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Advisor banned and fined more than $709K

By The IJ Staff | June 17, 2020, 12:30 p.m.

A hearing panel of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada has permanently banned a former advisor and fined him $709,252.35 after finding he misappropriated client funds.

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