Melissa Dawn Curry (CRD # 3027049, Associated Person, Shelbyville, Indiana) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which she was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Curry consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that she misappropriated $42,600 from a registered representative of her member firm. The findings stated that Curry took checks from the desk of another employee, who maintained the registered representative’s checks, placed her name on the checks as payee, filled in amounts ranging from $200 to $3,500, forged the registered representative’s signature, and deposited the checks into her personal bank account. The findings also stated that neither the registered representative nor the firm employee who maintained the checks gave Curry permission to take funds from the registered representative’s account or to use the checks.

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