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Rep Suspended, Fined for Deleting WhatsApp Messages
October 12, 2026 at 01:32 PM
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- Guerra Romiti engaged in business-related communications outside of Jefferies’ approved channels, FINRA says.
- He used his personal email and WhatsApp account to communicate with 10 clients despite receiving access to a firm-issued one, an order states.
- By enabling a disappearing messages feature on his WhatsApp account, FINRA finds, an unknown number of business-related communications were irretrievably lost.
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