Enforcement Notice - IN THE MATTER OF Rizwan Suleiman - Penalty Hearing

TORONTO, June 14, 2016 /CNW/ - A penalty hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) in the matter of Rizwan Suleiman.

The hearing concerns an allegation that Mr. Suleiman altered a document and provided it to his Dealer Member firm.

The hearing is open to the public, unless the Panel orders otherwise. The decision of the Hearing Panel will be made available at www.iiroc.ca. 

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Hearing Date:  Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.

Location:  IIROC, 121 King Street West, Suite 2000, Quebec Room, Toronto, Ontario

Specifically, the allegation is that:

On or about July 2015, Mr. Suleiman altered an examination transcript relating to a securities industry course and provided the false transcript to his Dealer Member firm, contrary to IIROC Dealer Member Rule 29.1.

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Suleiman's conduct in August 2015. The violation occurred while he was a Registered Representative with ITG Canada Corp., an IIROC regulated firm. Mr. Suleiman is no longer a registrant with an IIROC regulated firm. 

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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and their trading activity in Canada's debt and equity markets. IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while supporting healthy Canadian capital markets. IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.

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

For further information: Enforcement Contact: Elsa Renzella, Vice-President, Enforcement, 416 943-5877, [email protected]; Media Contact: Karen Archer, Manager, Media Relations, 416 865-3046, [email protected]