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Ex-broker: I forced out regional Finra director

An ex-broker claims his letter to Richard Ketchum led to the resignation weeks later of Finra's Florida regional director. Dan Jamieson reports.

Finra said this week that its Southern regional director Mitchell C. Atkins had resigned to pursue other interests — but a self-proclaimed whistleblower is taking credit for his departure.
Former broker David Evansen in May wrote to Richard Ketchum, Finra's chief executive, and Susan Axelrod,

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