Gail Marie Rodriguez (CRD # 4271558, Registered Representative, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which she was fined $5,000 and suspended from association with any FINRA member in any capacity for four months. The fine must be paid either immediately upon Rodriguez’ reassociation with a FINRA member firm following her suspension, or prior to the filing of any application or request for relief from any statutory disqualification, whichever 0is earlier. Without admitting or denying the findings, Rodriguez consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that, on three separate occasions, she deposited $6.00 to an account she maintained at her bank through a bank automatic teller machine (ATM) but intentionally entered $600 into the ATM as the deposit amount to cause the account to appear temporarily to hold more funds than it actually held. The findings stated that immediately after each deposit, Rodriguez caused roughly $500 to be transferred directly from the account to which she made the deposits to a separate account she maintained at her bank to pay personal expenses. The findings also stated that the funds transferred to the second account temporarily enabled Rodriguez to have sufficient funds in that account to satisfy all payments and withdrawals made against it.

The suspension is in effect from March 16, 2009, through July 15, 2009.