Ward Byron Anderson (CRD # 5640, Registered Representative, Aurora, Colorado) submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. Without admitting or denying the findings, Anderson consented to the described sanction and to the entry of findings that he misappropriated money from public customers’ pension plans. The findings stated that Anderson’s company was a third-party administrator for a number of pension plans, and Anderson received monthly checks from one customer and deposited the funds into his company’s account, but failed to forward the funds to the company in which the customer’s pension plan was invested and, instead, used the funds, which totaled to $222,700, for his own benefit. The findings also stated that Anderson removed $250,000 from another customer’s pension plan by using signed blank withdrawal/transfer forms to cover up the $222,700 he had misappropriated from his other customer and used the remaining funds for his own benefit. The findings also included that, following the withdrawal, Anderson created and provided to the second customer falsified statements containing information that would have applied if the $250,000 had not been withdrawn. FINRA found that Anderson used the remaining blank forms to further withdraw funds totaling $62,288 from the customer’s account for his own benefit. FINRA also found that because of the falsified statements, Anderson was able to prevent the customer from discovering the misappropriation in excess of $312,000 for about 14 years. In addition, FINRA determined that Anderson failed to respond to a FINRA request for information and documents and to appear for an on-the-record interview. (FINRA Case # 2008013164901)