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Trump Media’s banned accountant had 20 B-D clients

"These firms have to go back, hire a new accounting firm and restate financials," said one senior industry executive.

BF Borgers CPA PC, which agreed in a settlement on Friday to be banned from the industry, had 20 broker-dealers as clients, with at least one a highly prominent, family-owned firm, Geneos Wealth Management Inc.

The Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of last week charged the firm and i

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