Enforcement Notice - IN THE MATTER OF Shelley Blanchard - Discipline Hearing

TORONTO, April 3, 2013 /CNW/ - A hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), in the matter of Shelley Blanchard.

The discipline hearing concerns an allegation that in furtherance of a misappropriation, Ms. Blanchard transferred funds out of a client's account without the client's knowledge.

The hearing is open to the public unless the Panel orders otherwise. The decision of the Hearing Panel will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.

Specifically, the allegation is that:

In or about July 2008, Ms. Blanchard, in furtherance of a misappropriation, transferred funds out of a client's account, without the client's knowledge or consent, contrary to IIROC Dealer Member Rule 29.1.

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Ms. Blanchard's conduct in June 2011.  The alleged violation occurred when Ms. Blanchard was a Registered Representative at CIBC Investor Services Inc., an IIROC-regulated firm. Ms. Blanchard is no longer a Registered Representative with an IIROC-regulated firm.

The Notice of Hearing which sets out the allegations is available at: http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=267A1EE83036427DB2703AFE4F3588CE&Language=en.

Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings - including Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels - are posted on the IIROC website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.

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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while maintaining efficient and competitive capital markets.

IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.

IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.

All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1.877.442.4322.

SOURCE: Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News