Citigroup Settles A BellSouth Case

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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. agreed to pay $15.2 million to settle charges that a team of financial advisers misled more than 200 BellSouth employees, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The Citigroup Inc. unit, which includes brokerage firm Smith Barney, will pay $3 million to settle the allegations by the National Association of Securities Dealers. The firm will also pay $12.2 million in restitution to the former employees at BellSouth, now a unit of AT&T Inc., the paper reported.

The NASD suspended three brokers and two branch managers, fining them a total of $295,000. Neither the firm nor the employees admitted or denied the charges, the paper reported.-
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