One of Rahn’s clients filed a customer dispute on 6/12/2019 alleging that Rahn engaged in excessive, unauthorized trading and margin use in the customer’s account to generate commissions at the customer’s loss from 1/2014 through 11/2015. The customer also incurred significant tax obligations as a result. Requested damages totaled $854,410, and the claim was settled for $549,184.00.
A different client previously filed a similar claim on 11/5/2018. Although the claim was first settled, additional allegations in the same account were detailed in subsequent correspondence. The activity took place from 03/2014 through 09/2017. Requested damages totaled $1,137,915, and the claim was settled for $114,000.
Rahn’s next customer dispute was filed on 11/13/2017 for “unauthorized transactions” from 8/2017 through 9/2017. The client requested damages of $5,000, and the claim was settled for $64,590.
JP Morgan Securities discharged Rahn on 9/17/2018 for “unacceptable practices by the representative relating to the timing and size of orders entered and resulting transaction charges in a client account and relating to the marking of certain orders for the account as unsolicited.”
A customer dispute filed against Rahn on 10/11/2016 alleged that administrators for a late client’s estate were not notified of the fees involved with liquidating the estate, and that the fees were “excessive.” The administrators requested damages of $5,000, and the claim was settled for $57,847.00.
Rahn’s disclosures also list a civil judgment against him for $763,424.76 on 7/17/2014. No additional information is available.
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