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Barred Texas broker sold GPB fund without a license: SEC

SEC mandatory arbitration

"The only way to really address recidivism is through bringing criminal cases," one attorney said.

A former longtime broker in Texas who ran a small investment fund that owned units of stuck-in-limbo GPB Capital private placements received a federal court's approval this week of a $435,000 settlement resolving charges he sold the fund despite not having a securities license at the time.

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