Defendant Name: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: 2022-168

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
Document Name Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to Pay $35 Million for Extensive Failures to Safeguard Personal Information of Millions of Customers
Document Date 20-Sep-2022
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-21112
Allegation Type Investment Advisers/Investment Companies
Document Summary On September 20, 2022, the SEC "announced charges against Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) stemming from the firm’s extensive failures, over a five-year period, to protect the personal identifying information, or PII, of approximately 15 million customers. MSSB has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle the SEC charges."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
None Specified
Monetary Penalties:

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $35,000,000.00 Shared:    

Related Documents:

34-95832 20-Sep-2022 Administrative Proceeding
Order Instituting Administrative and Cease-and-Desist Proceedings, Pursuant to Sections 15b and 21c of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Sections 203(e) and 203(k) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions and a Cease-and-Desist Order
The Commission stated: "These proceedings arise out of Respondent's failure to protect its customer records and information, including personal identifying information ("PII"), and properly dispose of consumer report information, in connection with the decommissioning of two data centers in 2016."