Maria-Ysabelle Marinas Tiongson (CRD # 4641219, Registered Representative, Bayonne, New Jersey) 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, Tiongson consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that she misappropriated $4,000 from an individual, who gave her the funds to trade in a commodities futures trading account that she held away from, and was approved by, her member firm which she had subsequently closed. The findings stated that Tiongson never used the individual’s funds to trade commodities futures, but instead used the funds for her personal benefit without the individual’s knowledge or consent. The findings also stated that Tiongson made full restitution to the customer.

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