Here's a strange one: A registered rep in Atlanta was recently fined and suspended by FINRA thanks to a complaint she instructed her own clients to file.  It's not clear whether she had gotten sick and tired of her clients or simply felt like filing her own death wish. Michelle Mangum, who was with Raymond James during the 2009 incident, told her clients to file a complaint against the firm after the clients had already threatened a complaint over significant losses in their account.  Bizarrely, the complaint incorrectly stated that the losses were Mangum's responsibility because she had failed to purchase protective puts after being instructed to do so. In fact, FINRA learned that Mangum had already advised the customers that their account lacked the buying power to purchase protective puts, and that the clients had refused to sell any of their highly margined position despite Mangum's advice. It is unclear why Mangum instructed her clients to falsely blame herself in their complaint, but in any case FINRA did not take kindly to the filing of false information.  Mangum was fined $5,000 and suspended for one month.  [FINRA Case #2009017685301]