Goodman & Nekvasil P.A., May Recover Investor Losses – Darrell Scott Pope (Darrell Pope) Suspended from Securities Industry and Fired by U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
From April 2006 until Darrell Pope’s firing in December 2015, Darrell Pope was licensed with U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. According to FINRA’s records, Darrell Pope was fired by U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. on December 4, 2015. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. reported to FINRA that Darrell Pope was accused of failing to report outside business activity pursuant to FINRA Rule 3270 and firm policies.
Subsequent to Darrell Pope’s firing by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, FINRA investigated Darrell Pope and brought a disciplinary action against Darrell Pope. Darrell Pope was fined $7,500 and suspended for 4 months from the securities and investment banking industry on September 8, 2017. FINRA reports that Darrell Pope consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that Darrell Pope engaged in an outside business activity outside the scope of Darrell Pope’s member firm. The findings stated that Darrell Pope attempted to secure a buyer for 10 sellers of Iraqi Dinar currency in anticipation of a finder’s fee. FINRA reports that Darrell Pope had a company established in order to conduct this activity and used Darrell Pope’s personal email address to communicate with the sellers and potential buyers about the potential terms of a sale. FINRA found that Darrell Pope also conducted due diligence on potential buyers, prepared transaction-related documentation, and made arrangements to facilitate a potential currency sale. FINRA reports that Darrell Pope did not notify the firm about this outside business activity. The findings also stated that Darrell Pope stated on a firm annual compliance form that Darrell Pope agreed to notify the firm about any outside business activity. However, FINRA reports that Darrell Pope did not notify the firm about Darrell Pope’s outside business activity.
If you lost any money on investments with Darrell Pope, you may be able to recover your losses from U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. This is because U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. had a duty to supervise Darrell Pope.
If you lost money on investments with Darrell Pope and believe that the investments may have been unsuitable or otherwise improper for you, we would like to discuss the possibility of your retaining our firm to represent you in an arbitration action against U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. concerning Darrell Pope’s conduct. There is no charge for an evaluation of your case. Further, we handle our cases on a contingency fee basis. This means that unless we recover money for you, we charge no attorney’s fee. Unless you recover any money, you pay us nothing, not even the costs and expenses which the firm will advance on your behalf.
Kalju Nekvasil, Esq., formerly regional counsel with the NASD, now known as FINRA, has practiced in this area of the law for more than 35 years. Goodman & Nekvasil, P.A. has recovered more than $300 million on behalf of victimized investors. If you lost money on investments with Darrell Pope and would like your case evaluated by a securities attorney (again, there is no charge for an evaluation and all cases are handled on a purely contingency fee basis), please contact us.
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