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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Current Parent Company: Royal Bank of Canada
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Penalty: $859,800,000
Year: 2008
Date: October 8, 2008
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Secondary Offense: toxic securities abuses
Mega-Scandal: Toxic Securities
Violation Description: RBC agreed to return $850 million to investors and pay $9.8 million in civil penalties as part of the resolution of multistate litigation alleging it misled customers in the marketing and sale of auction rate securities.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Canada
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: banking
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