesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for churning and excessively trading mutual funds in customer accounts and generating excess fees. He was accused of defrauding four customers in several of their accounts, according to an SEC administrative proceeding against him. It stated: “In particular, Lebel exercised de facto control over these customers’ accounts and excessively traded mutual fund shares which carry large front-end load fees.” These mutual fund shares were A shares, which are typically meant to be long-term, buy-and-hold investments. Mr. Lebel allegedly made $50,000 in commissions from the sale of them. A broker such as Mr. Lebel must take into account a customer’s net worth, investment objectives, investment sophistication and age, among other factors before recommending an investment to them. If he does not, his firm may be responsible for investment losses. Churning, or excessive trading is an especially egregious securities law violation, as it typically generates large fees for the broker and causes the client to pay unnecessary and, sometimes, high fees.
According to his online FINRA BrokerCheck report, Lebel was registered with Montano Securities Corp, Gruntal & Co., AG Edwards & Sons, Oppenheimer & Co., LPL Financial in Cambridge, Massachusetts from August 2008 until November 2014 and Wood (Arthur W.) Company. He has eight judgment/liens against him. He is not licensed within the industry at this time.
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