Former Fifth Third Securities Broker Permanently Barred For Misappropriating Investor Funds
Former Fifth Third Securities, Inc. (Fifth Third Securities) broker Steven Dunkelberg submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he consented to, but did not admit to or deny, the entry of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) findings that he misappropriated $4,970.08 of a customer’s bank account without the customer’s knowledge or consent. According to FINRA, Steven James Dunkelberg Jr., of Grand Rapids, Michigan, forged his customer’s name on five different occasions on bank account withdrawal slips. Mr. Dunkelberg allegedly made the withdrawals from his customer’s Fifth Third Securities account without the customer’s knowledge or consent. FINRA found that Mr. Dunkelberg misappropriated $4,970.08 from the customer’s account. Consequently, Steven Dunkelberg was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity.
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