An Offer of Settlement was issued in which Gil was barred from association with any FINRA member in all capacities. Without admitting or denying the allegations, Gil consented to the sanction and to the entry of findings that he converted approximately $2,500 from an 82-year-old widow and former bank customer to whom he was providing financial advice away from his member firm. The findings stated that Gil used the customer’s credit cards without her authorization to charge personal expenses. These included spa massages, sporting goods, airline baggage fees and foreign currency cash advances, as well as expenses incurred during an overseas trip to Madrid, Spain, including at a hotel, perfume store, museum and flamenco show.
