Between August 2023 and April 2024, Kline made payments totaling approximately $180,000 from funds credited to his Morgan Stanley brokerage account as a result of multiple transfers sent from his personal bank account, when he knew that his personal bank account lacked funds to cover the transfers. By doing so, Kline violated FINRA Rule 2010.

Abdo-Brownsberger provided inaccurate information to her firm when seeking approval to serve as the trustee of a private foundation funded with assets from a customer’s estate, in violation of FINRA Rule 2010. Abdo-Brownsberger also opened a brokerage account for the foundation at a different member firm without prior written consent from Wells Fargo, in violation of FINRA Rules 3210 and 2010. For these violations, Abdo-Brownsberger is suspended for six months and fined $5,000.

From July 2016 through June 2023, ANZ inaccurately reported to the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) approximately 36,500 transactions without the required “No Remuneration” (NR) Indicator and approximately 22,500 of those transactions also without the required Non-Member Affiliate-Principal Transaction (NMA-PT) Indicator, in violation of FINRA Rules 6730(d) and 2010.