
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ordered Santander Securities LLC to pay approximately $4.3 million in restitution to certain customers who were solicited to purchase Puerto Rican Municipal Bonds (prmbs). Additionally, the firm was required to pay restitution of $121,000 and make offers of rescission to buy back the securities sold to certain customers impacted by the firm's failure to supervise employee trading. FINRA also censured and fined Santander $2 million for supervisory failures related to sales of prmbs and Puerto Rican closed-end funds, and for failing to reasonably supervise employee trading in its Puerto Rico branch office. For more info visit https://www.finra.org/media-center/news-releases/2015/finra-sanctions-santander-64-million-pr-bond-supervisory-failures