Defendant Name:
Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC
Defendant Type:
Subsidiary of Public Company
Public Company Parent:
Morgan Stanley
SIC Code:
6022
CUSIP:
61744644
Document Reference:
34-73801
Document Details
Legal Case Name
In the Matter of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Document Name
Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Sections 15(b) and 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing a Cease-and-Desist Order
Document Date
10-Dec-2014
Document Format
Administrative Proceeding
Allegation Type
Broker Dealer
Document Summary
On December 10, 2014, the SEC instituted settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("MS & Co."). According to the SEC: "The events of October 25, 2012 revealed that MS & Co.'s controls and supervisory procedures were not reasonably designed to prevent the entry of orders that exceed pre-set aggregate credit thresholds for customers. On that day, MSET [Morgan Stanley Electronic Trading] twice increased pre-set aggregate credit thresholds for its customer Rochdale Securities LLC ('Rochdale') (a registered broker-dealer that accessed MSET's platform on behalf of its own institutional customers), initially from $200 million to $500 million and subsequently from $500 million to $750 million, when it received a series of orders for approximately $525 million of Apple, Inc. ('Apple') stock--an amount that would have exceeded Rochdale's threshold had it not been increased by MSET. Unbeknownst to MSET, David Miller ('Miller'), the registered representative at Rochdale with whom MSET personnel were interacting on October 25, 2012, was using these orders to commit fraud."
Disgorgement & Penalty Information
Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
Censured
Cooperation Before the Resolution
Remedial Acts or Efforts Before the Resolution
Monetary Penalties:
Civil Penalty
Individual:
$4,000,000.00
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