Sabia-Florence, Doria
Doria Sabia-Florence (CRD # 1136269, Registered Representative, Statesboro, Georgia) was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. The sanction was based on findings that Sabia-Florence completed and forged Letters of Authorization (LOAs) instructing her member firm to transfer funds totaling $85,100 from various customers’ accounts to a firm account her relatives owned, without the customers’ authorization. The findings stated that Sabia-Florence received checks totaling $74,000 from her relatives’ account and used the funds for her own benefit. The findings also stated that Sabia-Florence fraudulently induced a customer to give her $30,000, representing that she would use the funds to purchase a bond for the customer’s account but, instead, deposited the funds directly into her bank account and used the funds for her personal benefit.

