FINRA charged David Randall Lockey, a former broker, with profiting as a result of improper trading of customer accounts over a span of nearly two years. According to FINRA’s complaint, Lockey “engaged in unsuitable short-term trading and switching in” mutual funds and unit investment trusts in four accounts between May 2012 and March 2014 during his time as a representative of SWS Financial Services Inc., now known as Hilltop Securities Independent Network Inc.

Lockey’s improper trading created gross compensation of roughly $75,730 for him and SWS while three of the four customers lost a sum of $15,699. Those customers included a social worker, a bookkeeper for a family-owned business and a commercial services driver. The last customer, who is a retired engineer, had a “small gain” of $4,948, according to FINRA.

According to FINRA’s BrokerCheck, Lockey is a named Respondent in a recently filed customer complaint. The complain alleges that Lockey recommended and engaged in a pattern of unsuitable short-term trading of open-end mutual funds (OMFs), closed-end funds (CEFs), and/or unit investment trusts (UITs) in the accounts of his member firm’s customers who had been his customers at his prior member firm.

Lockey has not been a registered representative with any brokerage firm since April 2014, according to FINRA’s BrokerCheck.

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