Ron Willoughby Formerly of Morgan Stanley Suspended By FINRA for Unsuitable Investments

Ron Willoughby Was Suspended for Three Months for an Unsuitable Pattern of Short-Term Trading

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Ron Willoughby (CRD#: 2425926) is a registered broker and investment advisor. Since March of 2018, Mr. Willoughby has been employed at Kestra Investment Services in Venice, California. Prior to that, he was associated with Morgan Stanley in Tempe, AZ (2009 to 2016).

On June 6th, 2019, Ron Willoughby was fined $5,000 by FINRA and suspended from the securities industry for 90 days after an investigation revealed that he improperly engaged in a pattern of unsuitable trading within a customer’s brokerage account.

Broker Sanctions: Former Morgan Stanley Advisor Ron Willoughby

The underlying misconduct in this case dates back to when Ron Willoughby was employed at Morgan Stanley. In October of 2017, he settled a FINRA arbitration claim with an investor for $33,035.29 in compensation. After reviewing the allegations against the broker, FINRA assessed that he engaged in an unsuitable pattern of short-term trading within multiple customer accounts.

This type of misconduct is often referred to as ‘churning’. Without admitting to or denying the allegations, Mr. Willoughby consented to a $5,000 fine and three month suspension from the industry. His suspension runs from July 1st, 2019 until September 30th, 2019.

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