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STATE OF MAINE

OFFICE OF SECURITIES
121 STATE HOUSE STATION

AUGUSTA, MAINE  04333-0121

 

 

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IN THE MATTER OF:  )

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Wachovia Securities, LLC  )    CONSENT AGREEMENT

(CRD #19616)  )    No. 04-063-CAG

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This Agreement is entered into between the State of Maine Office of Securities (“Office of Securities”) and Wachovia Securities, LLC (“Wachovia”), a broker-dealer with its principal place of business in Glen Allen, Virginia. 

 

WHEREAS, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.            At all relevant times, it has been unlawful in Maine for a broker-dealer to employ a person as a sales representative unless the sales representative is licensed or exempt from licensing under the Revised Maine Securities Act, Title 32 M.R.S.A. §10301(2);

 

2.            Wachovia had properly licensed Larry M. Malles (“Malles”) as a sales representative with the Office of Securities from November 18, 2003, through December 31, 2003. 

 

3.            Wachovia failed to renew Malles’ license as a sales representative with the Office of Securities by December 31, 2003, causing Malles’ license to expire.

 

4.            In January of 2004, it came to the attention of the Office of Securities that Malles had been acting as a sales representative in Maine on behalf of Wachovia without being licensed or exempt from licensing;

 

5.            It is the Office of Securities’ position that Wachovia failed to properly license Malles as a sales representative in Maine;

 

6.            Documentation provided to the Office of Securities by Wachovia revealed that Malles effected at least seventeen (17) transactions from January 6, 2004, through January 8, 2004, for four Maine accounts while unlicensed;

 

7.            Wachovia has represented to the Office of Securities that the violation was an inadvertent oversight; and

 

8.            Both parties desire an expeditious resolution of this matter.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, and without Wachovia admitting or denying that their conduct violated the Revised Maine Securities Act, it is agreed that:

 

1.            Wachovia will comply with all licensing and other legal requirements governing persons acting as securities sales representatives in the State of Maine at all times from the date hereof;  

 

2.            In lieu of the Office of Securities seeking the imposition of a penalty for the allegations contained herein, Wachovia will pay the sum of $1,500.00 to the Office of Securities upon Wachovia’s execution of this Agreement; and

 

3.            The Office of Securities will not take further action against Wachovia based upon the unlicensed status of Malles during the period preceding and including the date of execution of this Agreement, PROVIDED, however, that this paragraph applies only to those transactions previously disclosed to the Office of Securities by Wachovia.

 

 

 

 

September 9, 2004    s/Robert T. Mooney, Chief Compliance Officer

Date  Robert T. Mooney, Chief Compliance Officer

  Wachovia Securities, LLC

 

 

 

September 16, 2004    s/Christine A. Bruenn 

Date  Christine A. Bruenn

  Securities Administrator

 

Reviewed by:

 

 

 

September 16, 2004    s/Bonnie E. Russell 

Date  Bonnie E. Russell

  Assistant Securities Administrator

 

Presented by:

 

 

 

September 16, 2004    s/Cathy J. Williams 

Date  Cathy J. Williams

  Licensing Coordinator