Enforcement Notice - HEARING - IN THE MATTER OF Ali Reza Sultani - Application for review

MONTRÉAL, Oct. 20, 2017 /CNW/ - On September 22, 2017, Ali Reza Sultani filed an Application of Review to the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal seeking, among other things, a review of the IIROC Hearing Panel decisions dated February 7 and August 29, 2017.

The IIROC decision on liability dated February 7, 2017 is available at
http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=2236395EA72C481E91FC101EAC6BADBB&Language=en.

The IIROC decision on penalty dated August 29, 2017 is available at
http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=F626CB7A3A0E4252870BC5C3DBA2FC10&Language=en.

Further information about the review can be found at https://www.tmf.gouv.qc.ca/en/.

Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings – including Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels – are posted on the IIROC website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.

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IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.

All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1 877 442-4322.

SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News

Enforcement Contact: Claudyne Bienvenu, Vice-president, Québec and Atlantic, 514 878-2854, [email protected]; Media Contact: Paul Howard, Director, Communications & Public Affairs, 416 646-7279, [email protected]

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