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Financial Advisor Theodore Serure Suspended by FINRA For Four Months

Theodore Serure (CRD#: 419023) is a formerly registered Investment Adviser and a registered Broker at Jefferies, LLC in New York, NY.

Broker’s Background

He entered the securities industry in 1969 and previously worked for J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC; Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.; and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Current And Past Allegations Of Conduct Leading To Investment Loss

According to publicly available records released by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), in November 2022, FINRA sanctioned Theodore Serure with a civil and administrative penalty/fine of $20,000, and a suspension from all capacities for four months beginning December 5, 2022 and ending April 4, 2023. The FINRA sanction states, “Without admitting or denying the findings, Serure consented to the sanctions and to the entry of findings that he borrowed a total of approximately $7.3 million from his customers without providing notice to and receiving pre-approval from his member firms. The findings stated that Serure was never indebted to his customers at any time for more than $2 million since he used some of the loan proceeds to pay off earlier customer loans. Serure repaid all of the customer loans, and none of the customers complained. All of the customers from whom Serure borrowed money were wealthy and financially sophisticated. For example, one is a billionaire, another is a Nobel Prize winner, and a third is the former CEO of a major financial institution. Serure had been close friends with each customer for decades, some since childhood.”

For a copy of the FINRA sanction, click here.

In addition, Theodore Serure has been the subject of one employment disclosure:

  • September 2019 — “ALLEGATIONS RELATED TO THE REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE’S USE OF A PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS TO CONDUCT FIRM AND CLIENT-RELATED BUSINESS.” Theodore Serure was discharged by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank.

For a copy of Theodore Serure’s FINRA BrokerCheck, click here.

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