Jefferies Financial Group Inc. ousted a team of advisers in Miami who oversee the fortunes of wealthy clients after discovering allegedly improper money transfers and off-channel communications to cover it up.
The firm fired Marcelo Poliak, Rodrigo Soto, Guillermo Guerra and Pablo Gherardi last month along with four others after discovering “impermissible money-wire transfers” and “off-channel” and “deleted” communications, according to filings with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Nicholas Coubrough was also fired for allegedly seeking “improper payments” from colleagues in exchange for not disclosing inappropriate communication methods, the filings show.
Jefferies headquarters in New York
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