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According to records kept by The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) financial Broker Eric Kleiner (Kleiner), previously associated with Morgan Stanley, has at least 2 disclosable events. These events include one customer complaint, one regulatory event, alleging that Kleiner recommended unsuitable investments in different investment products including debt securities among other allegations and complaints.
FINRA BrokerCheck shows a final customer complaint on October 31, 2025.
Without admitting or denying the findings, Kleiner consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he refused to provide documents and information requested by FINRA during an investigation that originated from its review of the Form U5 filed by his member firm. The finding stated that the firm filed the Form U5 stating that it discharged Kleiner due to concerns related to his recommendation of non-firm approved and firm restricted investments to customers, including ones in which he was also invested, failure to fully disclose outside investment, and use of a personal device to engage in unauthorized disclosure of confidential, internal use only firm information.