Valentino Infante, a former General Securities Registered Representative with the Miami, Florida office of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC (Wells Fargo), has been permanently barred from acting as a broker or otherwise associating with firms that sell securities to the public by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) due to findings that he engaged in outside business activities without providing his member firm with prior written notice and for failing to appear at a FINRA on-the-record interview.
According to FINRA, Valentino Infante, of Miami, Florida, established a limited liability company in Florida and, on two occasions, solicited a Wells Fargo customer to provide funding for the business. Mr. Infante neglected to obtain his member firm’s approval to engage in the outside business activities, as required by FINRA Rule 3270.
FINRA also found that Mr. Infante falsely answered a question on his annual compliance questionnaire, which asked if he was “currently engaged in any outside activity either as a proprietor, partner, officer, director, trustee, employee, agent or otherwise” to which Mr. Infante answered “no.”
Due to the above-mentioned misconduct and for failing to appear and provide FINRA-requested testimony in an on-the-record interview, Valentino Infante was barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity and ordered to pay $2,300, plus interest, in restitution to the customer.
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