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2020068641501 Jonathan E. Best CRD 2225091 Order Accepting Offer (2025-1743639603776).pdf

It has been determined that the Offer be accepted and that findings be made as follows: SUMMARY Between December 2017 and December 2019, while he was associated with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (CRD No. 6694), Respondent Jonathan E. Best violated FINRA Rule 2010 by effecting 71 unauthorized trades in the account of a senior customer with diminished capacity (Customer A). In addition, Best violated FINRA Rule 2010 by submitting two false compliance attestations to Raymond James.

Regulatory Notice 25-03

Summary

In February 2012, pursuant to an SEC order, FINRA established an accounting support fee (GASB Accounting Support Fee) to adequately fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The GASB Accounting Support Fee is collected on a quarterly basis from member firms that report trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). Each member firm’s assessment is based on its portion of the total par value of municipal securities transactions reported by all FINRA member firms to the MSRB during the previous quarter.

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