Whether a CFP^® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) knowingly submitted false expense reports to his firm, causing his firm to maintain inaccurate books and records; and 2) filed his second bankruptcy petition, a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition, to avoid a possible Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc’s (“FINRA”) award against him.  

Whether a CFP^® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) exercised discretion in the clients’ accounts without written discretionary authorization from the clients; 2) churned the clients’ accounts; 3) exercised discretion in the clients’ accounts without written discretionary authorization from the clients; 4) falsely informed a client that the total commissions owed to him and his firm would be the same whether they paid fees based on a percentage of the assets under management or fees based on each transaction executed in the accounts; 5) failed to disclose a regulatory action to State within 30 days; and 6) failed to report this suspension of a professional license to CFP Board within the required 30 calendar days