On July 17, 2009, the SEC instituted administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against J.P. Turner & Company, LLC. According to the SEC: "Between July 1, 2001 and approximately mid-September 2006, J.P. Turner failed to adopt and implement policies and procedures designed reasonably to safeguard customer records and information as required by Rule 30(a) of Regulation S-P (the 'Safeguard Rule') (17 CFR § 248.30(a)). During the relevant period, J.P. Turner employed hundreds of independent contractor registered representatives who worked from multiple branch offices located throughout the United States. Because it never complied with the Safeguard Rule, J.P Turner, among other things, never gave its numerous branch managers or registered representatives guidance on how to protect customer records or how to dispose properly of such records when they were no longer needed. This lack of guidance became apparent in September 2006 when the account records of over 5,000 brokerage customers of J.P. Turner were left abandoned for several weeks at curbside outside of the former home of a J.P. Turner registered representative in Alpharetta, Georgia."

The SEC announced: "the issuance of an Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Sections 15(b) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Order) against J.P. Turner and Company, LLC ("J.P. Turner")."

"J.P. Turner failed to adopt written policies and procedures required by the Safeguard Rule from July 2005 through September 2006. The minimal written documentation that J.P. Turner had that referred to safeguarding customer records and information was not sufficient to met the standard set by the Safeguard Rule that policies and procedures be reasonably designed for the security and protection of customer information. Furthermore, J.P. Turner's continued publication of its Written Supervisory System & Procedures manuals containing incomplete and deficient safeguarding policies and procedures demonstrate that J.P. Turner's violation of the Safeguard Rule was willful."

On June 17, 2010, the SEC gave notice that, "the initial decision of the administrative law judge has become the final decision of the Commission with respect to J.P. Turner & Company, LLC."